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August 18, 2010
Madison NORML Examiner: Ten things that would be different had Wisconsin passed a medical marijuana law
Posted by Gary Storck
Wednesday, August 18, 2019
Below is my 80th Madison NORML Examiner article<. When I started writing them last November, I never expected it to be a regular thing. But, it's been a good venue to get out information, both new and historical, on cannabis and WI.
Ten things that would be different had Wisconsin passed a medical marijuana law
* August 18th, 2010 12:12 pm
Madison NORML Examiner
Photo: Gary Storck
MADISON: A year ago, it seemed like nothing could stop Wisconsin from being the next medical marijuana state. A state of the art bill was being written. The bill had the support of the Governor and powerful leaders in both houses.
Despite all this, a lack of political courage and political will left the JRMMA in the legislative dustbin once again, crushing the hope that had been given back to long suffering state patients and families.
Below is a list of 10 things that would be different in Wisconsin had the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act (AB554/SB368) passed this session.
One: Jacki Rickert and thousands of WI patients would have their medicine
Jacki Rickert, namesake of the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act, would finally get a big YES to the question she has been asking for so many years, “Is My Nedicine Legal YET?”. Jacki, who was approved for federal medical marijuana supplies in Dec. 1990 but never supplied, was counting on state lawmakers to make good on a lifetime of broken promises from everyone from Bill Clinton on down. Not only Jacki, but thousands and thousands of Wisconsin’s most vulnerable, most hurting citizens would finally have safe and legal access to cannabis. Many would be getting it for the first time because they could not or would not access the cannabis black market. The people affected, seniors, veterans, disabled people, terminally ill, chronically ill, all have families and friends would all feel better knowing their friends and loved ones burdens and struggles had been eased.
Read the full article with links and photo: Ten things that would be different had Wisconsin passed a medical marijuana law
Posted by Gary at August 18, 2010 12:50 PM
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