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TomtheTinker
06-19-2014, 05:51 PM
New York is set to become the 23rd state in the nation to legalize medical marijuana, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Thursday. But there's a catch.

At a press conference in Albany, Cuomo said he and legislative leaders had reached a deal to legalize the use of the drug for medical purposes. The Compassionate Care Act, the governor said, will make medical marijuana accessible to patients suffering from certain diseases, including AIDS, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma and cancer.

The bill, however, prohibits patients from smoking the drug. Instead, doctors can only prescribe edibles, tinctures or vaporizers. Of the 22 other states that have legalized medical marijuana, only Minnesota also bans smoking of the drug, which some experts say is the most effective method of delivery for many patients.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/19/new-york-medical-marijuan_n_5512942.html


Meanwhile yours truly gets to spend a year in state prison for possession. This in a time where nearly 80% of people are in favor of medical marijuana and 45% are in favor of it for recreational purposes. We all know the detailed arguments against prohibition of all sorts but the most simple ones are the facts that it does not work and is actually counter productive in so many ways. Maybe someday there will be some sort of geographic location that actually protects freedoms of all sorts, neither NY or the US is that place.

"The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the Prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this."

Albert Einstein on prohibition(alcohol)

jkr
06-19-2014, 06:33 PM
wow
awesome quote!

DamianTV
06-19-2014, 06:44 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/19/new-york-medical-marijuan_n_5512942.html
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"The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the Prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this."

Albert Einstein on prohibition(alcohol)

The more things you make illegal, the more criminals you have. Follow the money. Cui bono? Who benefits? Prison Industrial Complex, Militarized Police, and pretty much everyone but the Mundanes / Boobus.