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H.R.5842 Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act
- carigis : I would support this bill.. but the classificaton should be much lower. marijuana should not be the same classification as methamphetamine
- claythrow : I am a 30 year old male who has been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. I went from working full time and being a runner/gym junkie to almost totally disabled in a few months. It has been almost 3 years now that I have struggled with this disease. It is all I can manage now to work 2 days per week, and by year end I don't think that even that will be possible. I suffer intense pain every day, there is not a single moment that I am free of it, not even when I am sleeping. It has put a strain on my marriage, and my family, and it's all I can do to just keep on going. One of the most successful and least harmful treatments in the history of this disease is Marijuana. It does not need to be smoked and cause the body any harm, it can be vaporized with virtually no ill effects, just a near perfect medical delivery system. However, the state of Massachusetts would rather have me taking opiates every day than using Marijuana for legitimate medical reasons. To be clear I do not use Marijuana now, nor will I until I could do so without fear of prosecution. I cannot risk any such legal action. I am aware of the laws decriminalizing it in Massachusetts coming up in November, however that is not enough. We need medical professionals and patients to have access to such relief, without any legal repercussions. Saying that I can posess up to one ounce and only get a fine, yet still face felony charges for purchasing or growing said material is an invitation for legal problems at best. Even when that passes I still will not purchase marijuana to treat my condition. The opiates that I now take give me nausea, constipation, I continue to need higher doses, they are expensive, addictive, only partially effective and just make me sick, and this is what Federal Government deems as a better medical alternative?
I have a choice to make every day...do I want to be in pain, or be sick? That is the life I wake up to... every day. I have a beautiful wife, a loving family and I cannot fully enjoy either. I remember being healthy, and perhaps that is what makes my stuggle to survive each day mentally painful as well. You have no idea what it is like to have to sit on the sidelines in the game of life because "playing" hurts to much, I didn't either. Here is a drug virtually free of uncomfortable side effects, effective pain relief for fibro (search the internet, tons of info as to why these two mate well), and could theoretically be cultivated by me discreetly, for little money yet there stands the Government. Laws such as this have already been enacted in many states, and they have served their purpose with very minimal abuse. Considering the amount of money I give the state of Massachusetts and the Federal Government each tax year, and the quality of life I have to endure, I think it only fair that people like me have access to a certain level of comfort. I would expect that laws for abuse would still be in place, but you will find that anyone who is in my situation would not jeapordize such a cure with any sort of negligence, and this has been proven in other states. Please enact Medical Marijuana laws. There are thousands of us who just want to wake up with the choice of being in pain, or being comfortable. Wanting access to medical solutions to that we can rejoin human race is not an unreasonable request, and we ask you to help us.
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H.R.5843 Act to Remove Federal Penalties for the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults
- mfidelman : It simply strikes me as unconstitutional (at least in spirit) for the Federal Government to be involved in regulating private behavior. Not to mention that anti-Marijuana laws are at least as costly and counter-productive as prohibition was re. alchohol.
- Anonymous : Put off until next year.
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H.R.5771 H.R.5771
- Anonymous : USIP is getting a new building on the mall between war memorials. It's Peace monument to the Afghanistan war; which is a soft power, civil society and NATO failure.
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S.2890 S.2890
- Bellaconstricta : "This bill would establish a summer gas tax holiday, suspending the 18.4 cents per gallon Federal gas tax, and the 24.4 cent diesel tax, between Memorial Day and Labor Day 2008."
Personally, I'm all for more than one gas tax holiday. How about one every month or one each season?
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H.R.5767 H.R.5767
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S.2852 Federal Spending and Taxpayer Accessibility Act of 2008
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