CB
05-14-2008, 12:14 PM
For the second year in a row, House Speaker Rod Jetton has ignored repeated requests from patients, doctors, nurses and fellow Missourians to give medical cannabis legislation the attention it needs and deserves.
Like last year, Jetton waited until House committees are only hearing bills that have passed through the Senate to assign HB 1830 to the House Crime Prevention and Public Policy Committee, ensuring that it will not be scheduled for a hearing. This is unfortunate because this particular committee could have examined how medical cannabis legalization might enhance public welfare and address patients’ needs.
Legitimate medical cannabis patients must now live with the fear of being criminally persecuted, and doctors who would safely recommend this therapeutic herb are forced to remain silent for at least another year.
Shame on Jetton for abusing this bill as he has abused patients.
Jacqueline Patterson
Bolinas, Calif.
Legalizing medical marijuana would allow seriously ill patients to have safe access to cannabis. As a nurse I have seen how much difference cannabis can make to a patient. Believe it or not, doctors sometimes recommend it on the DL.
Polls have shown that a majority of people in the U.S. want medical cannabis to be available to seriously ill patients
John Schneider
Harrisonville
Posted by letters editor on May 13, 2008 at 10:30 PM in Drugs, Health/Illnesses, Legislation, Missouri | Permalink
Like last year, Jetton waited until House committees are only hearing bills that have passed through the Senate to assign HB 1830 to the House Crime Prevention and Public Policy Committee, ensuring that it will not be scheduled for a hearing. This is unfortunate because this particular committee could have examined how medical cannabis legalization might enhance public welfare and address patients’ needs.
Legitimate medical cannabis patients must now live with the fear of being criminally persecuted, and doctors who would safely recommend this therapeutic herb are forced to remain silent for at least another year.
Shame on Jetton for abusing this bill as he has abused patients.
Jacqueline Patterson
Bolinas, Calif.
Legalizing medical marijuana would allow seriously ill patients to have safe access to cannabis. As a nurse I have seen how much difference cannabis can make to a patient. Believe it or not, doctors sometimes recommend it on the DL.
Polls have shown that a majority of people in the U.S. want medical cannabis to be available to seriously ill patients
John Schneider
Harrisonville
Posted by letters editor on May 13, 2008 at 10:30 PM in Drugs, Health/Illnesses, Legislation, Missouri | Permalink