captainjoint
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High Troops,There is a VOTE coming up in Maine this November. The MMPI has gotten a question up for vote that sounds like it will be good for the Maine Medical Marijuana Patients. This is not the case. The question asks simply if you are in favor of expanding the accepted uses for medical marijuana and are you in favor of a medical marijuana distrabution system.
At first this seems like a no-brainer and you should vote "yes" but a "no" vote is called for in this one. What you don't see when you vote is the full scope of the laws and requirerments behind this proposed law change.
Here is a public notice from the Maine Vocals regarding this vote. The Vocals have a petition that addresses all the negative aspects of the MMPI petition. Their actions have been slowed by a series of events that include Don Christen, Maine Vocals Founder, being jailed at this time. We are still working on the public education on this issue as well as a petition to fix the wording on this not so well worded petition.
It is easier to pass a law than to fix one, as the Drug War has shown us, so lets not vote in a bad law in Maine. Please educate yourself to the two existing petitions and vote as you see fit.
Thank you.
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PUBLIC NOTICE from Maine Vocals
MAINE MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT to HURT MORE THAN HELP
MAINE'S EXISTING MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW. WHY???
1. Puts DHS in charge of the ACT. (Same DHS that takes children away from parents for use of marijuana)
2. Creates ID Card System (Maine rejected the Feds real ID and we see problems with this)
3. Sets up Dispensaries (Under DHS) Cost $5000.00 for a state permit or license and needs county and town approval with unknown fees and regulations.
(We are in favor of a distribution system, but not this)
4. Felons are excluded from being caregivers even if charges stemmed from growing marijuana only. These are the people who have the most knowledge about growing marijuana that have committed no crimes of any other nature and are also some of the people who have been working to have the laws changed for medical marijuana.
5. Ads affirmative defense language instead of making it legal for patients.
There are several other reasons, but this is the top of the list. If you want to help, first get a copy of the initiative language and read it for yourself. Follow link below to read text of initiative. (https://www.mainepatientsrights.org/Petition MEDICAL MARIJUANA.pdf/) Don't blindly vote for this without knowing what you are voting for. Most of us want a good medical marijuana law that works for the people of Maine, but we need a good one that will actually work. It needs compassion and common sense which has been left out of the language and Maine Vocals are working on a new initiative that does just that. Here are some of the things that have been left out of the current initiative we are voting on in November.
1. Authorization — by a diagnosis of an illness or symptom that marijuana may be beneficial in their therapy.
2. Protection for Doctors / State licenses if needed and requirement for Doctors to work with patients who request to use marijuana for there therapy.
3. Amount patient can possess needs to be increased. (Recommendation 3lbs)
( Feds provide 9lbs per year to their patients)
4. Amount of plants a patient can grow needs to be increased. (Recommendation 12 plants)
5. Equal protection for patients whether ID card system or not.
6. Patient and Doctor input on Board of Overseers of the Dep. that controls law. (Recommendation Dep. of Agriculture)
VOTE NO ON #
MAINE VOCALS / DON CHRISTEN Have discussed these problems during the drafting
of the initiative with the sponsors of it, Maine Marijuana Policy Initiative. Director, Jonathan Leavitt, received a grant from the Marijuana Policy Project from Washington, DC, who actually drafted the language for the Maine initiative. We told them it was not what Mainers wanted but they could care less. We believe the public should be aware of the chicanery that is about to take place under the guise of progress for medical marijuana and also that Maine Vocals / Maine Citizens For Medical Marijuana are circulating a petition to actually fix our medical marijuana law as shown above and another to end prohibition altogether
WANT TO HELP? Contact us at Tel. 696 - 4444
or mainevocals @ msn . com
