Medical Marijuana Advocate: A Hundred "Weed Warriors"

[Jacob Bell]

LANSING – Richard C. Clement Sr. aims to enlist "100 weed warriors" ready to march to gather signatures to call a recall election against Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette.

And the 54-year-old medical marijuana advocate and member of Michigan NORML vows he'll gain even more voter support through Twitter, Facebook and online petitions.

"We're all tired of Schuette," he said. "Bill Schuette must go."

Clement has disagreed with Schuette's crackdown on medical marijuana. After three tries, the Midland County Election Commission OK'd recall petition language in September. The Republican attorney general lives in Midland.

Schuette spokesman John B. Sellek said the attorney general will continue enforcement of the medical marijuana law, educate local officials about its status to enforce public safety and carry out the duties of his office while the recall attempt ensues.

"He has the same view on it that he's always had on it," Sellek said. "That the voters elected him to do a job, and he goes to work every day to get that done."

With the clock ticking, Clement said he aims to collect the 807,000 signatures needed between Dec. 7 and March 7. The number represents 25 percent of the ballots cast in the 2010 gubernatorial election.They have 180 days to collect the signatures. No signature may be more than 90 days old.

"My recall is going slow, but my goal is to saturate the market, saturate the area, saturate locations in Michigan, because we want a million signatures in 90 days," Clement said.

His army today is "just patients and caregivers" but he has larger ambitions. "Maybe try to entice some of the unions and probably get some environmentalists involved," he said.

Clement vowed not to give up should this attempt fail.

"I don't know about 2014," when Schuette's four-year term ends, he said. "We'll just have to keep doing recalls until we get him."

Source: Medical marijuana advocate: A hundred 'weed warriors' could campaign to recall Attorney General Bill Schuette | MLive.com

 

[mrflamboynt]

the expectation of the government to do something that would benefit us = the definition of insanity! all we have been doing is setting up expectations, and exactly the opposite is what really happens. im not the most brilliant bulb in the grow room, but im smart enough to notice that pattern....

we need all troops, not just the ones in michigan.... if we are gonna circle the wagons then it needs to be done on a larger scale.... im down for whatever...

 

[Storm Crow]

In one of the more recent polls, 50% of the folks said they agreed with legal MMJ.

The long term trend is for increasing support for medical cannabis. When I started toking in the 60s, there wasn't even the concept of medical use, beyond a few mentions of it as an ethno-botanical medicine in anthropology books!

Now we have 16 states and Washington DC with some form of MMJ. There is no reason to believe that as we educate more people about what cannabis can do medically, that the trend for acceptance will falter!

We are at 50% - every person we convince from now on, drives the message that cannabis IS medicine into the minds of every politician!

But your politicians are not mind readers! YOU have to tell them what you think!

Contact Elected Officials | USA.gov

And with enough letters, even the dullest politician will soon get the idea that he must support medical cannabis - or he will eventually be voted out!


Granny

 

[budbro]

Not trying to be critical, because everything you said is worthy, intelligent and appreciated. However, the 50% approval poll was based on full blown legalization for recreational use according to the latest Gallup poll a month ago. Approval for medicinal purposes is much higher at around 75-80%, according to most polls. Again, well said.