Jim Finnel
Fallen Cannabis Warrior & Ex News Moderator
The controversial bill to legally let those with debilitating illness use marijuana to relieve pain is one person away from getting to the desk of Gov. John Lynch.
The bill (HB 648) needs the signature of Senate President Sylvia Larsen before it goes to Lynch, according to Assistant Secretary of State Paula Penney.
Once the bill is Lynch’s possession, the governor has five days to decide whether to sign, veto the bill or let it become law without his signature. Sundays and holidays don’t count during this five-day waiting period.
Rep. Cindy Rosenwald, D-Nashua, was an instrumental member of a House-Senate negotiating committee that made significant changes to the bill in May.
This had come after Lynch told sponsors and Rosenwald that he would have vetoed the bill as originally written and earlier adopted by both branches of the NH Legislature.
Late last month, the Legislature adopted the revised bill and the lobby pushing for the measure have aired radio and television commercials urging Lynch to sign it.
The three-term, Democratic Gov. Lynch repeated last week he had not made up his mind but would watch closely if the new rewrite had addressed his concerns about “distribution.’’
The altered bill would remove an earlier right for patients and caregivers to cultivate their own marijuana for use as long as they suffered from eligible, medical ailments.
The final compromise restricts possession of the marijuana solely to three and eventually as many as five, private, nonprofit “compassion centers’’ presumably located in the southern tier of the state.
Patients could then receive up to two ounces of marijuana for medicinal use every 10 days from these compassion centers.
Advocates explain that to avoid the harmful, side effects of smoking pot, patients would consume in one sitting larger quantities either by ingesting it cooked in other food products or inhaling the fumes.
News Hawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: NashuaTelegraph.com
Author: Kevin Landrigan
Copyright: 2009 Telegraph Publishing Company
Contact: klandrigan@nashuatelegraph.com
Website: Nashuatelegraph.com: Medical marijuana bill nearing Lynchs desk
The bill (HB 648) needs the signature of Senate President Sylvia Larsen before it goes to Lynch, according to Assistant Secretary of State Paula Penney.
Once the bill is Lynch’s possession, the governor has five days to decide whether to sign, veto the bill or let it become law without his signature. Sundays and holidays don’t count during this five-day waiting period.
Rep. Cindy Rosenwald, D-Nashua, was an instrumental member of a House-Senate negotiating committee that made significant changes to the bill in May.
This had come after Lynch told sponsors and Rosenwald that he would have vetoed the bill as originally written and earlier adopted by both branches of the NH Legislature.
Late last month, the Legislature adopted the revised bill and the lobby pushing for the measure have aired radio and television commercials urging Lynch to sign it.
The three-term, Democratic Gov. Lynch repeated last week he had not made up his mind but would watch closely if the new rewrite had addressed his concerns about “distribution.’’
The altered bill would remove an earlier right for patients and caregivers to cultivate their own marijuana for use as long as they suffered from eligible, medical ailments.
The final compromise restricts possession of the marijuana solely to three and eventually as many as five, private, nonprofit “compassion centers’’ presumably located in the southern tier of the state.
Patients could then receive up to two ounces of marijuana for medicinal use every 10 days from these compassion centers.
Advocates explain that to avoid the harmful, side effects of smoking pot, patients would consume in one sitting larger quantities either by ingesting it cooked in other food products or inhaling the fumes.
News Hawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: NashuaTelegraph.com
Author: Kevin Landrigan
Copyright: 2009 Telegraph Publishing Company
Contact: klandrigan@nashuatelegraph.com
Website: Nashuatelegraph.com: Medical marijuana bill nearing Lynchs desk
