Ron Strider
Well-Known Member
Local volunteers with the Utah Patients Coalition have been collecting signatures in Sanpete County for several weeks.
Volunteering for this project has been a journey that has opened my eyes to the vast numbers of people who are suffering here in our county because of the laws that have limited patient access to the cannabis herb that brings relief from pain, minimizes and may even eliminate seizures in children and adults, stops the involuntary twitches of Parkinson’s, aids with cancer and chemo-therapy, is an aid for many suffering from autoimmune diseases, and more.
From Utah, more than 2,400 of the more fortunate families who suffer from these and other conditions have moved to Colorado in order to get the relief they or their loved ones need.
The less fortunate wish for that opportunity and look forward to a time when medical cannabis will be legal in Utah. This is a humanitarian effort for residents and voters in Utah.
The petitions that are now circulating in our county are specifically to put the medical cannabis initiative on the Utah ballot for 2018 so Utah voters can vote for the legalization of medical cannabis.
The initiative, which limits use to medical need only, can be read in its entirety at Utah Patients Coalition.
The more basic points (taken from the Utah Patients web site) are that the initiative is designed to protect terminally and seriously ill patients with specific debilitating medical conditions from arrest and prosecution if they are using medical cannabis pursuant to their doctor’s recommendation.
Further it will prohibit public use of cannabis, driving under the influence of cannabis, and smoking cannabis, and will allow monitoring through an established electronic verification system administered by the department of health and will establish restrictions on the locations of medical cannabis businesses, require thorough testing of medical cannabis for potency and contaminants and require that medical cannabis be appropriately labeled and securely packaged, and allow local governments to require cannabis businesses to obtain a local license and to impose restrictions on cannabis dispensary operations. (See initiative in its entirety at the Utah Patients website).
As I visit with those who have signed these petitions, I’ve been moved by the passion and the heart-felt stories of pain and suffering among those who are afflicted and by those who suffer along with those they love.
Cannabis is a natural herb that was used from ancient times up to our recent past. Its healing properties have been described in ancient texts and are being studied in universities. One can find peer reviewed scientific research studies online by going to Google Scholar.
I will be collecting signatures this week: In Fountain Green on Thursday, Dec. 7; in Chester (2:30) and Moroni on Friday, Dec. 8; and in Mt. Pleasant on Saturday, Dec. 9.
News Moderator: Ron Strider 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Volunteer seeks petition signatures, medical cannabis | Sanpete County Commentary | heraldextra.com
Author: Joanne Taylor
Contact: Daily Herald Contact Information | heraldextra.com
Photo Credit: Rich Pedroncelli
Website: Cougarblue | heraldextra.com
Volunteering for this project has been a journey that has opened my eyes to the vast numbers of people who are suffering here in our county because of the laws that have limited patient access to the cannabis herb that brings relief from pain, minimizes and may even eliminate seizures in children and adults, stops the involuntary twitches of Parkinson’s, aids with cancer and chemo-therapy, is an aid for many suffering from autoimmune diseases, and more.
From Utah, more than 2,400 of the more fortunate families who suffer from these and other conditions have moved to Colorado in order to get the relief they or their loved ones need.
The less fortunate wish for that opportunity and look forward to a time when medical cannabis will be legal in Utah. This is a humanitarian effort for residents and voters in Utah.
The petitions that are now circulating in our county are specifically to put the medical cannabis initiative on the Utah ballot for 2018 so Utah voters can vote for the legalization of medical cannabis.
The initiative, which limits use to medical need only, can be read in its entirety at Utah Patients Coalition.
The more basic points (taken from the Utah Patients web site) are that the initiative is designed to protect terminally and seriously ill patients with specific debilitating medical conditions from arrest and prosecution if they are using medical cannabis pursuant to their doctor’s recommendation.
Further it will prohibit public use of cannabis, driving under the influence of cannabis, and smoking cannabis, and will allow monitoring through an established electronic verification system administered by the department of health and will establish restrictions on the locations of medical cannabis businesses, require thorough testing of medical cannabis for potency and contaminants and require that medical cannabis be appropriately labeled and securely packaged, and allow local governments to require cannabis businesses to obtain a local license and to impose restrictions on cannabis dispensary operations. (See initiative in its entirety at the Utah Patients website).
As I visit with those who have signed these petitions, I’ve been moved by the passion and the heart-felt stories of pain and suffering among those who are afflicted and by those who suffer along with those they love.
Cannabis is a natural herb that was used from ancient times up to our recent past. Its healing properties have been described in ancient texts and are being studied in universities. One can find peer reviewed scientific research studies online by going to Google Scholar.
I will be collecting signatures this week: In Fountain Green on Thursday, Dec. 7; in Chester (2:30) and Moroni on Friday, Dec. 8; and in Mt. Pleasant on Saturday, Dec. 9.
News Moderator: Ron Strider 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Volunteer seeks petition signatures, medical cannabis | Sanpete County Commentary | heraldextra.com
Author: Joanne Taylor
Contact: Daily Herald Contact Information | heraldextra.com
Photo Credit: Rich Pedroncelli
Website: Cougarblue | heraldextra.com
