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It's about time Idaho get there heads out there proverbial asses.
Here is couple of articles that I found.
APRIL 13, 2010 BY MEDICANN LEAVE A COMMENT
ID Lawmaker Hopes To Legalize Medical Marijuana
By Emma Jade, Local News 8 Reporter
IDAHO - When you hear about marijuana in the news, it usually consists of high speed chases, drug busts, and menacing. But this story is different – there’s a new idea for legislation in Idaho, an idea to legalize medical marijuana.
Representatives plan to introduce the legislation as soon as 2011. Republican Representative, Tom Trail, is hoping to get folks talking about the possibility now, a possibility with very different opinions.
“I can prescribe drugs that have a much greater addictive potential and yet marijuana, that has many benefits for cancer patients, I can’t prescribe it,” said oncologist, Dr. Christian Schull. ”It’s never made sense to me.”
It’s just the kind of legislation Dr. Christian Schull is hoping for. As an oncologist, he deals with cancer patients daily – patients he said can benefit from medical marijuana.
“In management of nausea, which it is a very effective medication, and for stimulation of appetite, patients with cancer just don’t want to eat,” said Dr. Schull.
Rep Trail, leading the legalization idea, hopes to get folks talking and understanding how this could benefit Idaho.
“Give these folks who are in severe pain the opportunity to relieve that pain,” said Trail.
So far, 14 states have legalized the use of medical marijuana, including many states bordering Idaho.
“You know, I’m a conservative person,” said Dr. Schull. “But when you sit down and rationally think about it, marijuana is a much less bad drug than morphine would be – which I prescribe a lot of everyday for management of cancer pain.”
But not everyone is convinced. Local officers only see it as another loophole to abuse the drug.
“It’s a big concern to me because I think it’s already having an impact in the way our youth view drug use,” said D.A.R.E. officer, Deputy Brad Miller.
Deputy Miller is afraid marijuana will become too common, too easy to get a hold of.
“It’s going to change attitudes towards marijuana and make people perceive that it’s safer than it really is,” said Miller.
Rep Trail is hoping to get folks talking now to work out the kinks, in time for the 2011 legislative session. Trail plans to host town meetings throughout the summer to introduce folks to this idea. He said people can voice their thoughts and concerns by writing their local legislators.
Article originally available at: http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12299321
There is also this statement.
Marijuana: Idaho High Court Rules Officials Can't Block Legalization Initiative Just Because They Don't Like It
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by Phillip Smith, October 04, 2006, 12:34am, (Issue #456)
Posted in: Ballot Measures Legalization Marijuana Policy News Brief State Courts
Two years ago in Sun Valley, Idaho, Ryan Davidson wanted to begin petitioning for a municipal initiative that would have allowed Sun Valley residents to possess, grow, and sell marijuana within the city limits of the mountain resort community. But city officials, instead of merely confirming that Davidson's initial petition with 22 signatures was formatted correctly, as specified in the municipal code, rejected his proposed petition altogether, saying it contravened state and federal law and was thus outside the scope of the city's initiative process.
Davidson filed suit and lost in district court, then appealed to the Idaho Supreme Court. In a decision rendered September 27, the high court unanimously agreed with Davidson. "The City protests that if the Clerk cannot halt unconstitutional initiatives any group could submit petitions for any number of outlandish causes," wrote Justice Roger Burdick for the court. "While it is true that many such initiatives could be proposed, sorting through the substance of proposed initiatives to separate the wheat from the chaff is not the role of the City Clerk. The proper checks on the power of initiative are the voting public and the courts, and a city council retains the power to repeal or amend ill advised ordinances passed by direct legislation."
In addition to allowing for regulated marijuana use and commerce, Davidson's initiative would have directed local law enforcement to make the pot laws their lowest priority. It would also have directed the city to lobby state officials to change the state's marijuana laws.
The court did not rule on whether such an initiative would be constitutional under Idaho law, saying that decision could await the passage of such an initiative. In a concurring opinion, Chief Justice Gerald Shroeder argued that parts of it would violate state law and thus be invalid. "Time, effort and money will have been wasted, except to the extent that lawmakers will have the opinion of a small segment of the state's qualified electors," Schroeder wrote. "Nonetheless, the decision to allow the process to play itself out without judicial intervention is appropriate."
No word yet on whether Davidson will begin a new petition drive now, although it is reasonable to think that someone who has gone to the highest court in the state to win that right is likely to exercise it soon.
Let me know what you think about it..
Keep smokin.
Here is couple of articles that I found.
APRIL 13, 2010 BY MEDICANN LEAVE A COMMENT
ID Lawmaker Hopes To Legalize Medical Marijuana
By Emma Jade, Local News 8 Reporter
IDAHO - When you hear about marijuana in the news, it usually consists of high speed chases, drug busts, and menacing. But this story is different – there’s a new idea for legislation in Idaho, an idea to legalize medical marijuana.
Representatives plan to introduce the legislation as soon as 2011. Republican Representative, Tom Trail, is hoping to get folks talking about the possibility now, a possibility with very different opinions.
“I can prescribe drugs that have a much greater addictive potential and yet marijuana, that has many benefits for cancer patients, I can’t prescribe it,” said oncologist, Dr. Christian Schull. ”It’s never made sense to me.”
It’s just the kind of legislation Dr. Christian Schull is hoping for. As an oncologist, he deals with cancer patients daily – patients he said can benefit from medical marijuana.
“In management of nausea, which it is a very effective medication, and for stimulation of appetite, patients with cancer just don’t want to eat,” said Dr. Schull.
Rep Trail, leading the legalization idea, hopes to get folks talking and understanding how this could benefit Idaho.
“Give these folks who are in severe pain the opportunity to relieve that pain,” said Trail.
So far, 14 states have legalized the use of medical marijuana, including many states bordering Idaho.
“You know, I’m a conservative person,” said Dr. Schull. “But when you sit down and rationally think about it, marijuana is a much less bad drug than morphine would be – which I prescribe a lot of everyday for management of cancer pain.”
But not everyone is convinced. Local officers only see it as another loophole to abuse the drug.
“It’s a big concern to me because I think it’s already having an impact in the way our youth view drug use,” said D.A.R.E. officer, Deputy Brad Miller.
Deputy Miller is afraid marijuana will become too common, too easy to get a hold of.
“It’s going to change attitudes towards marijuana and make people perceive that it’s safer than it really is,” said Miller.
Rep Trail is hoping to get folks talking now to work out the kinks, in time for the 2011 legislative session. Trail plans to host town meetings throughout the summer to introduce folks to this idea. He said people can voice their thoughts and concerns by writing their local legislators.
Article originally available at: http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12299321
There is also this statement.
Marijuana: Idaho High Court Rules Officials Can't Block Legalization Initiative Just Because They Don't Like It
Post to: Twitter Facebook Digg StumbleUpon Reddit
by Phillip Smith, October 04, 2006, 12:34am, (Issue #456)
Posted in: Ballot Measures Legalization Marijuana Policy News Brief State Courts
Two years ago in Sun Valley, Idaho, Ryan Davidson wanted to begin petitioning for a municipal initiative that would have allowed Sun Valley residents to possess, grow, and sell marijuana within the city limits of the mountain resort community. But city officials, instead of merely confirming that Davidson's initial petition with 22 signatures was formatted correctly, as specified in the municipal code, rejected his proposed petition altogether, saying it contravened state and federal law and was thus outside the scope of the city's initiative process.
Davidson filed suit and lost in district court, then appealed to the Idaho Supreme Court. In a decision rendered September 27, the high court unanimously agreed with Davidson. "The City protests that if the Clerk cannot halt unconstitutional initiatives any group could submit petitions for any number of outlandish causes," wrote Justice Roger Burdick for the court. "While it is true that many such initiatives could be proposed, sorting through the substance of proposed initiatives to separate the wheat from the chaff is not the role of the City Clerk. The proper checks on the power of initiative are the voting public and the courts, and a city council retains the power to repeal or amend ill advised ordinances passed by direct legislation."
In addition to allowing for regulated marijuana use and commerce, Davidson's initiative would have directed local law enforcement to make the pot laws their lowest priority. It would also have directed the city to lobby state officials to change the state's marijuana laws.
The court did not rule on whether such an initiative would be constitutional under Idaho law, saying that decision could await the passage of such an initiative. In a concurring opinion, Chief Justice Gerald Shroeder argued that parts of it would violate state law and thus be invalid. "Time, effort and money will have been wasted, except to the extent that lawmakers will have the opinion of a small segment of the state's qualified electors," Schroeder wrote. "Nonetheless, the decision to allow the process to play itself out without judicial intervention is appropriate."
No word yet on whether Davidson will begin a new petition drive now, although it is reasonable to think that someone who has gone to the highest court in the state to win that right is likely to exercise it soon.
Let me know what you think about it..
Keep smokin.