Lakialoite HR 5842 (The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act) alentaisi kannabiksen vähäisempään haittaluokkaan valtionhallinnon huumausaineluokituksessa ja sallisi lääkäreiden niin parhaaksi katsoessaan määräävän sitä potilailleen, osavaltion lakien pohjalta tietysti.
Toinen lakialoite, HR 5843 (The Act to Remove Federal Penalties for the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults) sallisi sadan (100) kannabisgramman hallussapidon, pienten määrien "ystävänkaupat" ja sakottaisi julkisesta käytöstä sadan dollarin sakolla. Osavaltiotason lait olisivat toki voimassa.
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Two Medical Marijuana Bills Introduced in House
Posted by CN Staff on April 24, 2008 at 06:00:24 PT
By Bob Roehr
Source: Bay Area Reporter
Washington, D.C. -- Two bills introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives last week would put a serious dent into federal prosecution of medical use of marijuana and offer protection to patients who use it.
Representative Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) is a leader on both measures, which were introduced April 17. The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act (HR 5842) would reschedule marijuana a from a Schedule I to a Schedule II drug under the Controlled Substances Act. The change would allow physicians to recommend use of marijuana under conditions set by state law.
The other bill, the Act to Remove Federal Penalties for the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults (HR 5843) would eliminate federal penalties for the possession of small amounts (up to 100 grams) or not-for-profit transfer of small amounts (up to one ounce, 28.3 grams) of marijuana. It would create a civil penalty of $100 for the public use of marijuana.
The bill would not legalize growing or distribution of commercial quantities of marijuana, nor would it affect any state laws.
"When doctors recommend the use of marijuana for their patients and states are willing to permit it, I think it's wrong for the federal government to subject either the doctors or the patients to criminal prosecution," Frank said in introducing the measures.
"Literally, to make a 'federal case' out of it is wholly disproportionate to the activity involved," Frank added. "We do not have federal criminal prohibitions against drinking alcoholic beverages, and there are generally no criminal penalties for the use of tobacco at the state and federal levels for adults. There is no rational argument for treating marijuana so differently from these other substances."
Continuing on that topic, Frank said, "I think it is poor law enforcement to keep on the books legislation that establishes as a crime something which in fact society does not seriously wish to prosecute. In my view, having federal law enforcement agents engaged in the prosecution of people who are personally using marijuana is a waste of scarce resources better used for serious crimes."
Keith Stroup, legal counsel for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, said no decriminalization bill has been introduce in 37 years. "If passed by Congress, this legislation would legalize the possession, use, and nonprofit transfer of marijuana by adults for the first time since 1937."
The bill incorporates the basic recommendations of the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse which was issued in 1972 during the Nixon administration.
"Congressman Frank's bill represents a major step toward sanity in federal marijuana policy," said Aaron Houston with the Marijuana Policy Project. "The decades-long federal war on marijuana protects no one and in fact has ruined countless lives. Most Americans do not believe that simple possession of a small amount of marijuana should be a criminal matter, and it's time Congress listened to the voters."
The lead sponsor of the medical marijuana bill is Representative Ron Paul (R-Texas). The bipartisan group of initial co-sponsors includes Sam Farr (D-California), Frank, Maurice Hinchey (D-New York), and Dana Rohrabacher (R-California). They had supported similar legislation in earlier sessions of Congress but no hearings were ever held on those bills.
Caren Woodson, speaking for Americans for Safe Access, said, "By disregarding marijuana's medical efficacy, and undermining efforts to implement state laws, the federal government is willfully placing hundreds of thousands of sick Americans in harm's way." The nationwide group advocates for medical marijuana.
Toinen lakialoite, HR 5843 (The Act to Remove Federal Penalties for the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults) sallisi sadan (100) kannabisgramman hallussapidon, pienten määrien "ystävänkaupat" ja sakottaisi julkisesta käytöstä sadan dollarin sakolla. Osavaltiotason lait olisivat toki voimassa.
Kerrotaanko näistä Suomen mediassa? Puhuvatko kansamme edustajat totta kannabiksesta? Ei, täällä keskitytään varoitustarrojen liimailuun viinapulloihin ja keskioluen laimentamiseen ja hUUUUme on sana joka lopettaa sekä ajattelun että keskustelun siihen paikkaan...!
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Two Medical Marijuana Bills Introduced in House
Posted by CN Staff on April 24, 2008 at 06:00:24 PT
By Bob Roehr
Source: Bay Area Reporter
Washington, D.C. -- Two bills introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives last week would put a serious dent into federal prosecution of medical use of marijuana and offer protection to patients who use it.
Representative Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) is a leader on both measures, which were introduced April 17. The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act (HR 5842) would reschedule marijuana a from a Schedule I to a Schedule II drug under the Controlled Substances Act. The change would allow physicians to recommend use of marijuana under conditions set by state law.
The other bill, the Act to Remove Federal Penalties for the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults (HR 5843) would eliminate federal penalties for the possession of small amounts (up to 100 grams) or not-for-profit transfer of small amounts (up to one ounce, 28.3 grams) of marijuana. It would create a civil penalty of $100 for the public use of marijuana.
The bill would not legalize growing or distribution of commercial quantities of marijuana, nor would it affect any state laws.
"When doctors recommend the use of marijuana for their patients and states are willing to permit it, I think it's wrong for the federal government to subject either the doctors or the patients to criminal prosecution," Frank said in introducing the measures.
"Literally, to make a 'federal case' out of it is wholly disproportionate to the activity involved," Frank added. "We do not have federal criminal prohibitions against drinking alcoholic beverages, and there are generally no criminal penalties for the use of tobacco at the state and federal levels for adults. There is no rational argument for treating marijuana so differently from these other substances."
Continuing on that topic, Frank said, "I think it is poor law enforcement to keep on the books legislation that establishes as a crime something which in fact society does not seriously wish to prosecute. In my view, having federal law enforcement agents engaged in the prosecution of people who are personally using marijuana is a waste of scarce resources better used for serious crimes."
Keith Stroup, legal counsel for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, said no decriminalization bill has been introduce in 37 years. "If passed by Congress, this legislation would legalize the possession, use, and nonprofit transfer of marijuana by adults for the first time since 1937."
The bill incorporates the basic recommendations of the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse which was issued in 1972 during the Nixon administration.
"Congressman Frank's bill represents a major step toward sanity in federal marijuana policy," said Aaron Houston with the Marijuana Policy Project. "The decades-long federal war on marijuana protects no one and in fact has ruined countless lives. Most Americans do not believe that simple possession of a small amount of marijuana should be a criminal matter, and it's time Congress listened to the voters."
The lead sponsor of the medical marijuana bill is Representative Ron Paul (R-Texas). The bipartisan group of initial co-sponsors includes Sam Farr (D-California), Frank, Maurice Hinchey (D-New York), and Dana Rohrabacher (R-California). They had supported similar legislation in earlier sessions of Congress but no hearings were ever held on those bills.
Caren Woodson, speaking for Americans for Safe Access, said, "By disregarding marijuana's medical efficacy, and undermining efforts to implement state laws, the federal government is willfully placing hundreds of thousands of sick Americans in harm's way." The nationwide group advocates for medical marijuana.
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Vanhimmat
Kyse on lakiALOITTEISTA. Useimmat lakialoitteet eivät mene läpi ja tämä kuuluu siihen kategoriaan. USA:n kongressissa on niin paljon porukkaa, ettei ole ole ihme, että mukaan on pesiytynyt muutamia piilokannabisnarkkareitakin.
"Uutisellasi" ei ole uutisarvoa, siksi sitä ei julkaista mediassamme.
meillä uutisoitiin aikanaan yhtä salibandyn pelaajan kannabis kokeilua pääuutisissa usealta
eri kanavalta.
sitten sellaiset uutiset kuten berliinin päätös
sallia hallussa pito vaietaan kuoliaaksi.
samaa linjaa on jatkettu aina ns. myönteisiksi
tulkittavista jutuista.
josta suutasi soitat, voisit hämmästyä kuinka paljon näitä "piilokannabisnarkkareita" (et voi olla tosissasi?!) on aiempien, hieman vastaavien lakialoitteiden perusteella USA:n kongressissa.
Mutta sinähän haluat ainoastaan päästä toistelemaan kivaa, varmaan ihan itse omassa pikku päässäsi keksimääsi kannabisnarkkarikannabisnarkkarikannabisnarkkari-termiä.
Silläkään lakialoitteella (-muutoksella) ei näytä olevan kovin kummallista uutisarvoa, mikä tällä hetkellä kotimaassamme on lausuntokierrokselta kotiunut.
Olisi tuonkin asian voinut päivittää kerralla ajan tasalle jo säästösyistäkin.
Poliisi puolestaan suunnittelee lisäävänsä resurssejaan, että saisi kitkettyä paremmin heinää pois markkinoilta varsinkin kun se on kuulemma jo viemässä jalansijaa kovemmilta aineilta, samaan aikaan kuolee väkeä heroiiniin ja katukaupassa liikkuu kymmeniä tuhansia kertakäyttöannoksia virallisen totuuden kertoessa meille, että ongelma koskee ainoastaan muutamia yksittäisiä ongelmakäyttäjiä.
Tilannehan on vähintäänkin skitsofreeninen tai ainakin kannabis-psykoottinen.
...Tämä Suoli24 palsta.
Turhaa kulutatte aikaanne täällä, pennut on pentuja ja pentu ei ole terve jos se ei leiki.
voi jättää tuomitsematta....
Mutta jostain syystä suomalaiseen "humanistiseen" oikeyskäsitykseen kuuluu, että käyttörikos haluttiin siirtää pikku juttuina yhden tuomarin tai käytännössä kaiketikin poliisin hoidettavaksi.
Ja virkamieshän ei tuomarina voi käyttää samaa harkintavaltaa kuin vaikkapa lautamiehet.
Jotenkin luulen, että tuo siirto ei tapahtunut niinkään jutturuuhkien takia vaan sen takia että lautamiehet suosivat lain lievintä mahdollista linjaa; kun taas ministeriöt ajavat huumeiden osalta kovintalinjaa...
Jotkut muuten väittävät että sivistysvaltion tuntee siitä miten riippumaton sen oikeuslaitos on.
Piikkiq
ps. sosialismi on rikos ihmiskuntaa vastaan