This is the Alabama edition. It is not very important as these things go. But it is indicative.
On November 14, the Alabama House Committee on Health, held a hearing on the issue of medical marijuana in Alabama. It was evident that the purpose of the hearing was to kill HB 2, the Alabama Medical Marijuana Patients’ Rights Act.
In his closing remarks at the hearing, Chairman McClendon, Republican St. Clair Springs, said, “Medical marijuana is an issue supported by an extremely small group of people in Alabama, while the vast majority of the population is opposed to this type of legislation.”
Well good. The voice of the people and all that. Representative government. No extremely small group should be allowed to dominate government.
The problem is that the most recent poll on medical marijuana in Alabama, conducted by the Mobile Register and the University of South Alabama found that 75 percent of respondents supported legalizing marijuana for medical use under a doctor’s supervision. I know that the chairman has seen the polling information because I personally placed a copy of it in his hand. In other words, it is not that the chairman does not know about the polling, it is that he chooses to ignore it.
The polling numbers are right in line with national numbers which have run from 60% to 85% depending on the poll and the polling date with more recent polls tending higher.
There is a possible explanation for the Republican disconnect not discussed in the article. The Republicans are owned by the cartels. As are the Democrats.
“The Latin American drug cartels have stretched their tentacles much deeper into our lives than most people believe. It’s possible they are calling the shots at all levels of government.” – William Colby, former CIA Director, 1995
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6 responses to “Republican Party On Suicide Mission”
I’m giving Hillary Clinton props here.But she was correct from the government point of view.
” I don’t think that will work. I mean, I hear the same debate. I hear it in my country. It is not likely to work. There is just too much money in it, and I don’t think that—you can legalize small amounts for possession, but those who are making so much money selling, they have to be stopped.”
Or maybe not – what if they could TAX it? Sigh…
Sorry – but just want to note that it isn’t just the Republicans. Both sides are into the “just too much money in it” bit. The Republicans, supposedly being for small government (could make a cat laugh, but it’s what they say), should be all over this.
After all, Reps are the stone-hearted party. Or were till they gave up. “OD? his/her fault. Time to man up, if you still can, you wimps.
It might get you a win.
If we all get free weed, we won’t care about the loss of all our other liberties!
@ Trimegistus… SOMA! (See Brave New World…)
Tri,
If you want to induces amnesia, alcohol does quite nicely and depending on how you count kills 20K to 40K a year. Naturally you favor it.
Last count weed had killed no one directly and if you are looking at traffic accidents weed reduces them.
http://healthland.time.com/2011/12/02/why-medical-marijuana-laws-reduce-traffic-deaths/
http://www.denverpost.com/news/marijuana/ci_19437417
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So naturally the Republicans favor alcohol. They WANT to be the party of DEATH. The essence of right wing Christianism these days.
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But thanks for helping me to make my mind up. I’m going to work against the Republicans full time.
The Party wants to be a religion. Well I want to be a heretic. Excommunicate me and all those like me. 2012 will then be a high water mark.
You will long for the days when you only lost National elections by a few million.
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