(Ed. note: It is anticipated that the first
charge in an article of impeachment against Clinton – as was the case with Nixon
– will be the allegation that he lied to the American people. Of course, he has, but
the worst of his lies involve the suppression of medical marijuana. That the nation’s
opinion leaders are heavily involved in the same lies, means that they will not try him on
the more serious charges, but rather that they will expect us to cheer their moral
rectitude.
This non-binding resolution has no legal impact and may actually work to our benefit
through its intellectual and moral bankruptcy. For once, they are making fools of
themselves at their expense rather than ours.) See
The Media, Monica, and
Marijuana
and
American Bar
Association Opposes House Resolution Attacking Medical Marijuana
and links
House Rules Marijuana Dangerous
By CASSANDRA BURRELL Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -
September 15, 1998
Marijuana is a dangerous and addictive drug and should not be legalized for medical
use, the House said in a resolution passed 310-93 Tuesday.
Efforts to legalize marijuana for medical use in several states are sending the wrong
message to teen-agers and the nation as a whole, supporters of the resolution said during
debate on the House floor.
The sponsor of the bill, Rep. Bill McCollum, R-Fla., said repeated scientific testing
has not proved a medical use for marijuana.
See
Press Release from
Rep. McCollum, Sponsor of House Anti-Medical Marijuana Resolution And NORML’s
Response
"Science cannot be based on opinion polls," he said. "The research
clearly demonstrates that smoked marijuana impairs normal brain functions and damages the
heart, lungs, reproductive and immune systems."
Some Democrats, however, accused Republicans of grandstanding in order to win more
votes in the November congressional elections.
Scientists should be allowed to continue to study the drug, said
Rep. William Delahunt, D-Mass.
"No one who has watched a cancer patient with uncontrollable nausea for hours on
end could make such an argument," he said, noting that cocaine and morphine are used
for medical purposes.
"It seems to me that if we’re going to ban the use of marijuana in the face
of growing medical evidence of its therapeutic value, then we should ban morphine and
cocaine as well," Delahunt said.
The Senate has not yet voted on a similar measure.
The House resolution asks the Food and Drug Administration to submit a report outlining
how the federal government enforces current law prohibiting the sale and use of marijuana
and other controlled substances.
It also asks the attorney general to send Congress data on how much marijuana was
seized in the United States and the number of federal marijuana-related arrests and
prosecutions from 1992 to 1997.
"The resolution is based on numerous committee hearings, testimony and research
presented, all of which conclude that marijuana not only contains no plausible medicinal
benefits, but is harmful to one’s health when smoked," said a statement released
by the House Republican Conference.
California and Arizona voters passed state ballot initiatives to legalize marijuana for
medical use in 1996, and 30 states and the District of Columbia are considering similar
measures. The Arizona Legislature, however, has passed legislation to prevent the
dispensing of drugs not approved as medicine by the FDA.
See
The Arizona
Proposition 200 Situation Explained. Sort of…
The measure is H.J. Res. 117.
Supported