Posted on 06/02/2009 12:22:13 PM PDT by NetRight Nation
Earlier today, the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions fell short on passing an amendment offered by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) that would have placed medical marijuana under the same restrictions that the Senate is attempting to place on tobacco through the FDA.
In a release from Americans for Limited Government, President Bill Wilson said the following:
“This vote proves out and out that Senate Democrats are not concerned about health at all. Both tobacco and marijuana are weeds, both are smoked, both are carcinogenic, and yet the Senate Committee on Health has seen fit to propose placing tobacco under FDA regulation while shielding marijuana from similar government control,”
The government has no place in regulating tobacco. Yet, 13 Senators seem to be ok with this newest of regulations while voting No on Coburn's amendment which would have placed marijuana under the same regulations. A vote no on regulating marijuana should also be a vote no on the bill on the Senate floor.
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