[Lexington Green]

Sickening. Shall we post the National Guard at all cancer wards?

[vin-one]

will he or won't he,, that is the question....

this state is in so much debt, and the slot machine movement, got slammed by the dems.
he may take a cash bribe from the fed's
wait and see what's next.

[rb22982]

From the party that supports states rights.

[MrLeRoy]

"I have always taken pride in my independent streak," Ehrlich said. "I respect those guys. They have a legitimate point of view, but we have a point of view too. ... I can take some pressure."

Hang tough against the Lie Brigade, governor!

"We stand in the city that I believe has suffered more from drug abuse and addiction than any city in the United States," Walters said while attending a drug-prevention conference downtown. "It is an outrage that, in this state, the legalizers would come here to try to put additional people in harm's way."

Marijuana is less addictive than alcohol---or even caffeine.

If Maryland doesn't wait, Walters said, it could face lawsuits from those injured by marijuana, such as victims of car accidents caused by users of the drug.

Obvious rubbish---not even distillers have been successfully sued for DUI accidents, much less the makers of incapacitating medicines.

[Zevonismymuse]

GOP Leaders Press Ehrlich To Veto Medical Marijuana

Shame on them. This sort of thing is the reason I must hold my nose every time I pull the lever to vote Republican.

[Hodar]

...Republicans are heavily pressuring Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. to veto a proposal that would drastically reduce penalties for terminally ill patients who smoke marijuana to ease pain.

Damn straight. It's not enough that these people are dying, and are in pain. We need to incarcerate them, and take their money too. That will teach them. < /sarcasm>

Once again, never in the history of human civilization has the policy of prohibition been effective. In this case, it appears the reluctance to aid and assist with pain management is based in superstition, and obstination than any resembelance of fact. Using this same logic, let's remove Morphine and the entire family of Opiates from the MD's pain management arsinal, as these may also be addictive, and 'bad people' use them.

[jmc813]

WOD Ping

[linn37]

anyone wanting to refuse a cancer patient comfort needs to go work in a cancer clinic for a week,just let them have the damn drug!

[The FRugitive]

Terminally ill pot smokers cause terrorism!

[bassmaner]

I predict that in a few years, if the Pubbies don't wise up about this crap and drop the drug warrior extremism, that they're going to start losing a lot of elections that they're supposed to win.

Memo to the Republican Party -- Harry Anslinger is DEAD and has been for a long time. Marijuana really doesn't make white women have sex with black jazz musicians, nor is it the root cause of teenage pregnancy (re: the recent moronic ONDCP PSA).

[meema]

You know, sometimes I think our Republican lawmakers will never grow up. Maybe their loved ones will get cancer, arthritis, etc., and smoked pot is the least harmful painkiller for them! {I have a very painful arthritism among other things, and don't like the drugs that are prescribed for me...}
Sorry, I get so mad at these politicians! I would cheerfully take away their alcoholic drinks that they use just for fun!

[WhiteGuy]

Sounds like The Bush administration and other top national Republicans have no respect for the rights of the States or the rights of the individual.

[MEGoody]

Ah, yes - yet another thread for the pot-heads to rant and rave on.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Ohfuhcryinoutloud! Don't these so-called Republicans have anything better to do than to put their statist paws all over our medicinal choices?

[GOP_Raider]

What I have never understood about this issue is why would anyone that fate was sealed would spend their last days on God's green earth smoking pot??? True, it helps the pain, but that's why there are things called pain killers.

The marijuana legalization movement smells rather fishy and rather socialist to me. No thanks.