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Commentary: Marijuana industry welcomes regulation
Written by Guest Columnist on Feb 6th, 2012. | Copyright © EdNewsColorado.org
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it fills me with great pleasure to see this industry flourish and strive for open discussion, leap years ahead of our ‘elected’ representatives. I am not surprised by their openness to regulation, the industry has proven to be sympathetic to state laws and the rights of their patients, again, well beyond what can be said of our federal government. times are a changing!
Well said – medical cannabis in Colorado is obviously working and should be here to stay. Couldn’t agree more.
You have to be wary of imposed regulations. In Michigan, Republicans at the urging of our Attorney General, have submitted about fifteen bills that would so regulate Michigan’s Medical Marijuana Law as to make it unworkable. Imagine giving up your rights to a warrant before police can walk into your house or turning over your medical records to any police officer in your community. No to social and educational clubs and no to individuals who use cannabis for pain. Our Attorney General chaired the committee to oppose Medical Marijuana. He is also rather fond of closing woman’s clinics.
I appreciate the calm, rational way that representatives of the medical marijuana (MMJ) industry approach discussions of marijuana legalization. In contrast, our state/local media seem to choose to illustrate the industry by showing a picture of some young “stoner”stereotype; while our elected representatives never show alcohol and MMJ statistics side by side. This issue needs to be put to rest by just legalizing marijuana and regulating it like all the other “vices” in the US. Prohibition of alcohol was an abject failure; I don’t understand why we did not learn our lesson from that.