The Gatewood Galbraith Medical Marijuana Act of 2012
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Feb 21st, 2012Someone from Lexington, KY writes:
My son is paralyzed and suffers from neuro pain I'm doing it for him. -
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Feb 20th, 2012Someone from Paris, KY writes:
I feel there is a quite legitimate place for Medical Marijuana. When medical professionals approve I think much good can come of it.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 20th, 2012Someone from Louisville, KY writes:
I am a patient running out of time. Please help me to help relieve my chronic pain, as opiates make me sicker on a daily basis & putting me into a pre-mature grave. I am a 37 year old disabled Registered Nurse.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 20th, 2012Someone from Lexington, KY writes:
This bill would create jobs, stimulate the economy through increased tax revenue, and decrease economic strain by reducing the time spent by law enforcement on marijuana petty crimes. Please do the right thing for Kentucky, and vote YES on SB129.REPORT COMMENTS
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A replacement for codeine and addictive pain medications.REPORT COMMENTS
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Feb 20th, 2012Someone from Farmington, KY writes:
Not only does it have many medical benefits without the side effects of other drugs it is a cash crop that Kentucky can grow. Tobacco is out the door unless shipping it overseasREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 20th, 2012Someone from Louisville, KY writes:
[continued from comment below] ...I have lived in Kentucky since I was three years old. Despite the onset of my disease in the middle of high school, I pushed on as well as I was able. I graduated a valedictorian from one of the top schools in the state and was a National Merit Scholar. I was on the Dean's List in the College of Business at UofL, and I received English departmental scholarships both for academic performance and for creative writing. Despite my health having been in decline for 8 years, gradually getting worse each semester, I was able to maintain a 3.6GPA and achieved all A's within my major. My wife has lived in Louisville all her life. She also graduated high school as a valedictorian, and she went on to maintain nearly a 4.0 at UofL, where she has two undergraduate degrees and a graduate degree. She has taught both in a rural setting in Henry County and an inner city setting here in Louisville. We love Kentucky, and we both received some of our merit-based scholarship funding from the State. We don't want to leave. Kentucky has invested in us, and we want to be able to turn around and invest in Kentucky. If the legal status of cannabis doesn't change soon, however, we will have to move away from our friends, our family, and our city. My wife is an intelligent and hard working woman. She is the type of person Kentucky needs in education, but she will have to teach in another state if Kentucky doesn't catch up. I can't continue living here if it means I will continue suffering needlessly every day of my life. Please look at the overwhelming amount of evidence in support of legalization. Any possible objections the anti-marijuana crowd raises are answered in detail a hundred times over by those fighting for legalization. Those of us who are sick and suffering in Kentucky need help. Don't keep medicine from us any longer. We aren't a bunch of potheads looking for an excuse to get stoned. We're hardworking and honest Kentuckians who just want the freedom to live life as fully as possible, to have the liberty to make our own decisions about our own bodies and health, and to thus be empowered in our pursuit of happiness. Is that so much to ask? Just for my right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?REPORT COMMENTS
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Feb 20th, 2012Someone from Louisville, KY writes:
I suffer from chronic pain because of a neuro-immune disease. Cannabis has successfully treated many of my symptoms for others in states that allow doctors and patients to make their own, informed decisions. I cannot currently use cannabis to treat my symptoms because of its legal status in our Commonwealth. My wife teaches at an inner city school here in Louisville, and when she mentioned my condition during a lesson, multiple students began offering to supply her with medical quality marijuana (she obviously laughed and explained to them why this was totally not a possibility). Our War on Drugs has been a failure, and there are thousands like me -- the collateral damage of the war. We suffer. We are hurting. We are in pain. There are strains of marijuana custom bred and grown for the specific symptoms I struggle with. I could buy a vaporizer to avoid inhaling the smoke. A variety of treatments can help work to alleviate some of the pain, but nothing works like Cannabis. Period. There is no cure for my disease, but marijuana would help. I currently get out of my house about once a week, and that's often to go grocery shopping (usually with my wife). Sometimes, I have to sit on the ground in the aisle in the store while I wait to feel well enough to continue shopping. If I were allowed to use marijuana safely and responsibly for my own personal use, I could help regulate my sleep cycle, could stimulate my appetite so I could enjoy eating rather than needing to force myself to eat, could treat the chronic aches and inflammation throughout my body, could clear the mental cloudiness and strong headaches I live with, etc. Every day, I wonder why I cannot have access to this medicine. My heart goes out to those living in even more pain than I -- especially our veterans returning with PTSD, more severe chronic physical pain, and other various conditions that the Veteran's Association would give them marijuana for if only Kentucky stopped criminalizing its sick and disabled. We aren't bad people. We're hurting, and we need our politicians to do what is right. A third of the country has already legalized marijuana for medical purposes, and the programs are working. Every year, more Americans support legalization of medical marijuana. Last year, a Gallup poll reported 70% in favor. An ABC/Washington Post national poll reported the number at 81%. Generations that follow us are going to look back and ask why we didn't give medicine to sick people sooner. Please. Let us grow some plants in our homes, use them responsibly, and find relief for the pain and suffering that cannabis has been shown to provide. When a horse breaks its leg at Churchill Downs, we put it down. Why? Because we care about alleviating its suffering and don't want to see it living in pain. You don't have to shoot me to alleviate my pain; just give me access to the medicine I need. I have lived in Kentucky since I was three years old. Despite the onset of my disease in the middREPORT COMMENTS
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Feb 20th, 2012Someone from Nicholasville, KY writes:
I have done my Research On Medical Marijuana.I suffer from Chronic Back pain and sciatica and not able to use Prescription pain medication due to stomach problems. I believe I would be a great candidate for it's use but may never know due to laws that prevent it's prescription.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 20th, 2012Someone from Bowling Green, KY writes:
It would be a smart move to pass this bill.kentucky needs it so does the sick people this is even bein considered for..lets finnally do somthing right with the law on mariajuana..fighting the war on iy isnt doin any good its just wasting hard earned tax money from the people let the citizens decide for once..pass thus bill.REPORT COMMENTS
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It would be a smart move to pass this bill.kentucky needs it so does the sick people this is even bein considered for..lets finnally do somthing right with the law on mariajuana..fighting the war on iy isnt doin any good its just wasting hard earned tax money from the people let the citizens decide for once..pass thus bill.REPORT COMMENTS
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