Today, medicinal marijuana won another hard fought victory in the state of New Jersey. This is right on the heals of the American Medical Association coming out in support of medicinal marijuana as well. The lame duck session of the legislative branch finally conceded to the need for medicinal marijuana use amongst the sick and elderly, but it didn’t come without much opposition.
The people that opposed the medicinal marijuana use were outraged at the message this would send the youth that marijuana is acceptable and ok for them to try. One lady quoted some statistics that said that marijuana usage goes up with the perception that is ok by the greater society, which is interesting considering marijuana has never been perceived as acceptable, so I wonder where she made these figures up from.
Besides, there are greater drug issues, crime, and economic conditions that need to be addressed instead of fighting marijuana legalization in the State of New Jersey.
Opposition aside, this is a major victory for those living in the State of New Jersey that have cancer and a myriad of other infections where their quality of life and appetite can be restored by the use of medicinal marijuana. Now finally maybe the thousands of medical marijuana doctors that support this movement can come out and start practicing like they know is best for their patients. Below is a video from court proceedings.
| New Jersey state Assembly approved medical marijuana bill |
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