New Hampshire legislature looking at override of governor’s medical marijuana veto

First the good news: CONCORD ( AP ) — Lawmakers will vote Wednesday whether to override Gov. John Lynch’s veto of a bill that would make New Hampshire the 14th state to legalize marijuana use by severely ill people. Supporters are optimistic they have the two-thirds vote needed for an override in the House, but are less confident the votes are there in the Senate. Then the bad news: If the veto is overridden, the bill would establish three nonprofit “compassion centers” to dispense 2

Continuing insanity re: medical marijuana

Really, they should simply legalize marijuana under similar regulations to alcohol, and certainly medical marijuana should be legal. But that day has not yet come. Abby Goodnough in the NY Times : The only person in America with a state license to distribute marijuana wants to keep her identity secret. “I’m so totally paranoid I can’t stand myself,” said the distributor, who runs a nonprofit group here that grows and sells marijuana for medicinal purposes and who insisted on meeting in

Increasing Support for Marijuana Legalization

(ChattahBox)—As more states move to decriminalize marijuana and allow patients to use the natural herb to ease chronic pain and nausea resulting from cancer treatments, there is growing support from lawmakers and law enforcement officials to end the failed war on drugs and legalize marijuana. Just recently, Democratic Rep. Barney Frank from Massachusetts introduced legislation to decriminalize marijuana, which would eliminate federal penalties for personal possession of less than 100 grams