Compassionate use laws in Delaware

The Libertarian Party of Delaware is searching for Delaware residents who are medical marijuana activists, patients, and doctors to help push for a law that will prevent sick and dying people from going to jail for medicating themselves. If you would like to help please email [email protected], and provide your contact info. Of course the Libertarian Party of Delaware stands firm on it's principle that all drugs should be decriminalized, but we have to stand up for sick and dying people RIGHT NOW!

sorry,i don't think ALL drugs should be legal...if you guys just fought for Marijuana I'D FIGHT WITH YOU TIL THE DEATH...But sh@#! like cocaine,and heroine should be demonized...so i only support mary jane

I believe that it's your body and if you want to put every drug in your body then do so!

As long as your drug use remains victim less, then I don't see a problem with it.

You also have to take in consideration, what would happen if every drug was legal?

First off, you have government regulation. Everything would have to go through an intense testing period before being available for the public. You would also have corporations that take over the production, so it would boost the economy and jobs. It would be a new market.

In turn it would take away the reason for organize crime to exist. Gangs would no longer be able to profit from drug dealing and they would have to find other avenues for profit. Gambling, robbery, pirating, prostitution, etc.

It could also be a bad thing for use, since the prices might go up. However, I doubt the taxes and profit of the legal drugs would exceed the risk markup on most drugs now. I'm not sure on that one.

Also the DEA spends TONS of money on drug enforcement to no avail. The spend years tracking a drug cartel and take it down and within a week another rival cartel has risen and taken over its terrority. It's a vicious cycle and there is no way to prevent it. As long as there is profit to be made, and demand for drugs. There will always be a black market.

So you have a choice. Allow the black market to profit off of death, killings, child labor, etc. OR legalize it and allow the government to regulate and profit off it.

The simple fact is, there will always be someone selling and making profit from drugs, you just need to decide WHO you want to be selling and making profit.

My ramblings...
Raelum

Oh ya, I'm a Libertarian and would be interested in learning more about this.

i agree with Raelum but i think if they were to legalize something weed would be first. the other things i'm not so sure about.

I'm the guy who did the press confrence with Sen. Henry when she announced the Medical Marijuana bill. I will be testifying at the Wed. hearing in Dover.:thumbsup:

We're rallying our troops for a trip down state to show our support! We're sending out links & info thru facebook, look for H.E.A.L. Delaware there if you can give us any additional info how we can help.

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Unfortunately, Senate Bill 94 will do more harm than good. SB 94 will dismantle an existing affirmative defense that protects all patients, while creating several new anti-recreational/anti-religious ganja consumer laws.

The fact is, patients are not being arrested. In fact, almost no one is arrested for ganja in Delaware. Only a few more than 100 people were arrested last year, and every one was incedent to either the commision of another crime (No. 1 reason), or a traffic offence. One guy was arrested for growing 16 plants in his yard, and another batch inside his home.

The time has come to stop worrying about a "medical" marijuana bill, and demand that legislators make official the defacto legalization the state already enjoys.

For more, see the blog for the Delaware Cannabis Society (active in Delaware since 1968) at Hempman Says: Just Say KnowHempman Says: Just Say Know

January 12th is not too far away so let's cross our fingers that the bill goes through. As of right now, I have no access to cannabis because I really do not have any connections.

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January 12th is not too far away so let's cross our fingers that the bill goes through. As of right now, I have no access to cannabis because I really do not have any connections.

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I have found no articles talking about the issue and the date has already passed. Guess there was no resolution ...

The public's valid interest in the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes should turn on two questions.

Could this restricted use be a gateway to addictions of other legally prohibited substances? How necessary is scientific verification of the relief that severely sick patients claim?

With medical marijuana laws gaining ground at the state level, Delaware lawmakers have a responsibility to find the answers.

Of the 14 states with such laws, five approved them through their legislatures. Neighboring New Jersey became the most recent state to see both the wisdom and compassion of the law. There is no reason why Delaware should not become the 15th state to do so.

Senate Bill 94 sponsored by Sen. Margaret Rose Henry passed the Senate Health and Social Services in June and awaits a Senate floor vote this session.

Chronically sick residents -- not the ubiquitous potheads opponents fear -- would have access to up to 6 ounces of marijuana, considered a month's supply, from state-licensed centers.

Some doctors say other medicines help relieve the same symptoms that marijuana is celebrated for reducing. That argument dismisses the reality of patient individuality, a driving factor in the growing body of anecdotal evidence to the contrary.

It also ignores centuries of formal medicine's co-existence with alternative treatments.

Decriminalizing doctor-prescribed marijuana is framed with equally weak logic. Federal and local enforcement officials invoke scenarios of doped-up weed smokers wreaking havoc on their criminal budgets.

"We generally do not fund research focused on the potential beneficial medical effects of marijuana," a National Institute on Drug Abuse spokeswoman said recently.

This lopsided focus on the unsubstantiated potential harm from the controlled use of an illegal substance is inexcusable in the 21st century.

Delaware should join the other states in correcting this merciless approach.

Let chronically ill use pot for mercy's sake | delawareonline.com | The News Journal

On Tuesday, May 18th, Senator Margaret Rose Henry of Wilmington joined Noah Mamber, a representative from a Washington D.C. based lobbyist group called the Marijuana Policy Project, at Widener Lawâ??s Delaware campus to discuss a bill she sponsored to amend Title 16 of the Delaware Code to create the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act.

Senate Bill #94, currently pending before the 145th General Assembly of Delaware, is based on the Marijuana Policy Projectâ??s model medical marijuana legislation. Leslie Verucci, Chair of the Advanced Practice Council of the Delaware Nurses Association, introduced Senator Henry and Mr. Mamber. She also thanked Widener Law Associate Professor Thaddeus M. Pope for his help in arranging the event.

After Senator Henry spoke briefly about the Senate Bill she sponsored, Mr. Mamber spoke about the different types and effects of marijuana and the different ways in which it can be used, which include smoking, vaporizing, baking it into edibles, creating a tincture, topical preparations, or via a pill. Marinol, the pill form of marijuana consists only of the THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, portion of the cannabis plant. Marinol is the only form of marijuana currently recognized for medicinal uses by the federal government. In 1999, Marinol was moved from a Schedule II to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, indicating that it is not considered to carry the same risk for abuse as drugs in Schedule II.


The proposed Delaware bill has a 6 ounces possession limit for those licensed to use medical marijuana, and those with prescriptions would be permitted to obtain more than 3 ounces every 14 days. The proposed law would not permit use by anyone less than 21 years of age, and insurance companies would not be mandated to cover the costs associated with medical marijuana use. Prohibitions against driving under the influence of or public use of marijuana would remain, and while the bill would not require employers to allow impaired patients at work or to permit possession of marijuana in the work place.

The bill remains pending before the legislature with further opposition likely.

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On Tuesday, May 18th, Senator Margaret Rose Henry of Wilmington joined Noah Mamber, a representative from a Washington D.C. based lobbyist group called the Marijuana Policy Project, at Widener Lawâ??s Delaware campus to discuss a bill she sponsored to amend Title 16 of the Delaware Code to create the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act.

Senate Bill #94, currently pending before the 145th General Assembly of Delaware, is based on the Marijuana Policy Projectâ??s model medical marijuana legislation. Leslie Verucci, Chair of the Advanced Practice Council of the Delaware Nurses Association, introduced Senator Henry and Mr. Mamber. She also thanked Widener Law Associate Professor Thaddeus M. Pope for his help in arranging the event.

After Senator Henry spoke briefly about the Senate Bill she sponsored, Mr. Mamber spoke about the different types and effects of marijuana and the different ways in which it can be used, which include smoking, vaporizing, baking it into edibles, creating a tincture, topical preparations, or via a pill. Marinol, the pill form of marijuana consists only of the THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, portion of the cannabis plant. Marinol is the only form of marijuana currently recognized for medicinal uses by the federal government. In 1999, Marinol was moved from a Schedule II to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, indicating that it is not considered to carry the same risk for abuse as drugs in Schedule II.


The proposed Delaware bill has a 6 ounces possession limit for those licensed to use medical marijuana, and those with prescriptions would be permitted to obtain more than 3 ounces every 14 days. The proposed law would not permit use by anyone less than 21 years of age, and insurance companies would not be mandated to cover the costs associated with medical marijuana use. Prohibitions against driving under the influence of or public use of marijuana would remain, and while the bill would not require employers to allow impaired patients at work or to permit possession of marijuana in the work place.

The bill remains pending before the legislature with further opposition likely.

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This bill has been sitting in the house for quite some time now, but there has been little or no action brought forth.

Referred to Senate Health & Social Services Committee on May 13, 2009; Reported out of committee on June 3, 2009; Introduced to the Senate with amendments (June 23, 2009)

"The Bill creates an exception to a state's criminal laws to permit the doctor-advised medical use of marijuana by patients with serious medical conditions...
Patients would be allowed to possess up to 6 ounces and to cultivate up to 12 plants for their medical use...
The Bill would also provide a medical necessity affirmative defense that patients who needed more marijuana than was provided for by rule or who did not possess their ID cards can raise in court."

More information at this link
http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/s...les/DESB94.pdf

What do you think?

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