even as a Republican, I admire Bill Richardson, the man has principle ... problem is, after he made this effort to protect his state's medical MJ users, did you hear word of it on national television, or newspapers ? ... no, you only heard, if you visit a marijuana website, like NORML, or here ... that's a shame ... maybe we should all start phoning our local newspapers and TV stations, asking " why didn't YOU tell us about this ? " ...