Dear All,
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s remarks are
inspirational.......the video (linked below) is only 1:47 minutes in length
Best regards,
Ron Kirkish, CDFC/IFBC/CALM
Marijuana news: Chris
Christie calls medical pot 'front for legalization'
By Noelle Crombie | ncrombie@oregonian.com - June 19, 2014 at 6:36 AM
Link to video
Earlier this year, he questioned the "quality of life" inColorado, one of two states to
legalize cannabis for recreational use.
On his latest radio show
-- he hosts a monthly show on 101.5 FM
-- Christie dismissed concerns about low enrollment in the state's medical
marijuana program, TheNewark Star-Ledger reports.
Earlier this week, Star-Ledger staff writer Susan K. Livio reported that an estimated 2,300 patients has
enrolled so far, a far cry from the 5,000 to 30,000 enrollment projections.
Advocates said many
physicians are reluctant to participate because they don't want to be publicly
associated with medical marijuana.
But it's not the
program's rules and restrictions keeping the numbers low, Christie said Monday.
It's the lack of demand for medical marijuana.
Reports staff writer Brent Johnson:
"What there's a
huge demand for is marijuana. Not medical marijuana," he said Monday night
on his monthly radio show on 101.5-FM.
"Because when we run a medically based program, you don't see the demand."
The Republican went on
to call the program "a fallacy," Johnson reports.
"This program and
all these other programs, in my mind, are a front for legalization.
Unless you have a strong governor and a strong administration that says, 'Oh, medical marijuana?
Absolutely.
We are going to make it
a medically based program.
' No demand there — or
very little."
In Oregon, the prosecution of Tigard dispensary operators has wrapped up with the pair pleading guilty to marijuana possession.
The high-profile case
against the Human Collective began in 2012 when Washington County drug
investigators raided the storefront, seizing thousands in cash and hundreds of
marijuana plants.
Sarah Bennett and Don
Morse, operators of the dispensary and well-known advocates in the state’s
medical marijuana community, were accused of selling marijuana and charged with
multiple drug felonies.
The case against Bennett
and Morse ended recently in plea agreements and probation – a relatively low-key
conclusion to the headline-grabbing investigation into Washington County’s last
medical marijuana dispensary.
The prosecution of the
Human Collective highlighted the ways cities and counties handled medical
marijuana dispensaries, which proliferated for years without state oversight.
Washington County
cracked down on the establishments, shuttering three, including the Human
Collective.
In Portland, meanwhile,
the establishments flourished, barely raising an eyebrow among law enforcement.
And finally, The Denver
Post's all-marijuana site, The Cannabist, offers this pretty comprehensive glossary of common pot terms.
-- Noelle Crombie
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