N.J. Senate approves bill allowing use of medical marijuana
The state Senate voted today to legalize marijuana for medical use, despite warnings the drug would fall into the hands of recreational users instead of the chronically ill patients who suffer from debilitating symptoms. The New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act targets patients suffering from a debilitating disease defined as cancer, glaucoma, HIV and AIDS, and other chronic illnesses that cause "wasting syndrome, severe or chronic pain, seizures and severe and persistent muscle spasms," according to the bill.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/nj_senate_approves_medical_mar.html
In the interest of discussion here are two articles, one for and one against marijuana being legalized outright......
Here is an argument for making marijuana legal:
http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/stories/2003/12/22/whyIsMarijuanaIllegal.html
Here is an argument for keeping marijuana illegal:
http://www.odysseyhouseinc.org/News/bht1002.html
And here is the Hoboken Journal Reader Poll:
And here is the anti-pot propaganda film "Reefer Madness" for reference. Regardless of your position on the topic the claims made in this cult classic seem far fetched and outlandish to our modern sensibilities:
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