<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Wayne and Judy,<div><br></div><div>I agree with you 100%! But think about it, we had (and may still have) a city council that banned cigarettes from closer than 20 feet from an entrance and from smoking in bars. They then took control of the notorious</div><div>spread of raising chickens! Do you really think that this would go through if there was ANY wiggle room at the city level like there was for cigarettes?</div><div><br></div><div>I am hopeful about the new council however, not too damn happy about them squandering $500.00 per council person for a one day boondoggle at the 1912 Center! $3.000.00 for a facilitator that could probably be done by someone local. And who in their right mind wants a council that is in lock step with other council members? THEY ARE ADULTS, and if they can't get along as adults, then the electorate will take care of that in the next election, just like they did in the last one. But tossing $3.000.00 away for a kumbaya session put on by some out of town "expert" is just plane dumb. And for those council member that think it is such a great thing, would THEY each cough up $500.00 to attend? And if they would, just make the check for $500 payable to the city!!!!! (For those of you that really think the best of the local politicians, don't hold your breath, the checks won't be written!)</div><div><br></div><div>WMP</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jan 11, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Art Deco wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" bgcolor="#ffffff" vlink="purple"><div><font size="2">While Idaho still is successfully fighting the satanic practice of growing industrial hemp.</font></div><div><font size="2"></font> </div><div><font size="2">W.</font></div><blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; "><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; ">----- Original Message -----</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); background-position: initial initial; "><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="jlbrown@turbonet.com" href="mailto:jlbrown@turbonet.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">JLBrown</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">'Vision 2020'</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, January 11, 2010 2:26 PM</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Vision2020] medical marijuana</div><div><br></div><div class="Section1"><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; ">Common sense takes a step forward in another state.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; ">Judy<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><o:p> </o:p></div><h1 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold; margin-right: 0in; ">New Jersey Assembly Approves Medical Marijuana<o:p></o:p></h1><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; ">By<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="More Articles by David Kocieniewski" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/david_kocieniewski/index.html?inline=nyt-per" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; ">Published: January 11, 2010<o:p></o:p></div><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; ">The New Jersey Assembly approved a measure on Monday that would make the state the first in the region and the 14th in the nation to legalize the use of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="More articles about marijuana." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/m/marijuana/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">marijuana</a>for medical reasons.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; ">The measure was to be voted on by the State Senate later in the afternoon, the final day of the legislative session. If passed, it would allow patients diagnosed with severe illnesses like<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="In-depth reference and news articles about Cancer." href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/cancer/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">cancer</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="In-depth reference and news articles about AIDS/H.I.V.." href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/aids/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">AIDS</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="In-depth reference and news articles about Muscular dystrophy." href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/muscular-dystrophy/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">muscular dystrophy</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="In-depth reference and news articles about Multiple sclerosis." href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/multiple-sclerosis/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">multiple sclerosis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to have access to marijuana distributed through state-monitored dispensaries.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; ">Gov.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="More articles about Jon S. Corzine." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/jon_s_corzine/index.html?inline=nyt-per" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Jon S. Corzine</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>has said he would sign it into law before leaving office next Tuesday. Gov.-elect<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="More articles about Christopher J. Christie." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/christopher_j_christie/index.html?inline=nyt-per" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Christopher J. Christie</a>, speaking at a press conference on Monday before the vote, reiterated his support for legalizing the medical use of marijuana as long as the final bill contained safeguards to ensure that it did not end up encouraging the recreational use of the drug.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; ">Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, a Democrat from Princeton, said the New Jersey law would be the most restrictive in the nation because it would only permit doctors to prescribe it for a list of serious chronic illnesses. The legislation would also forbid patients from growing their own marijuana and using it in public, and it would regulate the drug under the strict conditions used to track the distribution of medically prescribed opiates like<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="Recent and archival health news about Oxycontin." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/oxycontindrug/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Oxycontin</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and morphine.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; ">“I truly believe this will become a model for other states because it balances the compassionate use of medical marijuana while limiting the number of ailments that a physician can prescribe it for,” said Mr. Gusciora, who sponsored the bill.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; ">Mr. Christie said he wanted to make sure that New Jersey did not follow the path of other states that have legalized the medical use of marijuana.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; ">“I think we see all what’s happened in California,” Mr. Christie said. “It’s gotten completely out of control.”<o:p></o:p></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; ">Opponents of the New Jersey bill often use California’s experience as a cautionary tale, saying that medical marijuana is so loosely regulated there that the state has essentially decriminalized the drug. Under California law, residents can legally obtain marijuana to treat a list of maladies as common, and undefined, as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="In-depth reference and news articles about Stress and anxiety." href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/symptoms/stress-and-anxiety/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">anxiety</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or chronic pain.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; ">The New Jersey Senate last year passed a less restrictive version of the proposal, which led opponents of medical marijuana to predict that it would pave the way for California-style “pot centers.” David Evans, executive director of the Drug Free School Coalition, said that such centers would make marijuana more readily available on the streets and lead to an increase use of drugs by teenagers.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; ">But after conference hearings among legislative leaders, both chambers agreed on a more stringent bill.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; ">As the legislators prepared to vote on the measure, more than a dozen chronically ill patients rallied at the State House to urge lawmakers to pass it.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; ">One of them, Scott Ward, who said he suffered from multiple sclerosis, said he had been prescribed marijuana to alleviate<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="In-depth reference and news articles about Leg pain." href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/symptoms/leg-pain/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">leg cramps</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>so severe that they often “feel like my muscles are tearing apart” and that leave him virtually unable to walk. Other prescription drugs either failed to ease the pain or left him so groggy he could do little more than sleep, Mr. Ward said. But when he followed his neurologist’s advice and treated his pain with marijuana, Mr. Ward said, the pain went away.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; ">“I could do normal things like walk the dog,” said Mr. Ward, 26. “It made a huge difference in my life.”<o:p></o:p></p><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><hr><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.fsr.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.fsr.net</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================</blockquote>=======================================================<br>List services made available by First Step Internet,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.fsr.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <br> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================</div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>