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OMG I agree with Glen Beck!<br>
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On 03/31/2011 03:27 PM, Bill London wrote:
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<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style=""><font
style="font-size: 16pt;">Tom Trail introduced his
medical marijuana bill to House committee yesterday
with comments below that summarize his legislation.</font></span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="">My thanks to Tom
for his support of this sensible plan.</span></strong></p>
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class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="">BL</span></strong></p>
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<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style=""><font
style="font-size: 16pt;"> </font></span><font
style="font-size: 16pt;">HB 19 MEDICAL MARIJUANA</font></strong></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style=""><font
style="font-size: 16pt;"> </font></span><font
style="font-size: 16pt;">(COMMENTS MADE BY REP. TRAIL TO
THE HOUSE HEALTH</font></strong></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style=""><font
style="font-size: 16pt;"> </font></span><font
style="font-size: 16pt;">AND WELFARE COMMITTEE MARCH
30/2011</font></strong></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong></strong></font> </p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>MR.
CHAIRMAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS—I WANT TO THANK</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>CHAIRMAN
MCGEACHIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR REP. LACEY</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>AND
I TO SPEAK TO YOUR COMMITTEE IN AN INFORMATIONAL</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>PRESENTATION
FORMAT.<span style=""> </span>BOTH OF US WILL SPEAK
BRIEFLY TO</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>THE
PROPOSED LEGISLATION, AND THE WITHIN THE CONTEXT</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>OF
THE INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION FORMAT WE HAVE</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>INVITED
SPECIFIC IDAHO CITIZENS TO TESTIFY. ACCORDING TO</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>OUR
AGREEMENT THERE WILL BE NO OTHER TESTIMONY TAKEN.</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong></strong></font> </p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>WE
ARE PROPOSING HB19 AS A MEASURE THAT WOULD MAKE</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>IDAHO
THE 15<sup>TH</sup> STATE IN THE NATION TO LEGALIZE THE
USE OF</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>MARIJUANA
TO HELP PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ILLNESSES.<span style="">
</span>THE</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>MEASURE
WOULD ALLOW PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERE</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>ILLNESSES
LIKE CANCER, AIDS, LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE, AND M.S.</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>GLAUCOMA
AND MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY WITH A DOCTOR’S</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>RECOMMENDATION
TO HAVE ACCESS TO MARIJUANA GROWN</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>AND
DISTRIBUTED THROUGH STATE MONITORED DISPENSARIES.</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><font style="font-size:
16pt;"><strong> </strong></font></span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>AS
STATED BY CONGRESSMAN AND PHYSICIAN RON PAUL,</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>WE
HOLD TO THE RIGHT OF THE DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>IN
MAKING THE DECISION TO USE MEDICAL MARIJUANA RATHER</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>THAN
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>HB
19 INCLUDES ADEQUATE STATE REGULATION OF THE PROGRAM AND
SAFEGUARDS TO ENSURE THAT THE PROPOSED MEDICAL MARIJUANA
PROGRAM IS NOT ABUSED. CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL NOTES THAT
IT IS THE RIGHT OF THE STATE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT
MEDICAL MARIJUANA IS LEGALIZED, AND THUS IT BECOMES A
STATES RIGHTS ISSUE AS NOTED UNDER THE 10<sup>TH</sup>
AMENDMENT.</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong></strong></font> </p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font style="font-size:
16pt;"><strong>(2)</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong></strong></font> </p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>IT
IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT GLEN BECK SUPPORTS THE</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>LEGALIZATION
OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA AS WELL.</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><font style="font-size:
16pt;"><strong> </strong></font></span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>THE
PROPOSED LEGISLATION WOULD BE THE MOST RESTRICTIVE</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>MEDICAL
MARIJUANA LAW IN THE NATION BECAUSE IT WOULD</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>PERMIT
DOCTORS TO PRESCRIBE IT FOR ONLY A SET LIST OF</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>CHRONIC
ILLNESSES.<span style=""> </span>THE LAW WOULD ALSO
FORBIDE PATIENTS</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style=""><font
style="font-size: 16pt;"> </font></span><font
style="font-size: 16pt;">FROM GROWING THEIR OWN
MARIJUANA AND USING IT IN</font></strong></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>PUBLIC.
<span style=""> </span>THIS ADVICE WAS PROVIDED BY
SHERIFF WAYNE RAUSCH,</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>FOR
PRESIDENT OF THE IDAHO SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION.<span
style=""> </span>THE</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>LEGISLATION
WOULD ALSO REGULATE THE DRUG UNDER STRICT</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>CONDITIONS
USED TO TRACK THE DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICALLY</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>PRESCRIBED
OPIATES LIKE OXYCONTIN AND MORPHINE.<span style=""> </span>PATIENTS</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>WOULD
BE LIMITED TO TWO OUNCES OF MARIJUANA PER EVERY</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>28
DAYS.</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style=""><font
style="font-size: 16pt;"> </font></span><span
style=""><font style="font-size: 16pt;"> </font></span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>I’D
LIKE TO MENTION THAT THE STATE’S THAT HAVE HAD THE</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>MOST
SUCCESS WITH THEIR MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAMS HAVE</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>GONE
THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS WHERE ALL OF THE</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>STAKEHOLDERS
HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. THE LEGALIZATION OF</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>MEDICAL
MARIJUANA VIA THE INITIATIVE PROCESSES HAS PRODUCED</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>MANY
PROBLEMS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY GOING</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>THE
LEGISLATIVE ROUTE.<span style=""> </span><span
style=""> </span>MARYLAND IS ONE SUCH STATE. IN 2003</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>A
BIPARTISAN EFFORT LEAD BY ASSEMBLEMAN DON MURPHY-</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>REPUBLICAN
MOVE THEIR BILL TO PASSAGE.<span style=""> </span>TWO
MONTHS AGO</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>THE
MARYLAND ASSEMBLY REAFFIRMED THE DEFENSE OF MEDICAL</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>MARIJUANA
ACT—85% VOTE REPUBLICANS AND 87% DEMOCRATS.</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>THIS
BILL WAS SIGNED BY A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR. I WAS
APPROACHED SEVERAL YEARS AGO BY SEVERAL CONSTITUENTS WHO
SUFFERED BRAIN CANCER, M.S. AND LOU GERHIG’S DISEASE.<span
style=""> </span>THEY RECEIVED A RECOMMENDATION
FROM MY WIFE’S FAMILY DOCTOR </strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font style="font-size:
16pt;"><strong>(3)</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong></strong></font> </p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>IN
MOSCOW BUT THEY WENT TO WASHINGTON STATE FOR THEIR LEGAL
MEDICAL MARIJUANA.</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong></strong></font> </p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong></strong></font> </p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>WE
HAVE THE CASE IN ONTARIO WHERE THERE IS A ALTERNATIVE</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>DISPENSARY.<span
style=""> </span>THE OPERATOR OF THE DISPENSARY
REPORTS</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>THAT
WITHIN THE PAST SIX MONTHS MORE THAN (300) IDAHO
FAMILIES HAVE MOVE TO THE ONTARIO AREA SO THAT A
CRITICAL</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>ILL
MEMBER OF THE FAMILY CAN LEGALLY OBTAIN MEDICAL</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>MARIJUANA
FOR THEIR PAIN.<span style=""> </span>IF THEY COME
BACK INTO IDAHO</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>THEY
ARE SUBJECT TO THE LAWS OF OUR STATE AND LIVE IN</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>THE
SHADOWS OF FEAR.</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><font style="font-size:
16pt;"><strong> </strong></font></span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>RESEARCH
CARRIED OUT IN CANADA VIA A DOUBLE BLIND</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>STUDY
CLEARLY INDICATES THAT MEDICAL MARIJUANA COMPARED</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>TO
OTHER MEDICATIONS, I. E. OXYCODON, ETC. WAS SUPERIOR</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>IN
REDUCING PAIN.<span style=""> </span>WE MUST REMEMBER
THAT MEDICAL</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>MARIJUANA
WAS LEGAL IN THE U.S. UP THROUGH THE EARLY 70’S</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>UNTIL
DEA DECLARED IT TO BE AN ILLEGAL DRUG. THERE IS
CONTROVERSY AND DISAGREEMENT AROUND THE MEDICAL
PROFESSION IN IDAHO AND OTHER STATES ABOUT THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA.<span style=""> </span>DR.
BOUGHTON, MY</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>WIFE’S
DOCTOR, NOTES THAT SHE HAS HAD SEVERAL PATIENTS</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>WITH
MEDICAL MARIJUANA.<span style=""> </span>SHE NOTES
THAT THERE IS THE OPTION</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>OF
MARICOL WHICH IS LEGAL BUT VERY EXPENSIVE AND DIFFICULT</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>TO
TIRATE TO EFFECT SINCE ONCE THE PATIENT TAKES IT THE
EFFECT</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>ISN’T
FELT FOR AWHILE.<span style=""> </span>SMOKING IS
MORE APPROPRIATE FOR</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><strong><font style="font-size: 16pt;">PATIENTS
WHO HAVE TROUBLE TAKING ORAL MEDICATIONS.</font><span
style=""><font style="font-size: 16pt;"> </font></span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>MARIJUANA
IS PARTICUARLY EFFECTIVE FOR ALLOWING PATIENTS </strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>TO
REDUCE THEIR INTAKE OF OPIATE MEDICATIONS.<span style="">
</span>ALTHOUGH</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>THERE
MAY BE SOME HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, OPIATE</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font style="font-size:
16pt;"><strong>(4)</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong></strong></font> </p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>SIDE
EFFECTS OF NAUSEA AND VOMITING AND SOMETIMES LIFE</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>THREATENING
CONSTIPATION IS NOT AMONG THEM.<span style=""> </span>THE
OPTIATE</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>LIKE
OXYCODON, MORPHINE, ETC. ARE TOXIC, EXPENSIVE, AND</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>TERRIBLY
ADDICTIVE AND MANY TIMES MORE EXPENSE MEDICATIONS HAVE
TO BE USED TO CURE THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE OPIATES.</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><font style="font-size:
16pt;"><strong> </strong></font></span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>IN
MOST STATES BEFORE LEGALIZATION, LAW ENFORCEMENT</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>HAS
OPPOSED LEGALIZATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA.<span style="">
</span>HOWEVER</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>THE
DATA FROM MANY STATES CLEARLY SHOWS FROM LAW</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>ENFORCEMENT
STATISTICS THAT THERE IS NO NEGATIVE IMPACT</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>TO
THE CRIME RATE BECAUSE OF ITS LEGALIZATION.</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><font style="font-size:
16pt;"><strong> </strong></font></span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>A
RECENT STUDY OF ALL 14 STATES WHERE IT IS LEGAL,</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>INDICATES
THAT WHEN CONSIDERING MIDDEL AND HIGH SCHOOL</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>STUDENTS
THAT MARIJUANA USE ACTUALLY WENT DOWN IN</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>11
OF THE STATES, FLAT IN TWO STATES, AND IN ONE STATE WENT</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>UP
SLIGHTLY.</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><font style="font-size:
16pt;"><strong> </strong></font></span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>THE
IDAHO STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OPINION INDICATED</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>THAT
THE PROPOSED IDAHO COMPASSIONATE USE OF MEDICAL</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>MARIJUANA
ACT AS PRESENTED DOES NOT APPEAR TO CONTAIN</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>ANY
PROVISIONS THAT ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL OR OTHERWISE</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>ILLEGAL.<span
style=""> </span>THEREFORE, THE QUESTION OF WHETHER
THE ACT SHOULD</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>BE
ENACTED INTO LAW IS A MATTER OF POLICY.</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><font style="font-size:
16pt;"><strong> </strong></font></span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>UNDER
THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION,<span style=""> </span>THE
DEPARTMENT</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>OF
HEALTH AND WELFARE WOULD BE IN CHARGE.<span style="">
</span>A SMALL NUMBER BUT WELL LOCATED DISPENSARIES
WOULD BE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT.<span style=""> </span>ALL
OPERATORS OF THE DISPENSARIES WOULD<span style=""> </span>GO
THROUGH CRIMINAL CHECKS AS WELL AS ALL WORKERS</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font style="font-size:
16pt;"><strong>(5)</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong></strong></font> </p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>PATIENTS
OR CARE GIVERS WOULD ALL HAVE TO GO THROUGH</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>CRIMINAL
CHECKS AND NO ONE WITH A DRUG RELATED CHARGE</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>COULD
PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><font style="font-size:
16pt;"><strong> </strong></font></span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style=""><font
style="font-size: 16pt;"> </font></span><font
style="font-size: 16pt;">I TALKED WITH DIRECTOR
ARMSTRONG ABOUT THE PROGRAM.</font></strong></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>HE
INDICATED THAT IF THE LEGISLATION PASSED HE FELT THE</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>DEPARTMENT
COULD CARRY OUT THE MANDATE.<span style=""> </span>HE
ALSO</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>INDICATED
THAT THERE COULD BE SOME SAVINGS IN MEDICAL</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>COSTS
FOR PATIENTS/MEDICAID ETC. UNDER DEPARTMENTAL</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>PROGRAMS
WHEN COMPARING THE COST TO HIGHER PRICED</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>OPIATES.</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><font style="font-size:
16pt;"><strong> </strong></font></span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style=""><font
style="font-size: 16pt;"> </font></span><font
style="font-size: 16pt;">I’VE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET A
SURVEY OF THE WAY STATES</font></strong></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>HANDLE
THE COST OF THE PROGRAM.<span style=""> </span>THE
DETAILS VARY BUT</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>THE
DEPARTMENT THROUGH RULE WOULD SET UP THE FEE</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>SCHEDULE
FOR PATIENTS WITH DOCTOR RECOMMENDATIONS</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>AND
ALSO THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR OPERATORS OF ALTERNATIVE</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>DISPENSARIES.<span
style=""> </span>THE GOAL WOULD BE COST NEUTRAL</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>TO
RUN THE PROGRAM AND ALSO COVER COSTS RELATED TO</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>THE
IDAHO STATE POLICE.</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><font style="font-size:
16pt;"><strong> </strong></font></span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>AGAIN,
I THINK AS CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL WOULD PUT</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>IT—THIS
IS A STATE’S RIGHT ISSUE AND AS MANY MEDICAL DOCTORS</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>INDICATED
MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN MANY CASES IS THE ONLY MEDICATION
THAT CAN DRAMATICALLY REDUCE PAIN AND IMPROVE THE
QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG OUR MOST CRITICALLY ILL.</strong></font></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"
class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong></strong></font> </p>
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