Lynch Set to Veto Medical Marijuana

I'm saddened (0.00 / 0)

but unsurprised.

Law enforcement gets a whole lot of money to fight the war on drugs. Law enforcement turned out in full force to back Kelly Ayotte and her dim witted assistant AG Karin Eckels in their opposition to this bill.

I'll say it again - we treat our sick and dying pets with more compassion than we treat our sick and dying people.

John Lynch would be singing a different tune if someone he loved was dying a long painful death.  

member of the professional left  

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by: susanthe @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 09:31:38 AM CDT

Official statement? (0.00 / 0)

Has there been a press release of any sort?

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by: JimC @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 10:35:13 AM CDT

Listening to Lynch on the gaming issue makes it clear (0.00 / 0)

the fellow thinks that the governor rules the state and HIS word is law.  We need someone who understands that the governor merely rules the bureaucracy and takes his directions from the people.

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by: hannah @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 13:18:49 PM CDT

The Governor Could Use the People's Direction Right Now! (0.00 / 0)

The House today passed it 232 - 108, which is solid, but the senate fell two short of a veto proof majority.

So in the next few days, as Hannah so well stated it, the people who care about the citizens ability to heal from serious illness must call the governor's office. It worked before on marriage equity! We can do it again.  

No'm Sayn?

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by: BurtCohen @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 18:48:00 PM CDT

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Call/Write/Visit Governor John Lynch (4.00 / 1)

Burt's right.  This bill should be signed.  Overriding a veto would be difficult at best -- there is no guarantee that we could get a 2/3rds vote in the House, and it's apparent that it would be very difficult to get in the Senate.  

Besides, this is a bill the Governor should sign.  It's about compassion.  It's about making sure that patients aren't called "criminals."  It's about having an approach for pain reduction in times of medical difficulties that will be available for ALL of us when we need it.

Governor John Lynch does want to hear from us.  He proved that in his eventual support of House Bill 436.  He SIGNED marriage equality, and few thought that would be possible several months ago.  So, call, write, FAX, E-Mail him, or drop by his office if you're in the State House:

Governor John Lynch
Office of the Governor
State House
25 Capitol Street
Concord, NH 03301
Telephone:  (603) 271-2121
FAX:  (603)271-7680

Email the Governor:  
http://www4.egov.nh.gov/govern...
 

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by: Rep. Jim Splaine @ Thu Jun 25, 2009 at 07:31:28 AM CDT

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Barney Frank and John Stuart Mill have it right.. (0.00 / 0)

"I think John Stuart Mill had it right in the 1850s," said Congressman Frank, "when he argued that individuals should have the right to do what they want in private, so long as they don't hurt anyone else. It's a matter of personal liberty. Moreover, our courts are already stressed and our prisons are over-crowded. We don't need to spend our scarce resources prosecuting people who are doing no harm to others."

The bill before the Governor is a tiny step toward a sane drug policy. To deny extremely ill people relief for political reasons is itself sick. There is no sane rational for allowing the ill access to opiates, cocaine derivatives, amphetamines, alcohol and tobacco, but denying them relief from a drug that the CDC has said presents a public health threat on a level with a cup of coffee.

"But, in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope." Si se puede. Yes we can.  

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by: Paul Twomey @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 at 20:06:24 PM CDT