Aelfwine
07-05-2007, 02:22 PM
New Mexico is set to become the first U.S. state to set up a cultivation and distribution system for medical marijuana, sewing the seeds of a possible showdown with federal drug enforcement authorities.
New Mexico's Department of Health said it's trying to spare patients the travails of buying drugs on the black market by supplying them with medical marijuana from a known, secure source under strict regulation and quality control.
"It's a compassionate policy, and I'm hopeful that when the Bush administration has more pressing issues like the war in Iraq to tackle, this one will be allowed to survive," Abrahamson said.
http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3348177&page=1
Hopefully they will do a better job of this then San Francisco has. I am all for the legalization of pot but I think San Francisco is hurting the movement by letting anyone buy weed under the guise of medical marijuana. I hope thier recklessness does not end up hurting patients who actually benefit from marijuana.
New Mexico's Department of Health said it's trying to spare patients the travails of buying drugs on the black market by supplying them with medical marijuana from a known, secure source under strict regulation and quality control.
"It's a compassionate policy, and I'm hopeful that when the Bush administration has more pressing issues like the war in Iraq to tackle, this one will be allowed to survive," Abrahamson said.
http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3348177&page=1
Hopefully they will do a better job of this then San Francisco has. I am all for the legalization of pot but I think San Francisco is hurting the movement by letting anyone buy weed under the guise of medical marijuana. I hope thier recklessness does not end up hurting patients who actually benefit from marijuana.