I certainly hope that a Law passes in favor of medical marijuana in NY State!
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The website for WNYT, Albany's NBC TV station, completely crashed a few minutes after I posted a list of health organizations supporting medical marijuana. Normally I wouldn't think twice about a site going down, but given tomorrow is the last chance for medical marijuana, I am a little suspicious.

Does WNYT's web-site being down have anything to do with the fact that WNYT is owned by the Hubbards, the far-right, wildly biased, quickly spreading media mold, I mean family, from Minnesota?

I was shocked at how the Hubbard-owned Minnesota affiliate KAAL tried to spread blatant lies about Minnesota's recently killed medical marijuana bill; and then later, dumped comments/information that contradicted their ignorant stance.

Here's an example, where Hubbard-owned KAAL "showcased" a blatant lie from a MN law enforcement official, and then they hid all the comments correcting the lie:

http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S430375.shtml?cat=10151

Notice how they omit any medical support, but say "patients say," instead of the "American College of Physician says," or the "New England Journal of Medicine says" or the "Institute of Medicine says." Censuring, corrupt bleeps.

Now, they are poisoning New York with their "information-hiding" scary form of journalism. If I were a bettin' man, I'd bet something fishy is going on (WNYT web-site going down), especially given Monday is the last chance for medical marijuana in New York.

I've been watching the Hubbard's wildly irresponsible and wildly biased coverage of medical marijuana for a while now; and it's pretty scary how anti-medicine and anti-science their slop has been. They marginalize and vilify medical marijuana, by conveniently omitting the BROAD MEDICAL AND PUBLIC SUPPORT from ALL their coverage and by spreading deliberate lies.

I can't wait until the Hubbard's slop is included with the original "Reefer Madness," as a prime example of how some media outlets remained profoundly ignorant (or crooked), despite the science, all the way up until 2010.

People are suffering and dying RIGHT NOW, because media outlets, like the Hubbards' shameful affiliates, refuse to cover cannabis' history and science.

Hubbard Broadcasting's complicity and direct participation in this war on medicine and on our sick and dying is highly unethical and profoundly disturbing.

Check out how broad their poisonous reach is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbard_Broadcasting_Corporation

Please ask WNYT to put their site back up and ask WNYT and Hubbard Broadcasting to stop disseminating lies about medical marijuana.

Finally, let them know that we are watching and documenting ALL their scary crap.

Any updates on the vote?

FROM WETMTV.COM:
New York State Lawmakers Still At It
Contributor: Zack Wheeler
Last Update: 9:08 pm

Albany - New York’s lawmakers are trying to tie up several loose ends before the state legislature ends its session for the summer. The session is supposed to end Monday, but lawmakers are expected to work into the week to wrap up unfinished business.

One of the biggest issues is the governor's proposal to cap your property taxes at four-percent. Both the senate and assembly have not passed it yet.

Lawmakers went into session Monday morning. END OF ARTICLE

IF THEY'RE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE WEEK, IS THERE STILL A CHANCE?

I think it was wonderful how New Mexico's Gov. Bill Richardson revived NM's medical marijuana bill & then lobbied overtime to convince NM's lawmakers to protect legitimate (doc recommended) medical marijuana patients from being arrested, from being possibly injured of killed in a "no knock" raid, or from being caged for following their doctors' recommendations.

Wouldn't it be great if Senator Bruno rallied his team to do the right thing (I don't have any idea, if there's still a chance, but I'm dreaming)? Does Bruno realize approx. 80 PERCENT of NY'ers support medical marijuana. Has he read the ACP's paper on medical marijuana? Has he seen the HUGE list of health organizations supporting medical marijuana?

If Bruno has voiced support for medical marijuana in the past, why doesn't he follow through and make it happen before he steps out? Implementing the "WILL of THE PEOPLE" (not the will of the pharmaceutical lobby) really is the right thing to do:

80 percent of respondents supported allowing physicians "to prescribe marijuana for medical purposes to seriously and terminally ill patients, and to alleviate symptoms of diseases and the side effects associated with treatments."
POLL: Zogby International
DATE: April 1999
Sample size: 700

85 percent of respondents supported "permitting doctors to prescribe marijuana."
POLL: The New Yorker Magazine
DATE: January 1998
Sample size: 1,400

What happened with the vote at Senate? Why do these things take so long? We should know by now, right?

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what a crock NORML is they pretend they care aboutt he true sick but only want med weed for their own selfish agenda Thats why it s ajoke in Cali Funny NORML acts like everyone is Cali is truely sick.If the card was actually used for the true sick it be legal for med weed But the card is a joke My buddy admitted he is not sick and has the card Funny this same guy was and is a super jock but yet the doc said hes sick What a joke

We are meant to utilize marijuana in every way possible. Our brains have receptors that specifically connect with cannabinoids and the ONLY place you can find cannabinoids is the cannibis plant. If weed were made legal throughout this country, one could go out and buy a pack of joints. That pack would last you far longer than a pack of cigarettes and would and would be cheaper and healthier since the only ingredient would be marijuana, not tobacco plus all the shit they put in with it to make it addictive and deadly. There are other things that have been made with weed in it like lip balm, mouth spray, cookies, etc. which provide the medicinal effects of it but have no negative outcomes of smoking because smoking ANYTHING isn't good for your lungs. Marijuana can be used to make rope, paper, clothing, and building material, which would generate billion dollar companies that would take up a lot of the timber industry's work, saving our trees. The reason weed's illegal in the first place is because William Randolph Hearst had a lot of money in the timber industry and fought for years and paid a lot of money to have it criminalized. The cultivation, distributing, selling, etc. of marijuana would generate many new jobs and help small communities flourish. In less than 20 years, the US could be out of the debt that G.W.B put us in and set us on track to another expansion like the one marijuana friendly Bill Clinton provided. I suffer from severe, crippling migraines, anxiety, and depression at times and the only thing that's helped for me is weed. People are prescribed medications that are harmful to the body, produce severe side effects that are sometimes worse than that which they're designed to treat, are very expensive, and very easy to overdose on. Instead, prescribe marijuana which is cheap to produce, has little to no side effects, is naturally meant to be used by humans, and is IMPOSSIBLE TO OVERDOSE ON.

It was not a good idea.Because definitely some people would take advantage the availability of marijuana in hospitals.They may want to think of an alternative and not waste their time arguing with this medical marijuana.

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