"If the legislature sends him a well crafted medical marijuana bill Governor Rendell said he will sign it." That was the exact statement from Governor Rendell to Examiner.com.
Last week, Examiner.com had asked Press Secretary Gary Tuma "What is Governor Rendell's position on Pennsylvania House Bill 1393?" HB1393 is also known as the Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act. It provides for the medical use of marijuana and repeals provisions of Pennsylvania law that prohibit and penalize marijuana use.
Hearings on HB1393 will begin on December 2 in Harrisburg. It is unclear whether or not the Governor's legal staff or department will attend. The hearings are open to the public.
Q: Does Governor Rendell support medical marijuana?
A: Yes - if the bill is well crafted.
Pennsylvania Health and Human Services decides medical marijuana has merit
Comments
Good job - Nice scoop! Wow, it is great to hear a Governor say that ahead of the legislative hearings.
How did Americans (of all people) get into a situation where they kill, steal, and destroy from one another - all in the name of a medicinal plant that many people want to use?
I have an idea, but the situation is absurd. It is a plant for Pete's sake.
And really, a cop is no braver busting a plant in the woods than he was marching Stalin's political opponents out to the woods and "liquidating" them. Just following orders; job security; easy work if you can get it; they must have done something wrong to get arrested (it must be harmful to have been made illegal), etc. Similar reasoning, at least.
Maybe one day America will again be the land of the free. U.S. cannabis laws and arrests and jailings speak far louder than platitudes and flag-waving.
Bravo for Governor Rendell!
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