Poll: If State OKs Medical Marijuana, Will Illinois Go Up in Smoke?
Cast your vote -- do you favor legalizing pot for medical treatment or will it just open the door to misuse and further legalization?
State Rep. Lou Lang's going to again try to win General Assembly approval to make marijuana for medical purposes legal -- and this time, he tells the Chicago Tribune, he has the votes to get it done.
That could mean a tax windfall for Illinois: Witness places such as Colorado, which netted $5 million in new state taxes in 2011, or Oakland, Calif., which collected $1.4 million with just four dispensaries last year.
But it could also be a slippery slope, given the belief that some doctors may be too lenient when prescribing marijuana and that it will eventually lead to pot legalization. Just this month, voters in Colorado and Washington State approved such measures, although federal law still superceded state law on the issue.
So, what do you think? Take our poll below, and feel free to post your opinion in the comment box below.
John Roberts
8:56 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Here is a song and video I made,Some of you might of heard me play this at the bar...
It's called "It's Been Raining" In support Of Medical and Recreational Legalization..As a Cancer Survivor and a person who knows the medical aspects of Marijuana...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ert-t9_jkvg
The Other Christine
7:04 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Marijuana is a plant that grows in the ground. Prescription pain pills are made of who-knows-what in a laboratory. You ever hear of someone overdosing on marijuana? No.
And before someone starts the "drugs affect everyone differently" rant, so does caffeine, but that's never been metered or outlawed.
The only real argument I have heard against legalization has been: What do we do with all the people who are or were affected by the criminalization of marijuana? Do you just open the jails and let them out?
That's the real reason we'll never see a complete, nation-wide legalization, even if it would rescue the economy from the toilet.