What about the children?

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Pete

How dare you harm that young child…

… by attempting to deny him the medicine that can help save his life.

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24 Responses to What about the children?

  1. DdC says:
    February 22, 2011 at 3:38 pm

    Toddler is One of Youngest Medical Marijuana Patients in Montana
    There are more than 28,000 medical marijuana card holders in Montana, and 51 of them are under the age of 18.

    If you have to lie to kids and vilify opposition that has no basis in reality. Either you’re hoping your kids stay as ignorant as you. Or they go behind your back and risk greater danger dealing with the black market and harder more deadly white powders. Stop the lies moms.

    ‘Nightmare’ of Medical Marijuana Threatens Kids
    Montana kids are in trouble! After speaking with principals, educators, parents and kids across the state, it’s clear our schools are suffering the devastating consequences of passing the medical marijuana law. Montana is now No. 2 in the nation for teen marijuana use. Our situation is serious. One principal described it as a “nightmare.” Another said “It has crossed all boundaries, even star athletes are using it.” They are finding it impossible to tell kids it’s harmful. Many kids don’t even believe it is still illegal, citing storefronts and signs all over town as evidence.

    Same paper, same place yet we have light in the tunnel vision of prohibition…

    Repeal of Medical Marijuana Law Makes No Sense
    Why is repealing medical marijuana backward and mistaken? Because cannabis is making a huge, positive medical difference in the lives of thousands of good Montanans. Because it makes no moral or economic sense to redefine these genuine patients as criminals and to force them back onto the narcotics that helped them less and caused worse side effects. Because a patient who has had no seizures since switching to cannabis (and used to have a dozen every day) can’t fairly be asked to go back to a “life” on the drugs that didn’t work.

    Teen pot smokers? Don’t blame medical marijuana laws

  2. darkcycle says:
    February 22, 2011 at 4:58 pm

    “..concerned about the effects of marijuana on developing young brains…” Like the effect of helping the child survive brain cancer? Any other “effects on developing young brains” we oughta know about? ONDCP? Anyone? *crickets*

  3. Cannabis says:
    February 22, 2011 at 5:20 pm

    Here is the transcript of the story Toddler, one of 51 kids using medical cannabis in MT. As for the Missoula Underage Substance Abuse Prevention Coordinator, the poor woman’s name is Brandee Tyree. What can one expect…

  4. This is not my America says:
    February 22, 2011 at 5:24 pm

    “..concerned about the effects of marijuana on developing young brains…”

    WTF ! Does it matter the negligable side effects if they DIE ! DEAD IS DEAD. Being ALIVE and a bit high is very preferable!

    I am someone that has seen cancer comsume loved ones..I know what these fucking chemicals Pharma pushes does to loved ones…I just wish I had known of the good effects cannabis can have on loved ones SUFFERING from cancer.

    I will not rest until government and all you stupidasses out there bow to truth and compassion!

    • malcolm kyle says:
      February 23, 2011 at 2:59 am

      “I will not rest until government and all you stupidasses out there bow to truth and compassion!”

      Welcome to the fray TINMA!
      From now on in, expect to sleep every night like a baby koala bear on good Kush.

  5. strayan says:
    February 22, 2011 at 5:42 pm

    I see the treatment industry hack still opposes childrens’ access to medicine.

  6. vicky vampire says:
    February 22, 2011 at 6:31 pm

    These Ignorant Politicans pat themselves on the back Do gooders could watch 500 Video’s like these,they don’t Fraking care.
    Daggnabit they will make you stay away from that crazy Weed, you unruly Public,they know what’s good for you.

    Well 76 percent of the good folks of Montana are not buying it in the most recent polls.I don’t think, they will take this lying down,you think they will give up there medicine peacefully no I can’t predict what will happen something has shifted lately,you can feel the rumblings worldwide do not think USA will be immune,I t might take some time but peaceful or strong protest in one form or another will eventually Win out.
    http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2011/02/76_of_montanans_oppose_medical_marijuana_repeal_po.php

  7. anonymous says:
    February 22, 2011 at 6:32 pm

    It’s very unfortunate that that woman’s last name is the same as mine. I say with confidence that our surnames are the ONLY thing we share!

  8. Duncan20903 says:
    February 22, 2011 at 8:15 pm

    …and the folks in Pete’s post turn into these folks:

    http://billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/guest/article_36f52b60-0e0a-54f8-a86c-a7acde6ec904.html?mode=story

    Allan, I’ve been beating those women about the face and head all day with facts, statistics and citations. They’ve still got the same dumb look on their face, but now at least they seem annoyed.

    Better link for commenting:

    http://billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/guest/article_36f52b60-0e0a-54f8-a86c-a7acde6ec904.html?mode=comments

    Did you know that 70 Montana cardholders are over the age of 80? There are 10 nonagenarians in that cohort as well. (0 years old, and using medical cannabis. Who’da thunk it? Surely not myself, I was stunned to learn that today, but it was only because the Brady Bunch made me look up the statistic of how many Montana minors have cards, and the rules they’re required to follow to get cards.

    http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/medicalmarijuana/MMPRegistryInformationJanuary2011.pdf

    http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/medicalmarijuana/frequentlyaskedquestions.shtml

    It was sometime after the turn of the century that I learned that if you’re in a contract dispute, reading the contract and then using it to beat up the guy on the other side of the table was amazingly effective. Gosh, the SAMHSA studies have given me some very compelling arguments. Crime indices from the Disaster Center, just like Babe Rith’s bat. Did you know that the California crime index is down almost 39% since 1996? That the violent crime rate is down 43+%?
    http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/cacrime.htm

    The crime stats aren’t as powerful in Montana though, because they only run through 2009 and that was the first year that the # of patients really bumped up going from 1577 in Dec 08 to 7339 in Dec 09 to 27,292 in Dec 2010.

    http://www.dphhs.mt.gov/medicalmarijuana/mmphistoricaldata.pdf

    Montana is in the top quintile for the incidence of drunk driving.

    “Of the 10 States with the highest rates of drunk driving, 5 were in the Midwest (Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin), 3 were in the Northeast (Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island), and 2 were in the West (Montana and Wyoming).

    http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k10/205/DruggedDriving.htm

    At Montana’s current cost per prisoner, putting 28,362 patients in jail for a year would cost around $320,000,000. This despite Montana having the lowest cost of incarceration of the 50 States spending $11,268 per prisoner. Montana is projected to have a deficit of around a half billion in 2013, so this move could theoretically double that deficit when you add in social services for dependents left behind as well as lost sales and income tax revenue.

    http://nicic.gov/features/statestats/?State=MT

  9. strayan says:
    February 22, 2011 at 8:18 pm

    It is actually quite staggering that Brandee Tyree (treatment industry hack) is prepared to argue on public TV in favour of denying sick children access to medicine.

    The fucking gall of these people.

  10. egadsno says:
    February 22, 2011 at 9:36 pm

    How many children are prescribed amphetamine? I’ll wager a staggering amount daily take their Ritalin and nobody is raising a stink about that.

  11. DdC says:
    February 22, 2011 at 11:27 pm

    Jeffrey’s Journey

    By age seven, Jeffrey had already been prescribed more than a dozen drugs to control his violent rages. Nothing had helped.

    Then state officials gave Jeffrey’s mother an ultimatum: Find something to help your son or lose him to institutional lock-down.

    Extensive research convinced this conservative, Christian mother that medical marijuana could be her son’s last hope.

    Jeffrey’s Journey chronicles the success of Jeffrey’s treatment, as well as the family’s court battle defending their son’s right to unconventional medicine.

    This family’s story makes clear that, for parents, the need to relieve a child’s suffering must transcend politics.

    Healing a Child’s Violent Rages With Pot U2b

    Jeffrey’s Journey (thread of links)

    Mothers Against the Drug Czar’s War on Kids

  12. DdC says:
    February 23, 2011 at 4:05 am

    Toddler is One of Youngest Medical Marijuana Patients in Montana
    There are more than 28,000 medical marijuana card holders in Montana, and 51 of them are under the age of 18

    Controversy swirling over Montana Medical Marijuana repeal attempt
    Feb 21 2011
    House Speaker Mike Milburn wants to repeal Montana’s medical marijuana laws.

    Poll: Montanans Overwhelmingly Oppose Repeal of Medical Marijuana Act
    DRCnet

    PRENATAL MARIJUANA EXPOSURE AND NEONATAL OUTCOMES IN JAMAICA

  13. Duncan20903 says:
    February 23, 2011 at 7:19 am

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    Is Baby Hyde going viral? On WPIX TV in New Jersey: http://www.wpix.com/wpix-medical-marijuana-nj,0,662200.story

    Little itty bitty poll on that page, would everybody take a second and vote? TIA

    Do you think NJ should legalize medical marijuana?
    Yes
    No
    Not sure

    At this moment 100% in favor.
    ……………………………………………………
    Wow those Montana lawmakers sure don’t care how the people vote.

    House votes to nullify Missoula marijuana initiative http://helenair.com/news/article_fc29c262-3f25-11e0-a989-001cc4c002e0.html

    His concern is having a hodgepodge of locally enacted initiatives throughout the state to set local law enforcement agencies’ priorities, Berry said.

    “Next thing you know, it ends up chaos,” he said.

    County attorneys and law enforcement officials don’t know which state laws to enforce, Berry said.

    “State law is state law,” he said. “If you don’t like state law, come here and change it.”

    Now how the heck would Montanans do that? Every time they vote for a change in the law their masters in Helena repeal their vote.

    I really wish that cops weren’t so easily confused. /sigh/

  15. openminded says:
    February 24, 2011 at 11:42 am

    If everyone was watching the news interview carefully with an open mind you would see that this Brandee person was not and did not at any time speak about medical marijuanna. She was speaking about kids using marijuanna as a recreational drug….there is a difference

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  17. joe says:
    May 16, 2011 at 2:18 am

    Brandee if it helps this family cure there baby then i see
    no wrong in it and it’s about medical marijuanna not recreational drug

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