Beginning Tuesday morning at 7:45 a.m. South Dakotans for Safe Access will be testifyin’ in the House Health & Human Services Committee. The subject is HB1127, the 2009 South Dakota Safe Access [to cannabis as recommended by a doctor] Act.
These are the folks who are gonna be tellin’ the SDSA story there (as known at 9 a.m. Sunday).
A former Denver detective who now lives in Sen. Abdallah’s district in Sioux Falls.
A 25-year-old student and champion cowgirl who suffers debilitating migraines.
A 23-year-old student who has lost a leg from cancer.
A 45-ish eastern South Dak. businessman who suffers a degenerative digestive disorder palliated by cannabis.
A rancher with AIDS who has done time for trying to sustain his own life.
The rancher’s doctor.
A former chairman of the MS Society, North Central States Chapter (8000 members).
At least one more member of the MS Society, NC Chapter
A 1990 Gulf War veteran, with nerve damage due to exposure to chemicals
A federally supplied medical marijuana patient, who gets a tin with 300 perfectly-rolled marijuana cigarettes each month. For more information about the program under which she receives her medicine, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compassionate_Investigational_New_Drug_program
You can listen live as we speak to the committee.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/CommitteeMenu.aspx
Scroll down the right column, click on “Health and Human Services
2/3/2009 7:45 AM†(When I do that, I get an error message, but an audio link is downloaded to my desktop, which I have to open to get the audio. Not sure if it works that way for everybody.)
We urge you to contact the members of the committee to which we will testify. The list of House Health and Human Services Committee is below. The best way to get an email to them is to go to this page,
http://legis.state.sd.us/email/LegislatorEmail.aspx. Once you rmessage is entered in the box, you can serially send to every member of the committee. Do it today; the hearing is Tuesday.
All the message needs to say is “Please support HB1127,†along with your name and city of residence. Anonymous pleas aren’t much good.
House Health and Human Services Committee
Rep. Blake, Susy (Dem.-Dist. 13, Sioux Falls) Rep. Blake has indicated favorability to 1127
Rep. Iron Cloud III, Ed (Dem.-Dist. 27, Bennett, Haakon counties) Probably a yes vote for 1127
Rep. Lucas, Larry (Dem.-Dist. 26A, Mellette, Todd counties) can be convinced on 1127, needs to hear from you.
Rep. Nygaard, Eldon (Dem.-Dist. 17, Clay, Turner counties) not on record on 1127
Rep. Vanderlinde, Martha (Dem.-Dist. 15, Minnehaha county) Is a nurse. Is one of the sponsors of 1127.
Rep. Boomgarden, Jamie (Rep.-Dist. 17, Clay, Turner counties) not on record on 1127. Clay County carried the 2006 medcan vote.
Rep. Curd, R. Blake (Rep.-Dist. 12, Lincoln, Minnehaha counties) not on record on 1127
Rep. Dreyer, Brian (Rep.-Dist. 32, Pennington county) might be able to convince him on 1127
Rep. Jensen, Phil (Rep.-Dist. 33, Meade, Pennington counties) not on record on 1127
Rep. Moser, Nick (Rep.-Dist. 18, Yankton county) not on record on 1127
Rep. Pitts, Carol (Chair) (Rep.-Dist. 7, Brookings county) not on record on 1127. Brookings county carried the 2006 medical cannabis vote.
Rep. Rave, Timothy (Vice Chair) (Rep.-Dist. 25, Hanson, McCook counties) not on record on 1127
Rep. Romkema, Fred (Rep.-Dist. 31, Lawrence county) Has met with medcan patients. Might be convinced to vote for 1127. Lawrence County carried the 2006 medcan vote.
One has to talk to the right wingnuts in the only terms they understand $$$$$$$$$$$$.
California collected $300 million from taxing medical marijuana. In our state which loves sin and its taxes – taxing medical mojo should be an easy sale.
Maybe we can ger Phelps to endorse it;
“After a hard day of training, nothing eases the muscle aches like a good bond hit.”
I still say the only reason law enforcement opposes legalization is because they’re afraid their budgets will take a hit.
The only reason “conservatives” oppose it is because it’s illegal now – so it should stay that way… or something. No logical reason has yet been presented for continued criminalization of cannibis.
On CNN this morning they were talking about Phelps and they showed the picture of his entire mouth in a foot long bong. They wondered if it would have an effect on his endorsements. And John Roberts says, “Maybe not, he hasn’t admitted that he was smoking pot.” Um, John, remember Clinton, “I didn’t inhale?” Phelps was smoking pot, Duh.