Read the current version of Carly Melin's medical marijuana bill, HF1818, and you'll realize that the system of secure and higly-regulated dispensaries and registration of patients who will be able to possess medical proposed in the language isn't exactly as accessible as a high school graduation bonfire.
But to Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen (R-Alexandria), it might as well be an open invitation to party for Minnesota's youth.
In today's Fergus Falls Daily Journal, Chris Reinoos reports in Trio touches on political hot button topics:
Ingebrigtsen believes his Democratic peers will want to spend some time discussing legalizing medical marijuana. With recreational marijuana legal in Colorado and Washington and medical marijuana legal in 20 other states, it has certainly become a hot-button issue.
The latest proposal would allow people suffering from several illnesses, including cancer, glaucoma and AIDS, to have 2.5 ounces or 12 marijuana plants in their possession.
Ingebrigtsen plans to fight any move toward legalization. In his view, legalizing medical marijuana is simply a step toward recreational use in the state, something he sees as setting a poor example.
“We don’t want to tell our kids we’re OK with legalizing another type of alcohol,” he said.
Why do we suspect that Ingebrigtsen played hookey from DRE school when he served as Douglas County Sheriff?
Photo: Senator Ingebrigtsen worries that young people will think medical marijuana is just another form of alcohol. This image, found via google, probably doesn't disabuse him of the notion.
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