On Sensible Change MN Cannabis Policy Voter Guide, Ingebrigtsen clings to reefer madness

Earlier this month, in the post Dahms: Status quo in divided MN legislature will legalize pot within 1st six weeks of next session, we reported on anti-cannabis reform rhetoric clouding a room in New Ulm.

 A reader brought  Sensible Change Minnesota's Cannabis Policy Voter Guide for the state senate to our attention, thinking we'd find joy in former Douglas County sheriff and current state senator Bill Ingebrigsten's answers.

They did not disappoint, especially this Q & A:

Do you believe Minnesota should dedicate funding to law enforcement, specifically for designing objective impairment tests that are accurate and science-based?

No. Good grief!!! Will this be the new funding source for LE after the progressive democrats de-fund the police??

Alrightee, then. As MinnPost's Walker Orenstein reported back in July, Nobody at the Legislature has proposed defunding the police. So why is it such a big deal at the Capitol?

He answers the question in the article, so hop over to MinnPost to learn what Sheriff Bill is smoking.

Here's the page for Senate District 8 with Ingebrigsten's answers; his DFL opponent, Michele Anderson, did not answer the questionnaire as of the drafting of this post.

Candidate		Bill Ingebrigtsen (GOP)
Do you commit to prioritizing patient needs in reforms to Minnesota's medical cannabis program?		No
Do you support adding raw cannabis flower to Minnesota's medical cannabis program?		No
Do you support allowing delivery of medical cannabis from a registered manufacturer to patients?		No
Do you support removing unnecessary symptomatic requirements for patients with terminal illness and cancer to qualify for medical cannabis?		No
Do you support adding a medical necessity defense for registered medical cannabis patients who are charged with a crime for unauthorized possession of cannabis?		No
Do you support improving the patient protection provisions by allowing for attorneys' fees and punitive damages in patient discrimination cases?		No
Do you support reducing the lifetime prohibition on registration in the medical cannabis program to a one-year prohibition for patients who have violated program provisions?		No
Do you support working with stakeholders to develop workable policies that would allow school-age medical cannabis patients to have their medicine in school?		NO Absolutely NOT in school or near school
Do you support protecting medical cannabis patients' second amendment rights?		Yes if CBD without THC
Do you support protections for patients on conditional court release, probation, or parole that use medical cannabis?		No
How will you help to make Minnesota's medical cannabis program more accessible, affordable, and fair for patients?		This substance has become even more DANGEROUS than in the 60"s and the 70"s. I should remain on the Federal Drug Schedule as a very dangerous illegal substance.
Do you support the full legalization of cannabis for adults over the age of 21?		No
Do you support a social and racial equity cannabis business licensing program?		No. I don't even know what that means. Lisencing requirements for anything has no social or racial equality that I am familiar with.
Do you believe the tax revenue from the legal sale of adult-use cannabis should be dedicated to health and human services to address substance use disorders, youth education, and other funding areas related to substance use and abuse?		NO. However that is where it will be needed. So what is the point of legalization??
Do you believe Minnesota should engage in a comprehensive consumer and public education program on the safe consumption of cannabis?		No
Do you believe Minnesota should dedicate funding to law enforcement, specifically for designing objective impairment tests that are accurate and science-based?		No. Good grief!!! Will this be the new funding source for LE after the progressive democrats de-fund the police??
Do you support adult use cannabis legalization? Why or why not? What are your priorities in adult use legalization policy, whether or not you oppose legalization?		NO period. This is a very dangerous drug that will be very devastating to our youth and families and will result in huge costs to government, healthcare, and public safety.
Do you support rescheduling cannabis from Schedule I to (at least) Schedule II?		No
Do you support the decriminalization of cannabis "mixtures" (which includes concentrates, tinctures, edibles, etc.)?		No

An Aside

There's a headnote about the pro-cannabis party candidates on the Sensible Change Minnesota's Cannabis Policy Voter Guide worth checking out:

Note: Our Voters’ Guide includes all candidates we were able to reach, regardless of party affiliation. However, we must be responsible and advise that not all candidates with the Legal Marijuana Now and Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis parties are truthful in their intentions running for office in certain districts. *We will include an asterisk on those candidates identified by outside sources as “spoiler” candidates and urge you be cautious in your support.* 

Please see the following sources for more information about the spoiler candidates:

• Some legalize cannabis candidates are giving off very MAGA vibes, J. Patrick Coolican, June 15, 2020

• How marijuana legalization party candidates could decide control of the Minnesota Senate, Peter Callaghan, August 21, 2020
• Is Legal Marijuana Now Being used to Spoil Elections in Minnesota? Oliver Steinberg, August 21, 2020

Related Posts:

• Sheriff Bill and Bub Nornes go full blown grumpy cats on medical cannabis bills
• Raw marijuana menace: Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen speaks out against legalizing killer weed
• Ingebrigtsen & Rosen warn colleagues about "dangerously addictive" pot that rips apart families
• Have a hemp heart: Sheriff Bill gets a free bag
• Grumpy cat Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen still grumpy about industrial hemp's infernal roots in Hell
• Ingebrigtsen update: grumpy cat is still grumpy about medical cannabis & intractable pain
• Ingebrigtsen update, part 2: Have a Blessed and Merry Christmas, your kids think pot is a-okay
• MN Senator Gary Dahms shares scary vision of pot-loving DFL majority with Brown Co faithful
• Hagedorn: Senator Gary Dahms stands between you and socialist legal recreational marijuana:

Photo: A screengrab of Senator Ingebrigtsen during one of the floor debates on medical cannabis, doing his best imitation of the late, great Grumpy Cat.

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Comments

[Brandan Borgos]

Ohhh, Ol Grumpycat Ingebrigsten, your logic and information is sooooo broken.