Mormons For Medical Marijuana - Yes on Prop 2

Still a long way from free agency but it's better than it was.

The Legislature passed a bill in a special session last month that pulled the government out of the distribution system and also greatly increased the patient protections available to medical cannabis users.

We've been involved every step of the way to make sure the law does what we all agreed to—making sure that patients aren't treated as criminals.

Good news for patients in Hawaii. A little more freedom. A little more agency.

Hawaii becomes 26th state to decriminalize ma*****na Hawaii Gov. David Ige declined to veto the bill, allowing it to become law.

This is why Prop 2 allowed individuals to grow their own medical ma*****na.

If the state wasn't able to meet the needs of a patient, they could meet their own needs.

https://fox13now.com/2019/07/29/davis-co-attorney-cant-protect-health-department-from-federal-prosecution-so-hes-telling-them-not-to-hand-out-medical-cannabis/

Davis Co. Attorney can’t protect health department from the feds, so he’s telling them not to hand out medical cannabis FARMINGTON, Utah -- Davis County Attorney Troy Rawlings is recommending the county health department not dispense medical cannabis under the state-run program, a sign that the entire system crafted by the Utah State Legislature could be in trouble. In an interview with FOX 13 on Monday, Rawlings sai...

Freedom?
Agency?
Individual liberty?
Small government?

Utah says "Nope" to all four! Imagine if they tried to do this with soda in Utah.

Utah is shopping for an electronic system to verify patients and track plants under the new medical ma*****na law The state has started its search for multimillion-dollar software that will form the spine of its medical cannabis program, serving as the repository for sensitive patient information and logging the movements of each ma*****na plant.

Utah is trying so hard to control legal medical ma*****na that it's still going to be less cumbersome and less expensive to buy it on the black market. ....or legally in Wendover or Mesquite.

Many will buy it legally once so that their possession can be justified legally and then purchase it illegally.

The state of Utah will likely lose more and more money and will require more and more from tax payers to subsidize their infrastructure.

We're glad that there's a legal path for Utah patients that's being carved out.....but basic economics and human nature will still prevail.

Lawmakers want to cut California’s pot taxes to help lagging legal market Frustrated that California’s licensed ma*****na industry is struggling against the black market, a group of state officials is pressing to slash taxes on legal pot.

This is exactly what's going to happen in Utah.

Higher price of legal pot, lack of convenient supply driving consumers to unlicensed dispensaries | CBC News The price of pot has jumped since recreational use was legalized but the thorny supply issues haven’t stopped people from lighting up.

Why are people so afraid of ma*****na...

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/12/12/676214086/fentanyl-surpasses-heroin-as-drug-most-often-involved-in-deadly-overdoses

Synthetic pain relief is widely available. It is dangerous, addictive and been shown to worsen overall chronic pain.

Fentanyl Surpasses He**in As Drug Most Often Involved In Deadly Overdoses When fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine, infiltrated the drug supply in the U.S. it had an immediate, dramatic effect on the overdose rate.

Here is a breakdown of differences between Prop 2 and the bill just passed by the Utah Legislature.

If only there were a safer alternative to opioids.

Sanpete sues over painkiller addiction, joining several Utah counties Sanpete is the latest county to sue drugmakers and distributors over the toll of painkiller addiction in Utah.