{news} Connecticut--Governor Vetoes Palliative Pot

[clifford thornton]

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Governor Vetoes Palliative Pot
June 22, 2007 


      Much was made during last year's state election about the Democrats having a veto-proof majority in the General Assembly, meaning enough votes to override a bad decision by the governor.

      Well, now's their chance to do so and relieve suffering at the same time. They should override Gov. M. Jodi Rell's veto of a bill permitting the palliative use of marijuana. 

                 
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      The bill would have made it legal in the state for doctors to prescribe marijuana to relieve pain and nausea in people with certain serious illnesses, such as AIDS or cancer. It would have allowed patients or caregivers to grow a certain number of plants. It was humane and compassionate.

      Mrs. Rell, a cancer survivor, said that she agonized over the veto, but that legal alternatives are available to manage pain, and she didn't want to force law-abiding citizens to seek out drug dealers to make a purchase or doctors to break federal law. Can't the qualified simply share seeds?

      The governor also questioned the effectiveness of the pain and nausea remedy.

      It is legal in some other states, such as Rhode Island, for certain people to grow the stuff and smoke it. No runaway abuse of the law has been reported, and it is more liberal than Connecticut's. In fact, so grateful were the registered recipients in Rhode Island that the law was made permanent this year. That is as good a sign as any of its effectiveness. 

      Mrs. Rell has made her point. We disagree. So do the majority of lawmakers. Now it's their turn to restore relief for the sick. 

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