Governor candidate Thompson supports medicinal marijuana
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UW-Oshkosh Advance Titan. Published Opinion. March 27, 2002 To the Editor: As a university student and Wisconsin resident, I'm outraged that only one candidate for Governor has supported the medical marijuana bill currently before the Wisconsin state legislature. The reality is that sick people deserve any remedy necessary to prevent them from pain, sickness and death. It is sad that the governor and the Democratic candidates have not come out in support of medical marijuana. Worst of all, Congressman Tom Barrett voted for a congressional resolution against states legalizing medical marijuana. Thankfully, there is an alternative. Ed Thompson, an independently minded Libertarian, has shown that he will support the people of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Nurses Association in their endorsement of medical marijuana for the ill. Why can't the politicians in Madison just let sick and suffering patients receive what many doctors think is their best medicine? It's time for a big change. Aaron Biterman Brookfield, Wis. |
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