Posted on 06/09/2015 9:46:08 AM PDT by GIdget2004
With a wave of legalization measures in recent years, marijuana in some form is now legal in 38 states. But in the 12 where it is not — a swath of the west and Midwest, including Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas, and in the rust belt states of Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania — parents whose use of the drug would be legal elsewhere are losing their children and often seen as irresponsible parenting pariahs.
In March, Child Protective Service workers took Shona Banda’s 11-year-old son from her home in Garden City, Kansas, saying her use of marijuana to control debilitating Crohn’s Disease put the child in danger.
Last Friday, the state of Kansas charged Banda with five felony counts of possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, manufacturing Tetrahydrocannabinol, an oil extracted from marijuana, two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia and one count of child endangerment.
Banda, who will turn herself in to authorities June 15, according to her attorney, could face a maximum of 30 years in prison.
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This, the government has time and money for.
What conceivable public interest is served by prosecuting this woman and taking away her child?
Meanwhile, in Israel:
Utterly ridiculous and just plain wrong.
Michigan has the Medical MaryJane law. Everyone I know that wanted one found a Doctor Feel Good to prescribe it.
There is also a caregiver portion of the law that lets the tokers grow enough to sell to other shall we say “inflicted” persons.
End the War on Drugs and end the abuse of the people.
How America is supposed to work — if you find yourself in a state with “bad” laws, you should move to a state where the laws suit you better.
Chilling. Shades of 1984 (and the Nazi Youth, and every other authoritarian regime which has used children to report on the activities of their parents).
“Betcha a dollar to a donut” she was selling it. These people are rarely the innocent souls the drug culture portrays. The drug is so powerful that people will lie, cheat and steal to get their hands on it. There are lots of pain control measures other than marijuana. I’m not interested in anecdotal stories about how Aunt Edna had terrible pain relieved only by marijuana. Nonsense!
Afflicted?
She tried. She moved to Colorado, twice. Financial and family committments forced her to move back to Kansas.
I'll tell you how America is NOT supposed to work. America is NOT supposed to upend your life because you choose to take a life-saving treatment that the govt does not approve of:
Banda, who has become an outspoken advocate for medical marijuana, had 17 surgeries, tried a number of medications and was prescribed the powerful narcotic, fentanyl, to “ease her passing,” she said, because her doctors thought she was going to die. Then she tried marijuana, and began to heal, a journey she chronicles in her book, Live Free or Die, and on her Facebook page
Yeah. Not to mention the "reefer madness" many users experience.
You are not very well-versed in this area, but your assumption jumping is a marvel to behold.
You are terribly naive if you think that will end the abuse of the people. It will just accelerate it.
” Everyone I know that wanted one found a Doctor Feel Good to prescribe it.”
And everyone you know is a representative sample of how it is being used in Michigan . . . which would still have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with this case.
“There is also a caregiver portion of the law that lets the tokers grow enough to sell to other shall we say “inflicted” persons.”
So you are saying someone with Crohn’s disease is “inflicted” and they don’t have a REAL disease.
Here’s an out of the box solution - don’t break the law.
I know; you can stop anytime you want-RIGHT!
“Here’s an out of the box solution - don’t break the law.”
Easy answer, huh? I hope you’re never in a situation where you have to choose between your life and your child.
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