"Marijuana, in its natural form, is one of the safest therapeutically active

substances known to man." DEA Chief Administrative Law Judge Francis L.

Young 1988, ruling IN FAVOR OF the Medical Value of Marijuana.

 

 

    Carrying signs reading, "It is evil to deny sick people medical marijuana," chanting

    "Medical marijuana now!" and handing out information pamphlets, demonstrators

    attracted the attention of tourists, businesspeople and workers at Quincy Market. 

 

    "Everyone we contacted expressed support for medical marijuana," said Steve Epstein,

    Esq., Treasurer of MassCann.

    Meanwhile, inside the barricaded building, Drug Czar John Walters and his specially-selected

    guests fed the six New England governors half-truths about marijuana's medical efficacy.  MassCann

    member Marci Duda, who secured one of the few seats available to the general public, said,

    "They were up there complaining about the heroin problem.  Then why is it so easy for me to

    be prescribed Oxy-Contin for my medical conditions but I can't get medical marijuana?  They

    would rather I get started on the road to heroin addiction through using narcotics instead of

    non-addictive marijuana."

    Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney indicated he favors further medical marijuana research in

    the Commonwealth.

 

    Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 94C, enacted during the Weld administration, provides

    a process by which marijuana could be prescribed in this state, that marijuana must be supplied

    by Federally approved growers, which hasn't yet happened.  The Massachusetts legislature is

    considering H. 2965 tp://www.state.ma.us/legis/bills/house/ht02965.htm), which would make

    Massachusetts' law similar to states that permit their citizens and caregivers to grow.