The poll is very clear. They want it. No medical marijuana ballot initiative has ever failed. In the eight states with similar legislation, most passed with nearly 60 percent support. This is probably why the more heartless will oppose allowing the people to decide.
Some people are just determined to have a relentless war on sick people.
The original bill, sponsored by Del. Don Murphy, R-Baltimore County, would allow medical marijuana users or their caregivers to possess seven plants and three ounces of usable marijuana. An identical bill was killed Friday in the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee. The House version is still pending in the Judiciary Committee, which is scheduled to vote tomorrow. At last week's Senate hearing, committee members said the bill did not protect the people who sell marijuana to the patients. Meanwhile, under a bill Murphy submitted Monday, doctors who recommend marijuana to patients who are arrested would face the same penalties as their patients.