Pubdate: Mon, 04 Jan 2010
Source: Pierce County Herald (US WI)
Contact:  2010 Forum Communications Co.
Website: http://www.piercecountyherald.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/5118
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal)

MEDICIAL MARIJUANA BILL MAY NOT MAKE FLOOR OF STATE LEGISLATURE

MADISION - A bill allowing medical marijuana might not get to the 
floor of the Wisconsin Legislature. Senate Majority Leader Russ 
Decker (D-Weston) says more work needs to be done on the measure. And 
Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan (D-Janesville) says lawmakers must be 
careful that it's not a quote, "slippery slope" toward a full 
legalization of pot.

Chronically ill-patients have tried for years to approve a controlled 
use of marijuana to deal with their pain. And they thought they 
finally had a chance once voters gave Democrats both houses of the 
Legislature 14 months ago.

But Sheridan says he'll need more information before he can take a 
position on the bill. The State Medical Society says more effective 
pain alternatives are already available. And state Attorney General 
J.B. Van Hollen says the bill would be a nightmare for law 
enforcement in keeping pot away from those who are not sick.
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