[Vision2020] Tom Trail's comments on medical marijuana

Thu Mar 31 19:07:04 PDT 2011

OMG I agree with Glen Beck!

RFTHTSMHO

Dave

On 03/31/2011 03:27 PM, Bill London wrote:
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> *Tom Trail introduced his medical marijuana bill to House committee 
> yesterday with comments below that summarize his legislation.*
>
> *My thanks to Tom for his support of this sensible plan.*
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> *BL*
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> *HB 19 MEDICAL MARIJUANA*
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> *(COMMENTS MADE BY REP. TRAIL TO THE HOUSE HEALTH*
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> *AND WELFARE COMMITTEE MARCH 30/2011*
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> **
>
> *MR. CHAIRMAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS—I WANT TO THANK*
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> *CHAIRMAN MCGEACHIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR REP. LACEY*
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> *AND I TO SPEAK TO YOUR COMMITTEE IN AN INFORMATIONAL*
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> *PRESENTATION FORMAT.BOTH OF US WILL SPEAK BRIEFLY TO*
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> *THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION, AND THE WITHIN THE CONTEXT*
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> *OF THE INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION FORMAT WE HAVE*
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> *INVITED SPECIFIC IDAHO CITIZENS TO TESTIFY. ACCORDING TO*
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> *OUR AGREEMENT THERE WILL BE NO OTHER TESTIMONY TAKEN.*
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> **
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> *WE ARE PROPOSING HB19 AS A MEASURE THAT WOULD MAKE*
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> *IDAHO THE 15^TH STATE IN THE NATION TO LEGALIZE THE USE OF*
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> *MARIJUANA TO HELP PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ILLNESSES.THE*
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> *MEASURE WOULD ALLOW PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERE*
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> *ILLNESSES LIKE CANCER, AIDS, LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE, AND M.S.*
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> *GLAUCOMA AND MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY WITH A DOCTOR’S*
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> *RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE ACCESS TO MARIJUANA GROWN*
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> *AND DISTRIBUTED THROUGH STATE MONITORED DISPENSARIES.*
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> **
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> *AS STATED BY CONGRESSMAN AND PHYSICIAN RON PAUL,*
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> *WE HOLD TO THE RIGHT OF THE DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP*
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> *IN MAKING THE DECISION TO USE MEDICAL MARIJUANA RATHER*
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> *THAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.*
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> *HB 19 INCLUDES ADEQUATE STATE REGULATION OF THE PROGRAM AND 
> SAFEGUARDS TO ENSURE THAT THE PROPOSED MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM IS 
> NOT ABUSED. CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL NOTES THAT IT IS THE RIGHT OF THE 
> STATE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT MEDICAL MARIJUANA IS LEGALIZED, AND 
> THUS IT BECOMES A STATES RIGHTS ISSUE AS NOTED UNDER THE 10^TH AMENDMENT.*
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> *(2)*
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> *IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT GLEN BECK SUPPORTS THE*
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> *LEGALIZATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA AS WELL.*
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> **
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> *THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION WOULD BE THE MOST RESTRICTIVE*
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> *MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW IN THE NATION BECAUSE IT WOULD*
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> *PERMIT DOCTORS TO PRESCRIBE IT FOR ONLY A SET LIST OF*
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> *CHRONIC ILLNESSES.THE LAW WOULD ALSO FORBIDE PATIENTS*
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> *FROM GROWING THEIR OWN MARIJUANA AND USING IT IN*
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> *PUBLIC. THIS ADVICE WAS PROVIDED BY SHERIFF WAYNE RAUSCH,*
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> *FOR PRESIDENT OF THE IDAHO SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION.THE*
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> *LEGISLATION WOULD ALSO REGULATE THE DRUG UNDER STRICT*
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> *CONDITIONS USED TO TRACK THE DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICALLY*
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> *PRESCRIBED OPIATES LIKE OXYCONTIN AND MORPHINE.PATIENTS*
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> *WOULD BE LIMITED TO TWO OUNCES OF MARIJUANA PER EVERY*
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> *28 DAYS.*
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> **
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> *I’D LIKE TO MENTION THAT THE STATE’S THAT HAVE HAD THE*
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> *MOST SUCCESS WITH THEIR MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAMS HAVE*
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> *GONE THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS WHERE ALL OF THE*
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> *STAKEHOLDERS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. THE LEGALIZATION OF*
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> *MEDICAL MARIJUANA VIA THE INITIATIVE PROCESSES HAS PRODUCED*
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> *MANY PROBLEMS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY GOING*
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> *THE LEGISLATIVE ROUTE.MARYLAND IS ONE SUCH STATE. IN 2003*
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> *A BIPARTISAN EFFORT LEAD BY ASSEMBLEMAN DON MURPHY-*
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> *REPUBLICAN MOVE THEIR BILL TO PASSAGE.TWO MONTHS AGO*
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> *THE MARYLAND ASSEMBLY REAFFIRMED THE DEFENSE OF MEDICAL*
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> *MARIJUANA ACT—85% VOTE REPUBLICANS AND 87% DEMOCRATS.*
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> *THIS BILL WAS SIGNED BY A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR. I WAS APPROACHED 
> SEVERAL YEARS AGO BY SEVERAL CONSTITUENTS WHO SUFFERED BRAIN CANCER, 
> M.S. AND LOU GERHIG’S DISEASE.THEY RECEIVED A RECOMMENDATION FROM MY 
> WIFE’S FAMILY DOCTOR *
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> *(3)*
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> **
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> *IN MOSCOW BUT THEY WENT TO WASHINGTON STATE FOR THEIR LEGAL MEDICAL 
> MARIJUANA.*
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> **
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> **
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> *WE HAVE THE CASE IN ONTARIO WHERE THERE IS A ALTERNATIVE*
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> *DISPENSARY.THE OPERATOR OF THE DISPENSARY REPORTS*
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> *THAT WITHIN THE PAST SIX MONTHS MORE THAN (300) IDAHO FAMILIES HAVE 
> MOVE TO THE ONTARIO AREA SO THAT A CRITICAL*
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> *ILL MEMBER OF THE FAMILY CAN LEGALLY OBTAIN MEDICAL*
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> *MARIJUANA FOR THEIR PAIN.IF THEY COME BACK INTO IDAHO*
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> *THEY ARE SUBJECT TO THE LAWS OF OUR STATE AND LIVE IN*
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> *THE SHADOWS OF FEAR.*
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> **
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> *RESEARCH CARRIED OUT IN CANADA VIA A DOUBLE BLIND*
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> *STUDY CLEARLY INDICATES THAT MEDICAL MARIJUANA COMPARED*
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> *TO OTHER MEDICATIONS, I. E. OXYCODON, ETC. WAS SUPERIOR*
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> *IN REDUCING PAIN.WE MUST REMEMBER THAT MEDICAL*
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> *MARIJUANA WAS LEGAL IN THE U.S. UP THROUGH THE EARLY 70’S*
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> *UNTIL DEA DECLARED IT TO BE AN ILLEGAL DRUG. THERE IS CONTROVERSY AND 
> DISAGREEMENT AROUND THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN IDAHO AND OTHER STATES 
> ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA.DR. BOUGHTON, MY*
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> *WIFE’S DOCTOR, NOTES THAT SHE HAS HAD SEVERAL PATIENTS*
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> *WITH MEDICAL MARIJUANA.SHE NOTES THAT THERE IS THE OPTION*
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> *OF MARICOL WHICH IS LEGAL BUT VERY EXPENSIVE AND DIFFICULT*
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> *TO TIRATE TO EFFECT SINCE ONCE THE PATIENT TAKES IT THE EFFECT*
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> *ISN’T FELT FOR AWHILE.SMOKING IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR*
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> *PATIENTS WHO HAVE TROUBLE TAKING ORAL MEDICATIONS.*
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> *MARIJUANA IS PARTICUARLY EFFECTIVE FOR ALLOWING PATIENTS *
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> *TO REDUCE THEIR INTAKE OF OPIATE MEDICATIONS.ALTHOUGH*
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> *THERE MAY BE SOME HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, OPIATE*
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> *(4)*
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> **
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> *SIDE EFFECTS OF NAUSEA AND VOMITING AND SOMETIMES LIFE*
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> *THREATENING CONSTIPATION IS NOT AMONG THEM.THE OPTIATE*
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> *LIKE OXYCODON, MORPHINE, ETC. ARE TOXIC, EXPENSIVE, AND*
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> *TERRIBLY ADDICTIVE AND MANY TIMES MORE EXPENSE MEDICATIONS HAVE TO BE 
> USED TO CURE THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE OPIATES.*
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> **
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> *IN MOST STATES BEFORE LEGALIZATION, LAW ENFORCEMENT*
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> *HAS OPPOSED LEGALIZATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA.HOWEVER*
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> *THE DATA FROM MANY STATES CLEARLY SHOWS FROM LAW*
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> *ENFORCEMENT STATISTICS THAT THERE IS NO NEGATIVE IMPACT*
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> *TO THE CRIME RATE BECAUSE OF ITS LEGALIZATION.*
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> **
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> *A RECENT STUDY OF ALL 14 STATES WHERE IT IS LEGAL,*
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> *INDICATES THAT WHEN CONSIDERING MIDDEL AND HIGH SCHOOL*
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> *STUDENTS THAT MARIJUANA USE ACTUALLY WENT DOWN IN*
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> *11 OF THE STATES, FLAT IN TWO STATES, AND IN ONE STATE WENT*
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> *UP SLIGHTLY.*
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> **
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> *THE IDAHO STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OPINION INDICATED*
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> *THAT THE PROPOSED IDAHO COMPASSIONATE USE OF MEDICAL*
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> *MARIJUANA ACT AS PRESENTED DOES NOT APPEAR TO CONTAIN*
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> *ANY PROVISIONS THAT ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL OR OTHERWISE*
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> *ILLEGAL.THEREFORE, THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE ACT SHOULD*
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> *BE ENACTED INTO LAW IS A MATTER OF POLICY.*
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> *UNDER THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION,THE DEPARTMENT*
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> *OF HEALTH AND WELFARE WOULD BE IN CHARGE.A SMALL NUMBER BUT WELL 
> LOCATED DISPENSARIES WOULD BE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT.ALL OPERATORS 
> OF THE DISPENSARIES WOULDGO THROUGH CRIMINAL CHECKS AS WELL AS ALL 
> WORKERS*
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> *(5)*
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> **
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> *PATIENTS OR CARE GIVERS WOULD ALL HAVE TO GO THROUGH*
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> *CRIMINAL CHECKS AND NO ONE WITH A DRUG RELATED CHARGE*
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> *COULD PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.*
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> *I TALKED WITH DIRECTOR ARMSTRONG ABOUT THE PROGRAM.*
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> *HE INDICATED THAT IF THE LEGISLATION PASSED HE FELT THE*
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> *DEPARTMENT COULD CARRY OUT THE MANDATE.HE ALSO*
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> *INDICATED THAT THERE COULD BE SOME SAVINGS IN MEDICAL*
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> *COSTS FOR PATIENTS/MEDICAID ETC. UNDER DEPARTMENTAL*
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> *PROGRAMS WHEN COMPARING THE COST TO HIGHER PRICED*
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> *OPIATES.*
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> *I’VE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET A SURVEY OF THE WAY STATES*
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> *HANDLE THE COST OF THE PROGRAM.THE DETAILS VARY BUT*
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> *THE DEPARTMENT THROUGH RULE WOULD SET UP THE FEE*
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> *SCHEDULE FOR PATIENTS WITH DOCTOR RECOMMENDATIONS*
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> *AND ALSO THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR OPERATORS OF ALTERNATIVE*
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> *DISPENSARIES.THE GOAL WOULD BE COST NEUTRAL*
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> *TO RUN THE PROGRAM AND ALSO COVER COSTS RELATED TO*
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> *THE IDAHO STATE POLICE.*
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> *AGAIN, I THINK AS CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL WOULD PUT*
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> *IT—THIS IS A STATE’S RIGHT ISSUE AND AS MANY MEDICAL DOCTORS*
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> *INDICATED MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN MANY CASES IS THE ONLY MEDICATION THAT 
> CAN DRAMATICALLY REDUCE PAIN AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG OUR 
> MOST CRITICALLY ILL.*
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