Skubick: Marijuana Talks Quiet Before Nov. Election

[bobandtorey]

LANSING, MI (WLNS) - It appears that state lawmakers will not tackle decriminalization of marijuana after the November election. 6 News Capitol Correspondent Tim Skubick tell us why this issue could be put on hold for another two years.

 

“I don't think there's any need for Michigan to take any real affirmative action on this issue until we observe what others are trying.”

 

“I think the public is ready to act on this.” 

 

While local communities around the state continue to support the adult usage of marijuana in small amounts, that so far has not produced any votes in the Michigan House to decriminalize grass on a statewide basis.

 

Earlier this year, this conservative republican raised the hopes of pro marijuana groups that he might sign off on this bill.

 

Now with Colorado and Washington legalized marijuana, Representative Shirkey argues hit the pause button and study what they're doing to avoid unintended consequences.

 

“Access to young people, you know such as increase in accidents as related to use of marijuana and those things should be at least troublesome for us. So we should just watch what they're doing, how they're responding to it, whether or not they're unique situations or it's a trend and we don't need to be on the experiment side of this,” said State Representative Mike Shirkey (d), Grass Lake.

 

But this Ann Arbor democrat counters you can study those other states but pass decriminalization at the same time.

 

“Decriminalization is really just stanching the bleeding, stopping the enormous waste of hundreds of millions of dollars a year that we spend on trying to enforce this drug prohibition on marijuana. That gives us time to then learn from Washington and Colorado,” said State Representative Jeff Irwin, (d), Ann Arbor.

 

While there were slim hopes of a post-election vote on all this, the senate republican leader puts those to rest saying he wants no part of it now.

 

 “I don't want mistakes, especially around neighborhoods and school yards you know and right now there is too much of that leakage going on. So until we get our arms around that better I'm not even going to consider something like that,” said Randy Richardville, senate republican leader. 

 

So local communities will continue to vote on adult usage in November, but lawmakers probably will not.

 

http://www.wlns.com/story/26683072/skubick-marijuana-talks-quiet-before-nov-election

Edited October 2, 2014 by bobandtorey

[Willy]

 “I don't want mistakes, especially around neighborhoods and school yards you know and right now there is too much of that leakage going on. So until we get our arms around that better I'm not even going to consider something like that,” said Randy Richardville, senate republican leader. 

 

and the truth is out... he lied as usual.. stall tactics..

[bobandtorey]

I also agree

[solabeirtan]

Much deeeeeper than stall tactics, he provides only heresay and bs for his reasoning. He and his cronies are denying the Will of the People. This is obstruction of justice and failure to perform.  It is also a continuing pattern from this administration. 

[t-pain]

isnt there a similar bill in the house? where did it go?

i'd like to see whos holding it up in the house.

[+Malamute]

They will rue the day they could have simply passed decriminalization when we suddenly dump legalization in their laps whether they like it or not.

[t-pain]

i hope you mean full legalization, not WA/CO psuedo laws.

[ozzrokk]

Full on legalization will be dumped in their lap and they will not like it. It is by their own doing.

 

There will always be some catches to legalization same as alcohol. There will NEVER be true freedom with any mind altering substance, medicinal or not............... But it is coming.............

[garyfisher]

 “I don't want mistakes, especially around neighborhoods and school yards you know and right now there is too much of that leakage going on. So until we get our arms around that better I'm not even going to consider something like that,” said Randy Richardville, senate republican leader. 

 

http://www.wlns.com/story/26683072/skubick-marijuana-talks-quiet-before-nov-election

 

 

[garyfisher]

What's the Issue?

In a period of nine months, a tiny Kentucky county of fewer than 12,000 people sees a 53-year-old mother, her 35-year-old son, and seven others die by overdosing on pain medications obtained from pain clinics in Florida.1 In Utah, a 13-year-old fatally overdoses on oxycodone pills taken from a friend’s grandmother.2 A 20-year-old Boston man dies from an overdose of methadone, only a year after his friend also died from a prescription drug overdose.3

These are not isolated events. Drug overdose death rates in the United States have more than tripled since 1990 and have never been higher. In 2008, more than 36,000 people died from drug overdoses, and most of these deaths were caused by prescription drugs.4

http://www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/rxbrief/


Please tell me how concerned you are about the children, Randy Richardville.  You lying terd.

Edited October 2, 2014 by garyfisher

[Wild Bill]

The fact they all ignore is it's much easier for minors to obtain black market drugs than legal intoxicants. When I was in high school back in the last century I could pick up just about any illegal substance I wanted before I left school. It took great effort to buy alcohol, the liquor stores were worried about losing their license, the drug dealers had no such worries.

 

He's just pandering to his pea brained constituents I guess.