Last October the New Hampshire House of Representatives passed a bill that would have allowed medical marijuana to be prescribed by doctors to severely ill patients. Soon after that Governor Lynch vetoed the bill citing the distribution and growing processes as potential problems. There was still hope for the bill to be overridden by the state senate, but it failed by two votes. So who is to blame for the failure of the medical marijuana bill, which could do wonders to those suffering from terrible diseases? It is easy to point a finger at Lynch. It is easier to blame the senators who failed to see the potential benefits of medical marijuana to aid suffering citizens of our state. But there is also a third party who deserves some of the blame as well.
The third party was a group of UNH students who traveled to Concord and were present at the vote. No, they were not protesting it, but they actually supported the bill. These students actually hurt the bill they were trying to support just by attending the vote. Everyone, including indecisive voters, knew why those students were there and it wasn’t because Aunt Sally has breast cancer. Many people opposed to the medical marijuana bill take that stance because they believe it will make it easier for kids to get their hands on some bud, so when a group of college students show up to the vote it really doesn't do them any good.
I think that it is great that these students were so enthusiastic about the bill, but they would have been better off staying at campus that day. Sometimes students are so eager to fight for what they believe in they let act without examining the possible outcomes, or reactions by others. The appearance of these students upset many senators who supported the bill because they knew that it would not make a good impression on the undecided voters. It is completely nonsensical that medical marijuana illegal is so many states. Maybe someday we will live in a country whose politicians aren’t so morally corrupted by monetary persuasions. I have faith that one day New Hampshire will legalize medical marijuana as more people become educated on it’s benefits to suffering patients. As Abe Lincoln once said “prohibition makes crimes of things that are not crimes.”
The third party was a group of UNH students who traveled to Concord and were present at the vote. No, they were not protesting it, but they actually supported the bill. These students actually hurt the bill they were trying to support just by attending the vote. Everyone, including indecisive voters, knew why those students were there and it wasn’t because Aunt Sally has breast cancer. Many people opposed to the medical marijuana bill take that stance because they believe it will make it easier for kids to get their hands on some bud, so when a group of college students show up to the vote it really doesn't do them any good.
I think that it is great that these students were so enthusiastic about the bill, but they would have been better off staying at campus that day. Sometimes students are so eager to fight for what they believe in they let act without examining the possible outcomes, or reactions by others. The appearance of these students upset many senators who supported the bill because they knew that it would not make a good impression on the undecided voters. It is completely nonsensical that medical marijuana illegal is so many states. Maybe someday we will live in a country whose politicians aren’t so morally corrupted by monetary persuasions. I have faith that one day New Hampshire will legalize medical marijuana as more people become educated on it’s benefits to suffering patients. As Abe Lincoln once said “prohibition makes crimes of things that are not crimes.”
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I was just informing others of the situation. I actually said I thought it was great that these students we so enthusiastic about the situation. It just goes to show that sometimes students act out without weighing all the consequences.
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