danut
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We were opposed at every step. It was a fight. I was put in jail just for collecting signatures. Today a judge in Madison Heights said from the bench "There will be no medical marijuana in my city." This is still a fight. There were active political campains against us. The federal drug czar came to Michigan to fight against it.Danut - Obama was running against other people in his election. Who did the MMJ bill run against? You see he didnt have as many votes but the votes he did have made his victory that much more impressive. How many votes would the bill have gotten if on the same ballot iniatives to legalize cocain, streaking, and polygamy??
Bottom line .. two out of 3 people wanted a change in the policy.
What you seem to fail to see is that most of these same people voted for Obama. And some of them voted for Obama just because of the mmj issue.
Most voters viewed the election as a choice of the lessor of two evils. Some people viewed Obama as a messiah. Most didn't.
It will never be known just how much impact mmj had on the Obama vote. No one asked the question in the weeks before the election.
Not saying good or bad .. just there.The confidence I have comes from my history. Its not arrogance but confidence in what I know and beleive, thats all.
I don't think I'm alone there.Obama's stance on this issue isnt behind the people its just not what "you" want it to be at this point.
I think that is where they were sent to. Don't know. Sometimes these kids wind up in the overcrowded foster care system.The question about Lynch's kids is complicated. They would not have seen him pulled out in cuffs. They would have been removed or sheltered from that if possible. The Social Workers would have come in before or during the arrest to remove. They would have been placed with close family if any were availible and wanted to take them in.
Not that they did something to deserve their parents legal problems. There will be an element that they did something to deserve being taken away from their homes and families. And no matter how good they try to be they just can't seem to fix it. There are lots of other tricks the subconcious can play.The longterm effects are real and I wont comment on them here cause I am not a therapist or Psych professional. To say they would feel responsible or guilty for the arrest is a stretch tho.
There is trama .. and the impact could easily last a lifetime.
It's the children that suffer the most from the status quo.
If you can, please ask Obama to stop hurting the children.