You know what really bothers me?  The lack of willingness to band together in a coalition that will be willing to fight for the legalization of Medical Marijuana.  It seems once a municipality or a state has relaxed their policies they slowly forget that the FDA/DEA still has the ultimate say in what happens.  The plant is considered a schedule I substance and will be under Government control until we are able to convince the legislators that they HAVE to change the provisions of it's use.   I have beat my head against the wall talking in forums and trying to convince them that this is what is needed,  not just a tacit approval of the local powers that they will look the other way.  Unless we are willing to get serious and take this issue to our leaders and either make them change it or vote them out of office,  they will continue to do business as usual.  I am as far as I know the first person in the state of Ky willing to stand up and say yes I did this and have placed my freedom on the line for it.  I hear so many profess that they are committed to change but when push comes to shove,  it suddenly seems they disappear.   Well I am in this for the long run,  come what may.  We need people to help us in this state but it seems no one is willing to step outside their sphere of safety and join our ranks.  I am finding that by being vocal and telling my story and being honest about it that I am slowly gathering a few members to www.k4mm.org and it will continue to grow.  I have had more success with the people of my age 60+ than I have of the younger ages to be willing to listen and learn.   I do really thank those who have been willing to join our forum and believe me there will be many more.  But to those in states that have decriminalized the plant I warn you that the big Pharmaceutical companies have a lot of power and will do everything they can to stop it from ever becoming truly legal.  We as individuals have to be willing to urge the legislature to change the scheduling or the power will stay where it is.  Obama has not made a clear and concise statement on his position.  Unless we make that push to get it into the medical community where it can be proven as a valuable and viable tool for those with needs for it.  The rules will remain the same.  I urge everyone to get their respective legislators off their duff and make them change the old boy network.  Fear is a powerful tool and the large industries see it as a threat to food,  clothing,  fuel,  Medical,  and many other uses.  Please don't stop nor ever rest.  We have to be ever vigilant and keep fighting till we see what is really the element of change.  The first step in rescheduling the plant from I to II.  Physicians do not want to see it legal because it would make their patients better and they would lose money.  I thank everyone who has been kind enough to help me and appreciate the efforts you are putting forth.  Please urge others to keep working,  Maybe a battle has been won here and there but the war is still raging on.

Kentuckians for Medical Marijuana Launches Interactive Website

2009-01-09

The mission of K4MM.org is to organize and lobby for an immediate change in Kentucky's marijuana laws to allow the use of marijuana for all the ailments for which it is therapeutic.

Lexington, KY (PRWEB) January 9, 2009 -- K4MM.ORG launches the first Kentucky medical marijuana website to provide a place for Kentuckians to organize and lobby for an immediate change in Kentucky’s marijuana laws .

16 other states and countless medical societies and groups recognize marijuana’s many medical benefits and have passed laws and regulations to legitimize its use but Kentucky continues to categorize marijuana as a Schedule One Narcotic with no medical benefits and a high potential for abuse.

That is pure fiction and an absurd basis from which to try to enact reasonable laws addressing affordable health care and efficient law enforcement. We believe this has come about because our lawmakers and policy experts are uninformed regarding marijuana as a medicine. They are kept in the dark by certain interests who are making money off the current madness. Well, it is up to us to lead them into the sunlight of knowledge and insight which will result in allowing marijuana as a medicine in Kentucky. And that is what we intend to do.

This organization and site belong to you’all, the disabled vet, the injured worker, the car accident victim and all those people trying to cope with chronic pain in an insane world where you are criminalized for associating with a safe natural medicine that is saving your life. This must change and you and your friends are agents for that change.

Alert everyone you know about our efforts. Send them to this site. Use our forums and post your thoughts on our message boards. Let us organize through our veteran’s halls and organizations, the American Legions, the VFWs, the Veteran’s and other hospitals and support groups like the Multiple Sclerosis and Asthma Societies. Get your church involved along with your local sheriffs and newspaper editors. Many people from many walks of life want this change to take place. Help us find them and let’s organize to lobby the legislature.

The time is now and we are the agents of change.

Thanks for your help.

Gatewood Galbraith - k4mm.org Founder


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