Hello fellow citizens. Back on Nov. 6, 2018, the voters in Marathon County had the opportunity to weigh in on the issue of allowing an adult patient in the state of Wisconsin to be prescribed medical marijuana by their state qualified, certified personal physician. This ballot measure passed by a definitive margin of 81 ½…
On April 20, many Wisconsinites celebrated a holiday in a way that has been deemed criminal by our Legislature. Our neighbors in Illinois and Michigan celebrated this same holiday freely. If you don’t know by now, I am referring to the holiday of 4/20 – a day on which people all over the world celebrate…
Dear Editor: Kudos to contributor Dave Glomp for highlighting that Wisconsin’s zero-tolerance per se statute for marijuana, which criminalizes the operation of a motor vehicle by anyone with any detectable amount of cannabis in their system — irrespective of whether they are actually impaired — is not evidence-based and could result in the inadvertent prosecution…
Letter to the Editor in the Ripon Commonwealth Express, to submit your letter to the editor (LTE) to this newspaper, here is the link and instructions. Letters must be signed and include address and phone number. They should be no more than 600 words; brevity assures best readership. The editor may restrict writers to one…
About four decades ago, the surgeon general of the public health service issued a clear warning about serious effects of marijuana use. He stated that the use of the drug may cause short term memory loss, impair lung function and possibly exert adverse effects on the heart. That was then, now several states of the…
The Cannabis plant as a whole, including all cannabinoids (THC, CBD, and many others) found within, should be fully legal for adults to possess, grow, and use – for medicine, for creating a livelihood, and/or for fun! The medical, economic, and personal benefits of Cannabis are undeniable at this point, and the unjust laws, that…
I call bullshit on these two. Should we do an open records request and just see who is contacting them about what? Legalizing marijuana makes sense Written by Staff Writer To the editor,Recently state Sen. Steve Nass and state Rep. Tyler August met with me to discuss the legalization of medical marijuana here in Wisconsin….
To the Editor: It has been irking me for quite some time now, how there are still folks out there who are against legalizing marijuana, especially when they are against legalizing for medicinal purposes; this being regardless of the countless number of scientific studies continually published all over (seemingly daily) as to why it is…
Minnesota legislators made no time to talk about medical cannabis this past year. Sad that Minnesota keeps its government nose between a doctor and patient. Culture change is difficult. Decades ago while working as a RN the health care industry started to use CGI “Continuous Quality Improvement” programs to evaluate outcomes of health care. “Evidenced…
Last week’s [Region Oct. 18, 2011] article about the Baudette budget problems to fully fund a police department ended with our Sherriff being quoted saying “…safety of area citizens is in jeopardy with the rise in drugs- marijuana, methamphetamines and new drugs like bath salts and Molly”. During work as a RN in Detox I’ve…
Our nation and state budgets are busting, and Occupy Wall Street Protests bring to light the Democratic and Republican support for Wall Street Banks. The banks get bailed out and the 99% of people get sold out. In 2010 our Minnesota law enforcement arrested 11,361 people for marijuana possession, that is about 65% of MN…
This Memorial Day I visited my Vietnam veteran friend who has enjoyed spring fishing in the Rainy River, Willie Walleye Day events and decades of other special vacations to this place we in Lake of the Woods call home. This year was different because of pancreatic cancer. Now day to day life is all about…
Recently I celebrated National Hemp Week with an unenthused pop instead of the grand bang it truly deserved. I posted some hempy related material on my Facebook page, I put up some protest signs that cleverly said hemp was a plant that could grow the gas everybody is paying too much for, and I wished…
Are our elected officials missing hemp history week? A recent letter to the editor printed in the Ripon Commonwealth Press Newspapers and Berlin Journal Newspapers. May 2nd – 8th marks the second annual Hemp History Week, which celebrates the health benefits and sustainability of the hemp plant. Hemp is not marijuana and before the 1937 Marijuana…
I worked 2+ decades in alcohol/drug detox/rehab and agree 100% that “DWI Court” is money well spent. In mental health it has been shown that community support prevents most hospitalization and 72 hour holds (and costs in money and quality of life that go with them). Government spending is out of control and citizens are…