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« ChristopherButts wrote on Friday, Feb 03 at 10:15 AM »
I'm personally proud to see the Plainsman Editorial Board in support of this very important issue. Although as the Co-President of Alabama Medical Marijuana Coalition the organization who asked Representative brown to sponsor our bill, I do however take exception to the comment; "While we do support this legislation, we believe it’s part of a different approach to the full legalization of marijuana."

As a former LEGAL pain pill addict, I chose marijuana as my primary pain management some 15 years ago. That followed my realization that I was indeed an addict. My ONLY motivation in this is to protect myself and others like me from arrest and incarceration for using a safe natural substance that works and has far fewer side effects than anything I can have prescribed to me. Many of those substances have a possible side effect of "death". That doesn't even begin to cover the damage prescription pain medications produce in every relationship in your life. Marijuana doesn't hold those same harms.

Ron Crumpton my Co-President and myself have no backdoor agenda to fully legalize marijuana. Nor is our organization being funded by organizations who seek full legalization. Alabama Medical Marijuana Coalition since it's inception has been funded by the people of Alabama through donations and AMMJC merchandise sales. Hard working Alabamians who support a patients right to use a substance that is benefitting patients in 17 states and Washington D.C. Truth be known it's benefitting patients here in this state right now. The difference is the State of Alabama calls them criminals regardless of their affliction.

Again, thank you for your support of the patients of Alabama and rest assured if there is anyone out there promoting legalization under the guise of medical marijuana and helping patients it isn't the organization behind Representative Brown's bill.

Respectfully,

Christopher Butts

Co-President

Alabama Medical Marijuana Coalition

http://ammjc.org
« supermommy2boys wrote on Thursday, Feb 02 at 10:45 PM »
I completely agree! I was going to respond with similar thoughts, and although I could bombard you with a number of additional Bible verses, I won't. Why? Because whether you believe in religion of one sort or another, or just recognize Mother Nature from an atheistic viewpoint, it's obvious that a world full of homosexuals would die out after one generation. Men need women, and women need men, and there's nothing natural about two women purchasing sperm from a man, or two men asking a woman to carry a child for them. The lack of strong morals is tearing this country apart, and I fear the world my children and grandchildren will have to raise their own children in.

Fundamentally, I believe all men should have the right to do anything they want as long as it doesn't interfere with another man's right. I should be free to worship God, and since God has given us the ability to choose whether or not we obey Him, you should have the right to lead a homosexual lifestyle if you so choose. However, the government doesn't give tax money to religious pursuits, and it certainly shouldn't be giving my tax dollars to those who want to marry someone of the same sex. It goes against the laws of nature, against common morals, and against the laws of God. Our schools don't teach children about God, but they have no issue at all teaching children about the religions of other cultures, atheistic viewpoints like evolution, or "alternate" lifestyles in history. This is where I have a problem with the government putting its nose where it doesn't belong. Teach children to read and write, help those who truly need help, defend the liberty of the citizens, and leave all else alone. That should be the job of the government.

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