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Pennsylvania: Lancaster Officials May Call For Legalizing Medical Marijuana Submitted by steveelliott on Wed, 09/03/2014 - 22:15 -

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Lancaster may soon become the first municipality in Pennsylvania to officially support legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes. The Lancaster City Council on Tuesday debated a resolution calling for medicinal cannabis, reports Bernard Harris at Lancaster Online. The nonbinding resolution comes in support of bills which are pending in the Pennsylvania Legislature. A vote could come next week at the council's regular meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, September 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Southern Market Center, 100 S. Queen Street, Lancaster. City Councilman Tim Roschel said he agreed to bring the resolution before the council for consideration because of the experience of a friend with cancer in Arizona. The friend's husband bought her cannabis with a doctor's authorization. Council member Pete Soto recalled both his parents dying of cancer. He said he wished medical marijuana had been available to relieve his mother's suffering after chemotherapy. "The remedy was worse than the disease," Soto said. Former Mountville Mayor Connie Guy told the council that marijuana can be used for treating rheumatoid arthritis, seizures and fibromyalgia, from which she suffers. "We're not stoner potheads," Guy said. "We're mothers and fathers and children ... and we suffer." A council position would come just before the state Senate is expected to vote on the bill, according to supporter Les Stark. "We don't think Lancaster can change a law before the state does, but it can have some influence," Stark said. - See more at:

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The resolution, authored by members of the Lancaster chapter of National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, also calls for decriminalizing possession of small amounts of cannabis. It mentions Philadelphia, where fines for possession have been lowered to $25. "I think alcohol is significantly worse than marijuana," said Lancaster City Council member James Reichenbach. "I can't fathom why people can go to a bar and get drunk but go to jail for having a joint." - See more at: http://hemp.org/news/content/pennsylvania-lancaster-officials-may-call-legalizing-medical-marijuana#sthash.EaWWwyJC.dpuf

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