{"id":23808,"date":"2014-09-10T10:27:13","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T14:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=23808"},"modified":"2014-09-10T10:27:13","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T14:27:13","slug":"how-does-this-help-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=23808","title":{"rendered":"How Does This Help Anyone?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday the Huffington Post <\/a>reported that starting next summer, Berkeley, California<\/a>, residents with incomes below $32,000 per year will be able to fill their prescriptions for medical marijuana<\/a> at no cost.<\/p>\n

I am not opposed to medical marijuana. I am opposed to the fact that it is over-prescribed in places where it is legal. If you pick up a Sunday paper in California<\/a>, you will find multiple pages of advertisements for doctors who prescribe medical marijuana<\/a> for headaches, flat feet, stress, etc. Historically, when medical marijuana is legalized in a state, the results are not significantly different from simple legalization of marijuana.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Under a law passed unanimously by the city council, dispensaries must set aside 2 percent of their pot for distribution to the poor.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not everyone is on board with the plan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s ludicrous, over-the-top madness,\u201d Bishop Ron Allen, head of the International Faith Based Coalition<\/a>, told Fox News<\/a>. \u201cWhy would Berkeley City Council want to keep their poverty-stricken under-served high, in poverty and lethargic<\/a>?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

A website called drugfreeworld<\/a> lists the effects of marijuana:<\/p>\n

SHORT-TERM EFFECTS<\/h2>\n
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