{"id":874,"date":"2012-10-25T07:39:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T07:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=20273"},"modified":"2012-10-25T07:39:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T07:39:00","slug":"busy-aclu-makes-time-for-medical-marijuana-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/busy-aclu-makes-time-for-medical-marijuana-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Busy ACLU Makes Time For Medical Marijuana Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/busy-aclu-makes-time-for-medical-marijuana-rights\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/ACLU.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"ACLU\" title=\"ACLU\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20274\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/busy-aclu-makes-time-for-medical-marijuana-rights\/attachment\/aclu\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20274\" title=\"ACLU\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/ACLU-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The ACLU <\/a>almost always has a lot on their plate as they regularly step up to defend those who without a voice.\u00a0 They are known for shedding light on issues that often involve racial, gender, financial inequalities.\u00a0 They have also been a friend to the medical marijuana movement and this month alone have really expanded their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Several weeks ago the ACLU announced it would be filing a lawsuit against the Rhode Island Department of Health.\u00a0 The suit was filed because the department has stopped accepting medical marijuana applications that have signed by nurse practitioners and physician assistants.\u00a0 For many sick patients, getting an appointment and traveling to see the doctor can be difficult.\u00a0 The move by the Department of Health may severely restrict access for vulnerable patients. \u00a0JoAnne Leppanen of The Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition agreed and said \u2018\u2018What the health department has done is put up another barrier, basically pulling the rug out from under the patients.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Moving over to the other side of the country, the ACLU is also trying to bring awareness to medical marijuana in Montana.\u00a0 Last night they screened the documentary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtcia.org\/2012\/10\/the-code-of-the-west-documentary-on-the-mess-made-the-states-medical-marijuana-law-now-available-online\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Code of the West\u201d<\/a> which highlights the political debates regarding marijuana in Montana.\u00a0 The film deals with a host of issues including medical marijuana\u2019s benefits, the division among Montana residents on the issue and the upcoming vote on IR 124.\u00a0 If Montana residents vote to pass IR 124, then they would see the 2004 medical marijuana law repealed.<\/p>\n<p>The ACLU is urging Montana residents to vote \u201cno\u201d on IR 124.\u00a0 In the height of political season, the ACLU has many important issues to deal with.\u00a0 The group is also busy trying to fight efforts to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/voter-suppression-america\" target=\"_blank\"> suppress the vote<\/a>.\u00a0 However, as<a href=\"www.marijuana.net\" target=\"_blank\"> marijuana.net<\/a> stated on Monday, it is encouraging to see that major news outlets (60 Minutes ran a story on Colorado\u2019s medical marijuana program on Sunday Night) and activists groups are still fighting for marijuana reform even many other issues grabbing the headlines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/ACLU.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"ACLU\" title=\"ACLU\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20274\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/busy-aclu-makes-time-for-medical-marijuana-rights\/attachment\/aclu\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20274\" title=\"ACLU\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/ACLU-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The ACLU <\/a>almost always has a lot on their plate as they regularly step up to defend those who without a voice.\u00a0 They are known for shedding light on issues that often involve racial, gender, financial inequalities.\u00a0 They have also been a friend to the medical marijuana movement and this month alone have really expanded their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Several weeks ago the ACLU announced it would be filing a lawsuit against the Rhode Island Department of Health.\u00a0 The suit was filed because the department has stopped accepting medical marijuana applications that have signed by nurse practitioners and physician assistants.\u00a0 For many sick patients, getting an appointment and traveling to see the doctor can be difficult.\u00a0 The move by the Department of Health may severely restrict access for vulnerable patients. \u00a0JoAnne Leppanen of The Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition agreed and said \u2018\u2018What the health department has done is put up another barrier, basically pulling the rug out from under the patients.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Moving over to the other side of the country, the ACLU is also trying to bring awareness to medical marijuana in Montana.\u00a0 Last night they screened the documentary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtcia.org\/2012\/10\/the-code-of-the-west-documentary-on-the-mess-made-the-states-medical-marijuana-law-now-available-online\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Code of the West\u201d<\/a> which highlights the political debates regarding marijuana in Montana.\u00a0 The film deals with a host of issues including medical marijuana\u2019s benefits, the division among Montana residents on the issue and the upcoming vote on IR 124.\u00a0 If Montana residents vote to pass IR 124, then they would see the 2004 medical marijuana law repealed.<\/p>\n<p>The ACLU is urging Montana residents to vote \u201cno\u201d on IR 124.\u00a0 In the height of political season, the ACLU has many important issues to deal with.\u00a0 The group is also busy trying to fight efforts to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/voter-suppression-america\" target=\"_blank\"> suppress the vote<\/a>.\u00a0 However, as<a href=\"www.marijuana.net\" target=\"_blank\"> marijuana.net<\/a> stated on Monday, it is encouraging to see that major news outlets (60 Minutes ran a story on Colorado\u2019s medical marijuana program on Sunday Night) and activists groups are still fighting for marijuana reform even many other issues grabbing the headlines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[293,700,246,189,52,166,716,56,9,372,51,70,717,1,3,718,719,61],"tags":[2871,3273,2824,2767,2632,2744,3289,2636,2950,2631,5,3290,3291,3292,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}