Buffalo’s Conservative Peacock Misguided

FORT HAMILTON STATION, NY (09/04/2007)(readMedia)-- Every major study indicates that substance abuse is, unfortunately, increasing in the United States. Legally prescribed medicine is a major cause and health care cost escalate as people demand more and more prescriptions to alleviate pain and suffering while becoming addicted to all types of “pain-killers”. The sad realization is that the more one takes of a “pain-killer” the more “pain-killers” are needed to “kill the pain.”

Today, a registered conservative, Joel Peacock, injured in a 2001 car accident, is calling upon the State Senate to pass “medical” marijuana as the Assembly did in June of this year. Unfortunately, Mr. Peacock is only looking at the situation through his belief that “medical” marijuana will help him with his serious illness. Despite his belief, and the urging of the Marijuana Policy Project, the organization making a concerted effort to legalize “medical” marijuana throughout the United States, “medical” marijuana will not offer the relief he seeks.

According to the Marijuana Policy Project’s news release, it is seeking to minimize the harm associated with marijuana by regulating marijuana “in a manner similar to alcohol.” Perhaps MPP should look at the hundreds of bills the legislature introduces each year to keep our roads safe from drunk drivers. Alcohol and drugs are responsible for the majority of automotive accidents that take our loved ones from us.

The New York State Conservative Party is adamantly opposed to adding marijuana, a known mind altering drug, as a medicine. The latest research shows just how dangerous cannabis is and even the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled (March 15, 2007) that Angel Raich can face federal prosecution on drug charges despite the fact that California has “medical” marijuana laws.

Conservative Party State Chairman, Michael R. Long, acknowledges that Mr. Peacock has chosen to register in the Conservative Party, but stated that he does not speak for the Conservative Party. “Those of us who keep this political organization together, the leaders of the party, the everyday people who carry Conservative petitions that keep this Party on the ballot, know that “medical” marijuana is an oxymoron introduced by those who, like George Soros, seek to make illegal drugs acceptable,” said Long.

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