Pawlenty vetoes medical marijuana, signs Legacy bill

[The Straight Story]

Pawlenty vetoes medical marijuana, signs Legacy bill

Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed an emotionally charged proposal late Friday to allow terminally ill patients to use marijuana for medical purposes, but signed into law a plan to disburse hundreds of millions of dollars from the Legacy Amendment passed by Minnesotans last year.

Four days after the Legislature ended with a stormy adjournment, the governor issued five vetoes Friday night on issues from election law to mortgage-foreclosure proceedings.

He also signed a bill late Thursday that allows police to pull over drivers solely because they or their passengers are not wearing seat belts. Currently, officers must spot another traffic offense before they can stop a vehicle and ticket someone for not being strapped in. The new law is effective June 9, and carries a $25 fine.

Pawlenty, who in 2008 set an apparent single-year record for most vetoes by a Minnesota governor, indicated in a letter that he was torn by the medical marijuana legislation. He said that while he was "sympathetic to those dealing with end-of-life illnesses," he felt marijuana poses "serious public safety and health risks." Legalizing marijuana, even under limited conditions, "could serve to compound these problems," he wrote.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/45881087.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUjc8LDyiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

[rcrush]

1. Wonder how big a donation he just got.

Must be nice...

[Dappleganger]

2. Yet more proof

that Republicans are LIARS when they say they are for small government.

[Mythsaje]

3. Jesse would have signed it.

Probably WHILE he was smoking a joint.

Just saying...

[votingupstart]

4. you know if i ws dying - i wouldnt give a shit about the laws anyway

i mean really what are they going to do to me?

[Ezlivin]

5. Indefinite detention, waterboarding, stress positions

As we have learned, there is nothing our government won't do to us.

[votingupstart]

9. ??? not following your reply

- i am not understanding - i am not disagreeing or agreeing i just dont understand the presentation?

[Ezlivin]

10. I was responding to your post where you said

"what are they going to do to me?"

I thought you might like a list of some of what our government is known for.

Naturally, there are things that they do that we are unaware of.

I wasn't disagreeing with you, either; just commenting on your comment.

Peace. Out.

[KharmaTrain]

6. "Health Risks" For Someone Whose Terminally Ill?

:crazy:

Shortly thereafter Tiny Tim tip toed to the doo dah room and had a scotch on the rocks to forget about all his pains.

Hypocrisy in action...

[Deja Q]

7. Unlike his Bush buddy, nice to see Pawlenty knows how to write.

Even if it is only the word "veto", did Bush scribble that even once?

:shrug:

[myrna minx]

8. What would be the health risks for e terminally ill patient?

What a tool.