VIDEO: Senator Muna-Barnes Says Aim of Medical Marijuana Bill is to Ease the Pain for Those With Debilitating Diseases Guam (Friday, Oct. 25) - Senator Tina Muna Barnes has introduced a bill to legalize medicinal marijuana. The Joaquin Concepcion Compassionate Cannabis Use Act of 2013. Its a bill that would legalize the use of medicinal marijuana for qualified patients with debilitating medical conditions. It would allow qualified patients or their primary caregiver to possess an adequate supply of cannabis to alleviate their symptoms. The bill was named after local musician composer singer and rapper Joaquin Concepcion better known as K.C. or Savage K. Savage K was a local musician who was known as an outspoken promoter of local music and local culture. He battled terminal cancer for years until he passed away earlier this year. Senator Barnes says Concepcion and his family had to move to the mainland because medical marijuana was not available on Guam. They did not want to leave Guam they had to take the family off island so he could get better medical treatment because the expertise wasnt on the island but more importantly he was a recipient of medicinal marijuana and the family shared that it eased the pain it gave him the opportunity to eat it gave him the opportunity to cope when the pain was overwhelming and overbearing and they wanted to come home they wanted to stay here they wanted to go as a family they wanted to be surrounded by family but they couldnt,” said Senator Barnes. The bill which is co-sponsored by senator Aline Yamashita would allow those with cancer, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord, epilepsy, HIV and AIDS, anyone admitted into hospice care in accordance with rules promulgated under this act, post traumatic stress disorder, rheumatoid arthritis or similar chronic autoimmune inflammatory disorders, or any other medical condition medical treatment or disease as approved by the Department of Public Health and Social Services. source: pacificnewscenter/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=39018:bill-215-would-allow-medical-marijuana-for-those-with-cancer-hivaids-and-other-diseases&catid=45:guam-news&Itemid=156
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 10:24:30 +0000
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