A press release mailed out by the Marijuana Policy Project is saying that Barney Frank and Ron Paul are to introduce a new bill to fully legalize marijuana.

From that email:

Other co-sponsors include Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA). The legislation would limit the federal government’s role in marijuana enforcement to cross-border or inter-state smuggling, allowing people to legally grow, use or sell marijuana in states where it is legal. The legislation is the first bill ever introduced in Congress to end federal marijuana prohibition.

Rep. Frank’s legislation would end state/federal conflicts over marijuana policy, reprioritize federal resources, and provide more room for states to do what is best for their own citizens.

Can’t wait to see what develops out of this. LEGALIZE! The time is right.

read more: Barney Frank and Ron Paul Legislation to Fully Legalize Marijuana

Here is a sick woman, who has now been evicted from her home because of her medicine.

SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) – A handicapped woman says the manager of her apartment complex told her to move in three days after discovering the woman has marijuana for medical use.

Bobbie Wooten says she got an eviction notice Tuesday after a surprise inspection by a management representative for Silver Cliffs apartments who spotted her two marijuana plants.

A spokesman for the Arizona realty company that manages the complex says the eviction is within the terms of the lease, which calls for a drug-free environment.

Wooten, who uses a wheelchair, was paralyzed from the waist down in a car crash several years ago and suffers severe spasms.

She joined the state’s medical marijuana program when it went into effect last year.

State Health Department spokeswoman Deborah Busemeyer confirmed she’s in the program.

A “drug free” environment? I am willing to bet these apartments are filled with people on prescription narcotics, chain smoking cigarettes, and no doubt consuming alcohol. Prescription meds, alcohol, nicotine, are drugs and are found in many of the homes there. Why is this crealy burdened and sick woman being targeted because of her medical marijuana? She is part of the state approved medical marijuana program and this should be a lawyer’s dream case.

Sue. Sue Sue Sue.

Could someone be kicked out of her home because of her Vicodin prescription? No. Would the apartment complex and Sheriff be sued if they evicted and elderly woman for taking blood pressure medicine? yes, they would be.

I say this woman needs to find a good lawyer and stand up for her rights. She is part of the State medical marijuana program and laws need to be enacted to protect patients in this sort of situation.

New Mexico has a legal, state approved medical marijuana program. This sounds like the beginning of legislation, or a lawsuit.