While the rest of the country is
rolling back outdated marijuana laws Kansas
legislators are moving in the opposite direction. The dim-witted backward hicks
that run Kansas
as if we are still in the decade of the 1950s, are trying to make a medicine
that is a by-product of marijuana illegal. Kansas is the one state that tries to ban
any plant[1] that can alter a persons consciousness in any way. A person
in Kansas can
buy alcohol, cigarettes and caffeine products, but any other herb a person
might use to relax or make their lives better gets banned. This attitude is
ridiculous. Just recently the people of Wichita voted
to lessen the penalties for possession of
Marijuana. Our elected representatives just don't get it. The people of Kansas are rejecting
these archaic rules, not asking for new ones. We need to let all those who run
for office in Kansas know that they are working against the will of the people
if the continue to try and deprive Kansans of herbal medicines, such as CBD.
-SJ Otto
From
Fox
Channel 4:
OVERLAND
PARK, Kan. -- It's not a high. It's a matter of health. That's what hemp oil
users in Kansas are saying, at least.
Prominent
lawmakers in the Sunflower State have asked the state to declare cannabidiol
illegal. But the owners and customers at one hemp store say their advocates
deserve better.
The
oil is known as CBD, but users of the popular hemp oil call it a life-changer.
County attorneys from two areas of the Sunflower State -- Johnson and Shawnee
counties -- are asking Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt to declare CBD
illegal because they say the ingredients are too close to the ones found in
marijuana.
On
Monday, a bill was introduced to the state legislature in Topeka, which would
make the penalty for possession of CBD the same as it is for holding pot.
“Taking
this out of the hands of the public is really kind of criminal,” Brian Pitts,
store owner at Phoenix Natural Wellness in Overland Park, told FOX4. “I’m
angry. I'm frustrated.”
Pitts
is a believer, too. His 17-year-old daughter, Cecilia, registers on the autism
spectrum and is prone to drift into a distant, catatonic state. Pitts
said using CBD has transformed her into being a productive person.
“To
catch her catatonic is really upsetting,” Pitts said while fighting back tears.
“We put her on CBD, and she became a new kid. I'd catch her singing in the
other room.”
However,
on Monday, the shelves in Pitts' store were bare. He's been threatened with a
raid, which could potentially land him in jail. Pitts said he’s shipped
his entire CBD inventory to a safe location out of state in order to
avoid confiscation.
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the rest click
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Pix
from Fox 4.
[1] The DEA is as bad as the state of Kan s as .
Two years ago they tried to ban the use of
a harmless herb
called kratom. Kan s as
legislators like to follow that lead and ban such herbs.
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