Politics & Government
Poll Update: Do You Support the ACLU or Governor in the Medical Marijuana Legalization Battle?
Update: In this poll over the last 3 days, 115 Patch users supported the ACLU and medical marijuana advocates taking Gov. Chafee to court for pulling the plug on the state's licensing program, while 16 did not and 1 person "didn't care."
In the poll that closed earlier today, we asked, "Do you think the ACLU and medical marijuana advocates should take Gov. Chafee to court for pulling the plug on the state's licensing program this week?"
Of those who responded, 87 percent said they supported the ACLU and medical marijuana advocates filing a lawsuit against the governor, while 12 percent said they did not.
See the results and comments below.
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The Issue
Medical marijuana program advocates are firing back after Gov. Lincoln Chafee on Thursday decided to pull the plug on the state's licensing program when he argued that the state's medical marijuana program could not proceed "under current law."
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"We're going to take him to court," Dr. Seth Bock said on Friday. Bock owns the Newport Acupuncture and Wellness Spa in Middletown and planned to open a non-profit medical marijuana center in Portsmouth.
Steven Brown, executive director of the Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), said on Friday that medical marijuana dvocates are in the "preliminary stages" of filing a lawsuit.
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