Government's Medicinal Marijuana Proposal is Denied in Sacramento

Ignoring appeals from a senile glaucoma sufferer, a citizen suffering from AIDS and a youth with a bone disease, Sacramento officials denied employing a proposition which lets medicinal pot users receive an ID card provided by the government.

The vote which was arranged on Tuesday showed that the county's law organizations were against the proposition as it would allegedly lead to breaking federal laws.

Although state legislation accepts using medicinal marijuana, under federal legislation it's still considered illegal.

Sacramento falls into number of state's counties which denied implementing the state proposition (the total amount of counties is 58). According to initiative's supporters, identification cards will distinguish people using marijuana for medical purposes.

To Neoma Denny (75), medicinal pot is kind of salvation. She is not allowed to take drugs for nausea. She's not allowed to use pills for pain, as she is exposed to glaucoma and liver cirrhosis. She claims if it were not for medicinal marijuana, she would merely pass away. It's her salvation.

A citizen from Sacramento, Th. Coy, for whom marijuana is a relief from AIDS symptoms, wishes the government knew medical marijuana can definitely help him.

A 17-year-old girl, B. Davies, who is exposed to a serious bone illness, wants to go to San Francisco to have a look at party clothes, but can't resolve upon taking marijuana cream which helps her relieve the sufferings. She's afraid to be arrested and imprisoned because of the treatment.

These people come with other medicinal marijuana advocates who appeal to the committee for accepting the proposal.

Officials Jimmie Yee and Roger Dickinson supported the proposition. In their turn, Susan Peters, Don Nottoli and Roberta McGlashan opposed it.