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A Wisconsin group is seeing a spike in the number of people needing a place to live. Steven Schooler, Executive Director of Porchlight Inc. in Madison, says more and more people are seeking low-cost transitional and permanent housing.
People are also scrambling to keep the homes they live in. Demand for a program that gives emergency grants to people facing eviction has gone through the roof.
A Cedar Grove man, already convicted of stalking his neighbor, is back in custody after admitting to authorities he had far more sinister intentions. Thomas Schultz is now charged with two counts each of burglary and criminal trespass, along with theft, after a random search of his home by his parole officer turned up numerous disturbing items.
Today’s the day state lawmakers take public testimony, on whether Wisconsin ought to legalize medical marijuana. Mike Meno with the Washington, D.C. based Marijuana Policy Project, says the bill is about protecting sick and dying patients, many of whom have not gotten relief from traditional pain treatments. “For thousands, and perhaps millions of Americans, marijuana is a medicine, nothing more, nothing less,” Meno says.
Opponents fear legalizing medical marijuana will send mixed messages on drug use, but Meno says it’s about fairness and compassion. “These people are not trying to get high, they’re trying to get better,” he says. And Meno says it’s not just about decriminalizing medical marijuana – it’s about patients no longer having to obtain the drug from criminals. “We shouldn’t force them to subject themselves to harm by trying to get this effective medicine on the street, from drug dealers.” [Read more...]
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