On Saturday; attendee's of the 37th annual Great Midwest Marijuana
Harvest Festival asked the question: "Why isn't it legal?". The
festival goers made it their focus to talk about a bill which could be
introduced in the state Legislature this week that would allow
Marijuana to be used for certain ailments.
"Every day, cannabis helps me live better, " said Gary Storck, of
Madison, the organizer of the event, who uses marijuana for glaucoma
and chronic pain. "Immediately when I take it I feel a good effect. "
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Frank Boyle, D-Superior, and Rep. Mark
Pocan, D-Madison, likely will be introduced Monday, Pocan said last
week. It is being called the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act after
a woman who rode her wheelchair 210 miles from Mondovi to Madison 10
years ago to raise awareness of the issue.
