Puerto Rico to Debate Medical Use of Marijuana

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Puerto Rico to Debate Medical Use of Marijuana
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico September 6, 2013 (AP)

Legislators in Puerto Rico are preparing to debate a bill that would allow people to use marijuana for medicinal purposes in the conservative U.S. territory.

Rep. Jose Baez, one of the two authors, said Thursday that the measure would create a system to legally produce the substance and allow state health officials to regulate it.

The bill calls for a classification of medical conditions and requirements that would allow patients to smoke marijuana in their homes. Conditions would range from cancer to glaucoma to anxiety.

The proposal comes shortly after the U.S. federal government pledged not to prosecute or block state pot-legalization laws on the condition that states enact strict and effective regulations.

Opponents to the Puerto Rico measure say it would foster drug addiction and lead to more crime.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/puerto-rico-debate-medical-marijuana-20171694

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[Rebellious Republican]

1. A tribute that applies metaphorically

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Gracias a la vida

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto
Me dio dos luceros, que cuando los abro
Perfecto distingo lo negro del blanco
Y en el alto cielo su fondo estrellado
Y en las multitudes el hombre que yo amo

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto
Me ha dado el oído que en todo su ancho
Graba noche y día, grillos y canarios
Martillos, turbinas, ladridos, chubascos
Y la voz tan tierna de mi bien amado

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto
Me ha dado el sonido y el abecedario
Con el las palabras que pienso y declaro
Madre, amigo, hermano, y luz alumbrando
La ruta del alma del que estoy amando

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto
Me ha dado la marcha de mis pies cansados
Con ellos anduve ciudades y charcos
Playas y desiertos, montañas y llanos
Y la casa tuya, tu calle y tu patio

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto
Me dio el corazón que agita su marco
Cuando miro el fruto del cerebro humano
Cuando miro al bueno tan lejos del malo
Cuando miro al fondo de tus ojos claros

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto
Me ha dado la risa y me ha dado el llanto
Así yo distingo dicha de quebranto
Los dos materiales que forman mi canto
Y el canto de ustedes que es mi mismo canto
Y el canto de todos que es mi propio canto
Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto

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English
Thanks to the life

Thank you, life, for giving me so much.
She gave me two bright stars, that when opened,
Can perfectly distinguish black from white
And high in the sky, the starry background,
And within the crowd the man that I love.

Thank you, life, for giving me so much.
She gave me ears that, in all of its wide
Record- night and day -crickets and canaries,
Hammers, turbines, bricks and showers,
And the tender voice of my beloved.

Thank you, life, for giving me so much.
She gave me sound and the alphabet.
With them the words that I think and declare:
"Mother," "Friend," "Brother" and light brightening,
The way of the soul of my lover.

Thank you, life, for giving me so much.
She gave me the wandering of my tired feet.
With them I've walked cities and puddles
Valleys and deserts, mountains and plains.
And your house, your street and your courtyard.

Thank you, life, for giving me so much.
She gave me a heart, that shakes its contention,
When I see the fruit of the human brain,
When I see kindness so far from what is bad,
When I look inside your bright eyes...

Thank you, life, for giving me so much.
She gave me laughter as well as mourning.
With both I distinguish happiness from pain -
Two of the ingredients that comform my singing,
As well as your song, that is mine too,
And the song of all, that is my own singing.
Thank you, life, for giving me so much.

[Sunlei]

2. "strict and effective regulations". It's a felony to be caught with 'RX drugs' isn't it?