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Bill: Universal Availability of Medication
Details
Submitted by[?]: LibCom Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: September 2051
Description[?]:
| If cannabis is to be legal for medicinal purposes, then it must be available everywhere, not restricted to certain localities. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The use of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
Old value:: The legality of medicinal cannabis is established by local governments.
Current: Cannabis is legal as a sedative for patients in pain.
Proposed: Cannabis is legal as a sedative for patients in pain.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:20:11, May 09, 2005 CET | From | LibCom Party | To | Debating the Universal Availability of Medication |
| Message | If a patient is in pain, they should have access to the appropriate medication regardless of where they live. |
| Date | 16:06:13, May 09, 2005 CET | From | Radical Centrists | To | Debating the Universal Availability of Medication |
| Message | We support, with the proviso that doctors are obliged to highlight the risks of cannabis use. |
| Date | 16:18:35, May 09, 2005 CET | From | LibCom Party | To | Debating the Universal Availability of Medication |
| Message | Hopefully they're obliged to highlight potential side effects of any medication they prescribe. |
| Date | 23:27:36, May 09, 2005 CET | From |  Free Reform Coalition (FRP) | To | Debating the Universal Availability of Medication |
| Message | maintain the status quo, their are other very good drugs out there too. |
| Date | 03:02:52, May 10, 2005 CET | From | Radical Centrists | To | Debating the Universal Availability of Medication |
| Message | LC - hopefully... |
| Date | 03:35:32, May 10, 2005 CET | From | Social Republican Party | To | Debating the Universal Availability of Medication |
| Message | We agree. |
| Date | 10:30:41, May 10, 2005 CET | From | Free Reform Coalition (FRP) | To | Debating the Universal Availability of Medication |
| Message | RC, LC, in RL they are. TG DH AK FN, to add a few more abbreviations. |
| Date | 12:42:30, May 10, 2005 CET | From | LibCom Party | To | Debating the Universal Availability of Medication |
| Message | Of course there are other very good drugs. But different drugs work for different people, and doctors and patients should have the widest possible range of options. |
| Date | 02:34:09, May 11, 2005 CET | From | Leviathan Party | To | Debating the Universal Availability of Medication |
| Message | It should also be noted that marijuana is far easier, and cheaper, to produce than many other pain killers, as well as having a negligible environmental impact. |
| Date | 13:58:38, May 11, 2005 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Universal Availability of Medication |
| Message | If cannabis is to be available anywhere for medicinal purposes then it should be available nationally. The LP supports a national scheme for the licensing of pharmaceuticals and would wish to see all Malivians being gioven access to the same high level of health care no matter which region they live in. |
| Date | 16:34:06, May 12, 2005 CET | From | Radical Centrists | To | Debating the Universal Availability of Medication |
| Message | OOC: WRT RL (heh), I know that doctors would be obliged to make such such disclosures. In Malivia, we don't know this for certain. nonetheless, let's assume so. IC: We will support. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 100 | ||||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Cabinet ministers who disagree seriously with the head of government would usually be expected to resign. Parties within the cabinet may attempt to manoeuvre to replace the head of government though, for example by proposing a new cabinet bill or voting for an early election. |
| Random quote: "More Medicament Manufacture take the profits, workers take the factory" - Boros Norbert, former Endralonian businessman |