There are, of course, centuries of use of cannabis in Kentucky or what became Kaintuck territory from Virginia. Stemming from Virginia (pun intended!), Thomas Jefferson kept detailed diaries of his hemp farming and encouraged, even made law, that others had to grow hemp (cannabis.) Jefferson was no rube. That is why we named the county after him in Louisville. He was educated and widely travelled. He had been to Paris with Ben Franklin and discovered hashish, the finer products of the "hemp plant." So, some smoking of the KY/VA crops HAD to have occurred...not just for making clothing and rope. And, the local Amerindians knew of many psychoactive plants and smokable mixtures, tobacco, above all, and these two crops, along with corn, were the most important products grown in Kentucky and Virginia for the next two hundred years. But racist assholes in the USA in the 1930's besmirched the reputation of cannabis and now most of the world has suffered along since. I am a physician from Kentucky. I did medicine at University of Louisville and then psychiatry and neurology in California. I wish to see a movement in Louisville, to start a push to get medical cannabis on the ballot in Kentucky. The way it has been most successfully done in states like California and Colorado, is to change the state's constitution to allow for PUBLIC BALLOT MEASURES. This is CRUCIAL. The Right-wing will always be able to block it otherwise in Kentucky as it has SINCE THE 1930'S. So, how do we amend the state of Kentucky's constitution? I can look that up, but i have a pretty good idea. If someone else would like to start with me as a thread, could you look that up and post? Then, we would have to get a coalition of the MOST liberal politicians who can put forth a bill stating such, combined with some 'moderates" that will get on board. maybe even a few "so-called" "radical" republicans on it too. Then the signatures must be gathered, easy. Then, the question has to be phrased simply and correctly on the ballot,------->NOT backwards and cryptic as is done routinely in CA by those trying to obfuscate the idea on the ballot. Then I am sure we/you/us/them will have medical cannabis in Louisville!
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