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ChairmanAgnostic

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2. a baby step, but still welcome
Sat Apr 25, 2015, 11:16 AM
Apr 2015

Problem is, Rauner is a Teabagging neocon who is anti-pot, anti-social services, and anti-poor and needy. He just cut most of the mental health funding for an organization that serves almost 10,000 ill folks. Every mental health expert (and all the police and sheriff chiefs) are afraid that this will lead directly to the arrest and jailing of the mentally ill.

Even as possession crimes are lessened, the mentally ill (Many of whom could benefit from medical marijuana) will end up warehoused in prison. Just because they need help.

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Congrats riversedge Apr 2015 #1
a baby step, but still welcome ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2015 #2
cook county, at least, is working to fix this. mopinko Apr 2015 #4
that's my rep. mopinko Apr 2015 #3
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