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Health & Fitness

Senator Martins Tries to Straddle The Line

Several weeks ago, I sent a polite email to our Republican State Senator Jack Martins (Seventh District) asking him, as a constituent, to state his position on the Compassionate Care Act which would legalize the medically supervised use of cannabis for many serious and devastating conditions. Not only didn't Sen. Martins send me a reply, he didn't even acknowledge receiving my email (usually automatically sent out by all elected officials). It appears to me that Sen. Martins is in a dilemma. How can he walk the Republican Party line, which opposes the Act, while serving his constituents, a majority of whom favor this legislation?  We will have to solve this problem for him on Election Day.

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