The rare work-related post.

We are furiously working through the end-game of trying to get a medical marijuana law passed in Minnesota. The bill passed the full Senate last year and is pending a vote on the House floor after passing through every committee necessary. It is supported by 64% of Minnesotans, with even more overwhelming margins in certain demographics, according to a poll commissioned by the Minneapolis ABC-affiliate and conducted earlier this month by national polling firm SurveyUSA

Unfortunately, Gov. Pawlenty — on the short-list for McCain’s VP, incidentally — has said he “stands with law enforcement” on the issue; meaning, presumably, in opposition to it and inclined to veto based on the opposition of a small but vocal contingent of cops and prosecutors.

One problem: that small but vocal contingent has been exaggerating, offering misleading testimony, and occasionally lying outright about the bill.

However, no matter what proponents do, the Minnesota press seems uninterested in the litany of lies these people have thrown at the legislature, press, and public. We’ve made Lie of the Day videos, which we’ve blasted out to the press and elected officials; we’ve compiled a 22-page document cataloguing this pattern of deception; we’ve held press conferences and much else besides. Still nothing.

I’m attaching the videos to date below. If the nine people who view this blog are at all interested and want to help out, please check them out, cross-post them, and let other folks know — especially Minnesotans. We’ve never been this close to passing a medical marijuana law in Minnesota, and it shouldn’t be derailed because the press neglects to mention that our opposition can’t stop lying.