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ASUI approved resolutions on medicinal marijuana, and Professor Scott Yenor of Boise State was one of the speakers.
ASUI approved a host of bills and conducted its first spring semester senate meeting on Wednesday, including supporting Boise State University’s anti-sexism efforts and legalizing medicinal marijuana.
ASUI proposed and approved a resolution in favor of Boise State University students who have petitioned for Professor Scott Yenor to be investigated for sexist remarks.
The petition was started when a video from the National Conservatism Conference in Florida appeared in which Yenor said that women should not be recruited into engineering, medicine, law, or trade jobs.
Yenor has subsequently turned to Twitter in response to the video’s release. stating that “particular attempts to attract women into sectors where they don’t appear to want to be” should be avoided.
“BSU students are presently lobbying and aggressively protesting to have (Yenor) investigated for discriminatory grading and sexist assessments of other teachers and staff,” stated Abbey Rode, Director of Safety, Health, and Wellness.
ASUI also proposed and approved a resolution supporting Kind Idaho’s proposal to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes in the state.
While Yenor maintains his first amendment right to voice his thoughts, the attitudes stated show that female students are being judged differently than male students, according to Rode’s resolution. Students at Boise State are trying to start an inquiry to clear up the ambiguity.
Sen. Nguyen, the resolution’s author, pointed out that the FDA has previously approved THC-based drugs that have been demonstrated to be useful in treating chronic pain, nausea, and chemotherapy patients.
Nguyen also said that the option to prescribe marijuana instead of opiates would help alleviate the opioid problem.
“In 2019, approximately 50,000 individuals died from opioid-related overdoses, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse,” Nguyen added.
“And, according to the CDC, a fatal marijuana overdose is very improbable when compared to an overdose of prescription opioids.”
According to Nguyen, the economic advantages extend to each state that has legalized medicinal marijuana, which has experienced increased tax collections and employment development.
ASUI approved two previously submitted resolutions in response to legislation presented at the last conference. One resolution expressed gratitude to current and former members of the United States Armed Forces, as well as veterans. In the other resolution, UI faculty were asked to include an inclusion statement in their course syllabi.
Following the legislative body’s last meeting of the semester, ASUI convened its first meeting of the spring semester, which included the five newly-inducted senators.
Sen. Cassidey Plum was named Senate pro tempore during the brief meeting.
