I know a lot of you are probably thinking "Why should I call, Culberson (or
other hard-headed Republican congressman) won't vote for this no matter how
many people call" but I would encourage people to call and if you think that
they won't vote for it, ask them to at least consider NOT voting on this at
all. That would help almost as much as them voting for it. Please consider
asking them to simply not vote if they think they can't vote for it.
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From: DRCNet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Jun 21, 2006 10:07 AM
Subject: Urgent: House MedMj Vote NEXT WEEK!
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<http://stopthedrugwar.org/wrapper.html> StoptheDrugWar.org: the Drug
Reform Coordination Network
Dear DRCNet supporter,
Sources have informed us that the Hinchey-Rohrabacher medical marijuana vote
in the House of Representatives is going to happen NEXT WEEK. This amendment
if passed will forbid the US Dept. of Justice from interfering with state
medical marijuana laws. Your help is needed -- it is crucial that more
members of Congress vote for medical marijuana this year than did last year.
Please visit
http://stopthedrugwar.org/medicalmarijuana/<http://ga0.org/campaign/hinchey2006/wixugs5rh5kidi7?>to
e-mail your member of Congress today!
When you're done, please call him or her on the phone to make additional
impact -- use the talking points appearing below and to the right in this
e-mail to prepare for your phone call. You can find out how to reach your
Rep. using the Congressional Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 or our lookup
tool at http://stopthedrugwar.org/lookup.html.
Please also tell your
friends<http://ga0.org/campaign/hinchey2006/forward/wixugs5rh5kidi7?>about
this important action alert -- we need for everyone who cares about
this to take action, and sending them to our web site to do so will also
help to grow our list for the next time.
Again, please visit
http://stopthedrugwar.org/medicalmarijuana/<http://ga0.org/campaign/hinchey2006/wixugs5rh5kidi7?>to
lobby Congress and help medical marijuana patients today! Thank you
for
your support.
Sincerely,
David Borden, Executive Director
Stop the Drug War (DRCNet)
P.O. Box 18402, Washington, DC 20036
http://stopthedrugwar.org
<http://ga0.org/campaign/hinchey2006/wixugs5rh5kidi7?>
Send a letter to the following decision maker(s):
Your Congressperson
Below is the sample letter:
Subject: Vote YES on Hinchey-Rohrabacher Medical Marijuana Amendment
Dear [decision maker name automatically inserted here],
On June 6, 2005, the US Supreme Court made a ruling upholding the power of
the federal government to ban medical use of marijuana. While this ruling
does not change law in the states that have passed medical marijuana
protections, it does mean that the federal government -- unfortunately --
will still have the power to use its resources to undermine the will of the
voters or legislatures of those states.
I think that is wrong, and I urge you to take an important opportunity
coming up to set things right. The Hinchey-Rohrabacher amendment, to be
considered this month in the debate over the Science-State-Justice-Commerce
Appropriations bill, would prohibit the federal government from arresting,
raiding or prosecuting patients who are abiding by state medical marijuana
laws.
Please vote YES when the Hinchey-Rohrabacher amendment comes to the floor.
Medical marijuana patients and their providers should not have to live in
fear that police will break down their doors and take them to jail because
of their choice of medicine, certainly not in states whose voters or
legislators have voted to protect them. That is a horrendous state of
affairs, and it is irrational to divert federal resources to attacking
patients that could otherwise be used to protect the nation from terrorists
who want to attack us.
Voting YES on Hinchey-Rohrabacher is the only rational or responsible choice
that you can make on this amendment.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
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What's At Stake:
Since medical marijuana initiatives were first passed nine years ago, the
DEA has conducted raids against medical marijuana clinics in California,
recently with increasing frequency, forcing hundreds if not thousands of
patients to procure marijuana in the black market instead. In a ruling
issued on June 6, 2005, the US Supreme Court upheld the government's power
to do this.
While this doesn't change anything -- state laws protecting medical
marijuana patients and their providers still are binding upon state and
local law enforcement authorities -- it is a missed opportunity for the
Court to rein in federal overreaching and help some of our society's most
vulnerable members.
Fortunately, Congress will have a chance this month to set things right. The
Hinchey-Rohrabacher amendment, to be considered during the debate on the
Science-State-Justice-Commerce Appropriations bill, would prohibit the
federal government from arresting, raiding or prosecuting patients who are
abiding by state medical marijuana laws.
Your help is needed to get it passed. Please visit
http://stopthedrugwar.org/medicalmarijuana/ to send an e-mail to your US
Representative asking him or her to vote YES on the Hinchey-Rohrabacher
Amendment. When you are done, please call your Rep. on the phone as well to
make even greater impact -- call the Congressional Switchboard at (202)
224-3121 to be connected, or use our lookup tool at
http://stopthedrugwar.org/lookup.html to get the direct number.
*TALKING POINTS FOR YOUR PHONE CALL OR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR*
- The Hinchey-Rohrabacher Amendment, which will come up during debate
on the House Science-State-Justice-Commerce Appropriations bill this month,
would forbid the Dept. of Justice from using funds to undermine state
medical marijuana laws.
- More than three out of four Americans think medical use of marijuana
should be legal, according to polls, and eleven states -- Alaska,
California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, Rhode
Island, and Washington -- have all enacted medical marijuana laws in recent
years.
- Despite such strong support, the federal government continues to
block even research to determine marijuana's medical benefits. Yet the 1999
Institute of Medicine report determined that marijuana does have medical
benefit.
- Medical organizations such as the American Nurses Association and
the American Academy of Family Physicians support legal access to medical
marijuana with a doctor's recommendation.
- Blocking patients from receiving needed medicine -- threatening them
with arrest, prosecution and incarceration -- is senseless and cruel.
- Congress should respect state's rights and not used armed federal
agents to threaten patients and providers who are in compliance with state
law.
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