MODERATOR'S NOTE: This debate over whether or not a drug is harmful or medically useful is a false debate because it implies that the government has the authority to determine what goes into your body based on these criteria. Statements like the one below only serve to prop-up the validity of the destructive "War on Drugs". ---Sasan
--------------------------------------------------------------------- >From: "Marijuana Policy Project" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Franklin Perez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: John McCain says feds aren't arresting "the dead" for medical >marijuana >Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:25:00 -0700 > >Dear Franklin Perez: > >Last week, at a campaign event in New Hampshire, when medical marijuana >patient Linda Macia asked U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) whether he would >end the federal government's arrests of patients and providers in the 12 >medical marijuana states if he were to be elected president, he said the >following: > >"Well, first of all, you'll have to show me a case where people are going >in and arresting people who are dead and dying . . . I haven't heard of >such a case, nor has anyone I know of heard of such a case, so it must be a >very well-kept secret." > >You can read some news coverage of the encounter at >http://www.mpp.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=glKZLeMQIsG&b=1847069&ct=4498095. > >Sen. McCain's condescending and uninformed comments are just the latest in >his clash with MPP's forces in New Hampshire, Granite Staters for Medical >Marijuana, which is a nine-month campaign to pressure the presidential >candidates to take strong, public, positive positions on medical marijuana >in advance of the New Hampshire primary -- the first in the nation -- >expected to be no later than January 8, 2008. > >Would you please consider funding our pressure tactics in New Hampshire? >Visit >http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=7eLHLPNoHfLJJYJ&s=rwJ5JmM8JpJXLeM9H&m=gjLSKaPPKmK8G&af=y > >to make a donation today. > >In April, Sen. McCain pledged "to let states decide" whether to allow >medical marijuana, only to flip-flop in August, claiming that "there's >other ways of relieving pain and applying medical help" than marijuana. A >few days later, he brusquely dismissed a follow-up question from MPP, >saying, "I don't think everyone came here today to hear about marijuana." > >As a result, we have awarded Sen. McCain an "F" in our new report card on >the presidential candidates for his ignorance and heartlessness regarding >the federal government's war on the sick and dying. > >Overall, however, our New Hampshire campaign has seen much success: To >date, 10 of the 17 Democratic and Republican candidates have already >pledged to end the federal government's arrests of medical marijuana >patients if elected president -- including all eight Democratic candidates. >Please visit http://granitestaters.com/candidates for the complete voting >guide. > >The work we're doing in New Hampshire comes at a critical juncture, as >federal intrusion into medical marijuana states is on the rise. This >summer, armed DEA agents raided patients and dispensaries in Los Angeles >County and San Mateo, California, and in Portland, Oregon. And another raid >occurred in Sacramento last week. > >Most appallingly, in late August a drug task force staffed by the DEA and >local law enforcement officials raided the home of a paraplegic medical >marijuana patient in Malaga, New Mexico -- the most recent state to >legalize medical marijuana. Visit >http://nm.mpp.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=epLIJSOuHkE&b=1773383&ct=4496423 >to read some news coverage of the raid. > >And in July and September, the DEA also began threatening landlords in Los >Angeles and Santa Barbara who lease space to medical marijuana dispensaries >-- activity that's legal under California state law -- with federal prison >time and property forfeiture, a move condemned in a Los Angeles Times >editorial as "a deplorable new bullying tactic." Visit >http://ca.mpp.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=cnKDINNwEqG&b=1769479&ct=4142073 >to read the editorial. > >Lobbying for change in our national priorities must be done, and MPP is >doing it in New Hampshire, on Capitol Hill, and in targeted congressional >districts nationwide. And our New Hampshire campaign is unique: We're the >only drug policy reform organization that's systematically influencing the >presidential candidates to take positive positions on medical marijuana. > >Please consider making a donation at >http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=elKVKaPPJjIXLlK&s=rwJ5JmM8JpJXLeM9H&m=gjLSKaPPKmK8G&af=y > >in support of our campaign today. With your help, in January 2009 we'll >inaugurate a new president who is committed to ending the arrests of >medical marijuana patients and providers. > >I'm grateful for anything you can give. > >Sincerely, > >Rob Kampia >Executive Director >Marijuana Policy Project >Washington, D.C. > >P.S. As I've mentioned in previous alerts, a major philanthropist has >committed to match the first $3.0 million that MPP can raise from the rest >of the planet in 2007. This means that your donation today at >http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=8fLJJSNrEaKJI4I&s=rwJ5JmM8JpJXLeM9H&m=gjLSKaPPKmK8G&af=y > >will be doubled. > >P.P.S. You can opt out of receiving fundraising mentions in the e-mail >alerts I send you in 2007 by visiting >http://www.mpp.org/2007optoutpreference at your convenience. > >====================================================================== > >The Marijuana Policy Project hopes that each of the 100,000 subscribers on >our national e-mail list will make at least one financial donation to MPP's >work in 2007. 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