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From: DRCNet [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Medical Marijuana Alert: The Battle is On in Congress
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 01:27:14 +
10/13/99
Dear friend:
If you've been reading DRCNet, you know that the people
of Washington, DC passed a pro-medical marijuana initiative
by an overwhelming margin last year, but hard-line drug
warriors in Congress -- principally Rep. Bob Barr of Georgia
-- prevented the vote from even being counted for more than
10 months. And you know that a federal court found Barr's
vote-suppression law unconstitutional, and the vote has now
been released -- but Barr and his allies have vowed to
overturn DC's democratic, voter-approved medical marijuana
initiative through an act of Congress.
Since we wrote you last on this issue, legislation has
been introduced in the House and the Senate that would
overturn the will of the voters on medical marijuana, and
Congress is preparing to vote on them, and soon. But
because the issue is not only medical marijuana, but
democracy itself, there's a real chance that enough members
of Congress could vote our way to save medical marijuana in
Washington.
Congress has 30 "working days" to move against DC's
medical marijuana initiative, so the battle is on now. If
you haven't yet written Congress on this issue, we need you
to do so now; and if you have written, we need you to write
your representative and your two senators again, with the
numbers of the legislation you want them to oppose: H.R.
2959 and H.J. Res. 69 in the House (by Rep. Bob Barr, R-GA)
and S.J. Res. 35 in the Senate (by Sen. George Voinovich,
R-OH).
DRCNet is collaborating with other organizations working
on this effort, so this time we are asking you to visit a
web site sponsored by our friends at the Marijuana Policy
Project. Please visit http://www.mpp.org/i59/ to send an
e-mail or fax to Congress, find your reps' phone numbers to
call, and tell your friends so they can take action on this
urgent matter too. Patients shouldn't go to prison for
taking the medicine they need to survive! Please stand up
for their rights and write Congress today.
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