Another point, Paul, you should explicitly state in the body of your letters that you are a "registered pharmacist" (in addition to the "R.Ph." on your signature line.) That might give you more clout than stating your role in the USMA.
Gene. >... > From: Paul Trusten <[email protected]> > 2011-01-31 >... > Dear Mr. President, > > A few days ago, I wrote to you urging that the > U.S. finally achieve its goal of changing over to > the SI metric system of measurement for the > economic and academic health of the nation. > Sometimes, however, our country needs to change > over to metric for health reasons, period. My > subject line in this e-mail is no > exaggeration. American children are often harmed, > or even killed, because our citizens, along with > our healthcare professionals, drag traditional > units of measurement (such as the teaspoonful) > from the society at large into the hospital or > clinic. Too many times, we read of stories such > as the one in the links below, where teaspoonsful > and mililiters or milligrams get confused. > Although the Institute for Safe Medication > Practices reconnended in 2009 that only metric > units be used in connection with prescriptions, > the following continues to take place, and will > continue to take place until we as a people use > only one system of measurement (metric): > > http://www.theredheadedpharmacist.com/?p=2956 > > http://www.wrcbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13923416 > > We need your leadership to help us "go metric" and > save American lives. > > SIncerely, > > > Paul Trusten, R.Ph. , Vice President and Public > Relations Director > U.S. Metric Association, Inc. > www.metric.org > [email protected] > +1(432)528-8824 > > > > > >
