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FYI - An email from the Marijuana Policy Project
Received July 16, 2009 by email
Dear Mark Mentzer:
Tonight, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that, once enacted, will remove a decade-old provision that has prevented Washington, D.C., from implementing the medical marijuana law passed by 69% of voters in 1998.
Known as the Barr amendment, the provision has forbidden the city from implementing a voter-approved ballot initiative that protected medical marijuana patients from arrest and jail.
Repealing this democracy-unfriendly amendment has been a primary focus of MPP's federal lobbying efforts for many years. In 2007, we even hired former Congressman Bob Barr (R-Ga.) — the original author of the amendment — to lobby to overturn it.
Tonight's vote represents a victory not just for medical marijuana patients, but for all Americans, who have the right to determine their own policies without federal meddling. Ten years ago, D.C. residents overwhelmingly made the sensible, compassionate decision to pass a medical marijuana law, and now, finally, suffering Washingtonians will be allowed to focus on treating their pain without fearing arrest.
I want to thank MPP's 27,000 dues-paying members, whose support helped to make this win possible. If you'd like to see more of these kinds of successes, I hope you'll donate to MPP's federal lobbying efforts. We're turning supporters' donations http://control.mpp.org/site/Donation2?idb=0&df_id=1180&1180.donation=form1&s_src=5296 into results, and we can't do it without you.
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 $2.35 million that MPP can raise from the rest of the planet in 2009. This means that your donation today will be doubled.
Dear Mark Mentzer:
Tonight, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that, once enacted, will remove a decade-old provision that has prevented Washington, D.C., from implementing the medical marijuana law passed by 69% of voters in 1998.
Known as the Barr amendment, the provision has forbidden the city from implementing a voter-approved ballot initiative that protected medical marijuana patients from arrest and jail.
Marijuana — Exhibit A
Repealing this democracy-unfriendly amendment has been a primary focus of MPP's federal lobbying efforts for many years. In 2007, we even hired former Congressman Bob Barr (R-Ga.) — the original author of the amendment — to lobby to overturn it.
Tonight's vote represents a victory not just for medical marijuana patients, but for all Americans, who have the right to determine their own policies without federal meddling. Ten years ago, D.C. residents overwhelmingly made the sensible, compassionate decision to pass a medical marijuana law, and now, finally, suffering Washingtonians will be allowed to focus on treating their pain without fearing arrest.
I want to thank MPP's 27,000 dues-paying members, whose support helped to make this win possible. If you'd like to see more of these kinds of successes, I hope you'll donate to MPP's federal lobbying efforts. We're turning supporters' donations http://control.mpp.org/site/Donation2?idb=0&df_id=1180&1180.donation=form1&s_src=5296 into results, and we can't do it without you.
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 $2.35 million that MPP can raise from the rest of the planet in 2009. This means that your donation today will be doubled.
Tags: Legalization, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana
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Permalink Reply by Mark Mentzer on
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Sheeit. Maybe I ought to just move to Amsterdam.
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Permalink Reply by LyndaAndLab on
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I am thrilled, although I live in a "hate state", Missouri, and I'm sure they'll try to keep it out.
Personally, I am chronically ill with two-handfuls of autoimmune diseases and my health on a 10-year downhill journey. I take 30 pills a day (they're not all different 'scripts, tho there are a lot of them) on regular days, if I get "sick" on top of what's usual, I take additional pills. On weekend mornings I also take oral chemo. I hurt, I don't make a big deal out of it, but it's true. On top of that all the pills, including the chemo keeps me somewhat nauseous. I live on coke slushies. Even the very idea that one day I might go through a day that is pain-free and nausea-free makes me want to toss my cane in the air -
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You are a walking ad for legalization.
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Permalink Reply by John Turberville on
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What gets me is the potential billions of untapped revenue being thrown away. That alone should be a good enough reason to legalize POT!!!
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Yeah, not to mention the wonders of hemp which had a rich history as a great material in this country and around the world.
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