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click here to ask Missouri's Speaker of the House to assign this bill to committee.
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Your Legislator Contacts
The forms below are to help you better correspond with your legislators. It is better to find your legislators and call them or send them a personal e-mail.
Contact Your Legislators!
Missouri
Please become a fan of Missouri Senator Jolie Justus, tell her whether you are or not a constituent and then urge her to sponsor a Medical Marijuana Bill in the Senate for the chronically ill.
On Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jolie-Justus/14540800948?ref=search&sid=1777760299.1062880754..1Her Office:
http://www.senate.mo.gov/07info/members/mem10.htmother than that..
Dear Friends,
Pre-filing of bills has already began on Tuesday, on December 1st! The sooner a bill is filed, the better its chances of moving forward - unfortunate there currently there is no bill filed. But I did get a response from Kate Meiners office saying she will be introducing a bill in to the House and she's done so the last 3 years so I have no doubts she will file soon. Without Republican sponsors, the bill will almost certainly die without a committee assignment or hearing.
That's why it is extremely important for you to
contact, but preferably call your State Representative and your Missouri State Senator right away and tell them you are a constituent. introduce yourself, tell them a personal story as to why you would need medical marijuana or you want the right to put what you want in your body and it happens to be safer. Ask them to co-sponsor a medical marijuana bill in the Missouri Senate this year. Point out that the
American Medical Association now has recognized that marijuana has medical use. The AMA has not endorsed state medical marijuana programs, but it has dropped its former opposition to use of marijuana as medicine.
The American College of Physicians,
American Nurses Association and
many other medical groups have endorsed marijuana as medicine support ending the criminal prosecution of patients.
Please share with us the responses you get from your state Senator and State Representative along with any local city council would be much appreciated as well. Please contact him or her, even if the Senator is a Republican or has previously stated opposition to the issue.
The new AMA position, the federal decision to not prosecute those who comply with state laws and the progress on the issue in other states make it likely that some will reconsider their opposition. We really need a Republican sponsor, but any Senate sponsor would be a great step forward!
Click here to look-up and contact your State Senator - send email, but also call, fax and postal mail. Thanks.
Dan Viets, Missouri NORML Coordinator
Remind them that the Obama administration has officially declared that it will not interfere with state medical marijuana programs that do not violate state laws. Now is the time to contact theses guys. What will probably be necessary to ultimate success in the legislature is Republican co-sponsorship. So please write and call those GOP Senators and Representatives as well.
US Drug Czar
Tell The Drug Czar To Start Ending The War On Drugs In His Blueprint For The Next Three Years Of U.S. Drug Policy
Stop Wasting Tax Dollars on the Drug Czar's Ad Campaign
Stop DEA Lies About Medical Marijuana and the AMA
Let's hope that this one specific website change signals that the Department of Justice's leadership will be responsive to further requests that the government tell the truth about drug policies on all of its websites.
Urge The Drug Czar To Create An Exit Strategy For The War On Drugs!
President Obama
Tell Obama That The Drug Czar Needs To Accept Science
Tell President Obama That Legalizing Marijuana Is No Laughing Matter
Tell President Obama to Open a Federal Medical Marijuana Program
US Congress
Ask Congress For An End To 70 Years Of Failed Marijuana Prohibition!
Support the Act to Remove Federal Penalties for Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults (HR 2943)
Support the Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act (HR 2835)
Support the Truth In Trials Act (HR 3939)
Support The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009
Support the Major Drug Trafficking Prosecution Act of 2009
End the D.C. Medical Marijuana Ban
Other
Download The Ten Letter Campagin
The Ten Letters Toolkit is an easy and effective way to get friends, family, and other reform-minded people to send a letter to their members of Congress.
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Click Here to Support via MPPCollege Students
If you're a college student, join Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP)
Visit
SSDP's Web site to learn about starting a chapter at your school or joining an existing one.
Doctor Recommendations
Download our medical marijuana statement of principle
here, print it out, and ask your doctor to sign it the next time you have an appointment. Then send it to MPP at P.O. Box 77492/Capitol Hill/Washington, D.C. 20013.
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Last Updated: November 23rd, 2009 @ 5:52pm (Central)
