2004-11-27
Thank Illinois Senator Durbin for sponsoring medical marijuana bill
- From the Marijuana Policy Project (mpp.org)
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- Please distribute this memo widely to family and friends in Illinois.
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- TO: Illinois residents*
- FROM: Steve Fox, director of government relations
- DATE: Monday, November 22, 2004
- SUBJECT: Thank Senator Durbin for introducing historic medical
- marijuana bill in the U.S. Senate
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- Last week, I notified you in a national alert that U.S. Sen.
- Richard Durbin (D-IL) had made history when he introduced the first
- medical marijuana bill ever in the U.S. Senate. Today, since you
- are a constituent of Senator Durbin's, I am writing to encourage you
- to send him an e-mail expressing your gratitude.
- Please visit -- http://www.mpp.org/tydurbin -- and send your thank-you
- message today. It will take less than two minutes of your time.
- Thank-you e-mails are just as important as earlier e-mails urging him
- to support medical marijuana. The overall constituent reaction to
- Sen. Durbin's decision will play a large role in determining whether
- he will support other similar legislation in the future. You can be
- sure that opponents of medical marijuana will be voicing their
- displeasure. We must drown out those complaints so that Sen. Durbin
- understands that the public supports his decision.
- Like the House version of the bill, the Senate Truth in Trials Act
- would end the federal government's gag on medical marijuana defendants
- in court. By providing an affirmative defense to federal marijuana
- charges, this bill would not only ensure that defendants could
- introduce evidence about the medical aspects of their marijuana-
- related activities, but would also keep them from being sent to
- federal prison if it is determined that they were acting in compliance
- with state medical marijuana laws.
- More importantly, this bill ends the shameful silence of the U.S.
- Senate with respect to the Bush Administration's attacks on medical
- marijuana patients and providers.
- So please thank Sen. Durbin for having the courage to break the ice on
- this subject in the U.S. Senate.
- Visit -- http://www.mpp.org/tydurbin -- and send your message today.
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