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Protest DEA's December San Diego Outrage
On Monday, December 12, 2005, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) raided 13 medical marijuana dispensaries in San Diego despite longstanding state law protecting patients and their providers. DEA then continued the rampage on December 20, raiding the respected Hopenet coop in San Francisco. Meanwhile, on the east coast DEA continues to block legal medical marijuana research proposed by the University of Massachusetts that could lead to marijuana becoming a recognized medicine through the standard drug approval process. Your help is needed to rein in this rogue agency, by demanding that Congress enact federal legislation to protect patients and their providers and pressure DEA into letting the research proceed.
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Subject: Please Stop DEA's Attacks on Medical Marijuana Patients and Research
Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,
On December 12, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) took the cruel and reckless step of raiding 13 medical marijuana dispensaries that patients in the San Diego area rely on for needed relief for serious medical conditions, then continuing to San Francisco on December 20 to raid the respected Hopenet coop. Meanwhile, on the east coast, DEA continues to block the establishment of a legal medical marijuana research program at the University of Massachusetts that would resolve the scientific questions and allow marijuana to ultimately go through the regular governmental process for approval as a medically-recognized treatment.
Please support and enact H.R. 2087, the States Rights to Medical Marijuana Act; and H.R. 4272, the Steve McWilliams Truth in Trials Act, named after a San Diego medical marijuana provider who took his own life earlier this year while facing federal prosecution. And please pressure DEA into letting the UMass medical marijuana research project proceed -- it is hypocritical and dangerous for a federal agency to act in such a blatantly political manner.
Please do all you can to overturn the senseless federal ban on medical marijuana and to protect patients and their providers in the meanwhile.
Sincerely,
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Campaign Launched:
December 14, 2005
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On December 12, 2005, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) took the cruel and reckless step of raiding 13 medical marijuana dispensaries that patients in the San Diego area rely on for needed relief for serious medical conditions. The rampage continued on December 20, when DEA raided the respected Hopenet coop in San Francisco Unfortunately, DEA was aided and abetted by San Diego area law enforcement agencies, who have politically opposed medical marijuana since the beginning, but who have now stepped over the line and violated the will of California voters directly by participating in this action. Meanwhile, on the east coast, DEA continues to block the establishment of a legal medical marijuana research program at the University of Massachusetts that would resolve the scientific questions and allow marijuana to ultimately go through the regular governmental process for approval as a medically-recognized treatment.
Please call and write Congress today to condemn the DEA's raids and continued blocking of medical marijuana research, and to urge them to pass legislation to protect medical marijuana patients and their providers. There are currently two federal medical marijuana bills that would help the situation: H.R. 2087, the States Rights to Medical Marijuana Act; and H.R. 4272, the Steve McWilliams Truth in Trials Act, named after a San Diego medical marijuana provider who took his own life earlier this year while facing federal prosecution. Click here for a pre-written web site letter to Congress -- you are encouraged to edit and customize it or even write your own.
Visit the following web pages for further information:
ASA Medical Marijuana Demonstrations Info:
http://www.safeaccessnow.org
Lawsuit for the UMass Medical Marijuana Research Proposal:
http://www.maps.org/mmj/DEAlawsuit.html
Steve McWilliams Remembered:
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/396/steveremembered.shtml
Congressional Web Site to Check Status of Legislation Like H.R. 2087 and H.R. 4272:
http://thomas.loc.govv
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