Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 14:38:34 -0500
From: Marijuana Policy Project *** URGENT: PLEASE ACT NOW ***
TO: Interested persons
FROM: Robert D. Kampia, MPP director of government relations
DATE: Friday, March 13, 1998
SUBJECT: First ever congressional vote on medicinal marijuana
Within the next two weeks, the U.S. House of Representatives is
likely to vote on H.Res. 372, the anti-medicinal marijuana resolution.
While the Marijuana Policy Project is lobbying against this legislation
on Capitol Hill, we will not be able to stop it without your help.
By expressing your strong opposition now, we can kill this legislation
if and when it reaches the House floor. H.Res. 372 states, in part, the
following:
* "Marijuana is a dangerous and addictive drug and
should not be legalized for medicinal use."
* "The United States House of Representatives is
unequivocally opposed to legalizing marijuana for
medicinal use, and urges the defeat of state initiatives
which would seek to legalize marijuana for medicinal use."
H.Res. 372 was introduced on February 26 by a coalition of nine
House Republicans, approved by the House Crime Subcommittee the same
day, and approved by the House Judiciary Committee on March 4. This
legislation can be brought to the House floor at any time, so please
call or fax your U.S. representative today!
Please say the following: "I am writing/calling to urge
you/Representative ____________ to vote against House Resolution 372,
the anti-medicinal marijuana resolution. I believe patients should be
allowed to use medicinal marijuana if their doctors approve of such use.
At the very least, Congress should not take any action on this issue
until the Institute of Medicine completes its review of medicinal
marijuana this coming December." (Institute of Medicine's phone number
is 202-334-1805.)
To find out the name of your U.S. representative (on the Web):
First, find out your ZIP+4 ...
http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html
Then, use it to get the name of your U.S. representative ...
http://www.house.gov/zip/ZIP2Rep.html
TO CALL: To call your U.S. representative's office, please call the
congressional switchboard operator at 202-225-3121. The
operator will ask you for your zip code if you do not know
who your U.S. representative is.
TO FAX: To fax your U.S. representative, please call your U.S.
representative's office or e-mail MPP@MPP.ORG for his or her
fax number. If you choose to e-mail MPP, please be sure to
include your U.S. representative's name.
TO E-MAIL: Please DO NOT e-mail your U.S. representative unless you have
already called or faxed.
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