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Federal Medical Marijuana Bill US HR 4272
Medical Marijuana Bill HR 4272

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I wanted to pass this info on. Please take the time, and make a diffrence for all of us. Dad


Does anyone remember the Medical Marijuana bill? It's the federal bill that would have disallowed the feds from interfering with state's rights in legalizing medical marijuana. That bill died in committee because WE failed to support it. A lot of sick and suffering people were counting on us, and we let them down. So lacking was our support of this bill, it died incommittee.

So, now I want to introduce you to a new bill, one I hope you will throw all of your support behind. This one, also a federal bill, allows patients legally using or growing marijuana to be able to state in a federal criminal court, that what they were doing was legal where they were doing it. Can you imagine being one of these sick and suffering people, probably at the end of your life, and get bused by the feds for something that's not even illegal, and then have to face the same consequences as a street-corner drug dealer? And be sentenced to longer terms than many rapists and murderers, which is what they get to spend their last months on earth with. And, the one thing they could say in court that would save them, they aren't allowed to say right now! Juries are angry after the fact! It would appear that the only ones who don't want marijuana users to defend themselves, are government-employed.

So, let's speak up this time and not let this important bill die in committee! Let's contact the committee members and our own Representatives in the House, and let's give them as much logical, educational material as we can, and at the same time, let's ask them to co-sponsor HR 4272!

Press release:


LET MEDICAL MARIJUANA DEFENDANTS TELL THE TRUTH, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Raich earlier this year which permits the federal government to continue arresting and prosecuting medical marijuana patients and their caregivers even in states where medical use of marijuana is permitted, U.S. Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) and a bipartisan group of co-sponsors have re-introduced legislation to that would let medical marijuana defendants the right to tell the truth!

H.R 4272, officially dubbed “The Steve McWilliams Truth in Trials Act”, guarantees medical marijuana defendants the right to introduce evidence demonstrating that the marijuana-related activities for which they stand accused were performed in compliance with State law regarding the medical use of marijuana. Moreover, the bill specifically limits the government’s ability to seize assets – including medical cannabis plants!

Contact your Member of Congress today!

Urge your Representative to co-sponsor H.R. 4272, common sense legislation that let’s patients tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth!

Actions to Take:

1.Call Your U.S. Representative at 202-224-3121. Urge your Representative to co-sponsor H.R. 4272, The Steve McWilliams Truth in Trials Act.

To find out who your Representative is, visit http://www.house.gov/ and enter your zip code.

2.Visit ASA’s Action Center to Send a Personalized Letter To Your U.S. Representative

3.Spread the Word! Forward this email to your friends, family, and colleagues.

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TAKE ACTION NOW!!!!!!

HR 4272

Official Title: To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide an
affirmative defense for the medical use of marijuana in accordance with the laws of the various States, and for other purposes.

Status: Introduced (By Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA])This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced House bills go first to House committees that consider whether the bill should be presented to the House as a whole. The majority of bills never make it out of committee.

Introduced: Nov 9, 2005
Last Action: Nov 9, 2005: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Sponsor: Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Cosponsors: show all 9
Full Text: Text or PDF

http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/members/members.htm

HERE IS THE COMMITTEE YOU NEED TO WRITE LETTERS TO, SEND FAXES TO, AND CALL:
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee in Health
2125 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-2927
The Committee does not have a public fax number.

Names, addresses, phone numbers, personal information, and e-mail address for each Health Committee member can be found here:
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/c...health&site=ctc

It is imperative that you contact as many of the committee members as you can, by any means listed. Our last attempt at justice, HR 2087 is still in committee, dead for all intents and purposes. Our letters could possibly bring it back to life, but for now, let's start with setting a goal of contacting as many of the committee members as we can, as well as our own representatives in the House of Representatives, so we can move this bill out of committee and onto the floor for debate and a vote.

Please forward this message and post it on every forum you can, if appropriate.

To stay updated on events in your area, ways to help fight prohibition, updates from all the major legalization orgs, and more, subscribe to the Yahoo discussion group, End Prohibition, by sending an e-mail to nomoproh-subscribe@yahoogroups.com .


*Originally posted by Dad in Pain @ freecannabis.com