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There is an Internet campaign to help patients get access to medical marijuana and to stop the government's attempts at obstructing the law in states that have passed medical marijuana initiatives. Please forward this message to any friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, or other people you know personally who may be interested. Then go to http://www.215Now.com and sign the petition. (The website was named for California's groundbreaking medical marijuana initiative, Proposition 215). You do not have to live in California to sign the petition. Anyone living in the 50 states can sign, and petitions will be customized to the signer's state of residence. Your petition will be forwarded to targeted federal government officials who have direct influence over marijuana's legal status. The objective of this campaign is to change that status so that doctors can legally prescribe marijuana for their suffering patients. For thousands of patients, this is literally a matter of life or death. The federal government has refused to respect the will of the voters in those states that have passed medical marijuana initiatives -- California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington state, and Alaska. State governments have been dragging their feet -- fearful of what the federal government may do if those states attempt to implement their medical marijuana laws. Patients and physicians have been harassed, arrested, and prosecuted when they should be protected under the law. Doctors are afraid to "recommend" marijuana for their patients, lest the federal government revoke their scheduled-drug prescribing licenses. Meanwhile, patients are suffering -- their health and lives jeopardized by a government that should be protecting them, not arresting them. If we want to stop this senseless suffering, we must let our government officials know that for many patients, medical marijuana is a matter of life or death. Please forward this message to everyone you know who might be interested in helping, but please don't send it indiscriminately -- spam will only hurt our campaign. Then go to http://www.215Now.com and sign the petition.
Please go to this link and let ABC News know that you want them to cover the Libertarian Party in the year 2000 election: ws.go.com/sections/politics/politicalnation/pn_2000info.html
Any person or affiliate wanting to host the 2000 Libertarian Party of Michigan convention should submit their proposal to Stacy Van Oast before the next Executive Committee meeting on June 13. As in the past, proposals should basically try to convince the LEC why they should choose to have *you* host the convention. Proposals should include likely geographical location and hotel information (dates hotel is available - between April 1 and May 20, overnight guest room rates, typical banquet prices, etc), the convention chair's relevant experience, availability of volunteer resources, and anything else you consider pertinent. As 2000 is going to be a big election year, the convention really needs to be held in the convenient vicinity of the majority of our members; in other words, it neeeds to be in the Metro Detroit area. Submit proposals or questions to Stacy at stacyvo@eesc.com or call (810)784-8783. |
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