Deadline to request a medical marijuana bill is this week

Hundreds of Florida residents have used MPP's Web site to send a letter to their state legislators, urging them to introduce a bill that would protect seriously ill patients from arrest for medical marijuana.

If you have already sent a letter, thank you. Please forward this alert to others who will add their voices to our call for compassion.

If you have not already done so, please visit /FL to automatically send a pre-written letter—or a letter of your own—to those who represent you in the state legislature.

Each year, MPP hears from countless state legislators who say citizens are not interested in medical marijuana, despite its overwhelming support as noted in countless public opinion polls.

Medical marijuana, they say, simply is not an important issue for the overwhelming majority of voters.

Only you can change that perception. Please visit /FL this week to make sure that legislators know of the tremendous public support for medical marijuana. The last day to request bills is January 10, so please act now.