Chicago Sun-Times endorses MPP's medical marijuana bills!

Yesterday, Wednesday, February 11, the Chicago Sun-Times formally endorsed medical marijuana bills H.B. 4868 and S.B. 2440. Titling the editorial section "Nothing Criminal in Healing Herbs," the Sun-Times called for "full debate and then swift passage" of the medical marijuana bills. You can read the full editorial here.

There's no doubt that many of Illinois' state senators and representatives have seen this medical marijuana endorsement, but have your legislators heard your endorsement yet? MPP had a strong response to last week's action alert, but we still need more support.

If you have contacted your legislators, thank you and please ask your friends and family to do the same. And if your legislators have not yet replied, please contact them again.

But if you haven't yet made your views known, it's certainly not too late: Please take a few moments to visit Take Action. After you choose your favorite pre-written letter and type in your address, our site will automatically e-mail your letter to your legislator … all with the click of a few buttons. The whole process takes less than two minutes, but it makes a world of difference. Also, you can print the letters and send them to your legislators through regular mail.

Thank you for supporting the Marijuana Policy Project. Please tell others in Illinois about these bills, so that even more people can speak out for reform.