Title:
Mass.: Medical marijuana debated in Judiciary Committee
Message:
Yesterday, the Joint Judiciary Committee heard testimony on
SB 818, one of Massachusetts’ two bills that would finally protect patients
from being penalized for using marijuana according to their doctors’ recommendations.
Please
email your senator and representative and ask them to support sensible medical
marijuana legislation.
The bills’ authors — Senator Thomas McGee, Senator
Stanley Rosenberg, and Representative Frank Smizik — understand that
marijuana’s proven therapeutic properties and its relatively low potential for addiction
make it an ideal natural substance for helping combat and control many
different medical conditions and symptoms. Many of your fellow Bay Staters
understand this too. In September 2009, Suffolk University polling showed
81% of Massachusetts' voters support medical marijuana. Make
sure your representative and senator know their constituents support compassion
over incarceration.
Sixteen states, plus the District of Columbia, have
compassionate laws on the books that allow their citizens to use marijuana for
medical purposes as recommended by their physicians. Please
raise your voice so Massachusetts can join them.
