Title:
State should allow medical marijuana for Mississippi patients, not just federal patients!
Message:
You may know that the University of Mississippi
has been growing marijuana for the
federal government's little-known medical marijuana program, the Compassionate Investigational New Drug
program, for decades. Each month, the federal authorities send four patients a
tin canister filled with about 300 pre-rolled marijuana cigarettes.
Unfortunately, Mississippi's seriously ill patients are not able to access
medical marijuana even with a doctor’s recommendation, and they risk arrest and
prosecution if they try.
Mississippians battling cancer, MS, and other serious conditions
are fortunate to have a champion in State Senator Deborah Dawkins (D-Pass
Christian). Sen. Dawkins has just introduced S.B. 2252, which would make it
legal for qualifying patients to possess up to three mature plants, four immature
plants, and up to 30 grams of usable marijuana for each plant.
Click here to see Sen. Dawkins talk about her bill on
the local ABC affiliate, WLOX 13.
It’s time Mississippi started making sure its own seriously ill
patients have safe, legal access to medical marijuana — just like those four
patients still benefiting from the federal government’s little-known program!
Please contact your legislator today, and urge
him or her to support S.B. 2252.
