Title:
R.I.: Gov. Chafee chooses feds over patients
Message:
Earlier this evening, Governor Lincoln
Chafee outrageously announced that he will not be moving forward on issuing
certificates of operation to the three entities chosen by the state Department
of Health to bring safe, affordable, and reliable medical marijuana to Rhode
Island’s most sick and suffering patients. Gov. Chafee has asked the General
Assembly to work with him to create a model that does not draw the attention of
the federal government. Please email the governor and ask that
he reverse course and proceed with the law as written and enacted by the Rhode Island
General Assembly.
It’s been over two years since the General Assembly passed
legislation creating compassion centers in Rhode Island. In that time, Maine,
Vermont, Delaware, Arizona, and New Jersey have all enacted laws allowing for
regulated dispensing of medical marijuana. All of these states, with the
exception of Arizona, are moving forward with giving patients the humane option
of safe access, despite the fact that the laws irk officials in D.C.
Please, email the governor.
Respectfully explain that he is wrong on this move. Ask him to reconsider.
