Tennessee medical marijuana bill placed in subcommittee'please take action

Published: February 21, 2005

Tennessee's twin medical marijuana bills are making serious progress, and have both been placed in committees in the House and Senate. The Senate version—S.B. 1942—has been assigned to the General Welfare, Health and Human Resources Committee. In the House, H.B. 968 has been sent to the Mental Health Subcommittee of the Health and Human Resources Committee.

Please take a moment to send a letter to the subcommittee members. Our system will automatically send a pre-written letter—which you can edit to your liking—to every member of the subcommittee.

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The subcommittee—chaired by bill-sponsor David Shepard (D-Dickinson)—is made up of five Democrats and four Republicans. The bill—H.B. 968—has a good chance of passing out of the subcommittee, but it needs a push. State legislators truly do listen to their constituents. According to former U.S. Congressman Billy Evans (D-GA), "Legislators estimate that 10 letters from constituents represent the concerns of 10,000 citizens. Anybody who will take the time to write is voicing the fears and desires of thousands more."

http://mpp.org/TN/action.html

Also, if you live in Memphis, be sure to tune in to CBS—channel three—at 10:00 p.m. for a feature story on medical marijuana.

In addition to contacting the subcommittee, please take a moment to use our site to send an e-mail to your specific legislators in the House and Senate.

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Please forward this e-mail along to everyone you know in Tennessee so that lawmakers realize that this is an issue with strong public support. Thank you for supporting the Marijuana Policy Project.