Title:
Ask your legislators to introduce medical marijuana legislation this legislative session
Message:
Each year, MPP hears from countless state legislators who say citizens are not interested in medical marijuana. Despite overwhelming public support as noted in countless opinion polls, including a November 2002 Time magazine poll that found 80 percent of Americans support medical marijuana, many legislators say that medical marijuana is simply not an important issue for the overwhelming majority of voters. Last session, a bill that would have allowed an "affirmative defense" to prosecution if the individual possessed marijuana on the recommendation of a physician died in the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee.
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Tell your legislators that medical marijuana is an important issue, and ask them to take action to protect patients from arrest and prosecution under state law if they use marijuana with their doctors' approval.
The 2003 legislative session began on January 14, so it is important that you act soon. With your help, medical marijuana will not be left off the legislature's agenda.
