Title:
Wash.: Urge your legislators to support rescheduling of marijuana
Message:
Last week, a
bipartisan group of 42 Washington state senators and representatives signed a
letter asking the DEA to reschedule marijuana so that it may be made
available, via pharmacies, across to the country to all patients in need of
relief. This letter mirrors the request that Gov. Chris Gregoire previously sent
to the administration. Please
email your representative and senator, asking both to support this important
request.
Although 16 states and Washington, D.C. have medical marijuana laws on the
books, many patients lack immediate and safe access to their medicine.
Furthermore, classifying marijuana as a Schedule I substance means, by federal
law, that it has no medical use and a high potential for abuse. As any patient
in Washington can let you know, this is absolutely outrageous.
By reclassifying marijuana as a Schedule II substance, the
federal government would open up an avenue for physicians to eventually prescribe,
and pharmacists to distribute, medical marijuana to patients across Washington
and the United States.
This resolution
will have a hearing in the Senate Health and Long Term Care committee on Thursday, February 2. Write
your senator and representative today, and ask them to sign on to this
important resolution.
