URGENT: Call Congress today about medical marijuana!!!
The U.S. House of Representatives will be voting on medical marijuana as soon as tomorrow (Wednesday).
We urgently need you to take one minute to call your congressperson and ask him or her to vote for the Hinchey-Rohrabacher medical marijuana amendment.
It's easy: Just call the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121.
Give the operator your zip code and ask to be connected to your U.S. House member; you don't even need to know your congressperson's name to do this.
When the receptionist for the congressperson (not the Capitol switchboard operator) answers, say something like: "Hi, this is [name]. I live in [city], and I'm calling to ask Congressman/Congresswoman ________ to vote for Congressman Maurice Hinchey's [HIN-chee's] medical marijuana amendment to the Justice Department's spending bill, which I understand will be considered on the House floor tomorrow. The amendment would prohibit the Justice Department from spending taxpayer money to arrest medical marijuana patients in the 12 states where medical marijuana is legal."
This call is especially important because of the DEA's recent attacks on medical marijuana. Last week, the DEA announced the indictments of four medical marijuana dispensary owners in California. And, a week before that, the DEA sent out letters notifying more than 150 Los Angeles landlords that they stand to lose their property and face 20 years in prison for renting to tenants who operate medical marijuana dispensaries legally under state law. An L.A. Times editorial condemned the outrage as "a deplorable new bullying tactic."
Please call Congress now: (202) 224-3121
If you agree that sick and suffering patients should not have to live in fear of armed federal agents breaking down their doors, this is the best chance to do something about it this year.
Momentum is on our side: Earlier this month, America's second largest cancer society, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, passed a resolution in support of medical marijuana access. We're hopeful that House members will take this important endorsement into account when casting their votes tomorrow.
We urgently need you to take one minute to call your congressperson and ask him or her to vote for the Hinchey-Rohrabacher medical marijuana amendment.
It's easy: Just call the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121.
Give the operator your zip code and ask to be connected to your U.S. House member; you don't even need to know your congressperson's name to do this.
When the receptionist for the congressperson (not the Capitol switchboard operator) answers, say something like: "Hi, this is [name]. I live in [city], and I'm calling to ask Congressman/Congresswoman ________ to vote for Congressman Maurice Hinchey's [HIN-chee's] medical marijuana amendment to the Justice Department's spending bill, which I understand will be considered on the House floor tomorrow. The amendment would prohibit the Justice Department from spending taxpayer money to arrest medical marijuana patients in the 12 states where medical marijuana is legal."
This call is especially important because of the DEA's recent attacks on medical marijuana. Last week, the DEA announced the indictments of four medical marijuana dispensary owners in California. And, a week before that, the DEA sent out letters notifying more than 150 Los Angeles landlords that they stand to lose their property and face 20 years in prison for renting to tenants who operate medical marijuana dispensaries legally under state law. An L.A. Times editorial condemned the outrage as "a deplorable new bullying tactic."
Please call Congress now: (202) 224-3121
If you agree that sick and suffering patients should not have to live in fear of armed federal agents breaking down their doors, this is the best chance to do something about it this year.
Momentum is on our side: Earlier this month, America's second largest cancer society, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, passed a resolution in support of medical marijuana access. We're hopeful that House members will take this important endorsement into account when casting their votes tomorrow.