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From: "NORML Alerts" <letters@...>
To: "NORML Alerts" <norml_news@...>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 5:26 PM
Subject: Tell Your Congressman to Co-Sponsor the States Rights to Medical
Marijuana Act


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> Dear NORML Supporter:
>
> Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) are preparing to
> reintroduce the States' Rights to Medical Marijuana Act in Congress, and
> they are currently seeking co-sponsors willing to sign onto the measure
> when it is introduced within the next few days.
>
> This bill (HR 2592 in the last Congress) would reschedule marijuana under
> federal law so those states that wish to legalize the medical use of
> marijuana under state law could do so without federal interference. If
> this bill were to be approved by Congress, federal prosecution of patients
> who qualify for medical use under state law would end, and states could
> actually provide medical marijuana to patients who qualify under state
> law. (This is a far more comprehensive, and far more important proposal,
> than the earlier measure (H.R. 1717) introduced by Rep. Farr and others to
> establish an affirmative defense of medical use under federal law.)
>
> Please contact your representative in the U.S. Congress and urge him/her
> to co-sponsor this important piece of legislation. Tell them that Reps.
> Barney Frank and Ron Paul have today circulated a letter to all members of
> the House of Representatives seeking additional co-sponsors. They should
> contact Mark Levine on Rep. Barney Frank's staff (202-225-5931) to be
> listed as a co-sponsor.
>
> Please take two minutes to send a pre-written letter to your Congressman,
> asking them to co-sponsor the States' Rights to Medical Marijuana Act by
> visiting:
> http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=2204601&type=CO
>
> Special attention should be paid to the 40 members of the House of
> Representatives who were co-sponsors on the bill during the last session
> of Congress (see list below). If your representative is among this group,
> please call today (202-225-3121) and urge the member to sign on again as a
> co-sponsor.
>
> Rep. Andrews, Robert E. - [NJ-1]
> Rep. Baldwin, Tammy - [WI-2]
> Rep. Blumenauer, Earl - [OR-3]
> Rep. Capuano, Michael E. - [MA-8]
> Rep. Carson, Julia - [IN-10]
> Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy - [MO-1]
> Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. - [MI-14]
> Rep. Delahunt, William D. - [MA-10]
> Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. - [CA-14]
> Rep. Farr, Sam - [CA-17]
> Rep. Filner, Bob - [CA-50]
> Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. -[NY-26]
> Rep. Honda, Michael M. - [CA-15]
> Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. -[MI-15]
> Rep. Lantos, Tom - [CA-12]
> Rep. Lee, Barbara - [CA-9]
> Rep. Lofgren, Zoe - [CA-16]
> Rep. McDermott, Jim -[WA-7]
> Rep. McGovern, James P. -[MA-3]
> Rep. Miller, George - [CA-7]
> Rep. Mink, Patsy T. - [HI-2]
> Rep. Nadler, Jerrold - [NY-8]
> Rep. Norton, Eleanor Holmes - [DC]
> Rep. Olver, John W. - [MA-1]
> Rep. Paul, Ron - [TX-14]
> Rep. Pelosi, Nancy -[CA-8]
> Rep. Rivers, Lynn N. - [MI-13]
> Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana - [CA-45]
> Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille -[CA-33]
> Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav - [MN-5]
> Rep. Sanders, Bernard - [VT]
> Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. - [IL-9]
> Rep. Sherman, Brad - [CA-24]
> Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete - [CA-13]
> Rep. Thompson, Mike - [CA-1]
> Rep. Udall, Mark - [CO-2]
> Rep. Waters, Maxine - [CA-35]
> Rep. Waxman, Henry A. - [CA-29]
> Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. - [CA-6]
> Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell -[MD-4]
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Kris Krane
> Associate Director
> NORML
>
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