HELP STOP PERSECUTION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS

HELP STOP PERSECUTION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS

Target:
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS), Texas Health and Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)Human Services Commission (HHSC)
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Texas and other "no-tolerance" states are taking advantage of people with medical problems who, for whatever reason, do NOT believe in taking man made medication, cannot take man made medication, etc. This problem goes further than this one case. But we feel that if we can make a point with this petition, maybe we can make a difference for really good people out there, that are persecuted because of a difference of opinion.

This petition is to help one of the most amazing men...the best father....one of the best people anyone could meet, who is being ostracized from his child while posessing a MEDICAL CARD through Oregon.

BUT because this started in TEXAS, this man, who has never hurt, lied or committed ANY atrocity that would make it unsafe for him to see his son. Because of his belief system, he takes in as little medication as possible. He has acute spina bifida and in order to be able to function, chose to not be on muscle relaxers. He is afraid of becoming addicted to man made chemicals, etc. He moved to Oregon in order to start a different way of life, which included legally receiving a Medical Marijuana card, so that he wouldn't break the law and that way it STOPS drug violence, etc.

His family stood in a court of law and said that because of his smoking, he has to adhere to the following  (being instructed by TEXAS COURTS) he must:

1.
Submit to a hair follicle test

2.
Any visitation MUST be under the supervision of his mother, because of the danger of the pot induced father

3.
basically give up all civil rights in order to even SEE his son

4.
HAD he signed a letter that said he would not smoke pot, all would be well

This man:

1. Pays $400/mo child support PLUS $100 for insurance
2. Makes SURE that no matter WHAT, his son is protected, healthy and happy
3. Is trying to teach his child to stand up for what he believes and NOT to lie.
4. Has emotionally and financially supported his step daughter for more than 7 years
5. Has helped create a non-profit to make sure that ALL children are safe, healthy, educated, etc.
6. Has never allowed a child or another human being that entered our lives to go without
7. Has unconditionally loved his son, NEVER taken drugs and has been completely honest
8. Received his medical card LEGALLY through the state of Oregon INSTEAD of becoming strung out on DRUGS.

We need help trying not only to help THIS particular case, but to help other people that are being persecuted because of this one particular HOMEOPATHIC attention to pain instead of CHEMICAL masking.

We need help changing this archaic law, and more accurately, we need to RE-LEGALIZE and end a senseless prohibition. This is to help ALL people that may be going through something similar, simply because someone decided THIS wasn't as lucrative as maybe alcohol, caffeine or cigarettes.

THIS is a homeopathic treatment. This is not drug abuse. If we can help legalize this, our crime rate, our national debt, the health of our fellow man..all of this could be better. A better life is not that hard as long as we work together.



Informational Resources:

1998 NORML Report on the Domestic Marijuana Crop
Marijuana Production in the United States (2006)
Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition
Short History of the Marijuana Laws
Complete transcripts of the Congressional hearings for the Marihuana Tax Act - 1937
Marihuana, A Signal of Misunderstanding - US National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, 1972
LaGuardia Committee Report, 1944
Advisory Committee on Drug Dependence (Wootton Report) - UK - 1968
The Report of the Canadian Government Commission of Inquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs - Le Dain Commission - 1970
The Forbidden Fruit and the Tree of Knowledge - Legal History of Marijuana Prohibition - 1970
An Analysis of Marijuana Policy - National Academy of Sciences - 1982
DEA Ruling on Medical Marijuana - 1989
Report of the Research Advisory Panel for the State of California - 1989
Legislative Options for Cannabis - Australian Government - 1994
A Comparative Appraisal of the Health and Psychological Consequences of Alcohol, Cannabis, Nicotine and Opiate Use -WHO Project on Health Implications of Cannabis Use - 1995
Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs 37th Parliament, 1st Session - 2000
Letuspaytaxes. com
Texas and other "no-tolerance" states are taking advantage of people with medical problems who, for whatever reason, do NOT believe in taking man made medication, cannot take man made medication, etc. This problem goes further than this one case. But we feel that if we can make a point with this petition, maybe we can make a difference for really good people out there, that are persecuted because of a difference of opinion.

This petition is to help one of the most amazing men...the best father....one of the best people anyone could meet, who is being ostracized from his child while posessing a MEDICAL CARD through Oregon.

BUT because this started in TEXAS, this man, who has never hurt, lied or committed ANY atrocity that would make it unsafe for him to see his son. Because of his belief system, he takes in as little medication as possible. He has acute spina bifida and in order to be able to function, chose to not be on muscle relaxers. He is afraid of becoming addicted to man made chemicals, etc. He moved to Oregon in order to start a different way of life, which included legally receiving a Medical Marijuana card, so that he wouldn't break the law and that way it STOPS drug violence, etc.

His family stood in a court of law and said that because of his smoking, he has to adhere to the following  (being instructed by TEXAS COURTS) he must:

1.
Submit to a hair follicle test

2.
Any visitation MUST be under the supervision of his mother, because of the danger of the pot induced father

3.
basically give up all civil rights in order to even SEE his son

4.
HAD he signed a letter that said he would not smoke pot, all would be well

This man:

1. Pays $400/mo child support PLUS $100 for insurance
2. Makes SURE that no matter WHAT, his son is protected, healthy and happy
3. Is trying to teach his child to stand up for what he believes and NOT to lie.
4. Has emotionally and financially supported his step daughter for more than 7 years
5. Has helped create a non-profit to make sure that ALL children are safe, healthy, educated, etc.
6. Has never allowed a child or another human being that entered our lives to go without
7. Has unconditionally loved his son, NEVER taken drugs and has been completely honest
8. Received his medical card LEGALLY through the state of Oregon INSTEAD of becoming strung out on DRUGS.

We need help trying not only to help THIS particular case, but to help other people that are being persecuted because of this one particular HOMEOPATHIC attention to pain instead of CHEMICAL masking.

We need help changing this archaic law, and more accurately, we need to RE-LEGALIZE and end a senseless prohibition. This is to help ALL people that may be going through something similar, simply because someone decided THIS wasn't as lucrative as maybe alcohol, caffeine or cigarettes.

THIS is a homeopathic treatment. This is not drug abuse. If we can help legalize this, our crime rate, our national debt, the health of our fellow man..all of this could be better. A better life is not that hard as long as we work together.



Informational Resources:

1998 NORML Report on the Domestic Marijuana Crop
Marijuana Production in the United States (2006)
Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition
Short History of the Marijuana Laws
Complete transcripts of the Congressional hearings for the Marihuana Tax Act - 1937
Marihuana, A Signal of Misunderstanding - US National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, 1972
LaGuardia Committee Report, 1944
Advisory Committee on Drug Dependence (Wootton Report) - UK - 1968
The Report of the Canadian Government Commission of Inquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs - Le Dain Commission - 1970
The Forbidden Fruit and the Tree of Knowledge - Legal History of Marijuana Prohibition - 1970
An Analysis of Marijuana Policy - National Academy of Sciences - 1982
DEA Ruling on Medical Marijuana - 1989
Report of the Research Advisory Panel for the State of California - 1989
Legislative Options for Cannabis - Australian Government - 1994
A Comparative Appraisal of the Health and Psychological Consequences of Alcohol, Cannabis, Nicotine and Opiate Use -WHO Project on Health Implications of Cannabis Use - 1995
Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs 37th Parliament, 1st Session - 2000
Letuspaytaxes. com

We the undersigned  are extremely concerned about the persecution and inability to defend our civil rights when the topic of health and marijuana are brought up.

Texas courts have come to a conclusion about Jeff Hoffman and his right to choose the way he addresses his health concerns, deciding that marijuana makes him unfit and unable to be with his son. Because of financial problems at the time, he was unable to afford a lawyer and chose to represent himself, while moving from Texas to Oregon. None of his appeals were listened to; his letters to the courts went unanswered; all information given to the courts were never acknowledged. 

Mr. Hoffman chooses to smoke marijuana (legally, through the State of Oregon) INSTEAD of taking man made drugs that make it impossible for him to have any quality of life. 

Because of this SINGLE reason, he has been deemed unfit to be with his son, without being heard through the courts. We need to change these laws. 

The war on drugs is understandable. There should be no war on medicine and homeopathic remedies. Changing these laws would help end crime, violence, prison overcrowding, prescription costs, helping with taxes, etc.

Please help us in our fight to let good people live a good life.

We thank you in advance for taking the time out of an already busy schedule in order to listen to us.  

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We signed the "HELP STOP PERSECUTION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS" petition!
# 114:
5:20 pm PDT, Aug 24, Daniel Lo Biondo, Illinois
this is help for those who still suffer within our country. for those where medication is not enough, why should they suffer when a plant growing naturally can ease them of their burden and perhaps help make their last days more coherent and in less pain
# 113:
5:52 pm PDT, May 22, Name not displayed, Texas
# 112:
11:18 am PDT, May 20, Jacolin Schultz, Wisconsin
# 111:
2:58 pm PDT, May 13, Karen Dawe, Canada
# 110:
9:13 am PDT, Apr 30, Name not displayed, United States Minor Outlying Islands
# 109:
8:06 pm PDT, Apr 26, Claire Ellrick, North Carolina
# 108:
12:29 pm PDT, Apr 26, Lawrence Ellrick, North Carolina
# 107:
1:11 pm PDT, Apr 20, Orlin Larsen, California
# 106:
11:31 am PDT, Apr 20, Bonnie Pearce, California
# 105:
12:48 pm PDT, Apr 17, Lynn Demarest, Florida
# 104:
5:23 pm PDT, Apr 9, Steve Allen, Maine
We have a right to determine the treatment we should be receiving.
# 103:
8:18 am PDT, Apr 7, Sue Harris, United Kingdom
# 102:
7:50 pm PDT, Apr 6, Holly Swint, Florida
# 101:
11:35 am PDT, Apr 6, Suzanne Jedrzejewski, New York
The only reason it is illegal is because someone would stand to lose a lot of money.It is all about money rather than the common good of man.Our society is profit driven.Big Pharma would lose!To these institutions,it is their survival.The medical profession holds back "cures" because they threaten the structure of the "healing profession"
# 100:
2:03 pm PDT, Apr 5, Rev Bruce Shoop, Alabama
I pray that We as a society and as human beings exert our human right to choose how we take care of ourselves. This is a God given right and I pray that The Green Earth Ministries (www.GreenEarthMinistries.org) can educate those looking for spiritual and medical proof that marijuana (cannabis) is one of the principal ingredients in the holy anointing oil of Moses and a Tree of Life provided for by God for the HEALING of ALL Nations! I pray the time is NOW to Free the Weed so humans all over earth can return to physical and spiritual health. AMEN!
# 99:
8:18 pm PDT, Apr 4, Deborah Winter, Minnesota
# 98:
8:19 pm PDT, Apr 3, Shelia Gast, North Carolina
# 97:
5:17 pm PDT, Apr 3, Name not displayed, California
# 96:
9:18 am PDT, Apr 2, Diana Martz - Animalspirit, Indiana
# 95:
4:54 pm PDT, Apr 1, Brieanne Farrar, Idaho
Please realize cannabis has medical applications and actually works better in some cases. I am not asking people to legalize it completely. Change its drug schedule so it may at least be used for medical purposes.
# 94:
3:09 pm PDT, Apr 1, Scott Cooper, Oregon
Marijuana belongs to the People, not the State.
# 93:
8:47 am PDT, Apr 1, Ron Stephen, Canada
In a FREE society you don't need ANY reason to make something legal you need a damn GOOD reason to make something illegal.
# 92:
7:29 pm PDT, Mar 31, Trista Sanders, Illinois
no one ever robbed their mama over a little pot. marijuana has saved countless lives and taken none yet it is still illegal. alcohol was once made illegal but the prohibition didn't work and it was made legal again. marijuana is now illegal but this prohibition is very obviously not working either and it should and will be made legal again very soon!
# 91:
5:03 pm PDT, Mar 31, Kim Szabo, Florida
# 90:
6:08 am PDT, Mar 30, Name not displayed, Wisconsin
# 89:
8:08 pm PDT, Mar 29, JOCELYNE ANNIE, Canada
# 88:
7:11 am PDT, Mar 27, Rev. Joshua Snider, Michigan
Louv, This gentleman should be making a claim that the state of Oregon has absolute authority to set its own standards of medical practice under federal drug law citing 21 U.S.C. 903 and Gonzales v. Oregon, 546 U.S. 243, 126 S. Ct. 904, 163 L. Ed. 2d 748 (2006). I would think that it would be helpfull to make this claim when challenging the court order from Texas. Best wishes and One louv, Joshua
# 87:
3:44 pm PDT, Mar 25, Anonym Anonym, Germany
# 86:
3:43 pm PDT, Mar 25, Monika Hanke, Germany
# 84:
11:32 am PDT, Mar 24, Chris Anas, California
# 83:
3:52 am PDT, Mar 24, Dora Kassis, Greece
# 80:
8:27 pm PDT, Mar 23, Bruce Symington, Canada
# 79:
5:19 pm PDT, Mar 23, Chad Mullan, New Jersey
# 78:
4:57 pm PDT, Mar 23, Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin
# 77:
9:32 am PDT, Mar 23, Nicky Elizabeth, Maine
# 76:
11:47 pm PDT, Mar 22, Jennifer Hyde, Washington
# 75:
9:53 pm PDT, Mar 22, Dinda Evans, California
# 74:
9:47 pm PDT, Mar 22, Marie Claude M, New York
# 73:
7:16 pm PDT, Mar 22, BiLL Fowlie, Maine
# 72:
5:05 pm PDT, Mar 22, Matthew Canning, Texas
# 71:
4:20 pm PDT, Mar 22, Ben Power, Florida
Please look with humane tenderness and mercy upon the sick and suffering, and let us, together, cease the persecution of Medical Cannabis Patients. Let doctors and patients determine the best course of action. God Bless.
# 70:
4:06 pm PDT, Mar 22, Ines Seidel, Germany
# 69:
3:52 pm PDT, Mar 22, Nick Davis, Canada
# 68:
3:43 pm PDT, Mar 22, Carole Sarcinello, California
# 67:
2:47 pm PDT, Mar 22, Laurie Wolfe, Maryland
# 66:
1:44 pm PDT, Mar 22, Tj Harris, United Kingdom
# 65:
12:56 pm PDT, Mar 22, Tim Redfern, Tennessee
I am 46, and have been suffering from Systemic Lupus, an autoimmune disease, for 2 years. This disease is very much like Fibromyalgia and Muscular Dystrophy. The only medication which relieves my pain and exhaustion in Marijuana. I have been a regular user of Cannabis since 1978. Now, it is medicine which relieves my pain and sickness. I do not care, nor have I ever cared, that Marijuana is against the law. Hundreds of thousands of other who need this medication do not share my boldness. STOP the persecution of Medical Marijuana patients. We are desparately sick people, in terrible pain, many of us dying, and we simply wish for the State to LEAVE US ALONE!
# 64:
12:49 pm PDT, Mar 22, Christy Patterson, Missouri
# 63:
12:44 pm PDT, Mar 22, Roxie Schliesmann, Wisconsin
# 62:
12:35 pm PDT, Mar 22, Pam Boland, Georgia
# 61:
12:15 pm PDT, Mar 22, Dana Hoffman, Minnesota
# 60:
10:38 am PDT, Mar 22, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
Stop the War on Cannabis ... NOW !!!
# 59:
8:29 am PDT, Mar 22, Name not displayed, New Jersey
# 58:
7:57 am PDT, Mar 22, Heather Spears, Kentucky
# 57:
6:54 am PDT, Mar 22, Name not displayed, Maine
# 56:
4:43 am PDT, Mar 22, Silky Wyld, Wisconsin
# 55:
2:56 am PDT, Mar 22, Kelley Johnson, Oregon
education is the answer...please help with this...this is a homeopathic treatment
# 53:
8:30 pm PDT, Mar 21, David Dunkleberger, Pennsylvania
# 52:
5:38 pm PDT, Mar 21, Name not displayed, Indiana
# 51:
4:55 pm PDT, Mar 21, Steve Dale, Australia
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