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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)
- Sponsored by: hippiPunkjunk, Inc.
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
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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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