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End Raids on Medical Marijuana Patients

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Marijuana has been used to control pain for centuries, reducing serious symptoms and improving the quality of life of patients. It has alleviated nausea and vomiting in cancer patients, treated wasting due to HIV/AIDS, combated muscle spasms from multiple sclerosis and more.

But in July, Congress failed to end raids on medical marijuana patients and caregivers in the 12 states where medical marijuana is legal. While the laws differ from state to state, they all protect patients and caregivers from criminal charges for their medicine.

It is now vital that we follow up with Congress to ensure that support for patients' rights continues to grow in 2008. Tell Congress to allow bona fide medical marijuana patients the health care they need!

deadline: 12-17-2008
goal: 20,000

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Dear Representative [Last Name]:

I am writing to ask you to support patients' access to effective medicine, including medical marijuana in states where it is legal for treatment. It is important that we stop the raids, arrests, and prosecutions of patients who use medical marijuana in compliance with their state laws.

In July 2007, the Hinchey-Rohrabacher amendment received 165 votes, including 15 from Republicans. The solid and growing support for patients' access to medical marijuana is in part due to the numerous well-respected health care organizations that have expressed their support for medical marijuana patients.

We signed the “End Raids on Medical Marijuana Patients” letter!

# 17,365:

6:03 pm PST, Dec 13, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
Dear Representative [Last Name]. I am asking for your support to recognize the letter of the law in the constitution respecting each states given right to govern itself accordingly. The raids are unconstitutional. People in favor of the continued criminalization of marijuana constantly state that if we legalize it, it will lead to the breakdown of our people as a core fabric of the country. The criminalization itself is a breakdown of our society. People with life threatening diseases are pumped full of dangerous synthetic prescription narcotics but a plant that naturally grows out of the ground is a schedule one narcotic, ridiculous. Society wants representation from people who share the views that they do, not those of the pharmaceutical companies who will go out of business if and when marijuana becomes legal.

# 17,364:

10:13 pm PST, Dec 11, Brittany Hoffer, Ohio

# 17,363:

2:51 pm PST, Dec 9, Ann Sumpter, Tennessee

# 17,362:

11:41 am PST, Dec 7, Melinda Manderbach, California
It is important that we stop the raids, arrests, and prosecutions of patients who use medical marijuana in compliance with their state laws.

# 17,361:

8:11 am PST, Nov 25, Name not displayed, Virginia

# 17,360:

9:00 pm PST, Nov 23, Name not displayed, Ohio
I do not use marijuana,but I have heard so much of the medical use that is positive. Seems the AMA would much rather have us dependent on their high dollar drugs, than using simple holistic practice.Shame on them.

# 17,359:

9:41 am PST, Nov 23, Kathleen Straub, Ohio
I personaly don't get it!!!Theese people r in compliance with the law's & still being harassed, it's a shame !!! The pharmacudical comp. seem 2 love making drugs knowing people will become addicted because of the law's of tollerance leval's in our body(harmfull,dangerous,addicting med's.) Yet a proven natural cure get's treated like this...& people who can totally benifet r denied, Only in America...habitual dangerous drug's r dispenced daily & 100% abused & abuse the sick or injured person, when the answer & remedy r (could be) easily grown in your own backyard...

# 17,358:

8:04 am PST, Nov 20, Sara J. Schmidt, Missouri

# 17,357:

3:09 pm PST, Nov 19, Vanessa Cornish, Pennsylvania

# 17,356:

5:47 pm PST, Nov 11, Colleen Hafner, West Virginia
It would be wonderful to be painfree without the undesirable prescription pain pills prescribed to us today.

# 17,355:

7:39 pm PST, Nov 9, Lisa Osborne, California

# 17,354:

5:59 pm PST, Nov 9, Marshall Mathisen, California

# 17,353:

11:48 am PST, Nov 4, Jason Gard, Ohio
Lets be smart here and stop the raids on medicinal usage. Or we can waste federal dollars on raids and jailing the dying patients. Land of the free unless you have a perscription. Got cancer smoke weed feds arrest you and then you die in prison and we pick up the tab.

# 17,352:

9:37 am PST, Nov 3, Eric Schmidt, California

# 17,351:

1:02 am PDT, Oct 26, Alex Won, California

# 17,350:

5:50 pm PDT, Oct 22, Ali Deckoff-Jones, New Mexico

# 17,349:

9:32 am PDT, Oct 21, Sarah Tweed, Washington

# 17,348:

9:22 am PDT, Oct 21, Sarah Spaulding, California

# 17,347:

7:47 am PDT, Oct 21, Tashia Mccarty, Maryland

# 17,346:

10:57 pm PDT, Oct 15, Karla Espinal, Texas

# 17,345:

7:17 pm PDT, Oct 9, Shawn Heren, Montana

# 17,344:

11:03 am PDT, Oct 9, Susan Marden, Maine

# 17,343:

9:50 am PDT, Oct 5, Gwen Toffling, Pennsylvania
If it improves the quality of life of the patient and is prescribed by a doctor, then who is it harming? Think of the people who suffer and then think of all the drugs that do more harm than good, if marijuana is better then where is the harm?

# 17,342:

4:04 pm PDT, Oct 2, Brandon Gillespie, Colorado

# 17,341:

6:35 am PDT, Sep 23, Cheryl Janiszewski, Maryland

# 17,340:

1:50 pm PDT, Sep 11, Marvin Rodriguez, Texas

# 17,339:

7:13 am PDT, Aug 31, Jessica Miller, Florida

# 17,338:

11:08 am PDT, Aug 30, Tasha Chenoweth, California

# 17,337:

4:16 pm PDT, Aug 28, Jack McManus, Massachusetts

# 17,336:

2:35 pm PDT, Aug 28, Ken Nelson, Minnesota

# 17,335:

9:08 am PDT, Aug 18, Kristie Lyon, Missouri

# 17,334:

11:12 pm PDT, Aug 10, Gila Heller, Maryland

# 17,333:

2:42 pm PDT, Aug 3, Judy Moran, Florida

# 17,332:

11:36 am PDT, Jul 28, Andrea Alnwick, New York

# 17,331:

8:55 am PDT, Jul 27, Andi Laurie Alnwick, New York

# 17,330:

7:52 am PDT, Jul 27, A. Alnwick, New York

# 17,329:

4:57 pm PDT, Jul 26, Marvin Gentz, California

# 17,328:

2:01 pm PDT, Jul 26, Delores Harshaw, Florida

# 17,327:

12:56 pm PDT, Jul 26, Andrea Laurie Alnwick, New York

# 17,326:

12:24 pm PDT, Jul 26, A. L. Alnwick, New York

# 17,325:

5:01 pm PDT, Jul 25, Name not displayed, New York

# 17,324:

4:06 pm PDT, Jul 23, Susan Quickel, California

# 17,323:

9:02 pm PDT, Jul 5, Patricia Toher, New York

# 17,322:

10:52 am PDT, Jul 3, David Pryor, Texas
Let's stop making plants that our earth has grown for years ILLEGAL! This is MADNESS!

# 17,321:

10:17 am PDT, Jul 3, Name not displayed, Kentucky
Dear Representative [Last Name]: I am writing to ask you to support patients' access to effective medicine, including medical marijuana in states where it is legal for treatment. It is important that we stop the raids, arrests, and prosecutions of patients who use medical marijuana in compliance with their state laws. In July 2007, the Hinchey-Rohrabacher amendment received 165 votes, including 15 from Republicans. The solid and growing support for patients' access to medical marijuana is in part due to the numerous well-respected health care organizations that have expressed their support for medical marijuana patients. The American Nurses Association passed a resolution in 2003 supporting "legislation to remove criminal penalties including arrest and imprisonment for bona fide [medical marijuana] patients." Other public health organizations that have endorsed medical marijuana policy reform include the American Public Health Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, The Lancet Oncology, and many others. In light of the widespread support for medical marijuana and the recognition of its benefits by institutions committed to improving health care, I urge you to support legislation that helps medical marijuana patients and their caregivers in 2008.

# 17,320:

8:02 pm PDT, Jul 2, Stephanie Conroy, Texas

# 17,319:

7:33 pm PDT, Jun 28, Valentino Pellizzer, California

# 17,318:

6:38 am PDT, Jun 27, Maribel Herrada, Illinois

# 17,317:

8:51 pm PDT, Jun 25, KEVIN DASHER, Texas

# 17,316:

1:00 am PDT, Jun 24, Patricia Hrycyszyn, California

# 17,315:

6:34 pm PDT, Jun 21, Quinton Quebodeaux, Louisiana

# 17,314:

9:23 am PDT, Jun 19, Rachel H, Ohio

# 17,313:

7:19 pm PDT, Jun 17, Sara Urzua, Oregon
There is no reason at all for anyone in pain to be denied medicine to give them relief, and especially not for them to be harrassed by the police when they are breaking no laws. Stop the reefer madness scare and give those in need the relief from pain and trauma they need.

# 17,312:

11:42 am PDT, Jun 16, Laureen Marston, North Carolina

# 17,311:

6:11 pm PDT, Jun 13, Brian Reynolds, New Jersey

# 17,310:

8:00 pm PDT, Jun 11, Name not displayed, Texas

# 17,309:

1:35 pm PDT, Jun 8, Deidre Williams, New Zealand
Please allow these patients to continue using this drug to help them live a better quality of life. I do not see the harm, if they are being monitored by a medical professional, and it is used only by them, for their condition. Stop these raids, on these sick people, and allow them a bit of dignity!

# 17,308:

10:14 am PDT, Jun 8, Willy Minnen, Belgium
We personal profit from its medical effect. THANK YOU MOTHER EARTH

# 17,307:

8:04 pm PDT, Jun 6, Darian Mosley, Florida
Patients have the right to use Medical Marijuana when it is their best option for treatment. They also have the right to not be harassed or criminalized for their use of medicinal marijuana. Please protect their rights.

# 17,306:

8:33 am PDT, Jun 6, Kenneth Schultz, Wisconsin

# 17,305:

7:20 am PDT, Jun 5, Mario Eastin, Ohio
Please let them have their mary jane! Thanks!

# 17,304:

7:36 pm PDT, May 27, Virginia Baksa, Colorado

# 17,303:

2:17 am PDT, May 27, Hannah Byers-Straus, California

# 17,302:

8:18 am PDT, May 22, Mary Ann Long, West Virginia
I do Believe in the effcts for those in need .

# 17,301:

11:23 pm PDT, May 13, Hans Overton, Texas

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