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Post by nature boy on Sept 30, 2004 3:25:34 GMT -5
Hello Inforoo! Here is some information regarding an issue I feel is very important. If you're in D.C. or the surrounding areas, come on out and show your support. Anyone interested?
*WHAT:* RALLY FOR RESCHEDULING MARIJUANA AS MEDICINE *WHERE*: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS), WASHINGTON DC *WHEN:* TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5 2004, 10 AM *WHO:* PATIENTS, DOCTORS, MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS & YOU!
*WHAT IS IT?* This rally of medical marijuana patients and medical associations is to affirm that marijuana DOES have accepted medical use, and to recommend its immediate rescheduling! Its time that HHS accepts that Our Health is in Their Hands, and does their job.
*WHY HHS?* To ensure safe access for ALL patients, marijuana must be rescheduled, and its medicinal value recognized on the federal level. This will allow the country to have the conversation that is needed about cannabis therapies - how to get this medicine to patients - instead of still debating whether or not marijuana is medicine. Health and Human Services (HHS) has the power to make this change. If HSS allows that marijuana has medical value, the DEA must recommend rescheduling. However, in 2001, HHS ruled that marijuana had, "no currently accepted medical use in treatment". They did not address the mountain of data recognizing cannabis as a useful treatment, by itself or as an adjunct to other therapies. This allowed the DEA to reject rescheduling and gave them implicit permission to raid patients. /Six months later, the DEA started raiding and closing California dispensaries. // / *WHY OCTOBER?*
A. This is an opportunity to educate the American public on Bush's record before the election. The Bush/Ashcroft attack on patients was so unpopular that they have retreated in this election year. We will be there to remind those voters with short memories about Bush's war on patients.
B. The next Administration & Congress need to know there is a way to end the war on patients outside of the legislature. There is a petition for rescheduling cannabis in front of Health and Human Services right now. Marijuana can and should be rescheduled by health officials, not politicians, and this is how it can happen.
C. The Supreme Court will hear the Raich/Monson case after October. Whether it wins or loses, we need to look ahead to the future of protecting ALL patients.
*WHO ARE WE?* Americans for Safe Access (ASA) is the largest national grassroots coalition working to protect the rights of patients and doctors to legally use marijuana for medical purposes. Our mission is to ensure safe, legal access to marijuana for all who are helped by it. We provide legal training for lawyers and patients, medical information for doctors and patients, media support for court cases, activist training to grassroots organizers, and rapid response to law enforcement encounters. We work with local, state and national legislators to raise awareness of issues concerning medical marijuana patients. For more information, call 510-486-8083 or visit www.safeaccessnow.org
Good call Teine. It is extremely important for people to understand the importance of Medical Marijuana. The federal government still doesn't respect state's rights to make thier own laws and govern themselves. Especially with this administration, there has been a huge crackdown on MM growers, sellers and the like. It's time the government stop looking at this as a drug issue, and look at it as a health and wellness issue. Patients rights and all that. A few more states have this issue on the ballot in a few weeks. Here's hoping they join up.
