Medical Marijuana action alert.We received the following press release from the Marijuana Policy Project The Marijuana Policy Project, or MPP, is an organization in the United States whose stated aim is to minimize the harm associated with cannabis [1]. MPP advocates taxing and regulating the possession and sale of cannabis, arguing that a regulated industry would on March 29. On April 2, ACT UP New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of wrote an open letter to Vermont Governor Dean in support of the bill to legalize le·gal·ize tr.v. le·gal·ized, le·gal·iz·ing, le·gal·iz·es To make legal or lawful; authorize or sanction by law. le marijuana for medical purposes, H. 645. "A bill to legalize use of marijuana for medical purposes -- similar to laws already on the books in Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, Oregon and Washington -- passed the Vermont House of Representatives The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members. March 15. Vermont's Senate will consider the bill in April. "The biggest obstacle to passage appears to be Vermont Governor Howard Dean Howard Brush Dean III (born November 17, 1948) is an American politician and physician from the U.S. state of Vermont, and currently the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, the central organ of the Democratic Party at the national level. . Vermont newspapers have reported that Dean, a physician, opposes the bill and is pressuring his fellow Democrats, who control the Senate, to kill it before it reaches his desk. "Dean, who has been making strong political overtures to the gay and lesbian community in preparation for a possible run for president, is said to believe that more research is needed. But research is not the issue. Everyone wants more research, but because of government foot-dragging, progress has been slow. There is no reason that those who benefit from marijuana now -- for example, those who use it to ease the nausea often caused by antiretroviral drugs Antiretroviral Drugs Definition Antiretroviral drugs inhibit the reproduction of retroviruses—viruses composed of RNA rather than DNA. The best known of this group is HIV, human immunodeficiency virus, the causative agent of AIDS. -- should have to risk arrest and jail while waiting for research to go forward. Letters are urgently needed -- by mail or fax -- to: Gov. Howard Dean, M.D. 109 State Street, Pavilion Montpelier, VT 05609-0101 Fax: 802-828-3339 |
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