>Sender: >To: >X-Original-Message-ID: <052201bf1902$825c76b0$9acf69cf@pacbell.net> >From: "Peter McWilliams" >Subject: Please help >Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 17:48:35 -0700 >X-Mozilla-Status: 8001 >X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 > > >Please do this. It will take 3 minutes and help a lot. > >Thank you. > >Enjoy, > >Peter > > >============================================================ >URGENT ACTION ALERT >============================================================ >Congressional legislation introduced to >overturn D.C. medical marijuana initiative. >Please help us kill it! >============================================================ >from Ron Crickenberger, Libertarian Party Political Director >============================================================ > >In last November's election, voters in 6 states and the District of >Columbia passed pro-medical marijuana initiatives by overwhelming >margins. But in Congress, hard-line drug warriors -- principally Rep. >Bob Barr of Georgia -- prevented the vote in Washington DC from even >being counted for more than 10 months. A federal court recently found >Barr's vote-suppression law unconstitutional, and the vote of 69% in >favor has now been released -- but Barr and his allies have vowed to >overturn DC's voter-approved medical marijuana initiative through an >act of Congress. > >On Thursday, October 14, the U.S. House of Representatives passed with >a 211-205 vote a D.C. spending bill (H.R. 3064) that includes an >amendment that will overturn Initiative 59, the medical marijuana >initiative that D.C. residents passed in November 1998 by a 69-31 % >margin. The Senate passed the legislation with a voice vote on Friday >the 15th. > >However, the battle is not over yet. The bill will go through >conference committee, and then will be voted on again by both houses of >Congress - probably this coming week. > >With such a close vote in the House, we need to swing only 3 or 4 votes >to kill the bill. > >To send a free fax to your members of Congress, telling them to vote >"no" on this terrible legislation, please visit http://www.LP.org and >click on the "Medical Marijuana/WRITE TO CONGRESS" link on the home >page. > >If the law takes effect, then seriously ill people in the nation's >capital who use medical marijuana to relieve their suffering will >continue to face six months in jail. > >Even worse will be the precedent of Congress overturning a free >election. It is no different than Congress declaring, "Libertarians are >no longer allowed to win elections, since they advocate drug >legalization." > >The Libertarian Party is collaborating with other organizations to stop >this legislation, so we are linking to the web site of our friends at >the Marijuana Policy Project. Please go to http://www.LP.org and click >on the "Medical Marijuana/WRITE TO CONGRESS" link to send an e-mail or >fax telling your Congressman and two U.S. Senators that they should >vote "no." > >But please do not delay. The vote could come at any time. > >Congressmen receive very few letters on drug-related legislation. If >you and every subscriber to the Libertarian Party Announcements list >visits the petition site just once, then each Congressional office will >hear from more constituents on this legislation than on almost any >other bill currently pending. > >Changing just two or three votes through our lobbying effort could >easily make the difference in a close vote. > >Will you please visit http://www.LP.org and send a free fax to your >Congressman and two U.S. Senators, telling them to vote "no" on H.R. >3064? The letter is already written for you; the whole process will >take less than five minutes. > >Please add your voice to those crying that medical patients should not >be jailed for the "crime" of relieving their suffering. > >Thank you. > >Yours for Freedom, >Ron Crickenberger >Political Director > > > > >================================================================ > >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: