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TELL CONGRESS: STOP THWARTING D.C.'S MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW
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  2. Created By
    Ani L. Schwartz
    Arroyo Seco, NM
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[started 02/24/09 --- 03/28/11 UPDATE: STILL OPEN LINKS HOT but here's the URL to the petition in case old links die:
https://secure2.convio.net/mpp/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=269
MPP, Marijuana Policy Project, Editable Petition Text is in the BLUE BOX below the fully opened "Overview".   Please personalize the subject, (required to avoid spam filters). You need to change at least one character in the subject box in order to be able to send your letter. ,`;~ > 
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         Although Washington, D.C., passed a ballot initiative to allow medical marijuana use in 1998, with an overwhelming 69% of the vote, Congress has thwarted the will of D.C. voters and prevented the law from taking effect.    In fact, originally -- until a court intervened -- Congress even tried to stop the vote from being counted!    
        Would you please take a minute to > ask Congress to stop overriding the will of D.C. voters, and let D.C.'s medical marijuana law go into effect? MPP's > online action center  makes it easy.
         Even the sponsor of the original federal law, former Congressman Bob Barr (R-Ga.), has called for the repeal of the very law he authored a decade ago, saying, "Continuing to have the federal government run roughshod over the states, even if the citizens of a state decide they wish to legalize medicinal marijuana, for example, is wrong."
         In 2007, MPP worked with Congressman Barr to try to remove this provision so D.C.'s medical marijuana law could go into effect. But at the time, Democrats in Congress didn't want to force the issue with then-President Bush, who they knew would use such an opportunity to stoke the flames of the culture war. However, now that we have a president in the White House who has already signaled support for medical marijuana access, this is the best opportunity we've ever had to repeal this terrible provision.
Please take a minute right now to tell Congress to stop thwarting the will of D.C. voters:
> tell Congress to stop thwarting the will of D.C. voters. 
https://secure2.convio.net/mpp/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=269

Thank you,
Rob Kampia, Executive Director, Marijuana Policy Project, Washington, D.C.
From: "Marijuana Policy Project"
Subject: Tell Congress to stop thwarting D.C.'s medical marijuana law
Date: 24 февраля 2009 г. 9:52
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<b>Stop overriding D.C.'s vote on medical marijuana access </b>

Dear <i>[Decision Maker]</i>,

I am writing to ask that you eliminate a rider to the D.C. Appropriations Bill that prevents Washington, D.C. from implementing a ballot initiative that was passed by nearly 70% of D.C. voters.

Since 2001, a rider to the D.C. Appropriations Bill known as the Barr Amendment has prohibited Washington, D.C. from changing the penalties associated with marijuana possession or use. This legislation has prevented D.C. from implementing a medical marijuana ballot initiative that would have provided safe and legal access to medical marijuana for seriously ill patients with a doctor's recommendation - an initiative that voters passed by nearly 70% in 1998.

The Barr Amendment is an affront to this sweeping majority of voters in Washington, D.C., who support protecting medical marijuana patients from arrest and prosecution, as well as the 78% of Americans who support medical marijuana access.

Please eliminate this rider from the D.C. Appropriations Bill.

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