The federal government classifies marijuana as a Schedule I drug -- which the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) considers "the most dangerous drugs of all the drug schedules." Drugs in Schedule 1 are considered to have no medical value and are treated the same as heroin and bath salts.

That just doesn't make sense. I suffer from cerebral palsy that causes muscle and speech spasms that makes me stutter severely. Without medical marijuana I can barely speak. I know it works and that it lets me be the best mother possible to my children.

Marijuana needs to be reclassified and the States' Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act is a bill that would do just that: move marijuana from a Schedule I drug, which cannot be prescribed, to one between Schedule III and V, recognizing its medical value.

Please sign my petition to contact your members of Congress and let them know that you want them to support the States' Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act.