[Courtesy of ASA]
Dear ASA Supporter,
Celebrate Medical Marijuana Awareness Week by urging your U.S. Senators to support medical cannabis research! Today and tomorrow, hundreds of activists throughout the country are âdropping inâ on their U.S. Senatorsâ district offices. Join your fellow activists as they seek out their U.S. Senatorsâ at their local district offices today to talk about supporting access for FDA-approved medical cannabis research. Urge your Senators to support medical marijuana research by signing-on to the letter Senators Kennedy and Kerry are circulating to enable FDA-approved research. Visit www.AmericansforSafeAccess.org/MMJWeekTuesday to take action right away!
Background:
The federal government refuses to allow private researchers and scientists to conduct medical cannabis research using their own non-governmental materials, creating an obstruction for FDA-approved medical cannabis research. At the same time, the FDA and DEA claim there is not enough research to determine the medicinal values of marijuana. This hypocrisy and gridlock must end now!
Drop in on your U.S. Senatorsâ local district offices on today! Visit www.Senate.gov for contact information for your local district office.
When meeting with your Senatorsâ offices please bring with you the following materials, which are enclosed in this packet:
1. The Kennedy/Kerry letter of support
2. Research/Gridlock campaign fact sheet
3. University of MAâs letter of support
What to Ask:
Please support medical cannabis research by co-signing the Kennedy/Kerry letter to Acting DEA Administrator, Michele Leonhart, urging her agency to follow the recommendation of Administrative Law Judge Mary Ellen Bittner and grant a license to Prof. Lyle Craker of UMass Amherst to grow marijuana exclusively for federally-approved research. To join the letter, contact Graham Shalgian in Senator Kennedyâs office at 617 565-3170.
Follow Up:
At your meeting or drop-in, be sure to schedule a follow up meeting to discuss other pressing national medical cannabis issues. After you take action, be sure to contact [email protected] to let us know how it went!
If you have questions about scheduling meetings with your senatorsâ offices, contact [email protected] or call (510) 251-1856 ext. 321
Sincerely,
Caren Woodson
Director, Government Affairs
Americans for Safe Access
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