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Special
Legislative
Alert
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House
of
Representatives
to
Debate
the
Medical
Use
of
Marijuana
3/13/98
(Excerpted with permission of the National Organization for Reform
of Marijuana Laws (NORML), http://www.norml.org)
March 10, 1998, Washington, DC: The House of Representatives will likely
vote Tuesday, March 17, on a "Sense of the House Resolution"
stating that "marijuana is a dangerous and addictive drug and should
not be legalized for medical use." House Resolution 372 -- spearheaded
by Rep. Bill McCollum (R-FL), chair of the Crime Subcommittee of the House
Judiciary Committee -- further declares that "the United States House
of Representatives is unequivocally opposed to legalizing marijuana for
medicinal use, and urges the defeat of state initiatives which would seek
to legalize marijuana [as a medicine.]". The Crime Subcommittee and
full Judiciary Committee previously voted to adopt the resolution on February
24 and March 2.
Vote on the House Floor
The full House will likely take this resolution up for consideration
next Tuesday, March 17. Please contact your member of Congress today and
urge them to oppose House Resolution 372, and to support H.R. 1782, a bill
introduced by Rep. Frank to reschedule marijuana to under federal law to
allow the legal use of marijuana as a medicine. House Bill 1782 is currently
pending in the House Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
For help in identifying the name of your member of Congress, please visit
the NORML web site at http://www.norml.org/.
Interested parties may send a free fax to Congress from the NORML site.
To call the House of Representatives directly, please contact the Congressional
switchboard operator at: (202) 224-3121 or address mail to: Rep. _______,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515.
For more information, please contact either NORML Executive Director
R. Keith Stroup, Esq. or Paul Armentano @ (202) 483-5500.
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Issue #33, 3/13/98
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