***Please read the update at the bottom - added 4-9-14.***
Why We Need Your Help Now
We received some very encouraging news today regarding the Medical Marijuana bill in Minnesota!! After not hearing much for awhile, today it was announced that the bill is going to be added as an amendment to a current health policy bill that is expected to be heard on the house floor tomorrow!!!! The amendment basically adds the text of Rep. Melin's medical marijuana bill to the more broad health policy bill. It is likely that the House will vote on this tomorrow (Wednesday), sometime after noon.
A few things have changed from the original bill... "marijuana" is now referred to as "cannabis", smoking and home cultivation have been removed as well as a few other minor things. This is great and exciting news!! The most common concerns some had with the original bill were allowing patients to smoke the marijuana (of course Luella would not) and allowing patients to grow their own if they lived too far from a dispensary. We are hopeful that with these changes and by adding it to an existing health policy bill we will now see some widespread support for it!!
Please Do This Now
Minnesota residents, please call and email your representative now and ask him or her to vote “yes” on H2402A53 and then ask your friends and family in Minnesota to do so too.
Find your representative here:
http://www.gis.leg.mn/php/house.php?Report=HouseCTY&District=
Click on their name to find their email address and phone number.
The Marijuana Policy Project has already written an email that you can send to your representative by filling out a form. It will even figure out who your rep is for you.... https://secure2.convio.net/mpp/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=2515
The bill that Rep. Garofalo intends to amend is HF 2402. The Amendment is 2402A53.
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/amendmentall.asp
UPDATE - added April 9, 2014
Unfortunately the hearing for this bill has been postponed now until after Easter... however, that gives you all more time to contact your representatives to ask for their support.
The Senate medical marijuana bill has been scheduled for a hearing in the Committee on Health, Human Services, and Housing tomorrow morning (April 10th at 8:30am). If you have a Senator on this committee - http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/committees/committee_bio.php?cmte_id=3059&ls=88 - please ask them to support SF 1641.
This is exciting Heather! I'll be anxious to hear how it goes :)!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately the hearing for this bill has been postponed now until after Easter... however, that gives you all more time to contact your representatives to ask for their support.
ReplyDeleteThe Senate medical marijuana bill has been scheduled for a hearing in the Committee on Health, Human Services, and Housing tomorrow morning (April 10th at 8:30am). If you have a Senator on this committee - http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/committees/committee_bio.php?cmte_id=3059&ls=88 - please ask them to support SF 1641.