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Governor Schwarzenegger: Stand Up For Patients' Rights! | ||
Call on the Governor to Defend California's Medical Marijuana Laws!Over the past several years, President Bush's Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has victimized patients and providers throughout California, undermining state law and stooping to new levels to shut down access for sick and dying patients in California. We must put an end to the attack on patients and providers! Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has launched a pressure campaign, calling on Governor Schwarzenegger to "Stand Up for Patients' Rights: Defend California's Medical Marijuana Laws." We are calling on Governor Schwarzenegger to defend the rights of medical cannabis patients and caregivers and the will of the voters in California by standing up to the Bush Administration. We are urging him to take a stand against federal medical cannabis enforcement and to support efforts to harmonize federal law with the compassionate laws of California and the eleven other states that allow medical cannabis use. ASA and medical cannabis supporters throughout the state have been calling the Governor's office, have been organizing legislative visits from constituents and lobbyists, and collecting sign-on letters from key public officials and organizations. In mid-October, hundreds of activists and medical cannabis supporters gathered in front of the Governor's office to urge him to stand up for patients' rights. This campaign is just beginning and we need to continue to pressure the Governor. The only way this campaign will be successful is if people like you take action to protect California's patients, providers, and medical marijuana laws! Please read on for ways to get involved. What You Can Do:In order to pressure the governor to stand up for patients' rights, ASA has come up with two easy ways to take action!
1. Call Governor Schwarzenegger's Office and Demand that He Stand Up for Patients' Rights! Call the governor's headquarters today to urge him to stand up for patients' rights by calling on the Bush administration to end the DEA raids on state-sanctioned patients and providers.
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Please let ASA know you've called the governor by e-mailing George@AmericansforSafeAccess.org.2. Click Here to E-mail the Governor. Ask Him to Defend California's Medical Marijuana Laws and Call on the Bush Administration to End the War on Patients. Visit ASA's online action center to take immediate action and send an e-mail to the governor. Meeting with the Governor & Background Materials:On Friday, October 5th, ASA Executive Director, Steph Sherer, and ASA California Director, Don Duncan met with Governor Schwarzenegger’s Chief Advisor for Health and Transportation to ask that he stand up against the Bush Administration’s attack on patients and providers.The meeting went quite well. After an hour of discussing the victimization of patients and providers in California, and the urgent need for an intervention by the Governor, his adviser assured ASA that his office was well aware of the issue and has been receiving hundreds of postcards from ASA’s supporters. The meeting ended with his adviser asking ASA to tell our constituents they have the Governor’s ear, and he is listening. During this meeting, we provided Governor Schwarzenegger's office with the following materials:
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