Subject: Fwd: New York: Urge your assembly member to cosponsor A. 5796 Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:55:59 -0500 To: lp_manhattan From: Bob Armstrong --- Original Message --- From: state@mpp.org To: =A0 Cc: Sent: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 19:44:00 -0500 (EST) Subject: New York: Urge your assembly member to cosponsor A.= 5796 >=A0=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >=A0Please distribute this memo widely. Forward to family and= friends in >=A0New York, or ask them to visit http://www.mpp.org/NY >=A0=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > >=A0TO: =A0 =A0 =A0New York residents* > >=A0FROM: =A0 =A0Karen O'Keefe, MPP legislative analyst > >=A0DATE: =A0 =A0Thursday, January 15, 2004 > >=A0SUBJECT: Urge your assembly member to cosponsor A. 5796 > >=A0=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > >=A0Can you believe that in this day and age -- in 2004 -- New York= state >=A0law still treats medical marijuana patients as common= criminals? > >=A0This year we could finally change that. > >=A0On Monday, the first full day of the 2004 legislative session, >=A0Rep. Richard Gottfried (D-75th Assembly District) sent a= letter >=A0inviting assembly members to cosponsor A. 5796, a medical= marijuana >=A0bill. Help support his efforts. Tell your representative that= you care >=A0about medical marijuana patients -- that medical decisions= should be >=A0made by patients and doctors, not police and prosecutors. And= please >=A0ask your representative to cosponsor A. 5796 to protect= medical >=A0marijuana patients from arrest and criminal penalties. > >=A0So, please take a few moments to visit= http://mpp.org/NY/action.html . >=A0After you choose your favorite pre-written letter and type in= your >=A0address, our site will automatically e-mail your letter to= your >=A0representative ... all with the click of a few buttons. The= whole >=A0process takes less than two minutes, but it makes a world of >=A0difference. Also, you can print the letters and send them to= your >=A0legislator through regular mail. > >=A0After you e-mail your legislator, let Gov. George Pataki know= how >=A0important this issue is to you. His number is 518-474-8390. > >=A0In the coming year, MPP will need your help as we build on= last >=A0session's many successes. Last year, New York came many steps= closer >=A0to passing a medical marijuana bill. A. 5796 passed three= Assembly >=A0committees by landslide margins before it stalled in the Rules >=A0Committee. It has been endorsed by 30 cosponsors, more than= 1,200 New >=A0York doctors, the New York Nurses Association, the New York= State >=A0Association of County Health Officials, the New York State= Hospice and >=A0Palliative Care Association, the New York County Medical= Society, the >=A0Albany City Council, and the New York State AIDS Advisory= Council. And >=A0thanks to your time and effort, New York legislators heard that= their >=A0constituents care about medical marijuana patients: They= received more >=A0than 2,000 e-mails through your responses to MPP's action= alerts. > >=A0With your continued help, 2004 can be the year that New York= stops the >=A0criminalization of medical marijuana patients. Show your= returning >=A0representative that the 80 percent of Americans who support= medical >=A0marijuana are not a silent majority. See= http://mpp.org/NY/action.html >=A0now. > >=A0Thank you for supporting the Marijuana Policy Project. Please= tell >=A0others about this site so that even more voices can speak out= for >=A0reform. > >=A0=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > >=A0HOW TO SUPPORT THE MARIJUANA POLICY PROJECT > >=A0MPP's state legislative alerts service is funded entirely by= the >=A0contributions of MPP allies and members nationwide. If you find= MPP's >=A0state legislative alerts service helpful, please consider= making a >=A0donation at: http://www.mpp.org/MoneyForStates > >=A0Because MPP devotes 100% of its efforts toward influencing= public >=A0policy, contributions are not tax-deductible. However, the= above link >=A0also provides a way to make a tax-deductible donation. > >=A0=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >=A0*If you live outside of New York, please reply with your city= and >=A0state or zip code so that we can send you alerts that are of= local >=A0interest to you. To completely unsubscribe from MPP's lists,= simply >=A0e-mail us with the word REMOVE in the subject line. Thank you. --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Liberty : http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm Restore our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02004/01/16 11:55:13 AM