Tuesday: Meet Your Senators - Drop in on their District Offices Today

Tuesday: Meet Your Senators!
Drop in on their District Offices Today!

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 “dropping in” on their U.S. Senators’ district
offices. Join your fellow activists as they seek out their U.S. Senators’ 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
http://www.AmericansforSafeAccess.org/MMJWeekTuesday to take action right away!

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. Senators’ local district offices on today! Visit
http://www.Senate.gov for contact information for your local district office.


When meeting with your Senators’ offices please bring with you the following
materials, which are enclosed in this packet:

1.
http://www.AmericansforSafeaccess.org/downloads/SenateResearchSignOnLetter.doc
The Kennedy/Kerry letter of support
2. http://www.safeaccessnow.org/downloads/UMass_NIDA.pdf Research/Gridlock
campaign fact sheet
3. http://www.safeaccessnow.org/downloads/UMassResearchLetter.doc University
of MA’s letter of support

The 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 Caren Woodson at (202)
857-4272.

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 Sonnet [at] AmericansforSafeAccess.org to let us know how it went!

If you have questions about scheduling meetings with your senators’ offices,
contact Sonnet [at] AmericansforSafeAccess.org or call (510) 251-1856 ext. 321

Sincerely,

Caren Woodson
Director, Government Affairs
Americans for Safe Access

Americans for Safe Access is the nation's largest organization of patients,
medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting safe and
legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research.