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**The Urban Spaceman** · 07-24-2008, 06:04 AM

i found that the congressman for my district is Adam Schiff and I have started contacting him asking about his stance on MMJ. I have sent him an email and a duplicate of my email on actual paper in a real envelope that takes stamps and stuff. I even received a nice form letter reply to my email from the Congressman stating his stance on MMJ. in any event it is a start and i plan on continuing my dialogue with him, including requesting a meeting.

anyway, here's what the form letter had to say regarding his position on MMJ.

"In my tenure as a member of Congress, I have supported efforts to enforce our drug laws in a thoughtful manner. For instance you may be interested to know that I supported the Farr-Rohrabacher amendment to the Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary Appropriations Bill which would bar the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) from using any funds to raid or arrest patients who use medical marijuana in compliance with their state laws. This would in effect allow Alaska , Arizona , California , Colorado , Hawaii , Maine , Maryland , Nevada , Oregon , and Washington to implement their state laws permitting the use of marijuana for medical purposes. I supported this amendment on the House floor, but regrettably, it failed by a 268-148 vote. Please be assured that I will keep your support for legislation that would reduce taxpayer money for minor offenses and your concern that prosecuting non-violent drug offenders is distracting law enforcement officers from preventing more grave and serious crimes in mind when this issue is again considered in the House."
Adam Schiff

07-24-2008, 06:04 AM	#8 (permalink)
The Urban Spaceman Budtender Deluxe Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: In the Saucer of course! Co-Op: YES Vendor: NO Patient: YES Posts: 5,934 Rep Power: 0	Re: Have you contacted your Representatives or Sentators to set up a meeting yet? i found that the congressman for my district is Adam Schiff and I have started contacting him asking about his stance on MMJ. I have sent him an email and a duplicate of my email on actual paper in a real envelope that takes stamps and stuff. I even received a nice form letter reply to my email from the Congressman stating his stance on MMJ. in any event it is a start and i plan on continuing my dialogue with him, including requesting a meeting. anyway, here's what the form letter had to say regarding his position on MMJ. "In my tenure as a member of Congress, I have supported efforts to enforce our drug laws in a thoughtful manner. For instance you may be interested to know that I supported the Farr-Rohrabacher amendment to the Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary Appropriations Bill which would bar the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) from using any funds to raid or arrest patients who use medical marijuana in compliance with their state laws. This would in effect allow Alaska , Arizona , California , Colorado , Hawaii , Maine , Maryland , Nevada , Oregon , and Washington to implement their state laws permitting the use of marijuana for medical purposes. I supported this amendment on the House floor, but regrettably, it failed by a 268-148 vote. Please be assured that I will keep your support for legislation that would reduce taxpayer money for minor offenses and your concern that prosecuting non-violent drug offenders is distracting law enforcement officers from preventing more grave and serious crimes in mind when this issue is again considered in the House." Adam Schiff