Medical Cannabis Patient Advocates In Solidarity With San
Francisco
Please Act Nancy
Phone-in Action To Congressional Representative Nancy Pelosi
5/2/12
(415) 556-4862
US Attorneys have successfully shut down nearly half of the
licensed dispensaries in San Francisco.
If federal authorities can shut down safe access in San Francisco, we
are all at risk.
Everyone who supports medical cannabis is urged to contact
Congressional Representative Nancy Pelosi’s office at (415)
556-4862 on Wednesday, May 2, 2012, during business hours and leave a kind
message with her staff stating:
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You want to see an end to the federal crackdown on states with medical
cannabis laws.
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You want sensible federal cannabis laws that remove all of the criminal
jeopardy under the Controlled Substances Act.
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Remind her that she has the support of her constituents and the support
of at least 80% of voting Americans on the issue of safe, legal medical
cannabis.
San Francisco is the birthplace of the
medical cannabis legalization movement.
It is no accident that federal authorities are choosing to shut down all
of the collectives there first.
Representative Pelosi has been silent for too, long. She must speak up to President Obama,
US Attorney General Eric Holder, US Attorney Melissa Haag and the rest of
Congress.
San Francisco Medical Cannabis Patients Petition Congressional
Representative Nancy Pelosi
Advocates Deliver Thousands Of Signatures To San Francisco
Federal Building At 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 2, 2012, Urging The Halt Of
Federal Crackdown
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – May 1, 2012. The Patient Advocacy
Committee of the San Francisco Medical Cannabis Task Force has gathered
thousands of signatures from San Francisco voters urging Congressional
Representative Nancy Pelosi help end the federal assault on medical cannabis
cooperatives. Patient advocates will deliver several thousand signatures to the
Congressional Representative’s office at the San Francisco Federal Building, 90
7th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 2,
2012, in response to the recent closures of regulated medical cannabis collectives
and the five additional collectives slated to close their doors mid-May due to
federal action.
“Thousand of Pelosi’s constituents are being affected by
this federal attack including our veterans and HIV/AIDS patients and many
others. She has the authority to
help stop this assault on the patients and the will of the voters and these
signatures are urging her to do so,” states Shona Gochenaur, member of the
Patient Advocacy Committee of the San Francisco Medical Cannabis Task Force, a
committee largely made up of low-income and disabled medical cannabis patients.
San Francisco Board of Supervisor David Campos has voiced
concern for the civil rights and safety of the city’s disabled patients. “San
Francisco has a regulatory system with neighborhood input and government
oversight. It is misguided and wrong that US Attorney Melinda Haag would choose
to target a well-implemented system and force disabled patients into a criminal
arena for legal medicine.”
The San Francisco Health Department, which oversees the
city’s medical cannabis program, is on public record stating that “no
complaints” have been filed from the host neighborhoods of established and city
permitted medical cannabis collectives. However, US Attorney Melinda Haag
continues to seek closures of collectives based on “neighborhood complaints.”
“I’ve worked hard to improve our neighborhood,” states Cathy
Smith, founder of Hope.Net, a city permitted medical cannabis collective whose
landlord is threatened with asset forfeiture by US Attorneys. “I don’t want to be punished for
making it safe for children to walk down our streets.”
A recently passed San Francisco Democratic Party resolution,
spearheaded by Gabriel Haaland, protects medical cannabis patients by calling
on ALL Democratic leadership, including President Obama, Representative Pelosi,
and Attorney General Eric Holder to protect safe access and not circumvent
California State law with the US Department of Justice resources. http://www.scribd.com/doc/91783023/Resolution-of-the-San-Francisco-Democratic-Party
The Harvey Milk LBGT Democratic Club also voted unanimously
to co-sponsor the patient advocates’ petition to Representative Pelosi. “The Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club
calls on representative Pelosi and all elected officials to protect our medical
cannabis clubs and ensure access to medical cannabis for marginalized, low
income patients and demand a stop to the harassment by federal agents,” states
Glenn Hyde, President of the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club.
Patient Advocacy Network supports the petition states Degé
Coutee, president of the charitable civil rights education and medical cannabis
patient advocacy organization based in Los Angeles. “If US Attorneys aren’t stopped IN San Francisco, they
aren’t going to stop WITH San Francisco.
Representative Pelosi is in such a strong position to help alter the
direction of this issue locally and nationally.”
Sponsors: The
Patient Advocacy Committee of the San Francisco Medical Cannabis Task Force and
The Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club
Co-sponsors: Axis of Love SF, Patient Advocacy Network
