GratefulMeds
06-15-2010, 06:20 PM
June15, 2010
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I KNOW YOU ARE BUSY, HOWEVER PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES
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As mentioned before, there is currently a bill pending before the United States House Judiciary Committee that is very important to everybody involved with medical marijuana. It would create a defense to federal criminal law for the possession, growth, sale, or use of Medical Marijuana.
H.R. 3939 was introduced last fall and is currently pending before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee. It does not appear any hearings have been held or action taken yet.
H.R. 3939, if passed, would create what is called an ??Affirmative Defense? for anybody involved in medical marijuana, as long as they were in compliance with State law.
An affirmative defense is not the same as legalizing medical marijuana. What it means is that you could be arrested and charged in Federal Court. If the Federal Prosecutor refused to dismiss the charges against you, you would have to go to trial. However you could raise the defense that the marijuana was for medical purposes.
Contact your congressperson and urge them to sign on as co-sponsors of H.R. 3939 and to push to have H.R. 3939 passed this session of Congress.
To view the bill, go to http://thomas.loc.gov/home/gpoxmlc111/h3939_ih.xml
The Colorado House members are:
Polis, Jared, U.S. Representative Jared Polis (http://polis.house.gov/) Colorado, 2nd (He is Co-sponsor of H.R. 3939)
DeGette, Diana, Online Office of Congresswoman Diana DeGette (http://degette.house.gov/) Colorado, 1st
Salazar, John T., Congressman John T. Salazar, Third District of Colorado (http://www.house.gov/salazar/) Colorado, 3rd
Markey, Betsy, U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey (http://betsymarkey.house.gov/) Colorado, 4th
Lamborn, Doug, Congressman Doug Lamborn : Home (http://lamborn.house.gov/) Colorado, 5th
Coffman, Mike, Congressman Mike Coffman (http://coffman.house.gov/) Colorado, 6th
Perlmutter, Ed, Congressman Ed Perlmutter (http://perlmutter.house.gov/) Colorado, 7th
Visit our updated website: The Joffe Law Firm (http://www.joffelawfirm.com)
You can find back issues of the Medical Marijuana Action Alert. It has links to key pending legislation and the Colorado Constitutional Amendment on medical marijuana.
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I KNOW YOU ARE BUSY, HOWEVER PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES
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As mentioned before, there is currently a bill pending before the United States House Judiciary Committee that is very important to everybody involved with medical marijuana. It would create a defense to federal criminal law for the possession, growth, sale, or use of Medical Marijuana.
H.R. 3939 was introduced last fall and is currently pending before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee. It does not appear any hearings have been held or action taken yet.
H.R. 3939, if passed, would create what is called an ??Affirmative Defense? for anybody involved in medical marijuana, as long as they were in compliance with State law.
An affirmative defense is not the same as legalizing medical marijuana. What it means is that you could be arrested and charged in Federal Court. If the Federal Prosecutor refused to dismiss the charges against you, you would have to go to trial. However you could raise the defense that the marijuana was for medical purposes.
Contact your congressperson and urge them to sign on as co-sponsors of H.R. 3939 and to push to have H.R. 3939 passed this session of Congress.
To view the bill, go to http://thomas.loc.gov/home/gpoxmlc111/h3939_ih.xml
The Colorado House members are:
Polis, Jared, U.S. Representative Jared Polis (http://polis.house.gov/) Colorado, 2nd (He is Co-sponsor of H.R. 3939)
DeGette, Diana, Online Office of Congresswoman Diana DeGette (http://degette.house.gov/) Colorado, 1st
Salazar, John T., Congressman John T. Salazar, Third District of Colorado (http://www.house.gov/salazar/) Colorado, 3rd
Markey, Betsy, U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey (http://betsymarkey.house.gov/) Colorado, 4th
Lamborn, Doug, Congressman Doug Lamborn : Home (http://lamborn.house.gov/) Colorado, 5th
Coffman, Mike, Congressman Mike Coffman (http://coffman.house.gov/) Colorado, 6th
Perlmutter, Ed, Congressman Ed Perlmutter (http://perlmutter.house.gov/) Colorado, 7th
Visit our updated website: The Joffe Law Firm (http://www.joffelawfirm.com)
You can find back issues of the Medical Marijuana Action Alert. It has links to key pending legislation and the Colorado Constitutional Amendment on medical marijuana.
:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: