New York Benefit to Celebrate Recent Medical Marijuana Successes

(Long Island, N.Y.) On Wednesday, May 14, 2008 the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP Homepage) will host a spring soiree, a night of comedy and music to benefit MPPâ??s efforts to protect seriously ill New Yorkers from arrest and jail if they use medical marijuana with their doctorâ??s recommendation. Patient advocate Joel Peacock will be honored and Sony/BMG recording artist Nicole Atkins & The Sea and other special guests will perform.

MPP is leading the fight to gain medical marijuana access for seriously ill New Yorkers who have the approval of their physicians. All funds raised will be used to pass a bill to make New York the 13th medical marijuana state in the country. An entertaining, energizing, and provocative evening is guaranteed. Your support will be part of the tipping point that brings about this momentous change!

The Host Committee for the event and those attending include: Joshua Baer, John Perry Barlow, Paul Bennett, Lewis Black, State Senator Joseph Bruno â??s Director of Public Affairs in New York City Lisa Black, Richard Brookhiser, Tucker Carlson, Jason Flom, Savion Glover, Leslie Lansman, David C. Leven, Peter Lewis, Kurt Loder, Fred Newton, Medeski Martin and Wood, Michelle Phillips, ABCâ??s John Stossel, Ben Taylor, Montel Williams and Robert W. Wilson.

Last year - - for the first time ever - - the New York Assembly passed MPPâ??s medical marijuana bill - by a 95-52 vote, sending the bill over to the Senate. This was the result of a four-year lobbying effort that we commenced in 2003.

During that time, our lobbyist in Albany built an impressive coalition of institutional support, including the state physicians association, state nurses association, state public health association, and the city councils of Albany, Buffalo, and New York.

Before his resignation, Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) expressed his openness to signing medical marijuana legislation, and the new Gov. Paterson seems likely to be a supporter as well, so all eyes are now focused on the Republican-controlled Senate, where Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno is supportive of allowing medical marijuana, but has not brought the issue to a vote.

With the Republicans facing a tough election this November, when they could very well lose control of the Senate, weâ??re hoping theyâ??ll pay attention to the public opinion polling that indicates 76% of New York voters -and even 55% of Conservative Party voters in the state â??support legal protection for medical marijuana patients.
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Have a good one!:jointsmile:

It feels good to see that even the conservative voters are 55/45 pro mmj.