House Bill 593 The Repeal of New Mexico Medical Marijuana Laws

Representative James E. Smith (R-Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe) introduced House Bill 593 last night - The Repeal of New Mexico Medical Marijuana Laws.


HB0593

WE ALL HAVE WORK TO DO!

Damn F#$(* republicans! Same BS as up in Montana the voters decide they want something and republicans have to come and say they know whats best for everyone.
House panel endorses repeal of medical marijuana law

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Originally Posted by JohnMonad

Representative James E. Smith (R-Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe) introduced House Bill 593 last night - The Repeal of New Mexico Medical Marijuana Laws.


HB0593

WE ALL HAVE WORK TO DO!

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This is not good news at all.:(

ILL keep you posted.

Damned politicians.

wouldnt expect much different from a bannana republic (one of only a handfull of states with no public initiative proccess). All the illiterates decided to elect a the texas borg with a LEO husband. Hopefully it wont go anywhere and people will remember the pig effer behind all this crap. Lets say they do repeal. what happens to the names of all the homegrowers and patients? LEO has already tried to get DOH to give them up.

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Originally Posted by JohnMonad

Representative James E. Smith (R-Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe) introduced House Bill 593 last night - The Repeal of New Mexico Medical Marijuana Laws.


HB0593

WE ALL HAVE WORK TO DO!

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This is really disappointing. Anybody feel like organizing against this? What can we do to keep this from happening?

*********We must stop this bill in this committee.************

Julie RobertsFebruary 19, 2011 at 7:04pm
Re: NM House Bill 593
So the committee referrals are 1) House Consumer and Public Affairs and 2) House Judiciary Committee.

The first committee could hear it as early as next week, possibly on Thursday. If you go to the NM Legislative website (http://www.facebook.com/l/b58d9gmpow...ww.nmlegis.gov) on the right hand side there is a link for "Today's Agendas" - then click on "House Committee Schedule" - you need to check this everyday to monitor "House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee for them to schedule the bill.

In the meantime, encourage people to contact the committee and ask members TO VOTE NO and NOT to repeal the medical marijuana law in New Mexico. Emphasize that this is a bill that is helping patients and is often the only source of relief. Be brief. Be quick. The message is VOTE NO, this program is vital to NM.

The Committee members can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/l/b58d90F93-...tteeCode=HCPAC

Chairman Gail Chasey supported the original bill. Rep Maestas is a definite yes, he sponsored the bill on the House floor. Rep. O'Neill was NOT in office when the legislation passed...I don't know where he stands. He's been supportive of our other DPA bills. You should focus your effort on him. Be encouraging, let him know this is a SAFE decision for him. Don't use threatening words, or come off as adversarial. Let him know that we support him and encourage him to join us in doing the right thing. He is a rep in Bernalillio, so any of his constituents that you can find to call him the better.

Rep. Kintigh is an absolute no - he hated all of DPA bills and used to work for the DEA. Rep. Anderson voted hasn't the original bill so I'm assuming he is also a no.

We must stop this bill in this committee.

I hope this helps.

Best,
Jules

Here is the contact info, please everyone, help with this. Medical marijuana is very serious for a lot of people in New Mexico.

Gail Chasey: [email protected] (505) 246-2221

Antonio Maestas: [email protected] (505) 242-2279

Bill B. O'Neill: [email protected] (505) 450-9263

Thomas Anderson: [email protected] (505) 986-4451

Dennis J. Kintigh: [email protected] (505) 986-4453

The time to plan action is before action is needed. The time to take action is when a threat is present. Our Board President is a State Legislator, â??Retiredâ?? who warned me of this type of threat a year ago, and as recently as the first week of the 2011 Legislative Session. He instructed us on how to prepare for the inevitable. And he stressed how important it would be to kill bills in committee. At his advice we developed a phone bank targeting key legislators. We sent out our first phone contact February 1st. If you are a member of +++++++ it is likely you have been sent an email with a call list. If anyone would like to be on our dial tree give us a call at 575-485-2343, say dial tree and and leave your name, city of residence, and phone number Mr. ++++++ said the best way to proceed when the time comes is to get two constituent patients to meet one-on-one with the committee member of their district and give their side. Make a compelling but unthreading appeal alone with a written statement. Then just start a call campaign prior to a committee vote. He urged us to attend the Session each day but we have been unable to do so, and he has not been able to travel. Thank you John for keeping us informed.