HR 3939

[GratefulMeds]

June15, 2010
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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 â??Affirmative Defenseâ?� 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 Colorado, 2nd (He is Co-sponsor of H.R. 3939)
DeGette, Diana, Online Office of Congresswoman Diana DeGette Colorado, 1st
Salazar, John T., Congressman John T. Salazar, Third District of Colorado Colorado, 3rd
Markey, Betsy, U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey Colorado, 4th
Lamborn, Doug, Congressman Doug Lamborn : Home Colorado, 5th
Coffman, Mike, Congressman Mike Coffman Colorado, 6th
Perlmutter, Ed, Congressman Ed Perlmutter Colorado, 7th
Visit our updated website: The Joffe Law Firm
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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GratefulMeds Reviewed by GratefulMeds on 06-15-2010. HR 3939 June15, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I KNOW YOU ARE BUSY, HOWEVER PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Rating: 5

[Delta9Caregivrs]

bump...... good info here

[FarmerSteve]

Once again, making it happen :thumbsup:

[copobo]

it needs it!

Have you written?

check this out! we need some motion!
H.R. 3939: Truth in Trials Act (GovTrack.us)

[FunkeeNuggz]

This bill would be great!! Colorado and California are under so much scrutiny due to the MMJ scene and it must end. Jared Polis and Barney Frank are two VERY pro-active representatives when it comes to marijuana reform and I can do nothing but applaud these guys. I'm new to Boulder but from the research I have done, Polis is awesome and he'll get my vote. I have also seen that the purpose of this bill is to prevent future administrations from sending the cot damn DEA to raid dispensaries and caregivers. Now, my question is if this is the bill that will reschedule marijuana as well?

I'm sorry this is off my original topic but didn't 1284 send a federal petition to reschedule marijuana? I read that it was in the original language but it might have been taken out.