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Dear Medical Marijuana Supporter,
Next Tuesday, October 24, the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors will be conducting a hearing on the implementation of the medical marijuana ID card
program. The Board will be deciding whether or not to implement this important program designed to protect patients from detainment, arrest or seizure of their medicine by state and local law enforcement.
The ID cards would be voluntary for patients and caregivers to obtain through the county and are accepted throughout the state.
Approval of this program would be a major step in the right direction towards securing safe and legal access to medical marijuana in Stanislaus County. With your help, we can ensure that the Board of Supervisors votes to uphold state law and protect local patients.
If you live in Stanislaus County, please take a few minutes to email or call your County Supervisor (using the info listed below) and politely urge him to
support the medical marijuana ID card program at next week's meeting. Feel free to use the talking points or script posted at the end of this message.
District 1 Supervisor: William O'Brien
(representing Northeast Stanislaus County, including Oakdale, Riverbank, Valley Home, Waterford and a portion of Northeast Modesto)
Email: ObrienW@mail.co.stanislaus.ca.us
Phone: (209) 525-4440
District 2 Supervisor: Thomas Mayfield
(representing Southeast Stanislaus County, including Turlock, Hickman, Hughson and Denair and LaGrange)
Email: MayfieT@mail.co.stanislaus.ca.us
Phone: (209) 525-6440
District 3 Supervisor: Jeff Grover
(representing Northwest Modesto and Salida)
Email: GroverJ@mail.co.stanislaus.ca.us
Phone: (209) 525-6560
District 4 Supervisor: Ray Simon
(representing East Modesto)
Email: SimonRa@mail.co.stanislaus.ca.us
Phone: (209) 525-4445
District 5 Supervisor: Jim DeMartini
(representing West Stanislaus County, including Ceres, Patterson, Westley, Newman and Vernalis)
Email: DemartiniJ@mail.co.stanislaus.ca.us
Phone: (209) 525-4470
For more information on supervisorial districts, see
county map:
https://www.co.stanislaus.ca.us/BOARD/districT.HTM
OR
call the Office of the Board of Supervisors at (209)
525-4494
It's also very important that we fill the board chambers with patients and advocates backing the program. Please mark your calendars for this important meeting, tentatively scheduled for the morning of Tuesday, October 24 in Modesto. Details for the meeting time and location will be sent out within the next few days.
Thank you for expressing your support for safe, legal and hassle-free access to medical marijuana and the medical marijuana ID card program. Once implemented, not only will it reduce patients' risk, it will also further strengthen California's decade-old medical marijuana law.
Sincerely,
Aaron Smith
Safe Access Now
safeaccessnow@gmail.com
(707) 291-0076
Feel free to use these talking points when addressing
this issue with your elected officials:
* The Modesto PD and DEA recently raided a local medical cannabis dispensary, California Healthcare Collective, because agents were able to obtain marijuana using falsified documentation. The ID card program works to reduce the risk of such abuse of our medical marijuana laws because it offers a uniform means of identification for legitimate patients who are qualified to use cannabis under state law.
* The ID card program will greatly assist law-enforcement in distinguishing patients with legitimate medical marijuana recommendations from those who are using false or counterfeit documentation. The county-administered ID program clarifies the current patchwork of patient documentation and frees our law enforcement and judicial system to focus on genuine criminal activity.
* The ID card protects patients and caregivers from lengthy detainment, arrest, seizure of property or unnecessary court proceedings. While patients are not required to participate in the ID card program, many choose to because they cannot afford the personal risk of wrongful prosecution that those without ID cards face.
* The county has a legal responsibility to the State of California to implement the program because it is a requirement of Senate Bill 420, signed into law in 2003
* Voters' support of safe and legal access to medical marijuana has only grown stronger since the passage of the Compassionate Use Act (Prop. 215) in 1996. According to an independent field poll conducted in 2004, 74% of Californians support the implementation of our state's medical marijuana laws.
Sample email message:
Honorable Supervisor _______________,
I am a patient residing in Stanislaus County who uses medical marijuana under the supervision of my doctor, as permitted by state law. I am contacting you today because I have been waiting far too long for Stanislaus County to fully implement our state's long-standing medical marijuana laws.
Please vote to approve the medical marijuana ID card program at next Tuesday's meeting. The County is required by statute to implement this program, refusal to do so would not only be a violation of law, but would be a slap in the face to the sick and dying in our community.
The recent raids on the medical cannabis dispensary in Modesto only demonstrate the urgent need for implementation of this registry program.
The program will benefit local law enforcement because it provides a quick and easy means of identifying patients using medical marijuana under state law. There is no reason to spend precious resources arresting or detaining critically ill residents who are abiding by a decade-old, voter-approved law.
As a voter in Stanislaus County, I am counting on you to follow state law and the will of the voters by approving the implementation of this important
program. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
[insert first and last name]
[city/town of residence, within Stanislaus Co.]
Next Tuesday, October 24, the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors will be conducting a hearing on the implementation of the medical marijuana ID card
program. The Board will be deciding whether or not to implement this important program designed to protect patients from detainment, arrest or seizure of their medicine by state and local law enforcement.
The ID cards would be voluntary for patients and caregivers to obtain through the county and are accepted throughout the state.
Approval of this program would be a major step in the right direction towards securing safe and legal access to medical marijuana in Stanislaus County. With your help, we can ensure that the Board of Supervisors votes to uphold state law and protect local patients.
If you live in Stanislaus County, please take a few minutes to email or call your County Supervisor (using the info listed below) and politely urge him to
support the medical marijuana ID card program at next week's meeting. Feel free to use the talking points or script posted at the end of this message.
District 1 Supervisor: William O'Brien
(representing Northeast Stanislaus County, including Oakdale, Riverbank, Valley Home, Waterford and a portion of Northeast Modesto)
Email: ObrienW@mail.co.stanislaus.ca.us
Phone: (209) 525-4440
District 2 Supervisor: Thomas Mayfield
(representing Southeast Stanislaus County, including Turlock, Hickman, Hughson and Denair and LaGrange)
Email: MayfieT@mail.co.stanislaus.ca.us
Phone: (209) 525-6440
District 3 Supervisor: Jeff Grover
(representing Northwest Modesto and Salida)
Email: GroverJ@mail.co.stanislaus.ca.us
Phone: (209) 525-6560
District 4 Supervisor: Ray Simon
(representing East Modesto)
Email: SimonRa@mail.co.stanislaus.ca.us
Phone: (209) 525-4445
District 5 Supervisor: Jim DeMartini
(representing West Stanislaus County, including Ceres, Patterson, Westley, Newman and Vernalis)
Email: DemartiniJ@mail.co.stanislaus.ca.us
Phone: (209) 525-4470
For more information on supervisorial districts, see
county map:
https://www.co.stanislaus.ca.us/BOARD/districT.HTM
OR
call the Office of the Board of Supervisors at (209)
525-4494
It's also very important that we fill the board chambers with patients and advocates backing the program. Please mark your calendars for this important meeting, tentatively scheduled for the morning of Tuesday, October 24 in Modesto. Details for the meeting time and location will be sent out within the next few days.
Thank you for expressing your support for safe, legal and hassle-free access to medical marijuana and the medical marijuana ID card program. Once implemented, not only will it reduce patients' risk, it will also further strengthen California's decade-old medical marijuana law.
Sincerely,
Aaron Smith
Safe Access Now
safeaccessnow@gmail.com
(707) 291-0076
Feel free to use these talking points when addressing
this issue with your elected officials:
* The Modesto PD and DEA recently raided a local medical cannabis dispensary, California Healthcare Collective, because agents were able to obtain marijuana using falsified documentation. The ID card program works to reduce the risk of such abuse of our medical marijuana laws because it offers a uniform means of identification for legitimate patients who are qualified to use cannabis under state law.
* The ID card program will greatly assist law-enforcement in distinguishing patients with legitimate medical marijuana recommendations from those who are using false or counterfeit documentation. The county-administered ID program clarifies the current patchwork of patient documentation and frees our law enforcement and judicial system to focus on genuine criminal activity.
* The ID card protects patients and caregivers from lengthy detainment, arrest, seizure of property or unnecessary court proceedings. While patients are not required to participate in the ID card program, many choose to because they cannot afford the personal risk of wrongful prosecution that those without ID cards face.
* The county has a legal responsibility to the State of California to implement the program because it is a requirement of Senate Bill 420, signed into law in 2003
* Voters' support of safe and legal access to medical marijuana has only grown stronger since the passage of the Compassionate Use Act (Prop. 215) in 1996. According to an independent field poll conducted in 2004, 74% of Californians support the implementation of our state's medical marijuana laws.
Sample email message:
Honorable Supervisor _______________,
I am a patient residing in Stanislaus County who uses medical marijuana under the supervision of my doctor, as permitted by state law. I am contacting you today because I have been waiting far too long for Stanislaus County to fully implement our state's long-standing medical marijuana laws.
Please vote to approve the medical marijuana ID card program at next Tuesday's meeting. The County is required by statute to implement this program, refusal to do so would not only be a violation of law, but would be a slap in the face to the sick and dying in our community.
The recent raids on the medical cannabis dispensary in Modesto only demonstrate the urgent need for implementation of this registry program.
The program will benefit local law enforcement because it provides a quick and easy means of identifying patients using medical marijuana under state law. There is no reason to spend precious resources arresting or detaining critically ill residents who are abiding by a decade-old, voter-approved law.
As a voter in Stanislaus County, I am counting on you to follow state law and the will of the voters by approving the implementation of this important
program. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
[insert first and last name]
[city/town of residence, within Stanislaus Co.]
