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The420Guy
Guest
Earlier this week we asked you to call the House Government Reform
Committee and urge them to remove provisions from HR 2086 that would allow
the White House to use the billion-dollar anti-drug ad campaign for
partisan political purposes. Thanks to you, Congress is listening. Your
calls have created a firestorm on the Committee that we hope will
ultimately lead to the repeal of the propaganda provision.
Now, we need your help to take out another bad provision.
Buried within HR 2086 is a provision that allows the drug czar to divert
over $10 million a year to the Drug Enforcement Administration's campaign
of terror against medical marijuana patients and their caregivers. This
money will come out of the federal government' s High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Area (HIDTA) budget, which is supposed to go to local and state
law-enforcement agencies to aid in their fight against serious drug
trafficking. In other words, this provision will allow Drug Czar John
Walters to shift federal money away from combating major crime syndicates
to arresting medical marijuana patients and their caregivers! Worse still,
because the drug czar will have the power to take funding away from local
and state law-enforcement agencies, he will have a powerful weapon to
punish police that support medical marijuana programs or refuse to assist
federal agents in their on-going attack on AIDS and cancer patients. (The
text of this dangerous provision is at the bottom of this e-mail)
Since your calls to Congress earlier this week made a huge difference, we
hope you can spare the time to make calls again. Thousands of AIDS and
cancer patients need your help.
ACTIONS TO TAKE
1) If you're from a state with Representatives on the House Government
Reform Committee, CALL THEM ALL TODAY (see list of Committee Members and
contact information below). If you get this message Wednesday night, leave
a message on their answering machine. The Committee will vote on Thursday,
May 22nd at 10am (east coast time) so please call before then.
**Tell them you want them to remove the section of HR 7083 that adds a new
subsection (m) to Section 707 of the ONDCP Reauthorization Act.
**Tell them this provision hurts local and state law-enforcement agencies
and will undermine the ability of states to determine their own medical
marijuana policies.
2) Please forward this action alert to your friends and family. Unless
Congress hears from thousands of voters this bill and its
dangerous provision could easily become law.
GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE
CALIFORNIA:
Doug Ose (R-3rd)
202-225-5716
Henry A. Waxman (D-30th, Rnk. Mem)
202-225-3976
Tom Lantos (D-12th)
202-225-3531
Diane Watson (D-33rd)
202-225-7084
Linda T. Sanchez (D-39th)
202-225-6676
CONNECTICUT:
Christopher Shays (R-4th)
202-225-5541
DC:
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-Del.)
202-225-8050
FLORIDA:
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-18th)
202-225-3931
John Mica (R-7th)
202-225-4035
Adam Putnam (R-12th)
202-225-1252
GEORGIA:
Nathan Deal (R-10th)
202-225-5211
ILLINOIS:
Danny K. Davis (D-7th)
202-225-5006
INDIANA:
Dan Burton (R-5th)
202-225-2276
Mark Souder (R-3rd)
202-225-4436
KENTUCKY:
Ron Lewis (R-2nd)
202-225-3501
MARYLAND:
Elijah Cummings (D-7th)
202-225-4741
Chris Van Hollen, Jr. (D-8th)
202-225-5341
C.A. Ruppersberger (D-2nd)
202-225-3061
MASSACHUSETTS:
John F. Tierney (D-6th)
202-225-8020
Stephen F. Lynch (D-9th)
202-225-8273
MICHIGAN:
Candice Miller (R-10th)
202-225-2106
MISSOURI:
William L. Clay, Jr. (D-1st)
202-225-2406
NEW YORK:
John McHugh (R-23rd)
202-225-4611
Major R. Owens (D-11th)
202-225-6231
Edolphus Towns (D-10th)
202-225-5936
Carolyn Maloney (D-14th)
202-225-7944
OHIO:
Steven C. LaTourette (R-14th)
202-225-5731
Michael Turner (R-3rd)
202-225-6465
Dennis J. Kucinich (D-10th)
202-225-5871
OKLAHOMA:
John Sullivan (R-1st)
202-225-2211
PENNSYLVANIA:
Todd R. Platts (R-19th)
202-225-5836
Timothy F. Murphy (R-18th)
202-225-2301
Paul E. Kanjorski (D-11th)
202-225-6511
SOUTH DAKOTA:
William J. Janklow (R-At Large)
202-225-2801
TENNESSEE:
John J. Duncan Jr. (R-2nd)
202-225-5435
Marsha Blackburn (R-7th)
202-225-2811
Jim Cooper (D-5th)
202-225-4311
TEXAS:
John R. Carter (R-31st)
202-225-3864
Chris Bell (D-25th)
202-225-7508
UTAH:
Chris Cannon (R-3rd)
202-225-7751
VIRGINIA:
Thomas M. Davis III (R-11th), Chair
202-225-3071
Jo Ann S. Davis (R-1st)
202-225-4261
Edward L. Schrock (R-2nd)
202-225-4215
TEXT OF THE DANGEROUS PROVISION
The dangerous provision in HR 2083 is the section that adds a new
subsection (m), entitled "marijuana enforcement" to Section 707 of the
ONDCP Reauthorization Act of 1998.
The provision reads:
`(m) MARIJUANA ENFORCEMENT- The Director may direct the reallocation of up
to 5 percent of funds available for a fiscal year for the Program, from
State and local law enforcement agencies to Federal law enforcement
agencies to assist in enforcement of Federal law in high intensity drug
trafficking areas containing States where State law permits the use of
marijuana in a manner inconsistent with the Controlled Substances Act.
Committee and urge them to remove provisions from HR 2086 that would allow
the White House to use the billion-dollar anti-drug ad campaign for
partisan political purposes. Thanks to you, Congress is listening. Your
calls have created a firestorm on the Committee that we hope will
ultimately lead to the repeal of the propaganda provision.
Now, we need your help to take out another bad provision.
Buried within HR 2086 is a provision that allows the drug czar to divert
over $10 million a year to the Drug Enforcement Administration's campaign
of terror against medical marijuana patients and their caregivers. This
money will come out of the federal government' s High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Area (HIDTA) budget, which is supposed to go to local and state
law-enforcement agencies to aid in their fight against serious drug
trafficking. In other words, this provision will allow Drug Czar John
Walters to shift federal money away from combating major crime syndicates
to arresting medical marijuana patients and their caregivers! Worse still,
because the drug czar will have the power to take funding away from local
and state law-enforcement agencies, he will have a powerful weapon to
punish police that support medical marijuana programs or refuse to assist
federal agents in their on-going attack on AIDS and cancer patients. (The
text of this dangerous provision is at the bottom of this e-mail)
Since your calls to Congress earlier this week made a huge difference, we
hope you can spare the time to make calls again. Thousands of AIDS and
cancer patients need your help.
ACTIONS TO TAKE
1) If you're from a state with Representatives on the House Government
Reform Committee, CALL THEM ALL TODAY (see list of Committee Members and
contact information below). If you get this message Wednesday night, leave
a message on their answering machine. The Committee will vote on Thursday,
May 22nd at 10am (east coast time) so please call before then.
**Tell them you want them to remove the section of HR 7083 that adds a new
subsection (m) to Section 707 of the ONDCP Reauthorization Act.
**Tell them this provision hurts local and state law-enforcement agencies
and will undermine the ability of states to determine their own medical
marijuana policies.
2) Please forward this action alert to your friends and family. Unless
Congress hears from thousands of voters this bill and its
dangerous provision could easily become law.
GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE
CALIFORNIA:
Doug Ose (R-3rd)
202-225-5716
Henry A. Waxman (D-30th, Rnk. Mem)
202-225-3976
Tom Lantos (D-12th)
202-225-3531
Diane Watson (D-33rd)
202-225-7084
Linda T. Sanchez (D-39th)
202-225-6676
CONNECTICUT:
Christopher Shays (R-4th)
202-225-5541
DC:
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-Del.)
202-225-8050
FLORIDA:
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-18th)
202-225-3931
John Mica (R-7th)
202-225-4035
Adam Putnam (R-12th)
202-225-1252
GEORGIA:
Nathan Deal (R-10th)
202-225-5211
ILLINOIS:
Danny K. Davis (D-7th)
202-225-5006
INDIANA:
Dan Burton (R-5th)
202-225-2276
Mark Souder (R-3rd)
202-225-4436
KENTUCKY:
Ron Lewis (R-2nd)
202-225-3501
MARYLAND:
Elijah Cummings (D-7th)
202-225-4741
Chris Van Hollen, Jr. (D-8th)
202-225-5341
C.A. Ruppersberger (D-2nd)
202-225-3061
MASSACHUSETTS:
John F. Tierney (D-6th)
202-225-8020
Stephen F. Lynch (D-9th)
202-225-8273
MICHIGAN:
Candice Miller (R-10th)
202-225-2106
MISSOURI:
William L. Clay, Jr. (D-1st)
202-225-2406
NEW YORK:
John McHugh (R-23rd)
202-225-4611
Major R. Owens (D-11th)
202-225-6231
Edolphus Towns (D-10th)
202-225-5936
Carolyn Maloney (D-14th)
202-225-7944
OHIO:
Steven C. LaTourette (R-14th)
202-225-5731
Michael Turner (R-3rd)
202-225-6465
Dennis J. Kucinich (D-10th)
202-225-5871
OKLAHOMA:
John Sullivan (R-1st)
202-225-2211
PENNSYLVANIA:
Todd R. Platts (R-19th)
202-225-5836
Timothy F. Murphy (R-18th)
202-225-2301
Paul E. Kanjorski (D-11th)
202-225-6511
SOUTH DAKOTA:
William J. Janklow (R-At Large)
202-225-2801
TENNESSEE:
John J. Duncan Jr. (R-2nd)
202-225-5435
Marsha Blackburn (R-7th)
202-225-2811
Jim Cooper (D-5th)
202-225-4311
TEXAS:
John R. Carter (R-31st)
202-225-3864
Chris Bell (D-25th)
202-225-7508
UTAH:
Chris Cannon (R-3rd)
202-225-7751
VIRGINIA:
Thomas M. Davis III (R-11th), Chair
202-225-3071
Jo Ann S. Davis (R-1st)
202-225-4261
Edward L. Schrock (R-2nd)
202-225-4215
TEXT OF THE DANGEROUS PROVISION
The dangerous provision in HR 2083 is the section that adds a new
subsection (m), entitled "marijuana enforcement" to Section 707 of the
ONDCP Reauthorization Act of 1998.
The provision reads:
`(m) MARIJUANA ENFORCEMENT- The Director may direct the reallocation of up
to 5 percent of funds available for a fiscal year for the Program, from
State and local law enforcement agencies to Federal law enforcement
agencies to assist in enforcement of Federal law in high intensity drug
trafficking areas containing States where State law permits the use of
marijuana in a manner inconsistent with the Controlled Substances Act.
