Twenty-nine congressmen have introduced House Bill 2835, "The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act of 2009." We need to to get more Ohio Congressional Representatives to support this bill. The bill will provide legal protections for state-authorized medical marijuana patients. More importantly, the bill would move marijuana from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule II drug.
A schedule one drug fits all the follwing criteria;
(A) The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse;
(B) The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States;
(C) There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.
The last criteria is interesting; a rational interpretation is that even a doctor could not use marijuana safely. So, another way of defining marijuana, is that it is deadly, addictive, and with no medical use.
This bill would recognize marijuana's medical value and make it possible for the FDA to begin setting up a regulatory framework for its use. Please contact your congressional representative. Below are links to some internet resources to make contact, but the best way is to drop by their local home office and make your voice heard directly via using their own staff. There is a link on our sidebar to find out who your representative is. Also it would be beneficial to talk to your Ohio state senators and representatives also.
NORML's CAPWIZ - Sends letter or email MPP - Sends an email
When you get a response, please send a copy to OPN at 1620 E. Broad St, Suite 1603, Columbus, Ohio, 43203 or use our email INFO at ohiopatientsnetwork.org.
