Governor Schwarzenegger:
Stand Up for Patients' Rights!

Call on the Governor to Defend California's Medical Marijuana Laws

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Dear ASA Supporter,

Over the past several years, President Bush's Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has victimized patients and providers throughout California, undermining state law and stooping to new levels to shut down access for sick and dying patients in California. ASA has been working for the past five years to thwart the DEA's efforts, but as they escalate their tactics, we too must escalate our response and actions! We must put an end to the attack on patients and providers!

Americans for Safe Access has launched a new pressure campaign, calling on Governor Schwarzenegger to "Stand Up for Patients' Rights: Defend California's Medical Marijuana Laws."

We are calling on Governor Schwarzenegger to defend the rights of medical cannabis patients and caregivers and the will of the voters in California by standing up to the Bush Administration. We are urging the Governor to take a stand against DEA raids and to support efforts to harmonize federal law with the compassionate laws of California and the eleven other states that allow medical cannabis use. Click here to take action immediately.

ASA's new campaign consists of statewide call in days, legislative visits from constituents and lobbyists, and sign-on letters from key public officials and organizations. Our goal is to compel the Governor to act by using the above tactics and by organizing a mass mobilization on Thursday, October 11th, to Governor Schwarzenegger's office in Los Angeles. There, we will invite the governor to publicly stand up to the Bush administration, calling on them to end the attacks on patients and providers. Visit www.AmericansforSafeAccess.org/StandUpto read more about the campaign, the mass mobilization, and to take action.

Over the next several weeks, ASA is calling on you and the entire medical cannabis community to take action! Please read the action item list below and visit www.AmericansforSafeAccess.org/StandUpfor further details.

Once more, a description of each action item can be found at www.AmericansforSafeAccess.org/StandUp. With your help, working with the governor, we can help make this campaign the strongest response to the DEA's attacks on patients the Bush administration has seen. Don't forget to go to Sonnet@AmericansforSafeAccess.org.

Thank you for your support and for taking action!

Sincerely,

Sonnet Seeborg Gabbard
Field Coordinator
Americans for Safe Access
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Americans for Safe Access is the nation's largest organization of patients, medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research.