Madison NORML

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

IMMLY Announce Bulletin: Act now to help pass Jacki Rickert MMJ Act

AB554/SB368, the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act remains in committee as sponsors attempt to assemble the votes to pass the bill. At the current time, while many Democratic Assembly representatives and Senators are ready to vote for the JRMMA, the problem is, so far, no Republican members have formally said they would vote for the bill.

As Democratic majorities in both houses are slim, the JRMMA needs supporters of both parties to pass the Legislature this session. We need to get the word out that the JRMMA is about compassion and that Wisconsinites deserve the same freedom to legally access medical cannabis as Americans in the 14 states that now allow this option.

As of today, we have 51 days until April 22, 2010, at which point the JRMMA's chance of passage will likely expire.

We need to act with urgency now:

* Contact your Legislators
* Send pre-written, editable letter to Legislators:
http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=14115736 or
http://bit.ly/JRMMA
* Find out Who Represents you:
http://www.legis.wisconsin.gov/w3asp/waml/waml.aspx
* Call your Legislators: Toll-free Legislative Hotline: 1-800-362-9472
* Send a Letter to the Editor of your local paper:
http://www.mapinc.org/resource/how2lte.htm
* Call local Media and ask them to support the bill
* Ask your local place of worship to join our Statewide Day of Prayer
for Compassion, Date TBA
* Attend our events
* Attend Madison NORML meetings: 2nd and 4th Mondays at 7pm see:
MadisonNORML.org or WINORML.org for more info on location.
* Wisconsin Residents for Assembly Bill 554 "Wisconsin Residents for
Assembly Bill 554 http://bit.ly/cmd4eI
* Print your own fliers: http://www.madisonnorml.org/PYOcenter.html

More information to follow.