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The MMMA-Operation 26%

Regarding: HB 4834, HB 4851, HB 4853, HB 4856

The above referenced bills were adopted by the House Judiciary Committee. Very soon these bills will be on the House floor for further amendments with the final vote requiring a 75% supermajority.

Operation 26%'s objective is a full scale, grass roots, community response to these bills. It is aimed at reaching the Democrats that are split, undecided or uninformed on this issue and blocking a supermajority yes vote. The Democrats in both the House and Senate will be asked to advance these bills; they need to hear the voice of this community's opposition in numbers.

Please join us in making a difference by contacting the below listed Representatives via phone, email, letter and visiting them in person. Each one of them has the power to stop these bills from advancing. We have provided a form letter addressing the bills directly, but please feel free to write your own. We would encourage those involved to forward to us their suggested letters as well as the responses and experiences they receive from their interactions.

Please let your voice be heard by:

  1. Cutting and pasting the letter below (or your own) into an email, and then sending it to each of the Representatives' email addresses listed below.
  2. Printing the letter and mailing it via US mail.
  3. And most importantly call, call, call the Representatives (see telephone numbers listed below) and explain to them why the proposed amendments fail to address the real concerns of patients and caregivers, and feel free to use the specific talking points that address the proposed Bills directly.

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Talking points for conversations with the Representatives:

  1. The Judiciary Committee said that they were working with different medical marihuana groups, yet, not a single medical marihuana advocacy group approves of the bills. Watch the tapes from the hearings.
  2. Patients and Caregivers are being denied the right to present a medical marihuana defense, despite very clear language in the initiative that allows this right. During the hearings one of the committee members was quoted as saying "that seems un-American."
  3. Nearly three years after it was passed, the Act still has not been properly implemented, with registration cards showing up late and no new conditions having been added despite multiple submissions and petitions.
  4. When I signed up for the program, I believed that law enforcement would not have access to the registry. HB 4834 violates our most basic rights to privacy, as outlined in the act. It is unfair to change the rules in such a drastic way after the program has begun.
  5. Legislators and law enforcement continue to fail to realize this is a medical issue, protected by HIPAA and aimed at helping the people of Michigan experience relief from their existing medical issues.
  6. HB 4856 criminalizes behavior that that is the norm for a possessing and transferring any other medication including prescription narcotics.
  7. HB 4853, which should require a 75% vote, criminalizes a patients' safe access for acquiring medicine and limits the protections set out in the initiative.
  8. HB 4851 is unneeded because LARA has recently published its guidelines for medical marihuana certification, addressing this issue as a private health issue and not a public safety issue.
  9. The issue of a "locked enclosed facility" is before the Michigan Supreme Court and effectively makes the transportation of any cannabis plant illegal.
  10. Additionally, and for unknown reasons, the amendment to guarantee a right to present a medical marihuana defense to a jury was amended, quoting a Representative "this seems so un-American."
  11. HB 4834 is the most horrifying yet, allowing access by the loosely defined "law enforcement official" access to the registry. Over 130,000 patients and numerous caregivers had been promised and believed that their registry information would be kept private. To honestly ensure these protections, "law enforcement officials" should instead be required to get a warrant signed by a neutral and detached magistrate. This is the procedure for obtaining a warrant for the search of someone's home, and stands as a more acceptable approach. Additionally, Law Enforcement Officers can already verify the validity of a medical marijuana patient's registry ID card through the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.
  12. In early March of 2012, LARA announced it had purchased a new printer which would be installed by the end of the month. We have yet to see it put into use, if it even exists. It has been four years and it appears to be more empty promises.
  13. What's more is that patients and caregivers are no safer than they were prior to 2008, when 63 percent of the voters in Michigan mandated a change.
  14. Based on the above factors and a lack of effort to keep Michigan residents, namely patients and caregivers, safe under the current law, I strongly urge you to vote "no" on all House bills relating to medical marijuana.

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OPERATION 26 % - Letter

Dear Representative,

Re: HB 4834, HB 4851, HB 4853, HB 4856

As a Michigan voter I was very disappointed to learn that this Legislature is considering amending the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA). For the past four years we have watched the medical marihuana community beg and plead for the Medical Marihuana Program to:
  1. End the six month delays in getting the registry cards out to patients,
  2. Add new conditions to the program such as PTSD, and
  3. Ensure the privacy of the patients and caregivers as they were promised in the initiative and the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act.

The proposed Bills do nothing to recognize the MMMA as a private health issue rather than a public safety issue. The four bills that recently passed the Judiciary Committee which suggest an attempt to "fix" the Medical Marihuana Act do nothing to address the real concerns of patients and caregivers. After many months of dialogue through supposedly bipartisan workgroups, not one Medical Marihuana organization or group supports the Bills.

HB 4856, which should require a 75% vote, criminalizes behavior that that is the norm for possessing and transferring any other medication, including prescription narcotics.

HB 4853, which should require a 75% vote, criminalizes a patients' safe access for acquiring medicine and limits the protections set out in the initiative.

HB 4851 is unneeded legislation because LARA has recently published its guidelines for medical marihuana certification, addressing this issue as a private health issue and not a public safety issue. The Definition of "locked enclosed facility" is before the Michigan Supreme Court; the definition proposed by the legislature effectively makes the transportation of any cannabis plant illegal.

Additionally, and for unknown reasons, the amendment to guarantee of a right to present a medical marihuana defense to a jury was removed. During the hearings one of the committee members was quoted as saying "that seems un-American."

HB 4834 is the most horrifying, allowing access by the loosely defined "law enforcement official" to the registry. Over 130,000 patients and numerous caregivers had been promised and believed that their registry information would be kept private. To honestly ensure these protections "law enforcement officials" should instead be required to get a warrant signed by a neutral and detached magistrate. This is the procedure for obtaining a warrant for the search of someone's home, and is the more acceptable approach. Additionally, Law Enforcement Officers can already verify the validity of a medical marijuana patient's registry ID card through the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs and the LEIN system.

Finally, patients and caregivers are no safer than they were prior to 2008, when 63 percent of the voters in Michigan mandated a change.

These bills are a needless infringement on patient privacy and rights and I ask you to vote "no."

[Voter signature/name]


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THE MMMA'S OPERATION 26% - The List

These are the People, the Representatives that need to be convinced.

Here is the link http://www.housedems.com/ if you want to see the faces of the Government officials who will decide the future of the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act.

State Representative Richard E. Hammel (Mt. Morris Township) House Democratic Leader
Office Address
167 Capitol Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-7557 Fax: (517) 373-5953
Toll-Free
(888) 347-8048
Email [email protected]

State Representative Kate Segal, 62nd House District.
Office Address
141 Capitol Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0555 Fax: (517) 373-5761
Toll-Free
(888) 347-8062
Email [email protected]

State Representative Woodrow Stanley, Michigan's 34th House District.
Office Address
N798 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-8808 Fax: (517) 373-5997
Toll-Free
(888) 966-3034
Email [email protected]

State Representative Mark Meadows 69th House District
Office Address
S1088 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-1786 Fax: (517) 373-5717
Email [email protected]

State Representative Steven Lindberg, 109th House District
Office Address
S1488 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0498 Fax: (517) 373-9366
Toll-Free
(888) 429-1377
Email [email protected]

State Representative Jeff Irwin
53rd House District
Office Address
S987 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-2577 Fax: (517) 373-5808
Email [email protected]

State Representative Jim Ananich 49th House District
Office Address
N898 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-7515 Fax: (517) 373-5817
Toll-Free
(800) 354-6849
Email [email protected]

State Representative Vicki Barnett
37th House District
Office Address
S886 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-1793 Fax: (517) 373-8501
Toll-Free
(888) 642-4037
Email [email protected]

State Representative Joan Bauer
68th House District
Office Address
S1087 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0826 Fax: (517) 373-5698
Email [email protected]

State Representative Tim Bledsoe
1st House District
Office Address
S585 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0154 Fax: (517) 373-6094
Toll-Free
(888) 254-5291
Email [email protected]

State Representative Lisa Brown
39th House District
Office Address
S888 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-1799 Fax: (517) 373-8361
Toll-Free
(877) 822-5472
Email [email protected]

State Representative Charles Brunner
96th House District
Office Address
S1285 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0158 Fax: (517) 373-8881
Toll-Free
(866) 737-0096
Email [email protected]

State Representative Barb Byrum
67th House District
Office Address
S1086 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0587 Fax: (517) 373-9430
Email [email protected]

State Representative Phil Cavanagh
17th House District
Office Address
N696 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0857 Fax: (517) 373-5976
Toll-Free
(888) 737-1784
Email [email protected]

State Representative Paul D. Clemente 14th House District
Office Address
N693 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0140 Fax: (517) 373-5924
Email [email protected]

State Representative Bob Constan
16th House District
Office Address
N695 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0849 Fax: (517) 373-5967
Toll-Free
(888) 345-8017
Email [email protected]

State Representative George T. Darany
15th House District
Office Address
N694 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0847 Fax: (517) 373-7538
Toll-Free
(855) 775-1515
Email [email protected]

State Rep. Brandon Dillon
75th House District
Office Address
N1094 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-2668 Fax: (517) 373-5696
Toll-Free
(888) 750-3326
Email [email protected]

State Representative Fred Durhal Jr.
6th House District
Office Address
S685 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0844 Fax: (517) 373-5711
Toll-Free
(877) 877-9007
Email [email protected]

State Representative Douglas A. Geiss
22nd House District
Office Address
S786 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0852 Fax: (517) 373-5934
Toll-Free
(888) 737-4347
Email [email protected]

State Representative Tim Greimel
29th House District
Office Address
N793 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0475 Fax: (517) 373-5061
Email [email protected]

State Representative Harold L. Haugh
42nd House District
Office Address
N891 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0854 Fax: (517) 373-5911
Toll-Free
(866) 994-2844
Email [email protected]

State Representative Rudy Hobbs
35th House District
Office Address
N799 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-1788 Fax: (517) 373-5880
Toll-Free
(855) 737-7839
Email [email protected]

State Representative Marcia Hovey-Wright
92nd House District
Office Address
N1196 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-2646 Fax: (517) 373-9646
Toll-Free
(877) 411-3684
Email [email protected]

State Rep. Lisa L. Howze
2nd House District
Office Address
S586 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0106 Fax: (517) 373-7271
Toll-Free
(855) 547-2402
Email [email protected]

State Rep. Shanelle Jackson
9th House District
Office Address
S688 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-1705 Fax: (517) 373-5968
Toll-Free
(888) 474-2635
Email [email protected]

State Representative Andrew J. Kandrevas
13th House District
Office Address
N692 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0845 Fax: (517) 373-5926
Toll-Free
(866) 737-1313
Email [email protected]

State Representative Marilyn Lane
31st House District
Office Address
N795 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0159 Fax: (517) 373-5893
Toll-Free
(877) 347-8031
Email [email protected]

State Representative Richard LeBlanc
18th House District
Office Address
N697 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-2576 Fax: (517) 373-5962
Toll-Free
(888) 737-5325
Email [email protected]

State Representative Steven Lindberg
109th House District
Office Address
S1488 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0498 Fax: (517) 373-9366
Toll-Free
(888) 429-1377
Email [email protected]

State Representative Ellen Cogen Lipton
27th House District
Office Address
N791 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0478 Fax: (517) 373-5884
Toll-Free
(888) 347-8027
Email [email protected]

State Representative Lesia Liss
28th House District
Office Address
N792 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-2275 Fax: (517) 373-5910
Toll-Free
(888) 547-7028
Email [email protected]

State Representative Sean McCann
60th House District
Office Address
N994 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-1785 Fax: (517) 373-5762
Toll-Free
(888) 833-6636
Email [email protected]

State Representative David Nathan
11th House District
Office Address
N690 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-3815 Fax: (517) 373-5986
Toll-Free
(888) 697-3711
Email [email protected]

State Representative Stacy Erwin Oakes
95th House District
Office Address
N1199 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0152 Fax: (517) 373-8738
Toll-Free
(855) 347-8095
Email [email protected]

State Representative John Olumba
5th House District
Office Address
S589 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0144 Fax: (517) 373-8929
Toll-Free
(855) 564-4673
Email [email protected]

State Representative David Rutledge
54th House District
Office Address
S988 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-1771 Fax: (517) 373-5797
Toll-Free
855-DIST054 (855-347-8054)
Email [email protected]

State Representative Harvey Santana
10th House District
Office Address
S689 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-6990 Fax: (517) 373-5985
Toll-Free
(855) 347-8010
Email [email protected]

State Representative Roy Schmidt
76th House District
Office Address
N1095 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0822 Fax: (517) 373-5276
Toll-Free
(877) 976-4769
Email [email protected]

State Representative Thomas Stallworth
8th House District
Office Address
S687 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-2276 Fax: (517) 373-7186
Toll-Free
(888) 347-8008
Email [email protected]

State Representative Dian Slavens
21st House District
Office Address
S785 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-2575 Fax: (517) 373-5939
Toll-Free
(888) 347-8021
Email [email protected]

State Representative Charles Smiley
50th House District
Office Address
N899 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-3906 Fax: (517) 373-5812
Toll-Free
(855) 276-4539
Email [email protected]

State Rep. Maureen L. Stapleton
4th House District
Office Address
S588 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-1008 Fax: (517) 373-5995
Toll-Free
(855) 782-7304
Email [email protected]

State Representative Jon M. Switalski
25th House District
Office Address
S789 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-1772 Fax: (517) 373-5906
Toll-Free
(877) 566-7025
Email [email protected]

State Representative Alberta Tinsley-Talabi
3rd House District
Office Address
S587 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-1776 Fax: (517) 373-8502
Toll-Free
(855) 347-8003
Email [email protected]

State Representative Rashida H. Tlaib
12th House District
Office Address
N691 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0823 Fax: (517) 373-5993
Toll-Free
(877) 852-4212
Email [email protected]

State Representative Jim Townsend
26th House District
Office Address
N790 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-3818 Fax: (517) 373-5888
Toll-Free
(866) 585-2471
Email [email protected]

State Representative Jimmy Womack
7th House District
Office Address
S686 House Office Building
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514
Phone: (517) 373-0589 Fax: (517) 373-6404
Toll-Free
(888) 596-6225
Email [email protected]

 

purklize

Active Member
We need 28 "no" votes. There are 47 Dems. Don't forget to hammer the Republicans too, especially if they are your representative, and especially if they are a "tea partier" type as some of them are libertarians and not in step with the GOP leadership! Let's get this STOPPED! States like Colorado had their mmj act amended (damaged), but Colorado only requires a simple majority (51%) to amend a ballot initiative. Lucky for us, Michigan requires 75%. We have a very solid chance at stopping this!
 

abe supercro

Well-Known Member
We need 28 "no" votes. There are 47 Dems. Don't forget to hammer the Republicans too, especially if they are your representative, and especially if they are a "tea partier" type as some of them are libertarians and not in step with the GOP leadership! Let's get this STOPPED! States like Colorado had their mmj act amended (damaged), but Colorado only requires a simple majority (51%) to amend a ballot initiative. Lucky for us, Michigan requires 75%. We have a very solid chance at stopping this!
28 IS my luckynumber, from the very beginning.
 
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