I have written and emailed everyone I can think of for support and never get any response . The Charleston chapter of NORML dont seem to know anything or they just dont care to reply .
South Carolina medical marijuana patients need your help now
Last update: January 27, 2010
In 2007, Sen. William Mescher (R-Berkley Co.) introduced
S. 220, a compassionate bill that would allow patients with cancer,
multiple sclerosis, severe pain, and other serious illnesses to use marijuana with their doctors' approvals. Sen. Mescher seemed like an unlikely sponsor of medical marijuana to many people. However, his sponsorship demonstrates the fact that treating suffering is not a partisan issue.
Sen. Escher's first wife died of lung cancer. Her doctor said that medical marijuana might be able to help relieve her pain and suffering and allow her to enjoy the end of her life. Sen. Mescher realized that South
Carolina's policy of criminalizing the seriously ill is cruel and needs to be changed.
Sadly, Sen. Mescher died of a stroke on April 8, 2007. None of his colleagues in the Senate were willing to carry the bill and it died in the Senate Committee on Medical Affairs without any additional hearings.
Please take a moment to contact your state representatives now and urge them to introduce a medical marijuana bill next session.
In order to move forward with marijuana policy reform, there needs to be an open discussion about the issue throughout the state. An excellent way to get the discussion started is by writing a letter to the editor of your local paper.
Please take a few minutes to craft a brief letter to the editor in support of S. 220.