Here it is Colorado.....

A few guys from the other Colorado Growers thread thought it would be a good idea to start a thread with contact info of senators/congressmen and OUR letters to them. Along with these letters being sent out, I want everyone to post any and all replys that they may recieve from these tools.

Here is all the contact info I have found:

Senate Health and Human Services Committee - 7 Members:

Senator Betty Boyd (D), Chairwoman
District 21: (Jefferson County)
Phone: (303) 866-4857
E-mail: [email protected]

Senator Linda Newell (D), Vice-Chairman
Distirct 26 (Arapahoe and Jefferson counties)
Phone:: 303-866-4846
E-mail: [email protected]

Senator Morgan Carroll (D)
District 29 (Arapahoe County)
Profession: Attorney/Small Business Owner
Phone: : 303-866-4879
E-mail: [email protected]

Senator Kevin Lundberg (R)
Phone: 303-866-4853
E-mail: [email protected]

Senator Shawn Mitchell (D)
District 23 (Adams, Broomfield and Weld counties)
Profession: Attorney
Phone: 303-866-4876
E-mail: [email protected]

Senator Paula E. Sandoval (D)
Profession: Businesswoman
Phone:: 303-866-4862
E-mail: [email protected]

Senator David C. Schultheis (R)
District 9 (El Paso)
Profession: Real Estate Investor (Retired)
Phone: 303-866-4835
E-mail: [email protected]

Colorado State Representatives

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Colorado State Senators

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I am writing this letter as a concerned individual amongst a large group of Medical Marijuana Patients, future Patients and Veterans. This letter is regarding the most recent bill that was voted on, SB109, and the future bills that Senator Chris Romer is trying to have passed in this great state.

First, I would like to start with saying that SB109 passing it’s first vote is a huge detriment to all patients, future patients and caregivers. This bill is going to cause dispensaries to raise prices and sacrifice on the quality of medicine being cultivated. This is only one major concern however it is one of the biggest in my eyes. When the dispensaries have to raise their prices and the quality of medicine suffers, patients will then be going through a larger amount therefore having to come up with more money to afford their medicine. It is already too expensive to get a recommendation, get a card and purchase our medicine because our medicine is not being treated like the prescription medications that other patients choose to use. There is no reason that Medical Marijuana should be treated differently than any other legal pharmaceutical drug. Medical Marijuana has so many restrictions, rules and regulations, that it is becoming increasingly more expensive and more difficult for legitimate patients to be able to obtain this form of medicine.

There is currently no way for someone like myself, a Veteran of the Armed Forces, to be able to afford the outcome of SB109 or other bills to follow. This brings me to my second concern. Being a Veteran, I have to see a VA doctor. Those doctors are federally employed and cannot write Medical Marijuana Recommendations without the risk of their jobs and therefore, they will not write them. That being said, if these new bills are passed, I would have to schedule more frequent appointments that I would have to pay for out of pocket for because there is no clause in my insurance plan that covers doctors visits for Medical Marijuana. With theses new bills, we all know that the price of the applications, cards and renewals will be more expensive. I myself cannot afford to have to pay all of these fees and my doctor’s fees along with the price of my medication.

No one ever stops to think that most of the patients using Medical Marijuana are doing so because they feel that it is a more natural and holistic form of healing than the man made prescription drugs out there. This bring me to my next point. I am having a hard to understanding all of the “ailments” that are required under state law, to receive a recommendation. I personally have a laundry list of different ailments that I know Medical Marijuana helps with. I am a USMC Veteran with 2 combat tours. Due to these deployments, I have been diagnosed with insomnia, Chronic PTSD, night terrors, anxiety disorders and chronic back and shoulder pains due to 8 years of heavy packs. Unfortunately, the only one that qualified me was the chronic pain. I am sure that all of those other “ailments” are being treated and helped by the use of Medical Marijuana. I think that the list needs to be broadened because there are so many other uses for this medicine. Along with these thoughts, I would like to address the number of plants and the amount of medicine that is allowed to be on hand. That amount should be raised for 2 reasons. The first reason that the amount should be raised is because, should a patient decide to grow their own medicine, there is still no way that a person can predetermine a plants yield, no matter how educated you are in the horticulture of marijuana.
The second reason is that no single person in congress should be able to dictate the amount of medicine a patient may be required to use. Only an educated doctor with knowledge regarding Medicinal Marijuana can make that call.

I greatly appreciate you taking the time to read this and hopefully you will keep these concerns in your mind when the next bill surfaces. If you can please take the time to respond to my letter, I would greatly appreciate it. I would like to leave you with this quote “People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote - a very different thing. -Walter H. Judd” All senators and congressmen should be very aware that the decisions they make prior to election day will ultimately be the deciding factor whether they are re-elected or not.
Thank you once again,

Let me know what you guys think. After we revise, add, take away or whatever. This is the letter that I will be sending.

Not bad Rreign. I'm a bit worried that they passed this thing through the senate with only 1 dissenting vote though. Indicates to me that there are a lot of politicians that want to pile on the regulations no matter what the people that elected them think.

Colorado Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Bill
​The Colorado State Senate has passed a bill designed to prevent recreational pot users from exploiting the law to obtain medical marijuana.

The Senate voted 34-1 on Monday to back Senate Bill 109, which will now go to the State House, reports The Associated Press.


The bill bars doctors from writing recommendations inside medical marijuana dispensaries.


It also requires that doctors review a person's medical history and give them a full exam before recommending that they legally use medical marijuana.


Patients between 18 and 21 would be required to get the approval of two doctors, which is already required for patients under 18.



Photo: WestwordMatt Brown of CMMR: "There's really very little in it"​Among the best news about the bill's passage, according to Matt Brown of Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation (CMMR), was the removal of a "medical review board" that would have scrutinized applications by patients between 18 and 21.


"I think that would have been unprecedented, and, if nothing else, it would have served as a flashpoint for a whole lot of anger and concern," Brown told Westword's Michael Roberts.


Brown said that while the bill as passed does require signatures from two doctors for patients between 18 and 21 -- "I don't think that's necessary; it's not nearly as onerous as the other plan" -- the two-doctor requirement isn't unwieldy as the medical review board would have been.


Another reworked section of the bill would have given the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment the power to say certain doctors were recommending too many medical marijuana patients.


"But it went back to what exists now as 'best practices,' which makes sense," Brown said. "I think, by and large, the changes made bring the bill more in line with what you see in every other branch of medicine -- and in the grand scheme of things, that's a compromise we're OK with."


Brown feels positive about the gist of the bill, in part because it doesn't try to over-regulate the medical marijuana business.


"There's really very little in it," he said.

So we NOW need to focus on the State House and all contacts there, up to and including the governor. DON'T be fooled, either! This is only THE first of 4-5 bills they are trying to force feed us!

...and BUMPITY! BUMP! BUMP!

Just spent 2 hours sending out email... In a nutshell I said I would not support any bill/office position/candidate/politician that would hurt the ability of MJ patients to receive and obtain medicine. I also stated that I would pass the word along to everyone/print material/advertising/forums about those trying to support those type of bills and vote against those that support such bills,amendment,controls. I understand the zoning and prior felon issues. On another note addressing the bank issue---Credit Union might be the answer. DO NOT SUPPORT ANY-----bank/retail/service that is for these bills and politicians. If they don't support you then don't bother with them...period. There is ample dispensaries and patents to spread the word fast...

On my emails I'm going to make sure I CC everyone else...so each recipient can SEE that others have received it as well. If that Senator, Representative,etc does NOT act accordingly, the jig will be up as they all got the message at the same time. And of course the Governor as well. I'm still trying to tone my language down in mine, the more I write the more pissed off I get at how this whole Colorado Amendment 20 movement is moving... backwards fast. It's difficult not to cuss these jackasses out for dropping the ball.

They just don't want to have the peoples support or hold office any longer!!!(lol). If their not with us then others will get the vote. Maybe I will have a janitorial job open at my dispensary when they lose their job. I think WalMart is hiring as well.

I must've been one of the last ones to get legal with only 1 doctor then. Damn. =/

Massey Romer bill was just released. They want all dispensaries to grow their own meds. More here

http://medicinalmarijuanaofcolorado.com/showthread.php?311-Lawmakers-Dispensaries-stay-but-as-non-profits

Romer (& Massey) are BOTH idiots. Romer states and I quote-

Perhaps most significantly, the bill would draw a crucial distinction between small-scale and large-scale medical-marijuana providers.​

Small-scale providers — people growing and supplying marijuana to five or fewer patients — would not have to be licensed and would qualify for the protection the medical-marijuana section of Colorado's constitution gives to "caregivers."​

Large-scale providers, like dispensaries, would have less statutory protection, meaning cities and counties would have broad authority to regulate or even ban them from their communities.​

"That's not a right in the constitution," state Sen. Chris Romer, a Denver Democrat who is one of the bill's sponsors, said of dispensaries. "That's a privilege we're going to grant them with a license. If you want to organize yourself as a medical-marijuana center, then you have to play by the rules we set forth."​

The announcement of the bill, which is expected to be formally introduced this afternoon, drew sharp reactions from a handful of medical-marijuana advocates who attended the news conference unveiling its details.

Afterwards, Carla Boyd, a medical-marijuana patient and caregiver, told Romer she thought the bill would lead to monopolization in the industry. Dispensaries that couldn't afford the new requirements for growing or security would be run out of business, she said.

"You're taking away a lot of jobs," she said. "...This is the Wal-Mart of medical-marijuana, and it's not right."
Brian Vicente, the executive director of the medical-marijuana patient-advocacy organization Sensible Colorado, took a milder approach but still raised concerns.
Of the provision that could allow communities to ban marijuana clinics, Vicente said, "it could be seen as a significant weakening of the constitution. We don't need patients bussing to get medicine."
He said his organization has no objection to requiring dispensaries to operate as non-profits.
However, Vicente said he plans tomorrow to file a proposed ballot initiative with the state to take dispensary regulations directly to the voters.
The proposed initiative — which would need about 75,000 signatures to make the ballot — is a hedge in case lawmakers pass regulations the cannabis community finds unacceptable.
"State-licensed medical marijuana patients need storefront dispensaries in the same way that other sick Coloradans need pharmacies," Vicente said in a statement accompanying the announcement of the proposed initiative. "Medical marijuana patients will not go without medicine in Colorado."
The debate over medical-marijuana at the state Capitol this session has been the focus of an intense lobbying battle between law enforcement groups, which want to eliminate retail marijuana dispensaries, and medical-marijuana advocates, some of whom favor as few government regulations on the industry as possible.
Other medical-marijuana groups have been lobbying behind the scenes for moderate regulations on the booming industry, hoping that some government oversight will professionalize and legitimize the business.
Mike Saccone, a spokesman for state Attorney General John Suthers, said his office needs to review the bill more before taking a formal position on it. But he said the attorney general believes retail dispensaries are outside of what voters intended when they approved Amendment 20, the constitutional provision that legalized medical-marijuana in Colorado.
"Amendment 20 clearly laid out a model that, until a year ago, was doing pretty well with just patients and caregivers," Saccone said.​

nice letter, really, but these "law makers" (or swindlers as i call them) are being hounded by the fortune 500 pharmeceutical companies that mass produce tons of opiates. These companies are in direct partnership with the government, which enables them to access to the (so called "controlled" amount) of tons of raw opium, and morphine that the government is allowed to buy from afghanistan and and iindia. These controls were set in place by the UN (but when has america EVER listened to the rest of the world?). Personally i think, instead of asking these polititians nicely (which they will just smirk at), you need to call them out. Call them out on being strong-armed by the MAN. They work for you/us, not the feds, not corporate amer., but little america. Remind them of that. Instead of rallying for their help, futilessly in my opinion, rally to the people, the community. CO of all places is eager for change and could be the axis for this cultural revolution. Strength in numbers, and really light the fire under the politicians, forcing them to bend to your will, otherwise they will bend to the pharmeceutical/government's will, continuing to eat from the hand that feeds them and scares them. Remind them that they work for, and are paid by you. But what corporate america and federal america fears, is a revolution. The polititians will sheepishly follow whoever is in control, and can offer them a better field to graze in. I would forget trying to win their concern on this issue, especially cuz the sheep arent working for you like they should be, instead its the Man and big $ they are loyal to. Strenght in numbers! Get the support of the people, and the politicians wont have a choice. Or u can ask them nicely, and continue to be ignored. i know its easier said than done, but without the support of the masses, u got nothing. The civil rights Acts of the sixties brought change for equality among races and sexes, so i would suggest immitating, preach like MLKjr and rally for support, peacefully, otherwise the government will take every oportunity they can to shoot u down. Change doesnt happen overnight, and its not just the drug companies that profit from suppressing mj, paper companies, and lots of others are scared to lose the business they have in this struggling economy (the whole reason industrial hemp was 1st illegalized was because the phillip morriss of logging companies paid a few million dollars to politicians in order to save billions from loss of business). As much as the government will tell the local law enforcement to squash ur feeble attempts at revolutionizing this economy, like protesting,they will succeed unless ur attempts reach the masses. They can control a small crowd with tear gas and night sticks, but they are scared of a huge mass of protestors. I think the only way mj will be looked at, is if peaceful rallies in the masses and constant civil disobedience call attention to the national guard and national media, thats what the Man fears.