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            Drug Reform Coordination Network (DRCNet)
                       Rapid Response Team
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Last year, the Ohio legislature passed a medical marijuana 
defense as part of its omnibus crime bill.  Though the medical 
defense was debated in detail, legislators are now claiming not 
to have noticed it, and Ohio's attorney general, Betty 
Montgomery, is pushing through a bill to repeal it.  Our 
sources tell us that the State Senators did not pay much 
attention to the six medical users that testified.

We are asking all DRCNet members and supporters to call the 
attorney general and the governor to express your outrage at 
their cruel disregard for the rights of patients, and to urge 
them to back off and let the marijuana medical defense stand.  
Call Attorney General Betty D. Montgomery at (614) 466-3376 and 
Governor George V. Voinovich at (614) 466-3555.

We are also asking residents of Ohio to contact their state 
representatives and senators and tell them you support 
patients' access to medical marijuana and that you would like 
them to oppose repeal of the marijuana medical defense.    
Contacting state legislators may be the most important thing 
for Ohio reformers to do.

Contact info:

        Ohio House Of Representatives
        Riffe Center
        77 South High Street
        Columbus, Ohio 43266-0603
        (614) 466-3357 (voice)
        (614) 644-8744 (fax)
Address letters to: Office of Representative ____
(Complete listing of representatives at 
http://www.knox.net/knox/govt/house.htm on the web.)

        Ohio Senate
        State House
        Columbus, OH 43215
        (614) 466-4900 (voice)
Address letters to: Office of Senator ____
(Complete listing of senators at 
http://www.knox.net/knox/govt/senate.htm on the web.)

You might also wish to write to the Governor and the Attorney 
General:

        Governor George V. Voinovich
        77 South High Street, 30th Floor
        Columbus, Ohio 43215

        Attorney General Betty D. Montgomery
        State Office Tower
        30 E. Broad Street
        17th Floor
        Columbus, OH 43215-3428

The bill is reported to be on the fast track, so PLEASE CALL 
NOW.  For further information, contact John Hartman, Northcoast 
NORML, (216) 521-9333.

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