This is who we need to convince to give us two hearings!
I need you to contact each of these Senators and just say... " I am an Ohio Voter" and I want you to give the Ohio Medical Compassion Act (S B 343) at least two hearings. I want to hear from the Doctors and their patients and the Experts. Just click on any of the links and it will take you to their Bios with contact information.
Judiciary - Criminal Justice Grendell - Chairman
| REPUBLICANS | DEMOCRATS |
| Timothy J. Grendell Chair |
Lance T. Mason |
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Bill Seitz |
Teresa Fedor |
| Steve Austria | Shirley Smith |
| Keith Faber | |
| Tim Schaffer | |
| Steve Stivers |
These are a collection of some the best sites available to patients today.
www.americansforsafeaccess.org - The nation’s largest organization of patients, medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research.
www.norml.org - A good source for information about marijuana.
* Legal Information
These are the medical marijuana laws:
Alaska: Since 1999. up to 8 ounces of dried marijuana and six mature or 12 immature marijuana plants are legal with a signed physician statement certifying diagnosis and that other medications were considered.
California: Since 1996, up to 8 ounces of dried marijuana and six mature or 12 immature marijuana plants.
Colorado: Since 2000, for patients in possession of ID cards, up to 8 ounces.
Hawaii: Since 2000, no more than 3 usable ounces and seven plants, three of which may be mature.
Maine: Since 1999, 2.5 ounces and six plants, three of which may be mature.
Montana: Since 2004, 1 usable ounce and six plants.
Nevada: Since 2000, 1 usable ounce and seven plants, three of which may be mature. Patients may use affirmative defense to argue that greater amounts are medically necessary.
New Mexico: Since 2007, "Adequate supply" to be determined by state Health Department.
Oregon: Since 1998, 24 ounces of usable marijuana, six mature marijuana plants and 18 seedlings per patient jointly with his or her caregiver.
Rhode Island: Since 2006, 2.5 usable ounces and 12 plants.
Vermont: Since 2004, 2 usable ounces and three plants, one of which may be mature.
Washington: Since 1996, a "60-day supply" is allowed.
Medical cannabis is a necessary medicine for Ohio Patients. We feel it is important for our members and visitors to our site understand how we feel about privacy and what we can and cannot do for them.
At Ohio Patients , we understand that the medical use of marijuana is a necessary medicine and that it is still illegal to use . We understand that privacy and confidentiality are important issues to patients. Therefore, we do not share our mailing lists with any third party. If at some point in the future this policy would change, we promise to promptly notify our members and provide them with a clear and easy means of removing their contact information from our lists.
Financial:
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Email lists:
Under Construction.
Disclaimer
1. Ohio Patients DOES NOT sell, give, or distribute marijuana in any way. Ohio Patients acknowledges that the possession, cultivation, and distribution of marijuana in Ohio is illegal. While we don't like this law especially as it applies to patients and we seek to change it, we will encourage our members to abide by it. However, it also must be understood that we cannot control the private actions of any individual member.
2. Marijuana is not for everyone. Ohio Patients believes that some people experience great benefit from cannabis. We also acknowledge that for others it may make no difference whatsoever and that there may be some patients who, for whatever reason, should not use it at all. In this way, marijuana is similar to other drugs and pharmaceuticals.
3. Marijuana is not completely harmless and without risk. All drugs affect the human body in beneficial and detrimental ways, and marijuana is no different in this regard. Ohio Patients agrees that the side effects profile for marijuana used in the clinical setting may be significantly less than that for comparable drugs, but this should not be interpreted to mean that we believe it to be completely harmless and benign.
4. Ohio Patients does not promote marijuana.
5. Conditions for which cannabis use might be considered should be evaluated by a medical professional. Ohio patients believes that there is no substitute for an open and honest discussion with physicians about cannabis. We realize that some patients may find this difficult in the current politically charged environment, but for the sake of making responsible medical decisions, we strongly encourage all patients to at least try. Serious medical conditions should always be addressed with a doctor as soon as possible.
6. Ohio Patients will make full use of its First Amendment rights. While we understand that marijuana is illegal in Ohio, we are also fully aware that the First Amendment to the United States Constitution gives us the right to speak about marijuana, print material related to it, assemble at events organized for it, and petition the government to change the law regarding it.
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The Ohio Patient s needs your help. We have accomplished so much in the past two years, but there is so much more to do. Our goal is to provide a voice to Ohio's medicinal cannabis patients and hopefully, over time, create an environment where this vital medicine becomes an accepted and legitimate therapy. To do this, we need your help. We'd like you to personally become involved in Ohio Patients by donating your time.
But, if you'd prefer to "vote" your confidence in medicinal cannabis and what we are doing, you can do so by contributing monetarily to Ohio Patients
Donate by credit card: Ohio Patients will be accepting credit card donations through Paypal. Please click on the Paypal button at the upper right on any page . This is under construction so check back soon.
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To donate by check or money order: Please make your check or money order payable to the "Ohio Patient Network" and mail to:
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To write Letters to the Editor we have included a list of the newspapers in the state of Ohio
Media Contacts
Jury Power
The Power of Juries
"If the jury feels the law is unjust, we recognize the undisputed power of the jury to acquit, even if its verdict is contrary to the law as given by a judge, and contrary to the evidence...If the jury feels that the law under which the defendant is accused is unjust, or that exigent circumstances justified the actions of the accused, or for any reason which appeals to their logic of passion, the jury has the power to acquit, and the courts must abide by that decision." [United States vs Moylan, 417 F 2d 1002, 1006 (1969)]
"[The jury has an] unreviewable and irreversible power...to acquit in disregard of the instructions on the law given by the trial judge...The pages of history shine on instances of the jury's exercise of its prerogative to disregard uncontradicted evidence and instructions of the judge; for example, acquittals under the fugitive slave law." [United States v. Dougherty, District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals (1972)]
"If a juror accepts as the law that which the judge states, then that juror has accepted the exercise of absolute authority of a government employee and has surrendered a power and right that once was the citizen's safeguard of liberty." (1788) (2 Elliots Debates, 94, Bancroft, History of the Constitution, 267)
Fully Informed Juries
The American Jury Institute and Fully Informed Jury Association (AJI/FIJA) is a nonpartisan public policy research and education organization located in Helena, Montana. AJI/FIJA focuses on issues involving the role of the jury in our justice system and the preservation of the full function of the jury as the final arbiter in our courts of law. The AJI/FIJA mission is to inform all Americans about their rights, powers and responsibilities when serving as trial jurors. AJI/FIJA works to restore the political function of the jury as the final check and balance on our American system of government.
Americans for Safe Access - Jury Education--Educate the public to ensure that people know they have the right to acquit on medical marijuana.
Freedomlaw.com - Handing out flyers at courthouse - Regas Brief
Full Text Jury Instructions - Civil or Criminal
National Constitution Center: The Responsibility of the Jury - (.doc) Handouts for suggested lesson plan
Jury Service - Ohio State Bar Association
Jury Nullification
No, this isn't some crackpot scheme. The power of the jury to judge not only the defendant but the LAW itself was already recognized long before the Revolutionary War: "The right of the jury to decide questions of law was widely recognized in the colonies. In 1771, John Adams stated unequivocally that a juror should ignore a judge's instruction on the law if it violates fundamental principles: There is much evidence of the general acceptance of this principle in the period immediately after the Constitution was adopted." (Yale Law Review, 1964)
Our Founding Fathers understood that a government of the people, by the people, and for the people requires laws that have been scrutinized by the people. The jury box is the opportunity for the people to exercise this sovereign power.
Definition of jury nullification from Wikipedia
Medical Marijuana: Is Jury Nullification the Next Step?
The Vaults of Erowid - Jury Rights & Jury Nullification
Jury Nullification - Why you should know what it is
Jury Nullification: History, questions and answers about nullification, links
The Jury Revolution - Why Jury Nullifications Will Transform America
Lobbying
Definition:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Lobbying is the practice of private advocacy with the goal of influencing a governing body, in order to ensure that an individual's or organization's point of view is represented in the government. A lobbyist is a person who is paid to influence legislation as well as public opinion. A more tactful description might be said to be someone who is engaged in public affairs.
Most major corporations and political interest groups hire professional lobbyists to promote their interests as intermediaries; others maintain in-house government or public relations departments. Think tanks aim to lobby through regular releases of detailed reports and supporting research to the media for dissemination .
A separate form of lobbying, called "outside" lobbying or grassroots lobbying, seeks to affect the legislature or other bodies indirectly, through changing public opinion (or purporting to — fake grassroots campaigns are known as astroturfing). A modification of the same, aimed to leaders and influential persons in the community, is known as grasstops.
Resources:
Ohio General Assembly Lobbying Center
Lobbying - The Basics - The Democracy Center
Lobbying 101 - Written for the Humane Society, but good info
Lobbying without Regret - A Guide to the Rules Governing Legislative Advocacy by Charities
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The Ohio Patient s needs your help. We have accomplished so much in the past two years, but there is so much more to do. Our goal is to provide a voice to Ohio's medicinal cannabis patients and hopefully, over time, create an environment where this vital medicine becomes an accepted and legitimate therapy. To do this, we need your help. We'd like you to personally become involved in Ohio Patients by donating your time.
But, if you'd prefer to "vote" your confidence in medicinal cannabis and what we are doing, you can do so by contributing monetarily to Ohio Patients
Donate by credit card: Ohio Patients will be accepting credit card donations through Paypal. Please click on the Paypal button at the upper right on any page . This is under construction so check back soon.
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To donate by check or money order: Please make your check or money order payable to the "Ohio Patient Network" and mail to:
To write Letters to the Editor we have included a list of the newspapers in the state of Ohio
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