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URGENT ALERT:
We Have No Time to Lose!!

Kansas Legislature Shows No Interest In Medical Marijuana Bill

On Monday, Jan 30, 2012, Senator David Haley introduced SB 354, "Enacting the Cannabis Compassion and Care Act," companion legislation to HB 2330 in the Kansas House. Senate Standing Committee on Public Health and Welfare Chair, Sen Vicki Schmidt, is virtually owned by the pharmaceutical industry, and Vice Chair is our dear friend Rep Brenda Landwehr. Woe are us. . .

This means we have to work harder and faster than ever before just to keep this legislation alive! Please contact the members of these committees TODAY and urge them to support this legislation! For far too long, too many Kansans have suffered needlessly. That's the real crime.

Senate Standing Committee on Public Health and Welfare

Joint Committee on Health Policy Oversight



Update On Topeka Hearing
by David Mulford
Thank you, Dave, very nice work!

HELP!! We're behind!
In this election year we have much to do, and we are already significantly behind schedule. If we find enough help, there will be many events this year--OPPORTUNITIES to tell voters and legislators the TRUTH about medical cannabis, but we'll need your help. We need volunteers more than ever before. We need behind-the-scenes help with online research NOW. We'll need people on the ground at rallies and public political meetings. We want to make 2012 the biggest year ever for medical marijuana in Kansas, and that's why we need all the help we can get; several tasks can even be done anonymously.
Please contact us soon at
volunteers@medcankan.org!

In the News:
01.30.12: Israeli researchers say more doctors should recommend marijuana to cancer patients
01.29.12: Obama Dodging Marijuana Questions Yet Again
01.25.12: Tour promoting medicinal pot legalization among seniors
01.13.12: Reefer-Mad Feds Step Up Medical Pot Crusade and Threaten Colorado Distributors
01.09.12: Cannabis Treatment Threatens Deadly Painkiller Industry
01.10.12: Marijuana Smoking Not Linked to Chronic Breathing Problems
01.09.12: Middle-aged Cannabis Users Have Sharper Minds

News archives


At last, a presidential candidate we can support!
12/22/2011: Former GOP presidential candidate Gary Johnson, also former two-term governor of New Mexico, has announced plans to pursue the presidency as a Libertarian. Johnson was a popular governor who was instrumental in getting NM's medical marijuana measure passed.
Read more here and please support Johnson in his bid for the presidency. This country needs him badly!


Federal Persecution of Medical Marijuana and Patients Continues
Reneging on its February 2009 promise to end federal prosecution of medical cannabis dispensaries and patients, the Obama administration has instead increased federal raids. Before we can expect to have any hope of success in our mission, federal law governing medical cannabis must be changed--beginning with the 'rescheduling' of cannabis/marijuana. Under the Controlled Substance Act of 1970, the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) has established a rating system.

This ''Schedule' designates every drug's relative safety and risk of abuse, with Schedule I being the most dangerous substances.

These drugs are considered by our federal government to have no known medical use. Heroin is on Schedule I. So is cannabis/marijuana.

Schedule II lists cocaine and methamphetamine as substances having limited medical value. By this logic, cannabis/marijuana is considered to be more dangerous than cocaine and methamphetamine!

Schedule I drugs are totally banned and cannot be prescribed at all, while far more dangerous drugs are legally available at every pharmacy.
(Click on lawmaker's name to email)

Senator Jerry Moran
(202) 225-2715 Fax: (202) 225-5124

Russell Senate Office Bldg, Rm 354 | Washington, D.C. 20510
Senator Pat Roberts
(202) 224-4774 Fax: (202) 224-3514

109 Hart Senate Office Bldg | Washington, DC 20510-1605
Kansas 1st District
US Rep Tim Huelskamp
(202) 225-2715 Fax: (202) 225-5124

126 Cannon HOB | Washington, DC 20515
Kansas 2nd District
US Rep Lynn Jenkins
(202) 225-6601 Fax: (202) 225-7986

1122 Longworth HOB | Washington, D.C. 20515
Kansas 3rd District
US Rep Kevin Yoder
(202) 225-2865 Fax: (202) 225-2807

214 Cannon HOB | Washington, DC 20515
Kansas 4th District
US Rep Mike Pompeo
(202) 225-6216 Fax: (202) 225-3489

107 Cannon HOB | Washington, DC 20515

~ Coming Events ~
TOWN HALL & OTHER PUBLIC MEETINGS:
Kansas 1st Dist
Tim Huelskamp Townhall Schedule

Kansas 2nd Dist
Lynn Jenkins Listening Tour Schedule


SPECIAL EVENTS:
SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS:
April 19, 20, 2012
Kansas Respiratory Care Society

Annual meeting
Further information to come

June 8, 2012
Grace Hospice / Topeka

"Lunch and Learn" Series


Cannabis and Cancer
Christians and Medical Cannabis
Condition-specific info from AAMC
How to help
Jury Nullification
Medical Cannabis Links
Senior Citizens and Cannabis
What?! Cannabis for kids?!! NO WAY!
Who's Who In Medical Cannabis

Take Action NOW to End
FEDERAL MARIJUANA PROHIBITION!
From our friends at the Drug Policy Alliance: Right now a bill is sitting in Congress that could end federal marijuana prohibition and protect the ability of states to make their own marijuana laws without federal interference. Please urge your legislators to end the federal war on marijuana!
(See related story on this page)

Share this powerful film with your family and friends who need to be enlightened.

Wichita Woman Tells How MC Helped Her "get my life back"

MarijuanaDoctors.com
A service for patients searching for medical cannabis treatment in legal medical cannabis states. The site provides patients with visibility and transparency in selecting a doctor and setting an appointment for a medical marijuana evaluation.
(This link has been provided for a glimpse of what we hope will be available to Kansas patients in the less far future than ever before.)

Retirees Call for MedCan


Raw Medicine
Kristen Peskuski's incredible story

Learn how this courageous former Kansas patient manages her Crohn's disease with medicinal cannabis! (Shona is one of many Kansas patients who have moved to Colorado for legal access to their most helpful medicine.)

Archived articles


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8/20/2009: This network is dedicated to ill Kansans, their caregivers and families, physicians, nurses, other healthcare workers, our legislators and the community as a whole. The Kansas Medical Cannabis Network provides medical cannabis information, links to more information, and educational materials. We acknowledge that under the Controlled Substances Act the possession, use, cultivation, transportation, sale or furnishing of cannabis for any purpose--including medical use--are Federal offenses and as such take precedence over any state medical use laws. WE DO NOT FURNISH OR OFFER FOR SALE ANY CANNABIS PRODUCTS. We urge all visitors to this site to take care not to violate Federal or State laws pertaining to medical cannabis. We offer this website as a source of medical cannabis information; we are working through legal channels to change the law; and we encourage visitors to this site to become active in such endeavors. The Kansas Medical Cannabis Network cannot be responsible for the actions of any others in response to information found or opinions expressed on this website.
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