05-11-2011, 10:00 PM
October 25, 2011
Dear Congresswoman Davis,
I am writing to urge you to sign a petition from Representative Sam Farr asking President Obama to end federal interference with state-sanctioned medical cannabis (marijuana) programs by rescheduling cannabis or by supporting the adoption of legislation that would achieve the same goal.
Earlier this month, California's four US Attorneys announced a major escalation in federal pressure against medical cannabis dispensaries and property owners in California. Despite the Obama Administration's promise not to circumvent state law, the US Attorneys stated that federal law "takes precedence over state law and applies regardless of the particular uses for which a dispensary is selling and distributing marijuana". Not only is that statement unconstitutional, it has led to new raids by the Drug Enforcement Administration, leaving thousands of patients without access to the medication they desperately need to treat the symptoms of cancer, HIV/AIDS, Multiple Sclerosis, chronic pain, and other serious conditions.
In reality, the states have the authority to pass legislation on items, including cannabis, that were not prohibited to them by the constitution. California passed such legislation 15 years ago. It is unconstitutional for the federal government to ignore the wishes of the people, particularly when those wishes were made clear through a properly conducted vote in 1996. The Department Of Justice is displaying a blatant disregard for the Bill of Rights, particularly the 10th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which states the Constitution's principle of federalism by providing that: "Powers not granted to the United States [Federal Government] nor prohibited to the states by the Constitution are reserved, respectively, to the states or the people."
No matter what your personal stand on the specific issue of Medicinal Cannabis might be, it remains your responsibility, as my elected representative, to uphold the Constitution of the United States.
Please sign Representative Farr's petition to President Obama to help protect safe access to medical cannabis in the sixteen states and the District of Columbia where it is already legal. By doing so, not only will you assist those in need of this medication, but you will also address a perhaps even larger illness: The unconstitutional Federal encroachment on States' Rights, which is specifically prohibited by the only portion of the Constitution that is not itself subject to amendment, aka: The Bill of Rights, which includes the 10[SUP]th[/SUP] Amendment.
Thank you in advance for acting in accordance with your sworn duty in this matter,
Gregory Burnham
Dear Congresswoman Davis,
I am writing to urge you to sign a petition from Representative Sam Farr asking President Obama to end federal interference with state-sanctioned medical cannabis (marijuana) programs by rescheduling cannabis or by supporting the adoption of legislation that would achieve the same goal.
Earlier this month, California's four US Attorneys announced a major escalation in federal pressure against medical cannabis dispensaries and property owners in California. Despite the Obama Administration's promise not to circumvent state law, the US Attorneys stated that federal law "takes precedence over state law and applies regardless of the particular uses for which a dispensary is selling and distributing marijuana". Not only is that statement unconstitutional, it has led to new raids by the Drug Enforcement Administration, leaving thousands of patients without access to the medication they desperately need to treat the symptoms of cancer, HIV/AIDS, Multiple Sclerosis, chronic pain, and other serious conditions.
In reality, the states have the authority to pass legislation on items, including cannabis, that were not prohibited to them by the constitution. California passed such legislation 15 years ago. It is unconstitutional for the federal government to ignore the wishes of the people, particularly when those wishes were made clear through a properly conducted vote in 1996. The Department Of Justice is displaying a blatant disregard for the Bill of Rights, particularly the 10th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which states the Constitution's principle of federalism by providing that: "Powers not granted to the United States [Federal Government] nor prohibited to the states by the Constitution are reserved, respectively, to the states or the people."
No matter what your personal stand on the specific issue of Medicinal Cannabis might be, it remains your responsibility, as my elected representative, to uphold the Constitution of the United States.
Please sign Representative Farr's petition to President Obama to help protect safe access to medical cannabis in the sixteen states and the District of Columbia where it is already legal. By doing so, not only will you assist those in need of this medication, but you will also address a perhaps even larger illness: The unconstitutional Federal encroachment on States' Rights, which is specifically prohibited by the only portion of the Constitution that is not itself subject to amendment, aka: The Bill of Rights, which includes the 10[SUP]th[/SUP] Amendment.
Thank you in advance for acting in accordance with your sworn duty in this matter,
Gregory Burnham
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"It is difficult to abolish prejudice in those bereft of ideas. The more hatred is superficial, the more it runs deep."
James Hepburn -- Farewell America (1968)