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Delaware: Volunteers needed to help advance 2021 legalization bill

Apr 12, 2021

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Please reach out to your lawmakers and ask them to support HB 150!

We need all hands on deck to pass legalization this year!

HB 150 — Delaware’s bill to legalize and regulate cannabis for adults — has passed the House Health and Human Development Committee. Next, the bill will be considered by the House Appropriations Committee before heading to the House floor for a vote.

We still need to secure a few more votes for the bill to clear the House, and we need your help. Here are some ways to voice your support and help us get legalization across the finish line this year.

1. Email your lawmakers and ask them to support HB 150.

2. Share our email action link on your social media and encourage others to email their lawmakers in support of HB 150.

3. Volunteer to help generate phone calls to legislators in key districts. The Call Fire system we use makes it easy to volunteer from home. Please email onaugle@mpp.org if you’re willing to make some calls to constituents of key lawmakers. We’ll send details on how to get started.

4. Join our allies at Delaware Cannabis Advocacy Network’s virtual lobby week!

Supporters like you can help us send a strong message to lawmakers to make 2021 the year we end cannabis prohibition in the First State!

Virginia, New Mexico, and New York just legalized cannabis legislatively, and nationwide momentum is stronger than ever. Let’s make sure Delaware seizes the moment and doesn’t get left behind. Take action today and help spread the word to your friends and family in Delaware.

Thank you.

Medical Marijuana

South Carolina medical marijuana bill heads to the Senate floor!!

Mar 31, 2021

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Email and call your state senator today to let them know it’s time to legalize medical marijuana!

“The medicine that saves my life every day is illegal in South Carolina. I am asking my fellow South Carolinians, please support your veterans by asking your legislators to support compassionate legislation to bring this relief to everyone who needs it.”

— J., a female South Carolina veteran with PTSD and a severely painful kidney condition that medical cannabis has dramatically helped

Earlier today, the South Carolina Senate Medical Affairs Committee advanced the S.C. Compassionate Care Act in a 9-5 vote! After six long years of advocacy from patients and their loved ones, the S.C. Compassionate Care Act could get a Senate floor vote next week.

That’s where you come in …

We need all hands on deck to get this life-saving bill out of the Senate before the “crossover” deadline late next week. Here’s what you can do:

1. Send your state legislators an email asking them to stand up for patients.

2. Follow up with a polite call to your state senator.

3. Spread the word on social media, including by posting this action link.

4. Volunteer to phone bank from your own home. We’ll provide training and talking points on Friday, April 2 at 2:00 p.m.

Thank you for your compassion! Now, let’s get moving.

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N.H. House will vote on legalization bill THURSDAY

Apr 02, 2019

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Volunteers are needed this evening in Manchester and Portsmouth, and tomorrow evening in Concord!

The New Hampshire House has already passed the legalization bill once this year in a 209-147 vote. Unfortunately, while the first vote on HB 481 was lopsided, it did not reach the two-thirds majority that would be needed to override a veto. We urgently need to continue gaining momentum, so it is very important that representatives hear from supporters before the next vote, which will take place this Thursday.

Supporters are working hard to convince representatives who remain undecided on HB 481. Americans for Prosperity will host a phone bank this evening, Tuesday, April 2, from 5-8 p.m. at their offices in Manchester (340 Granite St. First Floor) and Portsmouth (767 Islington St. Second Floor), and ACLU-NH will host a phone bank tomorrow evening, Wednesday, April 3, from 6-8 p.m. at their office in Concord (18 Low Avenue). Please help out if you are able!

If you haven't already done so, please take a few moments to find out how your representative(s) voted and send them a follow-up message.

You can read a summary of the bill here, as amended by the Ways and Means Committee and approved in a 14-6 vote. Please share this message with your family and friends!

Prohibition

Help Legalize on the East Coast

Oct 30, 2013

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On November 5, voters will decide whether to approve a local ballot initiative that would remove all penalties for possessing up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana by adults 21 and older. Portland is the most populous city in Maine – where we intend to run a 2016 statewide initiative to regulate marijuana like alcohol – and a victory on November 5 would provide a dramatic boost to our efforts.  It's going to be a very close election, so we need your help. You do NOT need to live in Maine to lend your support in one of the following ways:

1. Call Portland voters using our online phone bank. Our allies at Just Say Now have created an easy-to-use system that provides voters' phone numbers, instructions, and a simple script.

2. Email anyone you know in Portland. We've created a page with a pre-written email to send to your friends and relatives. It also includes tools for sharing this message on Facebook and Twitter.

3. Make a donation to MPP. If you support our work to pass local initiatives in Portland and elsewhere, please donate today in order to move the ball forward in Maine and other states.

By taking just a little time out of your day to call some voters, send an email, or make a financial contribution, you can help us make history next week!