Call your senator today and urge them to pass the Compassionate Care Act!

After seven long years, Sen. Tom Davis’ medical cannabis bill, S. 150 — The Compassionate Care Act — could get a vote on the Senate floor as soon as this week!

Sen. Davis brilliantly defended the bill on the Senate floor last week, and debate will continue again starting tomorrow afternoon. However, opponents from SLED, the sheriffs departments, and the Palmetto Family Council are flexing their muscles to try to peel off votes. We need your help TODAY to make sure senators hear from the overwhelming majority of their constituents who want them to stand up for compassion.

Here’s what you can do: 

1. Call your state senator in support. We provide tips and a sample script to make it easy.
2. Sign up to phone bank with our allies at Americans for Prosperity South Carolina. We need your help to mobilize supportive constituents in key Senate districts.
3. Spread the action link on social media. 
4. Email your state legislators.
5. If you have a personal connection to the issue — including if you have a serious illness and could benefit from medical cannabis — please fill out this form.

This legislation has been a long time coming and has only made it this far due to the diligence and tenacity of Sen. Davis as well as people such as yourself who have raised your voices in support and contacted your legislators about the importance of this bill to the seriously ill and injured patients of South Carolina.

You can read our summary of the bill here. And you can watch the debate — which resumes shortly after noon tomorrow (Tuesday) — here.

Together, we can make the idea of a medical cannabis program a reality. Please have your friends and family around South Carolina let their voices be heard! It is up to us to show S.C. senators that we want the freedom this bill gives patients and doctors to make their own medical decisions.

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Today is the day to let your senator know you support medical cannabis in South Carolina!

Despite overwhelming popular support, South Carolina remains one of only 14 states with no effective medical cannabis law. Let’s make 2022 the year that finally changes. After seven years of relentless advocacy, Sen. Tom Davis’ (D) S. 150 — the Compassionate Care Act — has been scheduled a Senate floor debate this week! To view a summary of the legislation, click here.

Sen. Davis’ medical cannabis bill carries over from last year, when it passed out of committee. The debate may last for days or even weeks before the Senate votes. But with your support, this could be the year we see passage of this historic legislation. To watch the debate live — which will start Tuesday or Wednesday — click here.

Ask your state legislators to support S. 150 — and to enact a compassionate medical cannabis program!

If you have a personal connection to the issue — including if you have a serious illness and could benefit from medical cannabis — please fill out this form. 

After you reach out to your lawmakers, be sure to share this message with your friends and family in South Carolina and encourage them to do the same! The sheriffs association and other opponents are pressuring lawmakers to vote “no.” It’s vital that legislators hear a tide of support from the supermajority of their voters who want them to pass this compassionate bill without further delay.

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Let your senators know you want a medical cannabis program for South Carolina.

Despite overwhelming popular support, South Carolina remains one of only 14 states with no effective medical cannabis law. Let’s make 2022 the year that finally changes.

After seven years of relentless advocacy, Sen. Tom Davis (D) has been promised a Senate floor vote on S 150 — the Compassionate Care Act! The South Carolina Legislature has convened for its 2022 legislative session, and Sen. Davis’ medical cannabis bill carries over from last year, when it passed out of committee.

Ask your state legislators to support S 150 — and to enact a compassionate medical cannabis program.

If you have a personal connection to the issue — including if you have a serious illness and could benefit from medical cannabis — please fill out this form.

After you reach out to your lawmakers, be sure to share this message with your friends and family in South Carolina and encourage them to do the same!

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