Saving Medical Cannabis In Washington State

       The Washington State Legislature has returned to session, and with it so have we. We are the patients, and the support network that has gathered around the patients to help us get back to the business of living. 

        We deserve the right to seek freedom from seizures, cancer, chronic pain, terminal illness and mental distress. We deserve the right to be proactive in maintaining and building health through the most effective healthy plant grown in the world today. We deserve to have access to medicine that will effectively return to us our quality of life, without the fear of not being able to afford it.

      Healthcare is a human right and not a commercial commodity. So we travel from all over the state, to represent our peers and loved ones who are too ill to travel. We demand that the lawmakers keep the integrity of their words, and not alter the laws on our medicine.  Here are just a few that were able to share their thoughts. 

"I am here today because I am going to try to help the State educate the people about the difference between hemp and cannabis."

"I am not 100% certain of why we would need to roll the rules of medical cannabis, which is already a functioning system in Washington State into an unproven system that is nothing more than a theoretical model at this point. I am not sure how that meets the needs of the patients. "

"Save Medical Cannabis"

"I will not allow government to continue these illegal actions without a challenge being taken." 

"Cannabis is the ultimate populist issue. Nothing but lies have stripped us from this useful fiber, oil, fuel, food, and medicine product. It is time to reject the government lies and return the plant to the people. " 

 "Cannabis cures cancer." 

 "Leave medical cannabis alone until you figure out I502"

"Your presence is necessary, it is your civic duty to be here. If you support the use of natural cures, and patients rights to access to cannabis, we need you down here to participate in this process. We create the rules if we show up and speak." 

"We have 150 people in prison for a plant, 50 of them are serving life sentences for cannabis. We need to get them out of prison. No one should go to jail for a plant. End Prohibition"

"Save Medical Marijuana"

"Cannabis should be governed by compassion not by greed." 

"No one deserves to go to prison for a plant."

"Protect patients and farmers rights"

"I am so proud of Washington State leading the way for the rest of the country. The sky is not falling, the sun comes up in the morning, we are leading the way."

Tomorrow we return to talk to more lawmakers, to educate more of our community. Please join us if you are able.