I spent about an hour and a half writing a letter to my state rep and senator in an effort to get favorable legislation concerning my plant introduced.  I figure the effort can be shared, so I removed all the personal information and am including the letter below.  PLEASE CUT, COPY, PERSONALIZE, AND SEND!  Also, please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions!

(Your representative)
(Your representative’s address)

Dear (Your representative’s title and name):

            I am writing this letter to express a concern and request your assistance.  To be very direct, I am a marijuana user, and a proud one at that.  I do not feel that the cannabis plant is dangerous, and I do not feel that it has any effect on mental capacity.  Obviously, I felt vindicated when the city of Columbia resoundingly decided that students like me should not lose federal funding due to first-time possession of a plant and subsequent arbitrary booking procedures.  I also was pleased to see that my fellow Columbians were not opposed to sick people obtaining medicine a doctor would prescribe to them.

I’m sure you are aware of the nuances of and vote count for proposition 1 and 2, but I feel the above details were warranted.  I feel this way because many legislators within the state seem to misunderstand the laws that have been passed, and are seeking to economically sanction the city as a whole for voicing our opinion via democratic election.  I will go as far as to say that the city of Columbia seems to be facing an embargo, and this saddens me because I don’t think the laws we passed warrant this, or were understood.  The national reaction has been unfavorable and misleading as well.

            Any and all effort on your part to correct these false impressions, to represent the will of voters in your state, and to push for reform of inane drug laws will be noticed, applauded, and remembered.  I realize the political implications regarding this matter are significant (which also frustrates me).  I will spare you my thoughts on possible social, economic, democratic, and other benefits that would result from any amount of reform, but I would greatly appreciate any help airing any and all of these commonly-held viewpoints in my government.  I may be the moral minority, but that doesn’t mean I am wrong, or alone.

            In closing, I’d like to recommend that you sponsor a bill for the statewide legalization of medical marijuana.  Of all of the battle fronts, I feel this is the most defensible, and arguments against it carry a definite amoral undertone: Sick patients need it, Qualified doctors want to prescribe it, stubborn government disallows it.  I think that an unbiased survey of the state would find that the majority of people are at least not opposed to this effort, and your actions on our behalf could lessen the suffering and frustration of thousands of citizens in this state.

Appreciatively,

(Your name)

(Your address – so they realize that you are indeed one of their constituents)