RIPAC E-News
June 2007 Edition
RI Patient Advocacy Coalition
June 2007 Edition
RI Patient Advocacy Coalition
Welcome to the newsletter of the Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition (RIPAC)! Visit our website, www.RIpatients.org ...
In this issue:
1. SENATE OVERRIDES GOVERNOR'S VETO, ON TO HOUSE OF REPS
2. RIPAC FUNDRAISER PARTY: PLEASE HELP US CELEBRATE!
3. MEDICAL MARIJUANA COMES CLOSE IN NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT
4. RIPAC IN HIGH TIMES "FREEDOM FIGHTER" COLUMN
5. PATIENT/CAREGIVER AFFINITY GROUP IS MEETING
1. SENATE OVERRIDES GOVERNOR'S VETO, ON TO HOUSE OF REPS
2. RIPAC FUNDRAISER PARTY: PLEASE HELP US CELEBRATE!
3. MEDICAL MARIJUANA COMES CLOSE IN NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT
4. RIPAC IN HIGH TIMES "FREEDOM FIGHTER" COLUMN
5. PATIENT/CAREGIVER AFFINITY GROUP IS MEETING
1. SENATE OVERRIDES GOVERNOR'S VETO, ON TO HOUSE OF REPS
- Today, June 20, the Senate overrode Governor Carcieri's June 4 veto of the Medical Marijuana Act, by a vote of 29-4!
- Now the House must override the veto by June 30 to pass the Act into permanent law. Assuming all goes according to plan, RIPAC will send out a special victory email next week when this happens.
- The 2005 Medical Marijuana Act was originally scheduled to expire on June 30, 2007. We expect that it will instead become permanent by that date. So, we're hosting a fundraiser party on Saturday, July 7, 2024 to celebrate!
- If you'd like to make a donation and attend this party, from 2-6pm in Woonsocket, please reply at Contact RIPAC with your name and full mailing address so we can send you a formal invitation with further details.
- Last week the New York Assembly passed a medical marijuana bill and Governor Eliot Spitzer said he'd likely support it. This Monday, a bill was introduced in the New York Senate, but no vote has been scheduled; click here to learn more about what you can do.
- Yesterday Governor Jodi Rell of Connecticut vetoed the CT medical marijuana bill, killing it for this year. To learn more, click here; please write to Gov. Rell's spokesman at [email protected] to ask for her support for next year.
- RIPAC Executive Director Jesse Stout is High Times magazine's "Freedom Fighter of the Month" for August 2007.
- Click here to read the short article.
- RIPAC regularly hosts a group of medical marijuana patients and caregivers to network, share information and stories, and provide mutual support--you are not alone!
- If you are a patient or caregiver, or know a patient or caregiver, who would be interested in meeting other patients, please contact RIPAC here!
Have a healthy day,
RIPAC
www.RIpatients.org
P.S.: If you like what we're doing, please donate to RIPAC either online with PayPal or by check to "RI Patient Advocacy Coalition" at PO Box 2731, Providence, RI 02906.
RIPAC
www.RIpatients.org
P.S.: If you like what we're doing, please donate to RIPAC either online with PayPal or by check to "RI Patient Advocacy Coalition" at PO Box 2731, Providence, RI 02906.