Evidence largely suggests that the subject in question would have been given a well-established pain-management strategy otherwise lacking had marijuana been available. Unfortunately, this plentiful, profitable, easy-to-grow and highly accessible substance has been demonized and victimized by hostile propaganda even as dangerous and deadly substances such as tobacco, alcohol and antidepressants remain highly proliferated. From the combination of my experience and my value system, I must implore you to reconsider your position on the subject. You needn't simply take my work on the matter. Please conduct some actual research through peer-reviewed medical journals and I am confident you will find overwhelming critical evidence to support my position. Further, please consider, as will be detailed in the fact sheet hereafter, that the your political concerns over the position are unfounded. Public support for the legalization of marijuana has never been higher, and is largely a product of the view that it has both beneficial therapeutic properties and that its negative health repercussions have been either greatly exaggerated or simply conjured to support a reigning political perspective.

Quite frankly, we are beyond this as a citizenry. The draconian policies which have arbitrarily identified this as a substance so dangerous as to justify governmental babysitting of the public are driven as much by economic motives as anything else. It is time to stop harassing cannabis users; to stop using prison and fines in order to transfer individual wealth to states and cities; time for the government to no longer stand between suffering individuals and their treatment. Once again, I must close with a focus on your

This is your opportunity to learn more and make the right decision. If you desire any further education on the subject, do not hesitate to contact me. I am both part of your constituency and professionally education in such a way as to relieve you of your false pretenses.
Very Truly Yours,

Talking Points:

The state of Florida has already demonstrated itself to be statistically in support of the decriminalization of Marijuana. According to MPP (2010), "in 1997, 63% of registered Florida voters said they favor approving an amendment to the Florida Constitution legalizing 'medicinal' marijuana, according to a poll by The Miami Herald." (MPP, 1)

The United States has demonstrated itself on the whole to be increasingly more receptive to decriminalization on a state by state basis. To date, 14 states have joined a growing list of those in which medical marijuana is legal. Florida is, in this regard, behind the more progressive nations in the Union. (MPP, 1)

Research suggests that marijuana is anatamocially beneficial as a therapeutic substance for a wide array of health maladies. According to Ogborn et al. (2000), "There are indications that marijuana is sometimes used to alleviate pain from cancer, to reduce nausea from chemotherapy, to mitigate the wasting syndrome of AIDS, and for the treatment of glaucoma, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and a variety of other disorders.1,2 A few studies have suggested that the medical use of marijuana is common among people with HIV / AIDS3,4 and those with certain psychiatric conditions." (p. 1)

Evidence suggests that any of the health hazards which are currently related to marijuana use