So there is a bill circulating in the House of Representatives right now which intends to remove federal penalties from marijuana. In order for the bill to be considered by the house it has to clear its committee assignments, specifically House Judiciary committee. Unfortunately the Chairman of that committee, Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX), will not even place the bill on the committee's agenda for consideration. A campaign was started today to contact him and urge him to consider HR 2306. Within minutes his Facebook page was flooded. Soon after that his page was disabled, only to be up again for a few minutes with the ability to comment removed. Not too long after that the page disappeared completely. It is quite cowardly of an elected official to limit access to him for his consituents simply because he does not agree with their opinions regarding an area of public policy. To simply ignore the will of the people goes against what Democracy is supposed to mean. Please help me in trying to contact Congressman Smith and tell him that he cannot simply ignore the will of the people, and if he doesn't take HR2306 into serious consideration, that voting him out of office will be OUR serious consideration.
http://lamarsmith.house.gov/
202-225-3951
https://lamarsmith.house.gov/ContactForm/
Update: Congressman Smith has taken any and every measure to insure he doesn't have to have contact with any of his constituency, as he has taken down his Facebook page, blocked his twitter and Youtube accounts from allowing people to post on them, and has redirected his phone lines to an automatic answering service. I also found this video on NORML.org, very poignant.
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