House Concurrent Resolution 116
Medical Marijuana Study
Tasks WV House Committee on Government and Finance to study medical marijuana for 2014 Legislative Session
The Health Committee has released the following resolution, House Concurrent Resolution 116 Medical Marijuana Study, asking the Committee on Gov and Finance to form a select commmittee for the purposes of studying medical cannabis.
Please call your delegates and those on the Committee for Gov and Finance and ask them to support House Concurrent Resolution 116. Call the featured delegates and thank them for sponsoring this resolution.
Here’s how you can help. Call your elected officials, specifically West Virginia Senate and House of Delegates and let them know your support House Concurrent Resolution 116 – Medical Marijuana Study. Copy and get your friends and families to sign this petition in support of medical marijuana in West Virginia. PDF
Deliver, email or mail the petitions to your elected officials. Here’s a link to find out exactly who represents you at the West Virginia level.
Encourage Your Elected Delegates to Vote YES on Medical Marijuana!
West Virginia NORML
Educating West Virginians about medical marijuana and marijuana policy reform
Founded in August 2011, WV NORML’s mission is to educate West Virginians about the benefits of cannabis for medicinal and industrial use; the relative safety of adult recreational use; and the harms caused by prohibition; so as to sufficiently move public opinion and achieve the repeal of cannabis prohibition so the benefits of cannabis can be realized by all.
We are a grassroots organization made up of individuals, families, and communities all across the great state of West Virginia. Alone our voices are powerless, but together we are are a movement and a force to be reckoned with. West Virginia is ready for change but we need your help to make it happen!
I would love to help where I can with the fight for Medical Marijuana in our great state and wold like to attend chapter meetings in the Charleston area
Thank you
Joshua Milhoan
Josh,
Glad for your support! You can help reform WV laws on medical marijuana by sharing your support of this issue. Those of you in dire medical straits, i.e. chemotherapy, multiple sclerosis, PTSD and so many other conditions, can share information from the Resources link by video links, .PDFs filled with scientific studies behind them and finally letters you can copy, paste and mail to your elected officials.
According to two recent polls, West Virginians overwhelmingly support legalization of medical marijuana. Now is the time to let your elected officials you support legalization of medical marijuana.
Now’s the time as this issue is hot right now, with a lot of media attention. Time to make our voices heard!
It’s gotta get out of Committee. The Chairman of that Committee needs to be the focus. Letters, calls, e-mails. And the public should be made aware of who this person is and who is lobbying against it because that is where it has failed in the past. Too much beer distributor, pharmacy and others against it doing secret lobbying outside the light of day..
Use the links listed in this site to find contact information about any elected West Virginia official. Two of us lobbied successfully today and added four YES votes on HB 2230. Write, call, email, do something as we have an excellent chance of success with more voices of support.
It seems the Majority of the state wants legalization, but a select few of the politicians whom have their hands on monetary gains from other sources such for example Big Pharma. will not allow what the majority of it’s citizens in the state wants. The resolve needed to this continuing problem would to be to Elect them right out of their office’s. These individuals are denying the populous of their right’s of choice and it’s time we get them removed , and get replacements that work for the citizens of this Great state whom stand by their oath of being public servants, for the voice of the people and not those just their to fill their pockets with continuous lobbying,.. looking for some sort of pay-off from anyone willing to give it.
Concerned Citized, Thank you for your comment. Now is the time to make your voice heard, time to stand up to Big Pharma. Please download a petition, have people sign it and send it in to your elected officials.
HB 2230 is currently in the Health Committee headed by Del. Don Perdue. Delegates in this committee are: Perry, Ellington, Householder, Campbell, Diserio, Eldridge, Ferns, Fleischauer, Lawrence, Marshall, Moorre, Moye, Poore, Stqggers, Arvon, Border, Cowles, Faircloth, Lane, Miller, Pasdon, Rowan and Sobonya. Call, write or email them and let them know you support HB 2230 The Compassionate Act for Medical Marijuana.
Together, we can make positive changes. Act NOW!
I think the website needs an update, isn’t there a fund raiser coming up in charleston for wv norml
A concert to benefit HB 2230 The Compassionate Act for Medical Marijuana will me held on Thursday evening, March 14 at the Empty Glass. Please plan on attending and supporting efforts to legalize medical marijuana. Will post more complete schedule tomorrow.
James, Hope these updates help. Will post more info as it comes in. Thanks for your interest and hope to see you there.
.I want medical marijuana. But i also want to make sure its kept small. Local. No corporations. High interstate trade taxes. Anything corporate ruins economies. This can help our economy.
The Compassionate Use Act for Medical Marijuana outlines a controlled, West Virginian-run secure grow and dispensing facilities.
It will also add another revenue source to aid the state’s declining tax base.
Contact Del. Don Perdue, head of Health Committee and express your support for medical marijuana.
i am 56 yrs old and i am in almost constant pain from a bone and joint disorder .,i take 5 pills a day for my heart.,some pain pills do not help me.and the ones that do im afraid o,.f or interfer with others, i have been hiding using marijuana from my wife and family,but it works for me..please reply if there is anything i can do to help….
So sorry to hear of your health struggles. It’s frustrating when there is a natural plant that helps so many ailments and yet is illegal when so many prescription drugs harm more than help.
Go to Home Page of this site and follow the links to your delegates. Let them know you support HB 2961.
Support WVNORML by attending upcoming events.
I had my first day of training yesterday at work. How did the hearing go? Theres been no update posted. Did it seem like it was gettinf a favorable review? I have epilepsy and would benefit from this!
The hearing went well, with eighteen speakers advocating for medical marijuana. Your elected officials need to know how you feel. The very best thing at right this moment is to contact your elected delegates and tell them you support HB 2961. The vote should come at any moment so the more people call in or email, the better chance for getting this legislation passed.
I recently let go of religious faith I’ve been taught since childhood and my mind has been wrestling with my new-found secular world view and my old religious one. Chronic tension headaches and migraines began a a few days later from this “post-religion traumatic stress.” I’ve tried all of the remedies, relief treatments, and OTC medication I could find online. None of which seemed to work. I started to lose sleep over this constant vise grip on my head and neck and my jaw felt so tight that I was starting to lose an appetite and became withdrawn from my family. I started to smoke cannibus as a result of failure of legal remedies and it’s the only thing that relieves my headaches. It’s just too bad that it is illegal for me to be comfortable if only for a few hours. I hope the legislation will pass.
oh and my opinion is that this isn’t a punishment from god. It’s seems a sort of psychological social distress.
Marijuana was one of the first crops cultivated so as one of the ‘herbs of the earth’ mentioned in the bible, it’s been in use for tens of thousands of years. Hoping you find relief for your ailments.
Cannibus has been proven to help so many ailments and we are glad it is helping you. It’s hard to be brave and contact your elected officials for fear of police retribution, social stigma, etc. but if enough of us write, call, email, visit, our elected officials must act for the good of the people.
My delegate was one of the co sponsers (Thank you Very Much Diserio). However on another note, I have heard Rep McKinley speak against legalization in any way. “Must be something in the water out there!” and quickly changing subjects when asked further.
Del. McKinley needs to check out the Press Releases page on this site for information showing how state after state is legalizing medical marijuana.
Supporters need to keep up the calls, letters and emails while medical marijuana is being studied in preparation to being brought before the WV Senate next year.
My medical sob story aside, I’m a neophyte when it comes to government process on this House Bill. I’m in Wood County. Who or what people specifically should I contact? Please, just give a list and I will go through it with emails, phone calls, whatever you ask. Happy to do so!
I will take on one quick soap box for my community. Economically speaking, we’re kicking hard-working West Virginians in the face. I’ve met SO many people that will do hard, physical labor- like say, growing- and they need jobs because they want to live here, around their families. On the other end, how many people do you know that could own medical centers, be budtenders, be care specialists/delivery, do marketing, etc to help those that need it (especially the HUGE aging population!) There’s always been a job crisis in West Virginia, it just took the rest of America to catch up. Let’s pass the bill and get some hard workers some jobs.
firsstname, glad to hear from Wood County. The WV House of Delegates Health Committee has released the following resolution WV House Concurrent Resolution 116 at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2013_SESSIONS/RS/Bills/hcr116%20org.htm” title=”House Concurrent Resolution 116 asking the Committee on Gov and Finance to form a select commmittee for the purposes of studying medical cannabis.
Go to http://www.legis.state.wv.us/house/roster.cfm and scroll down to Wood County for your Delegates. Bring the subject up at your next social gathering. Call your delegates in Wood County and all those on the Committee for Gov and Finance and ask them to support House Concurrent Resolution 116. Call the featured delegates and thank them for sponsoring this resolution.
Ask people for support. Talk to people, write letters to the editor, call and email your elected officials to let them know you support legalization of medical marijuana.