Wisconsin reform organizations, working together, have worked to set up this goal.
We hope to gain your support in working towards putting up a billboard in the Waukesha/Brookfield/West Allis area, near districts of Sen Vukmir and Sen Lazich.
Medical Marijuana is supported by a majority of Wisconsin voters, but this medicine is being blocked by politicians. Patients are needlessly suffering. Your donation can make a big difference.
The primary goal is to put pressure on politicians who are against medical cannabis, and this is a very prominent spot for billboards, near two committee member districts. A secondary goal is to have residual effect on 2014 elections.
To achieve this goal, we are hoping to top $7500 through crowdfunding. We hope to run the billboard for 4-6 weeks before the November 2014 election.
We hope you will donate to this campaign.
The billboard will be digital, present a picture of Lazich and Vukmir with text of “Who is stopping medical cannabis in Wisconsin? Sen Lazich is… Sen Vukmir is…” It will have reference to SB363.
Please send questions to madison@winorml.org
Thanks, Wisconsin NORML The Ben Masel Project Madison NORML SE Wisconsin NORML Wisconsin ASA
New Billboard Highlights Wisconsin State Senators' Obstruction of Medical Marijuana Legislation
*Billboard image available online at www.WisLegalize.org*
MADISON, Wis., Sept. 29, 2014 -- The League of Marijuana Voters launched a billboard Monday that highlights two Wisconsin state senators' obstruction of medical marijuana legalization. The first ever billboard advocating for medical marijuana legislation in Wisconsin is part of a new campaign targeting Senators Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa) and Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin) for preventing passage of a bill that would allow people suffering from debilitating conditions to use medical marijuana if their doctors recommend it. The group is coordinating with the local Southeastern Wisconsin NORML chapter to raise awareness in the Senators' districts.
The billboard, which faces eastbound traffic on I-94 by 121st St. in West Allis, features silhouettes of the two legislators, their names, and their phone numbers. It reads, "WI patients have NO access to medical marijuana," and encourages voters to, "Ask [them] why!" The ad will run from September 29 through November 9. The billboard was designed by a volunteer and paid for by more than 100 individual donors. Planning and fundraising for more billboards around the state are currently underway.
Sen. Vukmir, who chairs the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, refused to allow a committee vote on the Jacki Rickert Medical Cannabis Act (JRMCA). Sen. Lazich (R-New Berlin), who serves on the committee, was also vocal in her opposition to the bill.
"Studies have repeatedly shown that marijuana has significant medical benefits," said League of Marijuana Voters co-founder Eric Marsch. "It can inhibit epileptic seizures, reduce the nausea associated with chemotherapy, and relieve the pain associated with multiple sclerosis, among other things. People suffering from serious illnesses should not be punished for using medical marijuana if it can relieve their symptoms and improve their quality of life."
In April, the legislature passed a bill ostensibly allowing people suffering from seizures to use CBD oil, a marijuana extract. Unfortunately the bill requires the federal FDA approve an investigational drug permit for CBD oil before anyone in Wisconsin can access it, something unlikely to happen anytime soon, and it doesn't cover the vast majority of illnesses that medical marijuana treats. By contrast, the JRMCA would immediately allow patients suffering from a wide variety of debilitating conditions to use medical marijuana.
"We want to make medical marijuana a major issue in these last few weeks before the election," Marsch said. "Most Wisconsin voters support access to medical marijuana, and the legislature cannot keep sweeping this issue under the rug."
A 2010 Dane County Advisory Referendum showed 75.49% of voters in support of medical marijuana. In February 2013, a Fox News poll showed 85% of American voters in favor. Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have adopted laws that allow seriously ill people access to medical marijuana if their doctors recommend it.
The billboard will go up September 29th on I-94 facing eastbound traffic at around 121st st and run for 6 weeks. It appears to be between the Moorland Rd exits and the zoo interchange.
Thanks for all of your support! We will start our next campaign on September 29.
WE DID IT! The billboard will become a reality! We are funded! It sounds like the billboard will run before the Nov 4th Election. More details to come for actual location (I-94 corridor close to Brookfield/West Allis areas) and dates. Remember to vote Aug 12/Nov 4th.
We're less than $500 away from our $7500 goal to get a billboard up exposing our legislators during election season. We're working out a deal with the billboard company now, but we need to reach our goal. Let's get this last $500 and close the deal. So many people are in need of this useful plant.
We're so close. We're less than $1500 away. Aug 12 is the primary election, then begins the true election season. Please give to finish our goal of $7500 for this billboard in a high profile location here in Wisconsin.
Please know this is an effort put on by all state wide pro-marijuana reform organizations. Thanks to everyone who has contributed! Tell your friends. Please share this.
We're almost there! If everyone could just pitch in a few more dollars we'll be sure to have this billboard up for the elections.
We've almost hit $5000. Help be the force behind the change in Wisconsin law. We need your support so we can run this ad during election season.
Thanks everyone who has donated to the Wisconsin Marijuana Billboad fundraiser. We hope you will consider giving if you haven't before. Now is the time. We're close. We are making progress every week. Please consider giving anything you can towards the goal! Thanks everyone and have a great weekend!
We're well past half way.
I'm delighted to say we've hit the $3000 mark. With more on the way. A big thanks to everyone contributing to this important step in the marijuana legalization movement.
There is much progress on this issue and reform organizations all over the state continue to work towards a new legal structure for cannabis. Senator Vukmir has been a stalwort in her mindset, regardless of peer-reviewed research and the hundreds of other studies and thousands of stories nationwide.
Please consider donating again or for the first time to put this billboard up to hold Senator Vukmir accountable. This is the time to close the deal.
Consider this the time to give what you can.
We are going to keep dollar for dollar donations going, so please give what you can. We need to keep hitting these milestones to get to the goal. Thanks for everyone's generosity. Now it's time to give if you haven't.
We encourage others and you should too. If you happen to get a tax return, consider giving a portion to this billboard. We're not asking for it all, but please do something. Invest in ending prohibition.
Wednesday Feb 12 is Wisconsin Medical Society's Doctor Day. The same day a permit to hand out information at the Wisconsin State Capitol is held by a Madison NORML. Feel free to come out and bring your literature geared towards medical professionals.
The same day, at 10am at the Wisconsin State Capitol is a hearing on the Medical Marijuana (CBD only) bill AB726 in room 300 Northeast.
Come and support the cause, give if you can to this billboard. We're almost there. Be a hero and help end prohibition.
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