OK so for today’s letter I’ve decided to make my tone less indignant and stress the violence angle.  I also changed the subject line in the hopes that they might read it.  At this rate pretty soon I’m going to be begging.  Here is the letter I sent through MPP, anyone else can feel free to use it:

Subject: Help end the violence

Body:

As a constituent of yours I implore you to please cosponsor H.R. 5843 which seeks to remove federal penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana.  The drug war our nation wages has a huge detrimental impact.  The rift between citizens and the police is growing as clashes over something as minor as marijuana continue to escalate.  This war causes causalities on both sides of the legal line.  On behalf of the officers who have lost their lives enforcing these laws as well as the citizens who have lost their lives/freedom as victims of these laws I beg you to support this legislation.  It is a small step towards a more peaceful society.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions you have.

Whenever I write these things it reminds me of putting a message in a bottle and tossing it into the ocean.  I wish their was an easier way I could speak to one of my representatives personally.  Anyway, here’s the plug if you guys care about this issue I’d appreciate it if you would fire off a letter too.  There is a stock one setup on the web site or you can make your own.  Here’s the link.