Don't Take Things Personally

Message: "I have a pain condition I have been dealing with for three years and wish I could use cannabis instead of these pills."

Reply: "Thanks for the information. Interesting. Glad to hear your pains being managed"

I can tell you a number of stories where I have taken things personally that have been so arbitrary that they probably were not even meant to be something that was said to have taken in a bad personal way.

When you work for $30,000 a year like most senators and representatives with the amount of pressure they are under to satisfy constituents while being called names and assaulted by ones that don't like them they may say things from time to time without necessarily thinking twice about what they are saying to you.

That's why I wanted to give you a few things to keep in mind when you receive emails back, phones calls back or nothing at all from your senators or representatives regarding medical marijuana.

1. Remember senators and represenatives are very busy so they may be very blunt in replys.
2. If you get a email back that looks like a template, remember they still got the gist of your message and if the representative or senator didn't their aid did.
3. Sometimes you may get a message that seems inadvertently direct and cynical: keep this in mind, your lucky because as humans the people we do this to are the ones we normally think about later on down the road when someone says something similar to them: you'll be the first one to come to mind when they reconcile with themselves.
4. Not everyone is going to agree with you on things. So don't state the same redundant facts.
5. Know that they are here to help you as a constituent and they mean the best in their point of view of what is best for the community, use the power of speech to agree with them on this subject and let them know you are as well apart of this community.

Medical Marijuana is a touchy subject for a lot of people and for elders that were exposed to the 'Marjihuana makes you crazy era' you need to realize this is a tough time for them. Don't go about shoving all the medical facts down their throats. Use your personal experience and medical triumphs with pot instead and how you cannot attain those without facing the prospect of prosecution.