legalize medical marijuana in Virginia!

I write to encourage you to introduce or support legislation making medical marijuana available for seriously ill patients in our state. This is vitally important to seriously ill patients with nowhere else to turn. Research has proven that medical marijuana works where other drugs have failed.Some HIV/AIDS and multiple sclerosis patients suffer from peripheral neuropathy, an excruciatingly painful condition for which there is no FDA-approved treatment. They deserve every opportunity to have a normal quality of life. The American Academy of HIV Medicine, the American College of Physicians, the American Public Health Association, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society are just a few of the healthcare organizations that have endorsed allowing seriously ill patients access to marijuana