On November 11 Rep. Naishtat introduced a bill that would allow medical marijuana patients an affirmative defense in court. What that means, is that if a legitimate patient got busted for possession, they would be allowed to make a defense of medical use in court. As it is now, they can't even state that as a defense. This is a MUST SUPPORT bill.

Here's some more information about it, from the Texas for Compassionate Care group:
http://www.texascompassion.com/support-hb164.html

Here it is on the Texas Legislative site:
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=81R&Bill=HB164

One of our members called his representative to ask for support for this bill, and the rep's office wasn't even aware of it! We will soon have sample letters and phone scripts up on the site for you to use when contacting your representative. Remember, the only way we can bring about change in the law is to let our reps know that overwhelming amounts of people support this legislation. Help protect medical patients now.