Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 11:18:22 -0500 (EST)
Message-Id: <199903051618.LAA11439@belmonte.ne.mediaone.net>
From: belmonte@mit.edu (Matthew Belmonte)
To: CapuanoHR8@aol.com
Subject: support medical marijuana

As your constituent I write in support of the Medical Use of Marijuana Act,
introduced today by Barney Frank.  Marijuana is a real benefit to certain
patients experiencing chronic or severe pain or nausea.  It's often useful
in cases of cancer or AIDS.  States should be permitted to establish their
own policies on the compassionate and therapeutic use of marijuana for
medical purposes.

Also, I note that to date I have received not a single reply to any of the
correspondence that I have sent to you, even though I've always included both
my email and USnail addresses.  This unresponsiveness makes me question whether
your staff is actually reading your mail.  In addition, you've made yourself
very difficult to contact, since you apparently refuse to have a house.gov
address or a functional Web page.  As you know, the Cambridge area contains a
very large population of technical workers and students, and many of us prefer
to communicate electronically.  I voted for you because your campaign materials
made it clear that you best represented the political will of the people of
Cambridge.  However, your presence in Washington is no benefit to us if we
can't communicate with you.