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Come out and mingle with Playboy Playmates at the Marijuana Policy
Project's party at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles on March 30,
2006.
Visit
http://mppplayboyparty.kintera.org to buy your tickets now --
and get a tax-deduction at the same time!
Playmates will give tours of the mansion grounds, as partiers enjoy
the mansion's pool area, with its lagoon-shaped swimming pool,
waterfalls, and the famous grotto -- an underground cavern complete
with love seats, flickering candles, and three jacuzzi pools. The
night will also include music, comedy, and an open bar.
This is an exclusive event with limited capacity -- we are selling
only about 200 tickets -- so please visit
http://mppplayboyparty.kintera.org to buy your tickets now!
If you buy your tickets right away, you can even give them to your
friends or family as an unforgettable holiday gift.
Tickets are $500 each if purchased by February 28. After that,
tickets will be $650 each. All proceeds from the event will support
MPP Foundation's work to end marijuana prohibition in the U.S.
Please visit
http://mppplayboyparty.kintera.org to reserve your
tax-deductible tickets today. I look forward to seeing you at the
mansion in March.
Dear Thomas Sutor:
Imagine being a medical marijuana patient living in a state that protected you
from arrest and jail ... but being unable to afford the expensive registry card
that would keep you free.
After the Marijuana Policy Project passed medical marijuana laws in Vermont and
Montana last year -- making those states the ninth and tenth to protect patients
-- we stuck around to make sure every eligible patient could benefit from the
new laws. When we found that some patients couldn't afford the required state
registry cards that allow them to use and grow marijuana legally under state
law, we created the MPP Patients Assistance Program ... which has paid the
medical marijuana registry fees for 46 financially needy patients this year.
Would you please visit
http://www.mpp.org/patients5016 to sponsor a low-income medical marijuana
patient today? Your donation can prevent medical marijuana patients from being
arrested and jailed simply because they cannot afford to pay a registry fee.
You can sponsor one patient with a donation of $100. Or, if you're generous
enough to donate $1,000 or more, you can even start a new MPP Patients
Assistance Program in a new state. (MPP has already received $1,000 to start a
new program in Oregon and a $2,000 commitment to start a new program in Rhode
Island, which we expect will become the 11th medical marijuana state in two
weeks.) Launching programs in new states is a surefire way to generate extensive
coverage of the medical marijuana issue in those states, just like the launching
of our Montana and Vermont programs did.
Additionally, our programs in Montana and Vermont are quickly running out of
cash, so will you please donate anything you can to the MPP Patients Assistance
Program right now, while you're thinking about it? Whether it's $10 or $1,000,
cancer, AIDS, and other seriously ill patients are hoping you will give the most
generous gift you can to help them. Please visit
http://www.mpp.org/patients5016
today.
Thank you in advance for your generosity.
Sincerely,
Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.
P.S. Your donation can be fully tax-deductible and will help keep a needy
patient safe from arrest and jail. Visit
http://www.mpp.org/patients5016
and donate by December 31 to receive a tax-deduction for 2005.
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The Marijuana Policy Project hopes that each of the 100,000 subscribers on our
national e-mail list will make at least one financial donation to MPP's work in
2005. Please visit
http://www.mpp.org/donate5016 to
donate now.
MPP will be able to tackle all of the projects in its 2006 strategic plan --
http://www.mpp.org/2006plan -- if you
and other allies are generous enough to fund our work.
Dear Thomas Sutor:
The Marijuana Policy Project currently has nine job openings throughout the
country.
The following positions are available in MPP's office in Washington, D.C.:
* Legislative Analyst
* Membership Coordinator
* Web Administrator
* Organizing and Outreach Intern
MPP has one position open in Vermont:
* Statewide Organizer
MPP's Nevada campaign committee, the Committee to Regulate and Control
Marijuana, which is campaigning to pass MPP's ballot initiative to tax and
regulate marijuana in Nevada, has four positions open in Las Vegas:
* Director of Communications
* Field Director
* Webmaster
* Receptionist
Additionally, the MPP grants program has issued "Requests for Proposals" for 11
grassroots-organizing projects around the country:
* Five Organizers in Arizona, Delaware, Idaho, Maine, and New Hampshire
* Six Part-Time Organizers in Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Texas, Virginia,
and Wisconsin
All positions require outstanding communications skills, the ability to work
independently, a high level of organization, and a professional appearance and
demeanor.
Please visit http://www.mpp.org/jobs for
detailed job descriptions and instructions for applying.
MPP is not taking phone calls about these positions; rather, all interested
candidates should apply by using the process described at the links above.
Please forward this message to anyone you know who might be interested in MPP or
the positions listed above. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.
P.S. Donate to MPP Foundation and get a tax deduction! Please just visit
http://www.mpp.org/donate5014 by
December 31.
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2005. Please visit
http://www.mpp.org/donate5014 to donate now.
MPP will be able to tackle all of the projects in its 2006 strategic plan --
http://www.mpp.org/2006plan -- if you
and other allies are generous enough to fund our work.
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Dear Thomas Sutor:
There are only 50 weeks left until Election Day in November 2006, and the
Marijuana Policy Project is preparing to stun the country by passing the first
ballot initiative to tax and regulate marijuana in any state -- in Nevada.
Visit
http://www.mpp.org/NV/news/10686.mpp to read the Las Vegas Review Journal's
recent feature on MPP's campaign.
"We have been working in the state since 2001 and talking to Nevada people every
day," says MPP's campaign manager, Neal Levine, in the article. The initiative
"is based on what people have told us they would like to see. We talked to real
people and have come up with a solution. People are going to use marijuana,
regardless. The current laws don't work."
The initiative -- which is already certified for Nevada's 2006 ballot -- would
remove all penalties for marijuana use by adults aged 21 and older, as well as
create a system for the legal cultivation, distribution, and sale of marijuana
to adults.
Last January, MPP beat the Nevada state government in federal court to qualify
our initiative for the November 2006 ballot. And now our top-notch staff is on
the ground in Las Vegas, working to ramp up the high-profile campaign that we'll
be launching early next year.
But we need your help. Please visit
http://www.RegulateMarijuana.org/donate5011 to help us mount the strongest
campaign possible.
IF YOU HELP MPP PASS THE INITIATIVE, WE WILL MAKE HISTORY.
A win in Nevada would rock the nation ... and cause an avalanche of states to
start repealing marijuana prohibition ... which would force Congress to repeal
marijuana prohibition at the federal level.
Notably, our opposition is already gearing up against us. The White House drug
czar's office even sent a letter of complaint to a University of Nevada student
newspaper, warning that arguments for marijuana policy reform are nothing more
than "ridiculous lies" from "drug enthusiasts." (Visit
http://mpp.org/NV/news/10687.mpp
to read the letter.)
The drug czar and his cronies are striking out because they know that public
opinion is on our side ... and that we can win.
MPP'S ENTIRE CAMPAIGN MUST BE FUNDED BY PRIVATE DONATIONS.
With your help -- and only with your help -- Nevada could become the first state
in the nation to end marijuana prohibition. Would you please visit
http://www.RegulateMarijuana.org/donate5011 to make a generous donation to
our campaign today?
On behalf of all of us at MPP, thank you in advance for anything you can do to
help get the campaign off the ground.
Sincerely,
Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.
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The Marijuana Policy Project hopes that each of the 100,000 subscribers on our
national e-mail list will make at least one financial donation to MPP's work in
2005. Please visit
http://www.RegulateMarijuana.org/donate5011 to donate now.
MPP will be able to tackle all of the projects in its 2005 strategic plan --
http://www.mpp.org/2005plan -- if you
and other allies are generous enough to fund our work.
Dear Thomas Sutor:
Yesterday, voters in two Michigan cities passed medical marijuana initiatives by
dramatic margins, joining the growing national trend of voters who are bypassing
legislators and using the ballot box to protect medical marijuana patients from
arrest.
In Ferndale, by a margin of 61% to 39%, voters removed the threat of arrest and
jail under city law for seriously ill people who use and grow marijuana with
their doctors' recommendations. In Traverse City, by a margin of 63% to 37%,
voters made the prosecution of medical marijuana patients the city's lowest law
enforcement priority.
Donal O'Leary at Ferndale Coalition for Compassionate Care -- as well as Laura
Barber and Melody Karr at Traverse City Coalition for Compassionate Care --
should be congratulated for collecting the signatures to put these initiatives
on their respective ballots ... and for running enormously successful campaigns.
As for the Marijuana Policy Project, we provided funding for the post-signature
drive portion of each campaign, as well as strategic advice and media training.
Could you please visit
http://www.mpp.org/donate5001 to make a sizable financial donation so we can
fund additional winning campaigns?
This is what MPP does: We receive generous contributions from you, we use the
money to fund our operations, and we provide activists on the ground with what
they need to win. And we almost always win.
Ferndale and Traverse City are the third and fourth Michigan cities in 16 months
to pass medical marijuana initiatives. Last year, Detroit voters passed its
initiative by 60% to 40%, and Ann Arbor voters passed a similar measure by 74%
to 26%. No medical marijuana initiatives have failed in Michigan, which is
typical of the rest of the country.
Last night's sweeping wins come on the heels of Denver's vote last week to allow
the possession of small amounts of marijuana. By 53.5% to 46.5%, Denver voters
eliminated all city-level penalties for the possession of up to an ounce of
marijuana by adults aged 21 and older.
Also last night, New Jersey voters elected Jon Corzine as the state's new
governor. Corzine -- like his opponent, Douglas Forrester -- has vowed to sign a
medical marijuana bill if one is passed by the state legislature.
(Unfortunately, a medical marijuana bill is currently stalled in committee.)
Visit
http://www.mpp.org/NJ/news/10445.mpp to read Corzine's and Forrester's
endorsements of medical marijuana access.
In city after city, voters are sending a strong message to elected officials
that support for marijuana policy reform is overwhelming and bipartisan.
Would you help MPP continue to build on these successes by visiting
http://www.mpp.org/donate5001 to
make a financial donation to our work today?
We won't give up until marijuana prohibition is just a sad, distant memory.
Please visit
http://www.mpp.org/donate5001 to help us continue the fight.
Sincerely,
Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.
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national e-mail list will make at least one financial donation to MPP's work in
2005. Please visit
http://www.mpp.org/donate5001 to donate now.
MPP will be able to tackle all of the projects in its 2005 strategic plan --
http://www.mpp.org/2005plan -- if you
and other allies are generous enough to fund our work.
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Dear Thomas Sutor: November 4th 2005
On Tuesday, Denver voted to allow the possession of small amounts of marijuana
... and a national Gallup poll showed that 55% of Americans want to see the same
thing happen nationally.
Denver voters passed a local ballot initiative -- by a 53.5% to 46.5% margin --
that eliminates all city-level penalties for the possession of up to an ounce of
marijuana by adults aged 21 and older.
While the signature drive and campaign tactics were designed locally by an
outstanding team at Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER), MPP
played an important role in getting the campaign off the ground; we helped draft
the initiative language, and we raised the bulk of the money for the campaign.
This is one of MPP's most important roles -- to assist local activists in
creating homegrown campaigns that bring about constructive change in their own
communities.
Denver is now the third major U.S. city to vote to allow the possession of small
amounts of marijuana. In September 2003, 59% of Seattle voters passed an
initiative that made marijuana the lowest law enforcement priority in the city.
And, in November 2004, Oakland voters passed a similar initiative with 64% of
the vote.
Denver's campaign, which was run by Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation
(SAFER), was built around the large volume of scientific evidence showing that
marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol. The initiative's language puts the
city on record in support of treating private, adult use and possession of
marijuana "in the same manner as the private use and possession of alcohol."
Unfortunately, in Telluride, Colorado, a proposed ordinance that would have made
marijuana possession the lowest law enforcement priority was narrowly defeated
by a 52% to 48% margin -- which was a mere 24 vote difference!
In a national Gallup poll released Tuesday, a record number of Americans --
fully 36% -- said that "the use of marijuana should be made legal." (And 60%
said it should not be, with 4% undecided.)
When asked whether "the possession of small amounts of marijuana should or
should not be treated as a criminal offense," a solid majority -- 55% -- said it
should not be. (43% said it should be.)
And 78% said they favored "making marijuana legally available for doctors to
prescribe in order to reduce pain and suffering" (versus only 22% who opposed
this).
With record numbers of Americans calling for an end to marijuana prohibition,
MPP's aggressive lobbying and initiative campaigns have never been better poised
for success. If you want to help hammer the nails into prohibition's coffin,
please visit
http://www.mpp.org/donate3040 to make your most generous donation today.
Thank you in advance for anything you can give to help.
Sincerely,
Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.
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national e-mail list will make at least one financial donation to MPP's work in
2005. Please visit
http://www.mpp.org/donate3040 to donate now.
MPP will be able to tackle all of the projects in its 2005 strategic plan --
http://www.mpp.org/2005plan -- if you
and other allies are generous enough to fund our work.
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To: Thomas Sutor
From: Rob Kampia, executive director, Marijuana Policy Project
The Marijuana Policy Project is forwarding you the message below on behalf of
the Drug Policy Alliance.
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Please join the Drug Policy Alliance and over 80 other organizations, including
MPP, in building a movement for reason, compassion, and justice at this year's
international drug policy reform conference. Online registration is now open,
and signing up before October 10th will keep your costs down and ensure that you
get a spot. Visit
https://secure3.ctsg.com/dpa/register/ to register.
The conference is November 10-12 in Long Beach, California. We expect more than
1,000 people, including experts, students, community activists, and other
advocates for reform from all over the world. Sessions will address the entire
range of drug policy reform issues, from marijuana, methamphetamine, and
ayahuasca to advocacy strategies, legal issues, new developments in harm
reduction, and reform efforts around the world. (Read more about topics that
will be covered at
http://www.drugpolicy.org/events/dpa2005/sessions .)
Whether you are an activist, elected official, criminal justice professional,
reform advocate, public health administrator, health care or drug treatment
professional, educator, student, person in recovery, or a family member or
friend of a drug war prisoner, this conference is for you!
SAVE MONEY ON CONFERENCE TRAVEL/LODGING
The Drug Policy Alliance has an opportunity for you to save money on travel and
network with other conference-goers at the same time. Through SpaceShare --
http://spaceshare.com/drugpolicy
-- you can find people with whom to carpool to the airport or the conference,
look for someone with whom to share a hotel room, or even check to see if
another reformer in the area has space to put you up in their home. If you have
rides or space to offer, you can let people know through SpaceShare as well. All
it takes is a quick sign-up at
http://spaceshare.com/drugpolicy .
See you in Long Beach!
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2005. Please visit
http://www.mpp.org/donate3037 to
donate now.
MPP will be able to tackle all of the projects in its 2005 strategic plan --
http://www.mpp.org/2005plan -- if you
and other allies are generous enough to fund our work.
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Dear Thomas Sutor:
Prohibitionists can no longer claim that state-level medical marijuana laws
encourage young people to use marijuana, thanks to a new report by the Marijuana
Policy Project (which you can read at
http://www.mpp.org/teens.html).
Opponents of medical marijuana laws claim that such measures increase teen
marijuana use by "sending the wrong message to young people" ... and now we have
the evidence to show they're wrong.
MPP's new report, which was covered by the Los Angeles Times and UPI --
http://www.mpp.org/USA/news -- shows
that teen marijuana use has decreased -- not increased -- in every state that
has passed a medical marijuana law since 1996.
If you want to help MPP continue fighting against the prohibitionists' lies,
please visit
http://www.mpp.org/donate3036 to make a financial contribution to MPP's work
today.
Additionally, six more recent reports point out the failures and steep costs of
marijuana prohibition and call for a new approach:
* Dr. Jeffrey Miron, visiting professor of economics at Harvard University,
estimates that replacing marijuana prohibition with a system of taxation and
regulation would produce combined savings and tax revenues of between $10
billion and $14 billion per year. More than 500 distinguished economists -- led
by Dr. Milton Friedman and two other Nobel Laureates -- endorsed the report.
(Visit http://www.prohibitioncosts.org
for more information.)
* The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy's (ONDCP's) expensive
drug control programs have failed to produce any meaningful results after 17
years, says a report from Citizens Against Government Waste. ONDCP wastes
hundreds of millions of dollars annually on media advertising and combating
state-level legislation, says the study.
* During the 1990s, the "war on drugs" was transformed to a "war on marijuana,"
with law enforcement officials shifting their focus to arresting larger numbers
of low-level marijuana offenders, finds a Sentencing Project report. Marijuana
arrests now constitute 45% of the 1.5 million drug arrests annually, and
one-quarter of people in prison for marijuana offenses are low-level offenders.
* American drug policy should focus on expanding treatment options and not
prisons, says a new book from the American Enterprise Institute, one of the
country's most respected conservative think tanks. "An Analytic Assessment of
U.S. Drug Policy" uses a market framework to assess the effectiveness of
anti-drug efforts ... and concludes that they have failed.
* Despite the federal government spending tens of billions of dollars combating
marijuana use over the last three decades, use and perception of the drug has
barely changed, according to an economic study released by Taxpayers for Common
Sense. The report singles out marijuana arrests as particularly wasteful and
ineffective.
* The Justice Department's 2005 "National Drug Threat Assessment" concludes that
not only is the war on marijuana a failure, but police officers overwhelmingly
see methamphetamine as a much greater threat than marijuana. Asked to identify
the greatest drug threat in their communities, only 12% of local law enforcement
agencies named marijuana -- a figure that has been declining for years. In
contrast, 36% named cocaine and 40% cited methamphetamine as the greatest threat
-- despite the fact that marijuana use is massively more common and despite what
the report described as "marijuana's widespread and ready availability in the
United States."
Visit
http://www.mpp.org/reports/index.html for more information about these
reports.
As always, thank you for your support of MPP's work. Please consider visiting
http://www.mpp.org/donate3036 to
make a financial contribution to our campaigns today.
Thank you,
Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.
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national e-mail list will make at least one financial donation to MPP's work in
2005. Please visit
http://www.mpp.org/donate3036 to donate now.
MPP will be able to tackle all of the projects in its 2005 strategic plan --
http://www.mpp.org/2005plan -- if you
and other allies are generous enough to fund our work.
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Dear Thomas Sutor: September 7th 2005
The Marijuana Policy Project currently has 16 job openings throughout the
country:
1. A Web Developer for MPP's campaign to pass a ballot initiative that would tax
and regulate marijuana in Nevada. The initiative is already certified to appear
on the November 2006 ballot. Please see
http://www.RegulateMarijuana.org
for more information about the campaign. Visit
http://mpp.org/jobs/2005Nevada/webmaster.html for the job description.
2. A California statewide organizer to pressure California's Republican members
of Congress to vote for medical marijuana legislation that will be brought up
for a vote on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in June 2006. Visit
http://mpp.org/jobs/contract/california-org.html for the job description.
3. Six part-time organizers in Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Texas, Virginia,
and Wisconsin, to persuade targeted members of Congress to support the
aforementioned medical marijuana legislation. Visit
http://mpp.org/jobs/contract/pt-organizers.html for the job description.
4. Seven organizers to build statewide coalitions to tax and regulate marijuana
in Arizona, Delaware, Idaho, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon. Visit
http://mpp.org/jobs/contract/tr-organizers.html for the job description.
5. A campaign manager to run a local ballot initiative campaign in Hawaii
between now and November 2006. Visit
http://mpp.org/jobs/contract/hawaii-cm.html for the job description.
All positions require outstanding communications skills, the ability to work
independently, a high level of organization, and a professional appearance and
demeanor.
Please visit http://www.mpp.org/jobs for
detailed job descriptions and instructions for applying.
MPP is not taking phone calls about these positions; rather, all interested
candidates should apply by using the process described at the links above.
I also want to take this opportunity to thank MPP's 17,000 dues-paying members
who are making it possible for us to fight -- more and more aggressively every
year -- to bring an end to our government's war on marijuana users.
Please forward this message to anyone you know who might be interested in MPP or
the 16 positions listed above. Thank you ...
Sincerely,
Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.
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Dear Thomas Sutor:
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote this week on an amendment to cut
funding for a White House-supported student drug testing program. While MPP does
not condone teen marijuana use, we oppose student drug testing -- which the
White House considers a "silver bullet" for reducing teen marijuana use -- in
large part because it encourages students to turn from marijuana to harder drugs
such as cocaine, heroin, and alcohol, which are less detectable by drug tests.
An amendment introduced by Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA) would cut $10 million
from the federal student drug testing program and instead use the money to fund
the Reintegration of Youthful Offenders program, which funds occupational
training, apprenticeships, internships, job placement assistance, and remedial
reading and math instruction to help young offenders get back on their feet.
Would you please take one minute to ask your Congressperson to support this
amendment, which could be voted on as soon as tomorrow (Thursday)?
It's easy: Just call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121. Give the operator
your zip code, and ask to be connected to your representative; you don't even
need to know your representative's name to do this.
When the receptionist for the Congressperson -- not the Capitol receptionist --
answers, say something like: "Hi, this is [name]. I live in [city], and I'm
calling to ask my representative to vote for Bobby Scott's amendment to the
Labor-HHS-Education bill, which will be considered this week. The amendment
would save the Reintegration of Youthful Offenders program by shifting $10
million from student drug testing to fund it."
Here are some talking points you may want to use:
* Numerous studies have found that forcing students to undergo degrading urine
tests -- often a condition of participating in extracurricular activities -- has
no impact on illegal drug use among young people.
* Drug testing can even lead students to use drugs that are more dangerous than
marijuana but less detectable by drug tests -- including alcohol, which causes
far more student deaths each year than all illegal drugs combined and which is
almost impossible to detect with urinalysis.
Please take one minute to call your representative today.
Thank you,
Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.
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Dear Thomas Sutor:
Thank you for your past use of the Marijuana Policy Project's free Legislative
Action Center to ask your congressional representatives for more sensible
marijuana policies.
Would you consider subscribing to MPP's free e-mail alert list, so that you are
alerted whenever there are breaking opportunities for you to speak out for
marijuana policy reform?
By visiting http://www.mpp.org/subscribe
to subscribe to MPP's free e-mail alerts, you will receive breaking news
updates, as well be informed about opportunities to use MPP's Web site to e-mail
or fax free, prewritten letters to your state legislators and members of
Congress.
MPP's legislative Web pages provide everything you need to influence the
thinking of your legislators. We provide bill numbers, talking points, and MPP's
position on the bills. Perhaps most importantly, our legislative Web system
allows you to identify your state and federal legislators simply by typing in
your street address.
By subscribing to MPP's e-mail list, you will know more about the growing
movement to end marijuana prohibition than your friends, family, and colleagues
... and most elected officials.
Would you please consider visiting
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this request.
Sincerely,
Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.
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Marijuana Policy Project Alert |
May 6, 2005
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Marijuana on par with incest? Fight back today!
"I want marijuana this session."
— Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski
quoted on TV on May 5
Dear :
Thomas
The governor of Alaska declared
yesterday that passing legislation to re-criminalize marijuana should be one
of the state legislature's top three priorities before it adjourns for the
year on Tuesday.
It's costing a
little over $1,000 a day to fight Gov. Frank Murkowski (R) and his crusade
to put marijuana users in jail. Please donate
what you can today to defeat Gov. Murkowski's terrible legislation.
Alaska is the only
state where it's legal to use and possess marijuana for recreational
purposes -- up to four ounces of marijuana in the privacy of the home. But
Gov. Murkowski is pushing hard to impose up to five years in prison for
possessing four ounces of marijuana -- the same penalty as for committing
incest with a child!
Please donate
today to stop this madness.
Alaskans for
Marijuana Regulation and Control has been running radio
ads slamming the governor's
legislation, calling thousands of Alaska voters to get them to complain to
their legislators, and, with the help of the Alaska Civil Liberties Union,
lining up experts to testify against the legislation.
This coalition
successfully stalled the bill in committee for four weeks -- until
yesterday, when the governor's pressure began moving it again. The
legislation is now poised to go to the Senate floor and then quickly over to
the House -- and we need your help to stop it.
Would you please contribute
what you can to keep marijuana safe and legal in Alaska?
At the start of
this campaign, political observers said no one would be able to stop -- or
even amend -- the marijuana legislation. But there has been such an outcry
from Alaska voters that stopping the bill this session is within our grasp
-- if the legislation can be kept from passing before Alaska's legislative
session ends on May 10.
The public is on
our side. All three major daily newspapers in the state have published
strong opinion pieces from
Alaska residents opposing the legislation ... including a parody feature in
the April 26 issue of the Anchorage Daily News, the largest and
most influential paper in the state, which compared
the bills to alcohol prohibition.
Reformers must
continue lobbying the legislature and generating phone calls from
constituents to their legislators over the next four days. Would you please donate
at least $10 today to prevent marijuana from being treated the same as
incest?
Thank you,
Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
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