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Cannabis & Hemp , Focus Alerts
ALERT: #462 Arizona Becomes 15th State to Approve Medical Marijuana
ARIZONA BECOMES 15TH STATE TO APPROVE MEDICAL MARIJUANA ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #462 – Monday, November 15th, 2010 Today the article below was printed. We call it to your attention not because of the source newspaper but because few newspapers put their Associated Press articles on line. Please watch your […]
Cannabis & Hemp , Focus Alerts
#461 Debunking False Fears About Proposition 19
DEBUNKING FALSE FEARS ABOUT PROP. 19 ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #461 – Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 If you have been following the news at http://mapinc.org/find?272 about Proposition 19 it should be clear that the campaign rhetoric is heating up. Below is an editorial that debunks myths being spread about the […]
Announcements , Focus Alerts
#460 Ways You May Support Prop. 19 Now
DrugSense FOCUS Alert #460 – Thursday, October 14th, 2010 Here are some ways you may support Proposition 19 between now and election day: Volunteer for Online Phone Bank Training. Watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxr0Pu6SoNk then go to http://yeson19.com/user/register and signed up. It is an easy process. You may call from any […]
What You Can Do
Call Out Leonhart and Kerlikowske
To: ONDCP, DEA Drug Truth Network, a radio syndicate of more than 90 broadcast affiliates in the US and Canada has been on the airwaves for more than 9 years. The sole subject of these radio programs is the “unvarnished truth” about the prohibition of drugs. Drug Truth Network has […]
Focus Alerts
#459 Please Support The Marijuana Propositions
PLEASE SUPPORT THE MARIJUANA PROPOSITIONS ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #459 – Friday, October 8th, 2010 This November 2nd voters will decide state wide initiatives of importance to the reform community. Newspaper clippings about California’s Proposition 19 are MAP posted at http://www.mapinc.org/find?272 Clippings about Arizona’s Proposition 203 are at http://www.mapinc.org/find?273 and […]
Drug Policy , What You Can Do
Drug Regulation Survey
There is a global movement towards recognizing that drug prohibition is a failed social policy. It is now time to explore how we will regulate the market for all currently illegal drugs. Specifically, what kind of models should we use in a post-prohibition world? This survey is intended to be […]
Drug Policy , Feature , Focus Alerts
#457: Common Cause
DrugSense FOCUS Alert #457 – Wednesday, September 29th, 2010 Today the Los Angeles Times printed an OPED you may wish to forward to your conservative friends. You may forward this FOCUS Alert. You may also email any FOCUS Alert from this webpage http://www.mapinc.org/focus/ Please also consider writing a letter to […]
Focus Alerts
#456: Why Parents Should Support Legalizing Marijuana
WHY PARENTS SHOULD SUPPORT LEGALIZING MARIJUANA ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #456 – Sunday, September 26th, 2010 Today newspapers are reporting that California’s respected Field Poll found 49% of those likely voters support Proposition 19, with 42% opposed and 9% undecided. Since undecided voters tend to vote against on Election Day […]