PLEASE SUPPORT THE MARIJUANA PROPOSITIONS

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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 Oregon’s Measure 74 at
http://www.mapinc.org/find?276

Your letters in response to the newspaper articles and opinions are
an important part of educating the voters.

Americans for Safe Access has a new Proposition 19 FAQ page which
answers questions California’s medicinal marijuana community may have
http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=6127

Common Sense for Drug Policy has produced a special edition of Drug
War Facts for Proposition 19. It is called “Marijuana Facts on Drug
War Facts” and can be found online in the Drug War Facts Marijuana
chapter at http://www.DrugWarFacts.org/cms/Marijuana

A related 2 page Fact Sheet designed to answer common questions about
marijuana is at
http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/files/Marijuana-Facts-from-Drug-War-Facts.pdf

Here are some ways you may support Proposition 19:

Donate https://secure.yeson19.com/page/contribute

Volunteer http://yeson19.com/volunteer

Register to vote – the deadline for California voters is October 18th
http://yeson19.com/vote

Distribute Proposition 19 endorsements
http://yeson19.com/endorsements and
http://yeson19.com/sites/default/files/Yes%20on%2019%20Endorsements.pdf

Below is a small selection of letters by folks like you had printed
since we wrote about letter writing September 18th
http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0453.html

In a close election your letters could make the difference.

Continues: http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0459.html

WHY PARENTS SHOULD SUPPORT LEGALIZING MARIJUANA

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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
Proposition 19 is in need of every possible vote.

You may help by contacting your California voter friends to let them
know how you feel about the initiative.

Perhaps sending one or more of the FOCUS Alerts about the issue would
help. You may send them from this page http://www.mapinc.org/focus/

Other ways you may help are found at the Proposition 19 website
http://yeson19.com/

Newspaper clippings about California’s Proposition 19 are MAP posted
at http://www.mapinc.org/find?272

Your letters to the editor are important, as we stated at this alert
http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0453.html

If you are not yet registered to vote, please do so. You may use the
Rock the Vote system linked from http://drugsense.org/url/JoudT0rb to
register in your state.

Below is an article for parents.

FOLLOW THE MONEY: THE IMPACT OF LEGALIZED POT

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DrugSense FOCUS Alert #455 – Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

Today the Capitol Weekly “The newspaper of California government and
politics” printed the article below as well as another titled
Minorities Have Growing Visibility in Proposition Campaigns
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10.n771.a01.html

Issues raised in the article below deserve consideration.

In a well written analysis titled Prop 19 Would Help — Not Hurt —
Medical Marijuana Patients today David Borden, Executive Director,
StoptheDrugWar.org addressed that issue
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-borden/prop-19-would-help-not-hu_b_735846.html

WHY LETTER TO THE EDITOR WRITING IS IMPORTANT

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DrugSense FOCUS Alert #453 – Saturday, September 18th, 2010

This November voters will decide state wide initiatives of importance
to the drug policy 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 Oregon’s Measure 74 at
http://www.mapinc.org/find?276

Your letters in response to the newspaper articles and opinions are
an important part of educating the voters.

Good advice about prioritizing your letter writing targets is
provided by Robert Sharpe, who has had 2,358 letters published,
http://www.mapinc.org/resource/tips.htm

Facts you may find of value are at
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/node/53 and
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/node/54

Below is a small selection of letters by folks like you published to
date. In a close election your letters could make the difference.

OUR ‘WAR ON DRUGS’ HAS BEEN AN ABYSMAL FAILURE

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DrugSense FOCUS Alert #451 – Friday, September 10th, 2010

Today The Guardian printed the informative column below.

While much of the information may not be news to you perhaps it will
be to the about 1,146,000 daily readers of the newspaper.

Your letters to the editor will let the newspaper know you appreciate
the column and articles about this topic.

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Source: Guardian, The (UK)

Page: 33 of the Main section

Copyright: 2010 Guardian News and Media Limited

Contact: [email protected]

Author: Simon Jenkins

OUR ‘WAR ON DRUGS’ HAS BEEN AN ABYSMAL FAILURE. JUST LOOK AT MEXICO

The West’s Refusal to Countenance Drug Legalisation Has Fuelled
Anarchy, Profiteering and Misery

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010
Subject: #450 Proposition 19 Could End Mexico’s Drug War

PROPOSITION 19 COULD END MEXICO’S DRUG WAR

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DrugSense FOCUS Alert #450 – Sunday, September 5th, 2010

Today the Washington Post printed the OPED below which provides a view
of Proposition 19 from south of the border.

Your letters to the editor will let the newspaper know you appreciate
the newspaper’s providing readers with this viewpoint.

Proposition 19 news clippings may be found at http://mapinc.org/find?272

The Proposition 19 website is at http://yeson19.com/