You stopped a sneaky drug war expansion! DPA’s work and phone calls from our supporters got Congress to cancel the vote that was scheduled for a bad drug war bill. Now you can help again by urging the Senate to reexamine our criminal justice system. Call Senate Majority Leader Harry […]
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#455 Follow the Money: The Impact of Legalized Pot
FOLLOW THE MONEY: THE IMPACT OF LEGALIZED POT ********************************************************************** 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 […]
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#454 Prop. 19 – End Marijuana Prohibition, Vote Yes
PROP. 19 – END MARIJUANA PROHIBITION, VOTE YES ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #454 – Monday, September 20th, 2010 Syndicated columnist Debra Saunders summarizes the issues well in the column below. Please encourage your local newspapers to carry this column. Newspaper editors will know how to pick up the column from […]
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#453 Why Letter to the Editor Writing Is Important
WHY LETTER TO THE EDITOR WRITING IS IMPORTANT ********************************************************************** 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 […]
Cannabis & Hemp , What You Can Do
Bring Marc Emery Home
We, the undersigned, petition Mr. Vic Toews, Canada’s Public Safety Minister, to immediately approve Mr. Marc Emery’s application for a treaty transfer from the U.S. to Canada. A media figure for marijuana and drug law reform, Mr. Emery is a Canadian citizen who carried out all his activities in Canada. […]
Cannabis & Hemp , What You Can Do
Proposition 19 Money Bomb
We’re going to make a statement. We’re going to show our movement is strong, and that we can win in November. On one day, September 13, the Prop 19 campaign will raise $50,000 — $1,000 for each day left until Election Day, November 2. This couldn’t be more important and […]
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#452 Time for California to End the Unwinnable Marijuana War
TIME FOR CALIFORNIA TO END THE UNWINNABLE MARIJUANA WAR ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #452 – Sunday, September 11th, 2010 Kevin Zeese, the president of Common Sense for Drug Policy www.csdp.org wrote the following for posting to various websites, including ours. The facts presented both in the article and the references […]
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#451 Our ‘War on Drugs’ Has Been an Abysmal Failure
OUR ‘WAR ON DRUGS’ HAS BEEN AN ABYSMAL FAILURE ********************************************************************** 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 […]
What You Can Do
Stop Michele Leonhart
DEA acting administrator Michele Leonhart is out of control, and it’s time to demand a response from President Obama. Tell the president that he needs to find a DEA administrator who respects patients’ rights and local sovereignty