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| Eric Siefer |
Just got this email from the MPP (marijuana policy project).
Whether your smoke or not, the way things are going, you're going to have to decide eventually on the future of decriminalization/legalization. I know its a bit long, but atleast look at the figures of marijuana arrests vs. Violent crimes!
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The government just announced it's arresting one marijuana user every
42 seconds.
And the White House drug czar has vowed to "do everything within his
power to stop new efforts to legalize marijuana in Nevada and other
states." (Please see http://www.mpp.org/NV/news_297.html for the
story.)
And government officials are using taxpayer money to oppose the
statewide marijuana initiatives that are on the November 2 ballots in
Alaska, Montana, and Oregon.
And, unfortunately, the Marijuana Policy Project does not have the
money that is needed to finish the final week of these three
campaigns.
Of the 156,736 subscribers on this e-mail list, 2,391 have donated to
MPP at least once in 2004, while 154,345 subscribers haven't donated
anything this year.
According to MPP's records, you are in the second group. Would you
please consider visiting http://www.mpp.org/donate1069 to donate $10
or more today? If you and the other subscribers on this e-mail list
each donate $10, we will have the money needed to finish our campaigns
... and win.
Yesterday, the FBI reported that the annual number of marijuana
arrests reached an all-time high of 755,186 in 2003. That's one arrest every 42 seconds. And 88% of these arrests were for simple
possession, not sale or manufacture.
This figure exceeds the 597,026 arrests for all violent crimes
combined. In addition, marijuana arrests account for 45% of all 1.7
million drug arrests in 2003.
Faced with a government that is waging an endless war on nonviolent
marijuana users, we at the Marijuana Policy Project have two choices:
We can give up and let the government continue arresting millions
more people, or we can fight.
We choose to fight.
And, seven days from now, we're taking the fight directly to voters in
Alaska, Montana, and Oregon:
ALASKA: Two months ago, the initiative to remove all criminal
penalties for marijuana use by adults aged 21 and older was behind by
32% to 56%, but our TV and radio ads have closed the gap: Our internal
polling now shows the initiative down 42% to 50% (with 8%
undecided) -- tighter than anyone thought was possible.
Alaska voters are moving in our direction, and we're pulling more of
them over to our side every day. We have a massive Get-Out-The-Vote
operation; our opposition does not. We have TV and radio ads in heavy
rotation; our opposition does not. Please visit
http://www.RegulateMarijuanaInAlaska.org/ads to watch our TV ads ...
which are so powerful that MSNBC aired one nationwide last week.
But Alaska's elections officials have shown that they are willing to
violate the law to defeat us. Yesterday, an Alaska judge ruled that
Alaska's lieutenant governor violated his obligation to assure the
"integrity, credibility, and impartiality" of state elections when his
office wrote a statement opposing the initiative for the state voter
pamphlet. See http://www.mpp.org/AK/news_343.html for the story.
MONTANA: In Montana, new poll results show that our campaign to
protect medical marijuana patients from arrest and jail has a crushing
lead. Since our TV ads began airing on October 11, support for the
initiative has increased by 9%, and we are now ahead by 63% to 28%
(with 9% undecided).
But Montana Gov. Judy Martz (R) is using her office (and therefore
taxpayer money) to campaign against the measure, calling medical
marijuana a "myth" despite countless seriously ill Montanans who have
found relief from medical marijuana. See
http://www.mpp.org/MT/news_303.html for the story.
OREGON: In Oregon, our TV ads are changing the face of the race to
pass a groundbreaking initiative that would strengthen the state's
existing medical marijuana law by authorizing nonprofit organizations
to sell marijuana to patients and their caregivers. If the initiative
passes, Oregon would become the first state in the nation to allow the
sale of marijuana in any context.
Please visit http://www.Vote33.org/ads to view our ads. Only a
Neanderthal or an authoritarian could oppose the initiative after
viewing these heart-wrenching ads. To no one's surprise, one such
example is Drug Czar John Walters, who has attacked our ads, charging,
"What's really going on is that sick and dying people are being used
as a political prop to legalize marijuana." See
http://www.mpp.org/OR/news_254.html for the story.
NEVADA: In Nevada, our canvassers are on track to collect 80,000 gross
signatures by November 8 to place a marijuana regulation initiative on
the November 2006 ballot. The initiative would remove all penalties for
marijuana use by adults aged 21 and older, as well as require the
state government to authorize a system for the legal cultivation,
distribution, and sale of marijuana to adults. We have already
collected 47,576 gross signatures, 33,183 of which are estimated to be
valid; the initiative needs 51,337 valid signatures to qualify for the
ballot.
With seven days left until Election Day, all the polls are moving in
our direction. All that remains is to raise the remaining money that's
needed to finish our campaigns and win next Tuesday.
Just imagine if we actually succeed at passing the first
"legalization" law in the country ... and we score two more state
medical marijuana wins. If we have the money to finish our campaigns,
we're going to rock the nation with three out of three victories ...
and change the face of marijuana policy forever. Please visit
http://www.mpp.org/donate1069 to lend whatever financial assistance
you can afford today. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
Yes, but the question is: does the generic pothead have the initiative to make it to a voting precint? :wtf:
:p |
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| hardstyle |
| becouse Us govermant is the sucker |
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| Remiks |
| Keep shining mohn. |
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| nialsjd |
| hang them and their parents |
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| OurManFlint |
| You see, this is why we are so paranoid. |
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| Mike_B |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nou
Hippie, go do something, dont post on a forum. |
riggghhhhhhhttttttttt as apposed to what you just did :rolleyes:
Anyways those stats are pretty nuts. Talk about a waste of money
war on drugs pffff |
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| Orbax |
| I wish pot was legal :( |
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| Mr. Pink |
whether its legal or not........ its so in easy to get
just keep it in your house
ive been an avid user for a while now and my grades have maintained, ive accomplished and kept with every goal i have made for myself, and i have NEVER been caught...
cept for this one incident with S.W.A.T. but they never found the weed! lol
anywayz, keep the love going biznatch! |
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| Orbax |
| Id smoke a lot more if I didnt keep having to take drug tests for jobs (which is BS, why the hate) |
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| Boomer187 |
every 42 seconds 42 seconds passes by.
and I was asked to sign the nevada one.....and I didn't. haha. |
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| placebo |
I always trust facts from the MPP.
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Thats like taking everything a political party sends you in its newsletter at truth. |
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