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Request for Action

Sunday, November 18th, 2007
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Billions of dollars have been spent annually for decades to eliminate cannabis and yet marijuana is even more prevalent today, and cheaper, than when the drug war began. It is repeatedly demonstrated on the evening news that the policies of prohibition are needlessly dangerous and expensive. How many cops have died serving drug warrants? How [...]

Ground Floor

Friday, November 9th, 2007
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Last night, I met with the fellow behind CMRC — “Citizens for Marijuana Regulation and Control” — Craig Johnson. We had actually met at the state convention in ‘06. This time, he’s starting from scratch again, having reframed the argument in a way that is pretty clever. His focus is on building grassroots networks that [...]

Cleverly done!

Monday, October 15th, 2007
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www.protectyouth.org
To Protect Our Youth And Communities
WILL YOU HELP….

Stop unrestricted youth access to marijuana?
Put the marijuana grow houses and unregulated dealers out of business?
Take the profit out of crime?
Restore respect for the law?

YOU CAN….
By working for the regulation, control, and taxation of the marijuana market
These folks have taken the breathless drug [...]

Civic Process

Thursday, September 13th, 2007
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Studies in the Democratic Process
I recently had a pleasant email exchange with my senate district party rep. Do you know your senate district party rep? Mine’s a nice guy — I’ve met him a few times and we’ve had some occasions to chat.
My recent conversation with him centered on my idea to flood the state [...]

Eechurgreenz

Saturday, September 1st, 2007
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Please note the 420 Campaign to end marijuana prohibition, sponsored by our friends at High Times. This is basically a generic, nationwide call for people to “call their representatives and senators” (always a good idea), and provides a number of good links for current actions and groups.
One result of this was the Top Ten Reasons [...]