Legislative
and
Media
Alerts:
California,
New
York,
Washington
State,
Colombia,
Meth
Bill#Free
Speech,
Higher
Education
Act
5/26/00
CALIFORNIA The San Francisco Chronicle editorialized against "Smoke a Joint, Lose Your License" last Tuesday, 5/23. Please send a letter to the editor agreeing with the Chronicle, and if you live in California please visit http://www.drcnet.org/states/california/ to tell California's legislators to reject this bad law! Letters to the Editor can be submitted to: Letters to the Editor, San Francisco Chronicle, 901 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, or by e-mail to [email protected], and should be 250 words or less and include your name and telephone number. California NORML has a new web site at http://www.canorml.org. NEW YORK The New York Times editorialized against the Rockefeller Drug Laws on Thursday 5/24. Please send a letter to the editor supporting the Times' stance, and if you live in New York please visit http://www.drcnet.org/states/newyork/ to tell your legislators to repeal these cruel laws! Letters to the editor can be submitted to: Letters to the Editor, The New York Times, 229 West 43rd St., New York, NY 10036, fax: (212) 556-3622 or e-mail to [email protected], and should be limited to about 150 words and include your name, address and day and evening telephone numbers. WASHINGTON Please support Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles' legislators sign-on letter calling for Washington state to open a state medical marijuana research program. Visit http://www.mpp.org/Washington/ to ask your legislators to sign on. COLOMBIA There's another week and a half to stop the dangerous Colombia drug war military package in the Senate. DRCNet supports either eliminating the funding or shifting it into domestic drug treatment. Support is growing in the Senate for an amendment by Sen. Wellstone to shift the funds. Please visit http://www.drcnet.org/stopthehelicopters/ to tell the Senate to say no to the Colombia drug war bill! (JUNE 6 WILL BE A NATIONAL CALL-IN DAY TO CONGRESS -- STAY TUNED!) METH BILL/FREE SPEECH The so-called "Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act" contains provisions that would inhibit the legitimate free speech of Internet users and has not yet been made law. Even straight policy work like DRCNet's would be at risk if the accidental link on any of our vast web sites pointed to drug manufacturing information. Please visit http://www.drcnet.org/freespeech/ to tell Congress this bill is wrong! The Washington Post editorialized against these provisions in today's paper. Letters to the editor can be sent to: Letters to the Editor, The Washington Post, 1150 15th St. NW, Washington, DC 20071 or to [email protected] and should include your name, address and daytime and evening phone numbers (and signature if by mail). HIGHER EDUCATION ACT Please visit http://www.RaiseYourVoice.com to tell your Rep. and your two Senators to support H.R. 1053 to repeal the drug provision of the Higher Education Act. (See top article for information on this ongoing effort.) ALL OF THESE SITES HAVE TELL-A-FRIEND WEB FORMS THAT YOU CAN USE THEM TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR THESE REFORMS -- EVEN FOR THE STATES THAT YOU DON'T LIVE IN, IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO DO.
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