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Action
Alerts:
Waters
Bill,
Drug
Czar
Nomination,
HEA,
Medical
Marijuana
6/1/01
The Maxine Waters bill to repeal mandatory
minimum sentencing now has a number: H.R. 1978. It has been referred
to the House Judiciary and House Energy and Commerce committees.
Please call your Representative (you can use the Capitol Switchboard at
(202) 224-3121), and visit http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/justice/
if you haven't already to send your Rep. and Senators an e-mail or fax.
Ongoing information on this and other bills can be found at http://thomas.loc.gov
by searching on the bill number. See http://www.drcnet.org/wol/187.html#watersbill
for further information.
Other current action alerts:
Repeal the Higher Education Act
Drug Provision
http://www.RaiseYourVoice.com
Oppose the Nomination of John Walters for
Drug Czar
http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/walters/
Support Medical Marijuana
http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/medicalmarijuana/
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Issue #188, 6/1/01
Editorial: Close Encounters | Zero Tolerance Policies in Schools Under Attack -- New Report Finds No Evidence It Works, Plenty Showing Ill Effects and Racial Bias | Czech Experiment With Repressive Drug Laws Under Fire, Reformers Aim Parliamentary Challenge at "Severa's Amendment" | New York Marijuana Reform Party Gears Up for City, State Races, Attacks NYC Police Tactics | French Ravers March Against Proposed Law, Street Fighting Breaks Out in Toulouse | Mexican Congressman Calls for Legalization, Latin America to Unite Against "US-Imposed Drug Policy" | Action Alerts: Waters Bill, Drug Czar Nomination, HEA, Medical Marijuana | The Reformer's Calendar
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