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Please
Help
Students
Losing
Financial
Aid
for
College
Because
of
Drug
Convictions
Get
Their
Aid
Back
--
Alerts
Online
for
the
House,
Senate,
and
Arizona
and
Rhode
Island
Legislatures
3/25/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/380/alertsonline.shtml
On March 9, members of Congress
introduced H.R. 1148, a bill to repeal the Drug Provision of the Higher
Education Act, with the largest number of starting sponsors (56) that the
bill has yet had. If you are a US voter, then your help is needed
to build on this momentum to get this bill passed.
Click
here to ask your US Representative to cosponsor H.R. 1148. Even
if you don't think your Rep. would support this bill, it's still important
to write -- it could make the difference in how much opposition we face
when the legislation comes up for a vote.
Click
here to write your Senators asking them to introduce and support equivalent
legislation in the Senate.
If you live in Rhode Island,
click here to ask
your state legislators to support legislation just introduced (at our suggestion)
that would have the state make up for federal aid lost by Rhode Island
residents because of the drug provision and put the state legislature on
record calling on Congress to repeal the drug provision.
If you live in Arizona, click
here to ask your state legislators to support legislation (also introduced
at our suggestion) to put the state legislature on record calling on Congress
to repeal the drug provision.
Thank you for taking action!
You can also read about our two big events this month on this issue --
a Wednesday, March 9 fundraiser to provide to scholarships for students
affected by the drug provision, featuring US Rep. John Conyers and former
drug war prisoner Kemba Smith; and a Thursday morning, March 10 press conference
in the Capitol with seven members of Congress and other advocates announcing
the introduction of H.R. 1148 -- click
here to read the Drug War Chronicle report about both events.
Video footage and pictures from the events are now online as well, formatted
for Windows Media Player -- visit www.RaiseYourVoice.com or go straight
to the Wednesday
night pics or the Thursday
morning pics. Finally, please
consider making a generous donation to support this accelerating campaign.
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Issue #380
-- 3/25/05
Editorial:
Rise
or
Fall
|
Reefer
Reversal?
British
Government
to
Reconsider
Cannabis
Reclassification
|
Medical
Marijuana
Bills
Fail
in
Illinois,
New
Mexico
|
Special
to
DRCNet:
Steroids,
Sluggers,
and
the
War
on
Drugs
|
DRCNet
Book
Review:
Sports,
Sex,
Eternal
Youth:
A
Cultural
History
of
Testosterone
|
DRCNet
Letter
to
Judge
Wexler
on
Upcoming
Hurwitz
Sentencing
Hearing
|
Please
Help
Students
Losing
Financial
Aid
for
College
Because
of
Drug
Convictions
Get
Their
Aid
Back
--
Alerts
Online
for
the
House,
Senate,
and
Arizona
and
Rhode
Island
Legislatures
|
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
on
the
Air
|
Events
and
Conferences
Coming
Up
for
Drug
Reformers
--
Come
Out
and
Be
a
Part
of
It
|
Newsbrief:
DC
Judge
Cleared
in
Jail
Death
of
Paralyzed
Marijuana
User
|
Newsbrief:
Michigan
Nightclub
Rave
Raid
Nets
118,
Many
Charged
Only
with
Frequenting
a
"Drug
House"
|
Newsbrief:
From
Exile,
Kubby
Challenges
Search
Warrant
in
Case
That
Caused
Him
to
Flee
United
States
|
Newsbrief:
Britain's
Top
TV
Cop
Says
Legalize
Heroin
|
Newsbrief:
Marijuana
Crops
Defended
in
Fiji
Senate
Hearing
|
Newsbrief:
Afghan
Anti-Opium
Drive
Causes
Prices
to
Rise,
Makes
New
Planting
More
Attractive,
UN
Head
Annan
Says
|
Newsbrief:
At
US
Behest,
Pakistan
Clerics
Vow
Jihad
Against
Drugs
|
Media
Scan:
Becker-Posner
Blog,
Neal
Peirce,
URI
on
HEA,
Tulia,
Loretta
Nall,
Baker
Institute
on
Needle
Exchange,
New
Jersey
Network
on
Medical
Marijuana,
Whosarat.com
|
This
Week
in
History
|
The
Reformer's
Calendar
|
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This issue -- single-file printer version
Drug War Chronicle -- main page
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