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Job
Opportunities:
Marijuana
Policy
Project
9/9/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/402/mppjobs.shtml
The Marijuana Policy Project
(MPP) is currently hiring for the following positions:
-
A web
developer for MPP's campaign to pass a ballot initiative that would
tax and regulate marijuana in Nevada. The initiative is already certified
to appear on the November 2006 ballot. Visit http://www.regulatemarijuana.org
for more information about the campaign.
-
A California
statewide organizer to pressure California's Republican members of
Congress to vote for medical marijuana legislation that will be brought
up for a vote on the floor of the US House of Representatives in June 2006.
-
Six
part-time organizers in Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Texas, Virginia,
and Wisconsin, to persuade targeted members of Congress to support the
aforementioned medical marijuana legislation.
-
Seven
organizers to build statewide coalitions to tax and regulate marijuana
in Arizona, Delaware, Idaho, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon.
-
A campaign
manager to run a local ballot initiative campaign in Hawaii between
now and November 2006.
All positions require outstanding
communications skills, the ability to work independently, a high level
of organization, and a professional appearance and demeanor. Visit
http://www.mpp.org/jobs/ for detailed
job descriptions and instructions for applying. MPP is not taking
phone calls about these positions; rather, all interested candidates should
apply by using the process described at the links above.
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Issue #402
-- 9/9/05
Feature:
Regional
Anti-Prohibitionist
Conference
Gets
Under
Way
in
Buenos
Aires
|
Weekly:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Europe:
Contender
for
British
Tory
Leadership
Says
Legalize
Drugs
|
Asia:
Afghan
Opium
Production
Essentially
Stable
This
Year
Despite
Crackdown
|
Press
Release:
Lawrence,
Kansas,
Moving
to
Shift
Marijuana
Prosecutions
to
Municipal
Court
to
Avoid
HEA
Drug
Provision
|
Sentencing:
New
York
Governor
Signs
Another
Partial
Rocky
Reform
Bill
--
Will
Free
at
Most
500
Prisoners
|
Marijuana:
Surge
in
Arrests
Has
Little
Effect
on
Use
Rates,
Study
Finds
|
Canada:
Vancouver
Drug
Users'
Group
Assists
Users
with
Injecting
in
Order
to
Reduce
HIV
Transmission
|
Medical
Marijuana:
Virginia
Nurses
Association
Reiterates
Its
Support
|
Crooked
Snitches:
Oregon
Drops
More
than
40
Cases
Tied
to
Bad
Informant
|
Europe:
Crackdown
in
Georgia
|
Quote:
William
Rehnquist
on
Mandatory
Minimum
Sentencing
|
Media
Scan:
HEA
in
Boston
Globe,
Medical
Marijuana
in
New
England
Journal
of
Medicine,
Medscape,
More
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
Job
Opportunities:
Marijuana
Policy
Project
|
Job
Opportunity:
Harm
Reduction
Position
in
New
Mexico
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
|
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