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Jane Hamsher Talks Marijuana Legalization on MSNBC
Hey, watch this unbelievable video of firedoglake's Jane Hamsher hurling marijuana legalization like a hand grenade into the middle of the immigration debate:
…and everyone just nods in stunned agreement. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I sure haven't seen much coverage of marijuana policy on MSNBC recently, if ever. Is it necessary to tell them you'll be discussing immigration in order to get some airtime for legalization on the most left-leaning cable news network?
It's time to stop labeling marijuana reform as a liberal issue when FOX News has two pundits talking about it constantly, and MSNBC's got nothing to say.
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New National Poll Finds 52% Say Legalize Marijuana
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D.A.R.E. to DONATE: Help SSDP fight anti-drug propaganda!
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Dear friends,
Today is the final day of D.A.R.E.'s annual conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. Â And they are mad. Â They're losing the drug war, and they are grasping at anything to stop our progress.Â
As the only drug policy reform organization representing students and youth, SSDP is directly countering the propaganda machine at D.A.R.E. Â We're advocating for alternative drug education and prevention programs based on science and compassion, not a rabid ideology. Â
In order to keep fighting their propaganda, we need your support.  Can you help us bring more students to our 2011 SSDP International Conference by making a contribution now? Â
Unlike the D.A.R.E. conference, where attendees spend upwards of $800 on a single registration fee, we raise funds year-round for our conference scholarship fund, to help cover the travel and lodging costs of students from around the world. Â Will you D.A.R.E. to make a donation to SSDP's scholarship fund that will go directly to students? Â (Don't worry, we won't spend it on a custom painted Mustang sports cars or lion costumes, like D.A.R.E. does with your tax dollars.) Â
Help us make SSDP's 2011 International Conference bigger and better than D.A.R.E.'s by making a donation online RIGHT NOW!
Sincerely,
Jonathan Perri
Associate Director
Students for Sensible Drug Policy
Call Congress Today to Tell Them to Vote YES for Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reform
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MPP Insider Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 4
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Ecstasy found to Help Alleviate PTSD among Military Veterans
Researchers are gaining ground in the combat against posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in an unlikely way. Touted as “the party drug,” ecstasy, or MDMA, may just be the saving grace for hundreds of thousands of veterans suffering from PTSD.
According to a study by the Rand Corporation, in 2008 one in five soldiers returning home from Afghanistan or Iraq showed symptoms of PTSD. All in all, nearly 300,000 returning soldiers were affected. Letting individuals with PTSD go untreated is detrimental to both the individual and to society as a whole, as it has been linked to higher incidences of depression, health issues, violence, marital problems, drug use, unemployment, homelessness and suicide among veterans. And although each active military service member is provided with $400,000 in military life insurance coverage, that provides little comfort to families of a PTSD-afflicted veterans.
This Week in History
The DEA is going to kill someone
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Dear friends: The DEA has gone rogue. Despite clear guidance from the Department of Justice directing them to do otherwise, agents are conducting raids of homes and businesses where the occupants are acting in compliance with state medical marijuana laws. These agents are storming onto the property of law-abiding citizens with guns drawn, destroying marijuana plants being grown for patients, stealing computers and cash, and even leaving trash on the floor behind them when they are done. A recent raid in Mendocino County, California targeted a woman who had filed formal paperwork to grow medical marijuana, had paid a $1,050 application fee under the local ordinance, and whose operation had been inspected and approved by the local sheriff. When informed about this, the DEA agent in charge said, "I don't care what the sheriff says." It is only a matter of time before one of these raids ends tragically with someone seriously injured or killed. One woman is responsible for all of this. Her name is Michele Leonhart. She became the acting-administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration under George W. Bush and was shockingly nominated by President Obama to be the permanent head of the agency. She clearly has no respect for authority at the Department of Justice and is equally willing to use federal law enforcement power to trample on states' rights. Yesterday, MPP and its allies called on President Obama to withdraw this nomination. We are hoping you will join us. We have set up a page where you can send an e-mail to the White House, urging the President to withdraw the nomination. The pre-written e-mail we provide -- which you can modify -- also mentions that Leonhart has personally obstructed research into the therapeutic benefits of marijuana by denying an application from the University of Massachusetts to cultivate marijuana for this purpose. Michele Leonhart does not deserve to be DEA administrator. Please take action so that President Obama gets this message. Thank you, Steve Fox | |
To contact MPP, please click here or reply to this e-mail. Our mailing address is Marijuana Policy Project, 236 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Suite 400, Washington, D.C. 20002. Any donations you make to MPP may be used for political purposes, such as supporting or opposing candidates for federal office. | |
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Press Release: 3 Georgian leaders sign Vienna Declaration, strengthen call for science-based drug policy
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Poll: "War on Drugs" a failure
Mexican cartels rely more on explosives in drug war
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