StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) is seeking enthusiastic volunteers for two important purposes:

Membership Drive: Do you live in Washington, DC or nearby? We need help from friendly drug reform enthusiasts who are willing to spend a couple of hours helping with our year-end member mailing and our membership phone drive. Most volunteer shifts are on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday evenings, but the office will also be open this Sunday afternoon, next Monday daytime and evening, and possibly Tuesday evening before breaking for the holidays. Efforts will continue into 2009. Come on out, enjoy free pizza and other snacks, make new friends, and help raise needed funds for the cause while gaining valuable volunteer experience. E-mail [email protected] or call us at (202) 293-8340 ext. 302 for further information or to sign up.

Writers:StoptheDrugWar.org is carrying out an ambitious week-long writing-based campaign dealing with the mainstream media's coverage of drug issues -- preparatory work is now underway with the help of volunteers -- and we are seeking to expand our team of volunteer writers who want to be part of it. Along with writing skills, volunteers for this project should have a fairly good understanding of the effects of drug prohibition -- visit our Site Map page and scroll down to the "Consequences of Prohibition" section to get an idea of what we mean by that. Contact David Borden at [email protected] or by replying to a Chronicle email, or by phone at (202) 293-8340 ext. 301, for further information about this very exciting effort.