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Facebook Censors Marijuana Legalization! (Action Alert)

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Dear Friends,

To draw attention to the need for ending marijuana prohibition, SSDP teamed up with Firedoglake for our Just Say Now campaign. The campaign has been gaining international media coverage but just yesterday, Facebook banned our ads that support marijuana legalization.

The social networking site says we can no longer advertise our campaign for marijuana legalization using our Just Say Now logo, because it has a pot leaf.

We need to fight back against Facebook's political censorship. Can you sign our petition protesting Facebook's unfair policy against legalization ads? We'll send the petition to Facebook and tell the media about the site's censorship of this popular political issue.

Click here to add your name.

Share the image to the right and make it your Facebook profile picture.

Facebook's decision is actually a flip-flop: the Just Say Now ads appeared more than 38 million times before Facebook issued a new policy banning them.

Our ads show marijuana leaves as part of a political campaign to change public policy. It's like telling a political candidate for office that it's unacceptable to show the candidate's face in advertising.

Sign our petition to Facebook and protest censorship of marijuana legalization.

Thank you for supporting marijuana legalization and SSDP's work. Please consider making a donationtoday.

Best,

Jonathan Perri

SSDP Associate Director

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At least eight bullets have been fired into El Paso, TX in the last few weeks from the rising violence in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, one of the world's most dangerous places. And all American police can do is shrug because they cannot legally intervene in a war in another country. The best they can do is warn people to stay inside.

Senator Scutari Introduces Measure Urging Governor's Support of Federal Bill to Protect Medical Marijuana Patients

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Facebook Blocks Ads For Pot Legalization Campaign

Proponents of marijuana legalization, which is on the California ballot in 2010, have hit a Facebook wall in their effort to grow an online campaign to rethink the nation's pot laws. Facebook initially accepted ads from the group Just Say Now, running them from August 7 to August 16, generating 38 million impressions and helping the group's fan page grow to over 6,000 members. But then they were abruptly removed.
cannabis prescription legally produced in Netherlands (courtesy Marijuana Policy Project)
cannabis prescription legally produced in Netherlands (courtesy Marijuana Policy Project)

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too much cash can corrupt cops
too much cash can corrupt cops

This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

A Texas DA plays funny with the drug money, so does a Baltimore narc, and cops in Alabama, Georgia, and Oklahoma join the hall of shame.

Drug Truth 08/23/10

Cultural Baggage * Century of Lies * 4:20 Drug War NEWS  *  Time 4 Hemp

Cultural Baggage for  08/22/10 29:00 Russ Bellville of NORML re forthcoming conference in Portland + Brendan Kiley reports on 70% of US cocaine has dog dewormer as cut & Neill Franklin re National Black Police Association endorsement of CA prop 19 - the legalization of cannabis

LINK:   http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3030

TRANSCRIPT:  http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3030#comments

Century of Lies for  08/22/10  29:00  Clarence Walker, writes about "Trillion Dollar Drug War" + Bob Newland of S. Dakota ungagged & Mary Jane Borden of Drug War Facts: "Does Drug Testing Work?" + Winston Francis with Official Govt TruthLINK:   http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3037

TRANSCRIPT: Tue

4:20 Drug War NEWS, 08/23 to 08/29/10  Link at www.drugtruth.net on the right margin -

Sun - Dominic Holden a Seattle Journalist re his latest: "Pot Paradox"

Sat - Russ Bellville of NORML re forthcoming conference in Portland Fri - Brendan Kiley reports on 70% of US cocaine has dog dewormer as cut Thu - LEAP Dir Neill Franklin re National Black Police Association endorsement of CA prop 19 - the legalization of cannabis Wed - Bob Newland of S. Dakota, gagged for 1 year by a judge, speaks out against prohibition Tue - Jodi James is a candidate for state Rep in Florida, seeks end to prohibitions Mon - Mary Jane Borden of Drug War Facts: "Does Drug Testing Work?"

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We have potcasts, searchability, CMS, XML, sorts by guest name and by organization. We provide the "unvarnished truth about the drug war" to scores of broadcast affiliates.  You can tune into both our 1/2 hour programs, live, at 6:30 central time on Pacifica's KPFT at http://www.kpft.org  and call in your questions and concerns toll free at 1-877-9-420-420.

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