[10]When a DRCNet report last December about drug war prisoner Tyrone Brown made it to the top of the Netscape home page, our web server wasn't ready to handle the traffic -- 13,000 people read the article at that time, and more continued to afterward, but many more would have if the machine had been upgraded before the big hit rather than during it.
Thanks to support provided by members like you over the last several weeks, however, we were ready this weekend when DRCNet blogger Scott Morgan's "Why Do Police Really Oppose Marijuana Legalization?" hit the front page of Reddit.com and brought in 18,000 readers in a short period of time -- one in a lengthy series of hits in recent months that have dramatically increased our reach on the web.
[10]As I'm sure you realize, the costs of the machine, while significant, are only part of the picture. Literally every staff member at DRCNet is involved in this web campaign, and that's a major devotion of resources that can only be sustained if you support us. Could you let us know that you're "in" by making a donation today [10], or by sending us an email to let us know if you will be soon?
As an encouragement, our friends at Common Sense for Drug Policy have agreed to donate copies of their updated "tabloid" publication including over 40 of the drug policy reform public service ads they have run in major publications for the past several years. Donate any amount to DRCNet as part of this campaign [10], and we will send you a copy of the CSDP tabloid for free! Of course we continue to offer a range of books, videos and StoptheDrugWar.org gift items as member incentives as well.
[10]Please visit our site if you haven't in awhile -- you'll find a professionally redesigned site, daily blog posts, mainstream news links, an "activist feed" of bulletins from other organizations, and of course the weekly Drug War Chronicle and many other interesting items. With your continued support we will take the message about ending prohibition to more and more people in more and more ways this year and next!
To donate, visit http://stopthedrugwar.org/donate [10] to make a donation online, or send your check or money order to: DRCNet, P.O. Box 18402, Washington, DC 20036. Donations to Drug Reform Coordination Network to support our lobbying work are not tax-deductible. Tax-deductible donations to support our educational work can be made payable to DRCNet Foundation, same address. We can also accept contributions of stock -- email [email protected] [11] for the necessary info. Thank you in advance for your support.
Sincerely,
David Borden, Executive Director
P.O. Box 18402
Washington, DC 20036