01-17-2009, 03:53 AM
anela111,
Very good post, (especially your list), although I am sure you are mistaken about old folks not voting for lowest priority. Every other old folk I know here, including "conservative" Republicans voted for it.
I can state as a fact the majority of people working to end Prohibition have been boomers. It's only in the last five years or so that student groups and some young folks have gotten on board. Those young people are doing outstanding work, but most young folks don't speak up or get involved (by joining MAPP, NORML, or just writing their "representatives".
Of course, the vast majority of boomer consumers don't do jack either and that's why these laws haven't been ended yet.
Want to do something right now to help end the pot prohibition laws?
Click on the link in the text below and send Congress a message.
Ciao!
"In 2009, MPP will work to introduce legislation in the U.S. Congress that will remove criminal penalties for marijuana possession. In order to generate support, we need your help. Please visit our action center today and send a letter to your member of Congress.
In 2007, there were more than 775,000 arrests for the simple possession of marijuana - not trafficking or production, but simple possession - and 872,720 total arrests for marijuana offenses. These numbers represent a tremendous cost to American taxpayers ($10 to $14 billion annually by conservative estimates). And yet, despite our strict laws, America has one of the world's highest rates of marijuana use. Recent studies show that teen marijuana use is on the rise; in some demographics, marijuana use is more common than smoking cigarettes. Marijuana prohibition has failed.
It's time for Congress to rethink this wasteful and ineffective policy. Please visit <http://control.mpp.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=238> and send a letter to your member of Congress today.
It's important for your new representative to hear from you, and it will only take a minute of your time. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Ben Morris
Assistant Manager of Government Relations
Marijuana Policy Project "
Very good post, (especially your list), although I am sure you are mistaken about old folks not voting for lowest priority. Every other old folk I know here, including "conservative" Republicans voted for it.
I can state as a fact the majority of people working to end Prohibition have been boomers. It's only in the last five years or so that student groups and some young folks have gotten on board. Those young people are doing outstanding work, but most young folks don't speak up or get involved (by joining MAPP, NORML, or just writing their "representatives".
Of course, the vast majority of boomer consumers don't do jack either and that's why these laws haven't been ended yet.
Want to do something right now to help end the pot prohibition laws?
Click on the link in the text below and send Congress a message.
Ciao!
"In 2009, MPP will work to introduce legislation in the U.S. Congress that will remove criminal penalties for marijuana possession. In order to generate support, we need your help. Please visit our action center today and send a letter to your member of Congress.
In 2007, there were more than 775,000 arrests for the simple possession of marijuana - not trafficking or production, but simple possession - and 872,720 total arrests for marijuana offenses. These numbers represent a tremendous cost to American taxpayers ($10 to $14 billion annually by conservative estimates). And yet, despite our strict laws, America has one of the world's highest rates of marijuana use. Recent studies show that teen marijuana use is on the rise; in some demographics, marijuana use is more common than smoking cigarettes. Marijuana prohibition has failed.
It's time for Congress to rethink this wasteful and ineffective policy. Please visit <http://control.mpp.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=238> and send a letter to your member of Congress today.
It's important for your new representative to hear from you, and it will only take a minute of your time. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Ben Morris
Assistant Manager of Government Relations
Marijuana Policy Project "
Lee Eisenstein
http://members.cruzio.com/~lionel/event
"Be kinder than necessary, as everyone you meet is engaged in some kind of strudel."
http://members.cruzio.com/~lionel/event
"Be kinder than necessary, as everyone you meet is engaged in some kind of strudel."