Subj: ALERT: Congress Banning DRCNet!
Date: 6/13/00 11:42:36 PM Central Daylight Time
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Drug Reform Coordination Network (DRCNet)
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ALERT: Congress Banning DRCNet
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VISIT: http://www.drcnet.org/freespeech/
6/13/00
Another insidious attack on the 1st Amendment is taking place
in the name of the drug war, and DRCNet is itself a potential
victim. Provisions of H.R. 833, the so-called "Bankruptcy
Reform Act," would impose the same violations of freedom of
speech that are present in the methamphetamine bill we have
been opposing in the House of Representatives. Versions of
H.R. 833 have passed both the House and the Senate, and the
bill is now in a conference committee that is crafting a final
version of the bill. (The provisions also appear in a new
anti-ecstasy bill introduced in the House.)
Publications from the Washington Post to the Orange County
Register to the Denver Post, even the National Review and
more, have roundly criticized the provisions, which are the
creation of Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Orrin Hatch
(R-UT). Yet at last report, the current version of the bill
still contains them, making it a crime punishable by up to 10
years in federal prison to teach, demonstrate or distribute
information on the manufacture or use of illegal drugs. The
language is so broad that even serious policy publications
like DRCNet's could run afoul of the law -- for example,
recent articles discussing the risk of overheating that
accompanies use of the drug ecstacy, and steps that can be
taken to minimize that risk and save lives
(http://www.drcnet.org/wol/140.html#potentialthreat).
If these provisions become law, organizations like DRCNet that
advocate sensible reforms of drug policy could become
vulnerable to the attacks of prosecutors who hate our ideology
or are looking to advance themselves politically. Even if the
courts protected us and upheld the 1st Amendment, the cost of
mounting such a defense, in the face of a potential 10-year
prison term, could take a devastating toll on any
organization. Anyone providing information on the medical
uses of marijuana, or the schedule and locations of a needle
exchange program, could be vulnerable. Providing any serious
discussion of drug issues on the net, without accidentally
linking to some potentially offending material, would become a
logistical nightmare.
Please help us stop this unconscionable assault on the most
basic liberty of free speech. Please visit
http://www.drcnet.org/freespeech/ today and tell Congress that
the anti-drug provisions of the Bankruptcy Reform Act, H.R.
833, are unacceptable and should be struck out, and that H.R.
2987 and S. 2612, the so-called "Methamphetamine Anti-
Proliferation Act" and "Ecstasy Anti-Proliferation Act," both
of which contain the same provisions, won't stop
methamphetamine or ecstasy but will injure the Constitution.
Of these three bills, the Bankruptcy bill is the one most
urgently needing attention. When you visit
http://www.drcnet.org/freespeech/ to send your e-mail and
faxes, please write down the phone numbers of your
Representative and your two Senators and call them on the
phone to deliver this message by voice and make even more
impact, or call (202) 224-3121 and ask the Congressional
Switchboard to transfer you. Please take action now and stop
this atrocious legislation in its tracks!
Please make your voice heard today, while you can!
VISIT: http://www.drcnet.org/freespeech/
(Visit http://www.drcnet.org/wol/140.html#editorial to read
our editorial from last week on the disloyalty of elected
officials who swear to uphold the Constitution yet
deliberately sponsor unconstitutional bills like these.)
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