>From: "Marijuana Policy Project" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Franklin Perez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: The government doesn't want you to hear this ad >Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:42:42 -0700 > >Dear Franklin Perez: > >The Marijuana Policy Project is about to release an ad on radio stations >across the country that begins this way: > >"Warning! The government doesn't want you to hear this ad ... Because >they're embarrassed they funded research indicating marijuana doesn't cause >lung cancer, and might even prevent cancer. Government research also found >medical uses for marijuana, and no one has ever died of a marijuana >overdose. The more research the government conducts, the more they >undermine their own war on marijuana users." > >The ad -- which you can hear at http://www.mpp.org/psas -- will begin >airing on 141 stations nationwide on September 5. But we need your help to >keep it on the air. > >According to our records, you have not yet made a financial donation to MPP >this year. Would you please visit >http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M719075617869942533324065&af=y and donate >what you can -- even if it's just $10 -- to help fund this ad campaign? > >As the ad points out, the federal government's own research directly >contradicts the false information about marijuana that the government has >been issuing for the last three decades. The White House drug czar's office >is still publishing ads and "fact sheets" suggesting that marijuana causes >cancer, even though new research financed by the National Institute on Drug >Abuse shows no link between marijuana use and cancer. In fact, the >marijuana smokers in the study had a lower rate of lung cancer than the >non-smokers. > >Helping put this ad on the air is an easy way to educate the public about >the hypocrisy of marijuana prohibition. The campaign is also generating >free news coverage about the ads themselves, thereby further educating the >American people. For instance, an MPP radio ad earlier this summer was >covered by CNN Radio, the New York Daily News, and influential blogs such >as TalkLeft, Hammer of Truth, and CommonDreams. > >Would you please consider making a tax-deductible donation to this campaign >today -- at http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M719075617869942533324065&af=y >-- so that we can keep this provocative ad and others like it on the radio? >Keeping them on the air costs MPP only $320 per day -- for the whole >nationwide run of ads -- for a total of only $2,773 per month. > >Thank you in advance for anything you can do to help. > >Sincerely, > >Rob Kampia >Executive Director >Marijuana Policy Project >Washington, D.C. > >P.S. As I've mentioned in previous alerts, a major philanthropist has >committed to match the first $3.5 million that MPP can raise from the rest >of the planet in 2006. This means that your donation today will be doubled. > >P.P.S. If you've decided you don't want to donate anything today -- and >you're also sure you don't want to donate any money during the remainder of >this year -- you can opt out of receiving fundraising mentions in the >e-mail alerts I send you by visiting >http://www.mpp.org/2006optoutpreference at your convenience. > >====================================================================== > >The Marijuana Policy Project hopes that each of the 101,000 subscribers on >our national e-mail list will make at least one financial donation to MPP's >work in 2006. Please visit >http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M719075617869942533324065&af=y to donate >now. > >MPP will be able to tackle all of the projects in its 2006 strategic plan >-- http://www.mpp.org/2006plan -- if you and other allies are generous >enough to fund our work. > >====================================================================== >You are receiving this e-mail because you subscribed to MPP's e-mail >alerts. To contact MPP, please visit http://www.mpp.org/contact or reply to >this e-mail. Our mailing address is MPP, P.O. Box 77492, Capitol Hill, >Washington, D.C. 20013. > >To remove yourself from this mailing, please go to >http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M719075997869942533324065 ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
