Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:00:13 -0500 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: No Joke Drug Policy Alliance Network Having trouble reading this email? View it on our website. You Can Make a Difference Dear Franklin, Tell President Obama it's time for a serious debate about marijuana prohibition. Email the president. "I dont know what this says about the online audience," joked President Obama during his first virtual town hall meeting. He was dismissing an idea submitted by tens of thousands of Americans: making marijuana legal. This week, President Obama is visiting Mexico and seeing first hand the drug war violence that is spilling over our southern border, violence you and I know is fueled by marijuana prohibition. Now that hes seen whats really happening, you have the chance to tell the president it's time for a serious discussion about the consequences of marijuana prohibition. Thousands of people have been killed in the drug war in Mexico in the last couple of years. The drug traffickers are stockpiling machine guns and grenades and now are operating in hundreds of U.S. cities. This level of violence is the inevitable result of policies that create a lucrative black market. You and I understand that ending marijuana prohibition would reduce violence and corruption the same way ending alcohol Prohibition did. I hope now that President Obama has seen the grisly consequences of marijuana prohibition first hand, he will no longer joke about marijuana law reform. Join me in telling him: This issue is deadly serious, and it's time to put all options on the table. Sincerely, Bill Piper Director, Office of National Affairs Drug Policy Alliance Network You have received this email because [email protected] is a member of the Drug Policy Alliance Network mailing list. You can unsubscribe from this mailing list or modify or change your mailing list subscriptions at any time. For subscription problems please contact Jeanette Irwin, Director, Internet Communications [email protected], 202.216.0035. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> 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/
