Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:00:50 -0600 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Exit Strategy Having trouble reading this email? View it on our website. You Can Make a Difference Dear Franklin, Tell the drug czar the federal government should get out of the way so states can try new drug policies. Sign the Petition Remember when the new drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske, told the Wall Street Journal he wanted to end the war on drugs? Well, its time for him to come up with an exit strategy. Right now hes working on his blueprint for the next three years of U.S. drug policy. Let's make sure he abandons not just the rhetoric, but the reality of the drug war. Let's help the drug czar end this failed war. You and I both know there's a long list of ways he could make our drug policies better, but I've picked out three big strategies to get him on the right track. Between now and the end of the year, I'll be inviting you to sign on to support each of these recommendations, and then I'll present them all to Mr. Kerlikowske. The first recommendation builds on growing momentum in California for making marijuana legal, and on our Election Day victory in Maine, which allows nonprofits to grow and distribute marijuana for medical use: Get the federal government out of the way so states can try new policies. We need all options on the table when it comes to dealing with drug use in our country, and the states are the perfect place to innovate and find out what works. The Obama administration is on the right track with its new guidance to federal prosecutors that they should not arrest medical marijuana patients who are complying with state law. Let's ask the drug czar to make this hands-off approach part of the official U.S. drug policy. That would be a big step in building an exit strategy for the war on drugs. Sincerely, Ethan Nadelmann Executive Director 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: [email protected] [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/
