MARIJUANA -- BILL TO STOP FEDERAL PROHIBITION -- LET STATES DECIDE

Courageous congresspersons have introduced a bill which would STOP FEDERAL PROHIBITION OF MARIJUANA.

THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

WHAT WE NEED TO DO:

Call, fax, tweet or email your US Representative and let him/her know that you are in favor of the passage of HR 2306.

START TELLING THE TRUTH about marijuana. The cost of being silent is the arrest and conviction and imprisonment of people who are growing and using marijuana. The cost of being silent is the imprisonment of minorities who are caught smoking while also being black or brown. The cost of being silent is that research into the health effects of marijuana can not be reliably done in the US.

Follow the bill as it goes through congress. The bill is currently in the House Energy & Commerce Committee and the House Judiciary Committee. The chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Rep. Lamar Smith, a Republican from Texas, has vowed to kill HR 2306. A good website to follow the bill and get the names of committee members is www.govtrack.us.

DO NOT INSULT THE OPPOSITION. Refer the opposition to the multiple presidential commissions that have recommended that marijuana be legalized. Refer the opposition to the LEAP website. Use logic, not rhetoric.

WE CAN DO THIS.