08-11-2008, 11:14 AM
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Learning How To Roll
Learning How To Roll
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 35
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420 for legalization
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This thread is for people interested in taking some active, positive steps toward improving the mj laws. Please, on swearing or ranting; there are plenty of other forums for that. Join into this thread if you're ready (or thinking about getting ready) to do a little grass-roots work for democracy in action.
The starting point for our work is the following premise: MJ isn't legal yet because politicians are afraid they'll lose votes if they're labeled as being "soft on drugs," and the reason they're afraid of that is that not enough voters have called and written their elected officials to tell them, in a polite, friendly way, that you the voter will support an end to mj prohibition. The Federal law will change when a majority of Congress, the Senate, and the President agree to the change. We need 300 people to each volunteer to write their Congressman and Congresswoman, 70 to write their Senator, and 50 to write the President and his advisors. That's 420 people, each taking a few minutes each week to write a letter and also maybe have a little letter-writing party so that the Congressperson, Senator, or President/advisor hears from a few people each week.
Hey, if you're willing to be the one to work for change with YOUR elected official, post a note back saying so, and tell us the State and name of the congressperson, Senator, or whoever you'll be working with.
There are currently three different bills in the Congress that could reduce penalties for mj; this really is the time to step up, get involved in the political process, and make a difference. (And by the way: You can find your congressperson's name and address at _https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml_ and find out how he or she voted on Hinchey-Rohrbacher 2007 at _http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll733.xml_
If you're interested in more info, google "Hinchey Rohrbacher" or HR 5842 or HR 5843.
If you're ready to really start to make a difference, just post back the State and name of the politician you'll be working with. Reading and net-posting and blogging is fun, but writing those letters is what gets their attention, because they know somebody motivated enough to write a letter is motivated enough to vote. So who's ready to write?
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