Since I wrote you last week, more than 45,000 people have signed on to our petition to President Obama to end the war on marijuana.
But it’s not just us: in that same time, two Catholic cardinals in Mexico and current Mexican President Felipe Calderon called for a debate on legalizing drugs. Then former Mexican President Vicente Fox said that we should regulate marijuana, after his country announced that more than 28,000 people have been killed in the war with drug cartels.
Legalizing marijuana is a moral issue. While our government continues to waste billions every year fighting an unwinnable war on cartels funded by marijuana prohibition, thousands more will needlessly die.
http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/endthewaronmarijuana
The media is paying attention to our campaign. Here’s just some of what the press has said this week about our petition to end the war on marijuana:
Huffington Post: “‘Just Say Now’: Left-Right Coalition Launches Campaign to Legalize Pot”
The Guardian: “Liberals and libertarians pressing for an end to prohibition”
Willamette Week: “Want to End the War on Marijuana? Sign this Petition”
NBC News: “Just Say Yes – to Marijuana Legalization”
The Atlantic: “A new, and potentially quite significant, arm of the [marijuana legalization] movement”
Momentum is on our side – can you please join us?
http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/endthewaronmarijuana
My email to you from last week is below.
Thanks for all you do.
Best,
Jane Hamsher
JustSayNow.com
Subject: Big news
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The war on marijuana is a complete failure.
Billions of dollars are wasted every year. Police officers’ lives put at risk daily. Out-of-control Mexican drug cartels have ravaged our borders, killing thousands of people every year. It’s so bad, even Mexico’s President called for a debate on legalizing marijuana this week
Our government needs a reality check – it’s time to end the war on marijuana.
So we’re launching a massive campaign to fight for legalizing marijuana that we’re calling “Just Say Now.” With the support of the grassroots group Students for Sensible Drug Policy, we’ll organize thousands of people to support legalization at the ballot box.
To kick off our campaign, we’re bringing attention to the unjust, unpopular, and racist reality that is the war on marijuana. It’s a war that must end now.
Ask President Obama to help end the war on marijuana. Click here to sign our petition.
http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/endthewaronmarijuana
We’re organizing our Just Say Now campaign to put a stop to the federal government’s war on marijuana. To do that, we’ll organize activists to identify and turn out supporters in states to vote for marijuana in the 2010 and 2012 elections.
This campaign will be a game-changer. Our partners at Students for Sensible Drug Policy have already organized 150 campuses and thousands of student activists. We’re poised to make a huge impact to legalize marijuana.
This November, California will vote to legalize marijuana, and 3 other states will vote on medical marijuana regulations. Thirteen states and DC have already legalized medical marijuana. Poll after poll shows huge majorities in states and the country support legalizing marijuana.
Despite this popular support, the federal government’s war on marijuana continues. Just last month, federal agents raided several completely legal medical marijuana farms and dispensaries.
Join us in calling on President Obama to help end this war. He should join the debate to legalize marijuana.
Click here to add your name to our petition to President Obama to end the war on marijuana:
http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/endthewaronmarijuana
We’re excited to Just Say Now to legalizing marijuana. Thanks for all you do.
Best,
Jane Hamsher Aaron Houston
Founder, Firedoglake Director, Students for Sensible Drug Policy
P.S. We have an online store with great items using our Just Say Now logo – t-shirts, stickers, buttons, and more. All proceeds will go towards our campaign to legalize marijuana. Check out our store!
http://firedoglake.com/justsaynow/store/
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