Alliance. This has serious implications for Hempfests and even
reform-oriented organizational meetings! The worst part is that the
RAVE Act is now part of a Democratic wish list called the "Domestic
Security Act." This also a great issue to mobilize students and other
like-minded organizations around. This would clearly open-up hesitant
venues to hosting NORML benefits since they're affected by this terrible legislation as well.
Thanks,
Christopher Mulligan
NORML
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Last year you helped the Drug Policy Alliance stop the RAVE Act from
becoming law. This year supporters of the draconian drug war bill are
back with a vengeance. They have stopped calling it the "RAVE Act"
and have stuck its provisions in a popular omnibus domestic security
bill. This is a common Congressional ploy: put controversial bills
that can't go anywhere on their own into important bills, so that
Members of Congress are forced to vote for them.
Your help is needed to stop these disguised RAVE Act provisions from
becoming law!!!
The bill, S.22, is sponsored by Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD). The
troubling drug war provisions are in the section entitled "Crack
House Statute Amendments"
ACTIONS TO TAKE
*** Call your two Senators. You can contact your Senators through the
Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121. To find out who your Senators
are go to: http://www.senate.gov/senators/senator_by_state.cfm.
Tell them:
1) You oppose the "crack house statute" amendments in S.22.
2) These provisions are just like the provisions in the RAVE Act
last year.
3) The provisions would endanger public health, free speech, and
property rights.
4) Urge them to contact Daschle's office and work to get these
provisions removed from S.22.
** Fax Senator Daschle (even if he is not one of your two Senators).
To fax Senator Daschle go to:
http://actioncenter.drugpolicy.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=1448.
** Please forward this action alert to your friends and family. The
Senate needs to know that voters find this bill unacceptable.
For more information on the RAVE Act and how the S. 22 "crack house"
provisions will affect public health, free speech, and property
rights see: http://www.nomoredrugwar.org/music/rave_act.htm