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Subject: Demand clarification from the "czar" on legalization
From: "Peter Christ, LEAP" <leap@mail.democracyinaction.org>
Date: Thu, June 25, 2009 1:59 pm
To: ShereeKrider@usmjparty.org

Help teach the world's drug czar that drug prohibition is the exact opposite of drug control. Dear Sheree, WATCH: LEAP Media Director Tom Angell Puts the U.S. Drug Czar on the Spot Forward this Message to a Friend! On page 1 of the just-released World Drug Report 2009, the world's Drug Czar, Antonio Maria Costa, admits that the public is increasingly aware the "war on drugs" isn't working. But outrageously, even while acknowledging the unintended consequences of the current policy, like the rise in international organized crime, the infiltration of our financial institutes and the waste of scarce resources, the report continues to defend prohibition, claiming that it is an effective drug "control" policy. After 100 years of international prohibition, starting with opium in 1909, "Czar" Costa is calling for more of the same. Page after page, the report struggles to find a measure of success for the greatest policy failure the world has ever known. Clearly, Mr. Costa, head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, doesn't understand that prohibition is the opposite of drug control.  The preface - on page 1 - attempts to refute the arguments of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) and others who know that the solution is to legalize and regulate drugs. Costa needs to know what legalization really means and we need your help to educate him. Please visit http://www.DrugWarDebate.com to contact Mr. Costa.  A sample letter that you can edit (if you want) has been provided, so you can let the "czar" know that people calling for the legalization of drugs are endorsing more effective "control" over drugs than we have now, not less. We can't do it without your help! Sincerely, Peter Christ Vice-Director, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Retired Police Captain P.S. The fact that our opponents are so prominently attacking us at the very beginning of their report is a real sign of how far our movement has come in such a short time, especially since last year's report didn't even mention legalization at all!  P.P.S. If you'd like to help support this work, your generous donation is tax deductible and can be made at http://www.CopsSayLegalizeDrugs.com/give             121 Mystic Ave. Suites 8&9 Medford, MA 01255 (781) 393-6985 info@leap.cc You received this e-mail because you are a supporter of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.   We need help growing our all-encompassing movement of citizens who want to end the failed "war on drugs," so please invite your family and friends to learn about LEAP. Click here if you no longer wish to receive e-mail from us.

 

 This IS a horrible situation.  But, is there really anything that we can do about this without starting a global war? 

My prayers are with these people at this horrible time in their lives.

Sheree

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Considering GMO's and their effects upon food and medicines, and imagine what will happen to the Cannabis plant when GMO's have control of it!





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Subject: Brasscheck TV: The good news
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Date: Sun, June 21, 2009 7:05 am
To: "Sheree" <shereekrider@usmjparty.org>

Sheree

Yesterday, we featured a long video on the
dangers of genetically modified food.

You may not have made it all the way to
the conclusion.

Though the government/corporate criminals
work overtime to foist garbage and poison
on the populace, they can - and often are -
defeated.

Here's how knowledge and action translated
into a major defeat for genetically modified
food.

Also, this video explains what foods to
avoid to avoid genetically modified food.

Details:

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/649.html




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Sheree M. Krider USMJParty -------- Original Message -------- Subject: USMJP Listserv: How the Marijuana Re-Legalization Movement Has Been Betrayed by Soros From: bcainw@comcast.net Date: Mon, May 25, 2009 6:03 pm To: usmjparty@drugsense.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------- How the Marijuana Re-Legalization Movement Has Been Betrayed by Soros, Nadleman (DPA) and Kampia (MPP) http://www.newagecitizen.com/MERP/RelegalizeNowObama08.htm (1) Introduction This may be the ultimate indictment of the "moneyed" drug reform movement in this country and I urge you to distribute this article as widely as possible. This is the 8th in a series of essays on the MERP Model for Re-Legalizing Marijuana throughout the planet. In this essay I am exposing the "smoking gun" evidence that will show that the "Marijuana Policy Project" (MPP) is secretively plotting to put an end to the personal cultivation of Marijuana which has been a perennial goal of all Marijuana activists since the mid-1960's. This betrayal, of both Cannabis activists and the MERP Model, requires that MPP is cut off from any further activist funding. You will find links to all past and future essays, concerning "MERP" at the following link: "MERP" Headquarters The Marijuana Re-Legalization Policy Project (MRPP) http://www.newagecitizen.com/MERP.htm (2) Some Brief Background on the Re-Legalization Movement from the 1960's through 2008 I have now been an expert on drug policy for over 20 years and was initiated into the use of Marijuana, in 1967, at the tender age of 13. That was just 3 years after Bob Dylan introduced the Beatles to Marijuana in 1964. 1967 was also the year that the first major petition, demanding Marijuana Re-Legalization, was placed in the London Times by Paul McCartney. Here is a brief description of the petition from Barry Miles "Beatles Diary:" [SNIP] The rest of the article can be accessed at: http://www.newagecitizen.com/MERP/RelegalizeNowObama08.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment: http://drugsense.org/temp/q0ggJ6qZmfCZ.html

Sheree M. Krider USMJParty -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: USMJP Listserv: MERP From: bcainw@comcast.net Date: Sun, May 24, 2009 3:09 pm To: usmjparty@drugsense.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rich: First I think it important to recognize that we are headed towards a global economic collapse and that Marijuana Re-Legalization will play an important part in insuring that drug cartels and corrupt global corporations do not wrest control of government after the dust settles in the next few years. Immediate action is required. Compromised solutions (e.g., Medical Marijuana followied by Legalization under a draconian "tax and regulate model) are not adequate to insure the well being of the American People. In point of fact such compromised solutions will further erode the liberties that "we" have held as sacred inalienable rights for so many generations. I don't know that I will be able to be in DC on the 4th but will certainly be willing to help promote it. Please send best links concerning the event and I will put something together to help with promotion. Do you think there is any way that the MERP Model can be promoted through the 4th of July Protest? It would be a perfect vehicle to bring the issue to the top by issuing a challenge to Obama that will be explained in the following paragraphs. As for MERP, we would love to have Rich (USMP), the Individuals and any other definable entities "on board." So far we have John Sinclair and I just got confirmation from Ron Kiczenski who may be less known but has played an important role on many fronts (e.g., challenged Clinton by sending him a 1/4 pound of weed; worked on the Angel Raich case etc.). And of course there is me. While MERP may fall short of a revolution I think its implementation will destabilize members of the elite that are currently working at cross puposes to the interests of the American People. Part of the MERP Strategy is to get movie stars, bands (e.g., The Indiviuals etc.), politicians, etc. on board as supporters of the MERP Model. If any one has contacts (e.g., Willie Nelson, etc.) please contact them and urge endorsement of the MERP Model. In order to garner their support they can go to the following link to learn all they need to know about MERP: MERP Headquarters The Marijuana Re-Legalization Policy Project (MRPP) http://www.newagecitizen.com/MERP.htm Then they can make initial contact with me at the following email address where they should be encouraged to provide phone and address contacts: bcainw@comcast.net The strategy is to force emergency sessions of both houses to pass MERP in order to instantly destabilize the Mexican Drug Cartels. We are framing this is an existential threat to our national security. And if they could rip us off of 800 Billion to 13 Trillion, through the TARP Bailout -- under similar threat in less than 3 weeks -- I figure that implementing MERP should only take a week to fully implement. In this vein it will be important to make the following complimentary arguement: less than 20% of American supported TARP whereas at least 52% of American supports Re-Legalization. This needs to be framed in terms of whether Obama represents the Global Elite or whether Obama represents the American People. If he represents the American People then he will support the implemenation of MERP through an emergency session of Congress. If he doesent' then it becomes clear that he does not represent the American People and we will need to make clear that we understand the ramifications of such a position. With 52% of the American People now supporting complete Re-Legalization (e.g., recent Zogby Poll) President Obama can no longer "pretend" that he is fullfilling his mandate to the "will of the American People" by standing in the way of complete Re-Legalization through a "No Tax, No Regulate" model such as the MERP Model. Yours in Peace and Freedom, Bruce W. Cain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard J. Rawlings" <richrawlings@usmjparty.com> To: usmjparty@drugsense.org Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 11:29:40 PM GMT -05:00 Colombia Subject: USMJP Listserv: MERP Bruce, and all here, the MERP falls short of a revolution! The USMJParty, or me, however you want to take it, is crying for a Bare Armed Revolution! And I'm doing it in the names of Eddy Lepp, Dana Beal, Charles Lynch, Marc Emery, and all before them! This is the end, D.C. July 4th! I Hope you all will all be there! Much Love, One Love, Rich -----Original Message----- From: owner-usmjparty@drugsense.org [mailto:owner-usmjparty@drugsense.org] On Behalf Of bcainw@comcast.net Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 7:43 AM To: usmjparty@drugsense.org Subject: USMJP Listserv: Good Reason to Reject MPP’s Medical Marijuana Initiative in Arizona --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Good Reason to Reject MPP’s Medical Marijuana Initiative in Arizona In a recent email from MPP they talk about the pending AZ Medical Marijuana Initiative: “What's unique about the Arizona law is that it would permit qualifying patients or their caregivers to legally purchase marijuana from licensed dispensaries — so they wouldn't need to obtain it from the criminal market”. Once you understand what Kampia (MPP) is really talking about I don’t think you are going to be real excited. You see, under this initiative (should it pass), you will NOT be able to cultivate the common 12 Plant maximum unless you live more than 25 miles from a licensed dispensary. So the only thing “unique” about Rob Kampia’s (President of MPP) AZ initiative is that it will basically prohibit personal cultivation. On that count alone I urge everyone in AZ to reject it. This is exactly what I have been warning people about for years regarding the major drug reform groups supported by scumbag George Soros. Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) and Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) are two of the greatest beneficiaries of Soros funds. But Soros funds dozens of groups throughout the United States and dozens more outside of the United States . As an activist in drug reform for over 20 years my goal has always been to change the laws so that ALL American adults, not just the sick, would be able to consume and cultivate their own Marijuana, much like we are able to produce our own homemade beer and wine: without any taxation, regulation or government interference. To that end I have come up with the MERP Model and have produced a series of essays and videos to explain how it would be implemented: MERP Headquarters The Marijuana Re-Legalization Policy Project (MRPP) http://www.newagecitizen.com/MERP.htm It is bad enough that Soros is moving to “cash in” on Medical Marijuana by prohibiting personal cultivation. What is worse is that such initiatives will do nothing to destroy the Drug Cartels, Terrorist Organizations and Gangs that profit from the illicit sale of Marijuana. The only model that would assure this outcome is the MERP Model, because it would essentially take all but the normal profit out of the Marijuana market. For most goods the “normal profit” is usually about twice the cost of producing the product. So in the case of Marijuana you can grow it for about 20 to 30 dollars per ounce using the latest hydroponic techniques and High Intensity Discharge lamps. So you would expect the “normal profit” to be somewhere between $40 to $60 dollars an ounce. But the MPP Arizona initiative would do nothing to eliminate the “black marketing” of Marijuana where an ounce will still sell from between $300 and $600 an ounce. In such a setting the Medical Dispensaries, Terrorists, Mexican Drug Cartels etc. will continue to thrive at our expence. I think it is time we stop supporting these Soros-supported organizations and unite to achieve the only solution that will destroy the Cartels and serve the common good: the MERP Model. It already enjoys the support of thousands of activists including some of the most important luminaries of the movement: John Sinclair and Bruce W. Cain (Editor of New Age Citizen). So if you want to support true Marijuana Re-Legalization make your checks and money orders out to “New Age Citizen” and send them to the following address: New Age Citizen PO Box 419 Dearborn Heights , MI 48127 At the very least do not send another dime to any Soros-supported organization such as MPP or DPA. Neither organization can any longer be seen as a “honest broker” of Marijuana reform. It is time to drive a stake through the very heart of Marijuana Prohibition by implementing the MERP Model immediately. ================= Email from MPP (05/22/2009) Dear Bruce Cain: Yesterday, MPP's campaign committee, the Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project (AMMPP), launched a signature drive to place a medical marijuana initiative on the ballot in Arizona . The initiative would allow seriously ill patients who find relief from marijuana to use it with their doctors' approval, much like the laws in the other 13 medical marijuana states do. What's unique about the Arizona law is that it would permit qualifying patients or their caregivers to legally purchase marijuana from licensed dispensaries — so they wouldn't need to obtain it from the criminal market. The importance of this can't be overstated. Although medical marijuana collectives exist in other states, state laws permitting them are a hodgepodge, leaving them largely unregulated and subject to legal challenges. In Arizona , our initiative would provide clear guidelines for state-regulated dispensaries, thus ensuring safe access for patients — meaning that Arizona would have the best medical marijuana law in the country. But to get the initiative on the ballot, our campaign committee must collect 153,365 valid signatures from Arizona voters, which means about 250,000 gross signatures. We know from our past successful signature drives, like in Michigan, that it costs about $2 to collect every signature (because of the costs of paying canvassers, checking validity, and so forth), which means it will take $500,000 to fund this stage of the campaign. ================= AZ Medical Marijuana Policy Project Files With Secretary Of State's Office by Press Release http://www.postchronicle.com/news/health/article_212230833.shtml PHOENIX (May 14, 2009) -- Today, the Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project (AMMPP) filed language with the Secretary of State's office with the intent to place the issue of medical marijuana on the November 2010 ballot. AMMPP's initiative would make the possession of a limited quantity of marijuana and its use legal under Arizona law for certain severely ill patients with a doctor's recommendation. "This is a common-sense law that allows severely ill patients access to medication that they need, while providing strict controls to make sure this medicine is only available to qualified patients," said Andrew Myers, campaign manager for the initiative. "Thousands of patients across Arizona are already using medical marijuana with their doctor's recommendation. These patients shouldn't have to risk arrest and jail just for following their doctor's advice." Marijuana has been shown to safely and effectively relieve nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy and treatments for HIV/AIDS and other illnesses, and to relieve the nerve pain that afflicts millions suffering from multiple sclerosis, HIV/AIDS and other illnesses. The prospective law calls for using state-regulated dispensaries to distribute marijuana to qualifying patients, a model that will guarantee access for qualifying patients while providing a strict enforcement mechanism to assure the drug is not distributed illegally. Qualifying patients who live more than 25 miles from the nearest dispensary will be allowed to cultivate up to 12 marijuana plants for personal use. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment: http://drugsense.org/temp/O815Ydf0c6FA.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment: http://drugsense.org/temp/5L8hRdcvgPco.html

Sheree M. Krider USMJParty -------- Original Message -------- Subject: USMJP Listserv: MERP From: "Richard J. Rawlings" <richrawlings@usmjparty.com> Date: Sun, May 24, 2009 12:29 am To: <usmjparty@drugsense.org> Bruce, and all here, the MERP falls short of a revolution! The USMJParty, or me, however you want to take it, is crying for a Bare Armed Revolution! And I'm doing it in the names of Eddy Lepp, Dana Beal, Charles Lynch, Marc Emery, and all before them! This is the end, D.C. July 4th! I Hope you all will all be there! Much Love, One Love, Rich -----Original Message----- From: owner-usmjparty@drugsense.org [mailto:owner-usmjparty@drugsense.org] On Behalf Of bcainw@comcast.net Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 7:43 AM To: usmjparty@drugsense.org Subject: USMJP Listserv: Good Reason to Reject MPP’s Medical Marijuana Initiative in Arizona --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Good Reason to Reject MPP’s Medical Marijuana Initiative in Arizona In a recent email from MPP they talk about the pending AZ Medical Marijuana Initiative: “What's unique about the Arizona law is that it would permit qualifying patients or their caregivers to legally purchase marijuana from licensed dispensaries — so they wouldn't need to obtain it from the criminal market”. Once you understand what Kampia (MPP) is really talking about I don’t think you are going to be real excited. You see, under this initiative (should it pass), you will NOT be able to cultivate the common 12 Plant maximum unless you live more than 25 miles from a licensed dispensary. So the only thing “unique” about Rob Kampia’s (President of MPP) AZ initiative is that it will basically prohibit personal cultivation. On that count alone I urge everyone in AZ to reject it. This is exactly what I have been warning people about for years regarding the major drug reform groups supported by scumbag George Soros. Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) and Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) are two of the greatest beneficiaries of Soros funds. But Soros funds dozens of groups throughout the United States and dozens more outside of the United States . As an activist in drug reform for over 20 years my goal has always been to change the laws so that ALL American adults, not just the sick, would be able to consume and cultivate their own Marijuana, much like we are able to produce our own homemade beer and wine: without any taxation, regulation or government interference. To that end I have come up with the MERP Model and have produced a series of essays and videos to explain how it would be implemented: MERP Headquarters The Marijuana Re-Legalization Policy Project (MRPP) http://www.newagecitizen.com/MERP.htm It is bad enough that Soros is moving to “cash in” on Medical Marijuana by prohibiting personal cultivation. What is worse is that such initiatives will do nothing to destroy the Drug Cartels, Terrorist Organizations and Gangs that profit from the illicit sale of Marijuana. The only model that would assure this outcome is the MERP Model, because it would essentially take all but the normal profit out of the Marijuana market. For most goods the “normal profit” is usually about twice the cost of producing the product. So in the case of Marijuana you can grow it for about 20 to 30 dollars per ounce using the latest hydroponic techniques and High Intensity Discharge lamps. So you would expect the “normal profit” to be somewhere between $40 to $60 dollars an ounce. But the MPP Arizona initiative would do nothing to eliminate the “black marketing” of Marijuana where an ounce will still sell from between $300 and $600 an ounce. In such a setting the Medical Dispensaries, Terrorists, Mexican Drug Cartels etc. will continue to thrive at our expence. I think it is time we stop supporting these Soros-supported organizations and unite to achieve the only solution that will destroy the Cartels and serve the common good: the MERP Model. It already enjoys the support of thousands of activists including some of the most important luminaries of the movement: John Sinclair and Bruce W. Cain (Editor of New Age Citizen). So if you want to support true Marijuana Re-Legalization make your checks and money orders out to “New Age Citizen” and send them to the following address: New Age Citizen PO Box 419 Dearborn Heights , MI 48127 At the very least do not send another dime to any Soros-supported organization such as MPP or DPA. Neither organization can any longer be seen as a “honest broker” of Marijuana reform. It is time to drive a stake through the very heart of Marijuana Prohibition by implementing the MERP Model immediately. ================= Email from MPP (05/22/2009) Dear Bruce Cain: Yesterday, MPP's campaign committee, the Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project (AMMPP), launched a signature drive to place a medical marijuana initiative on the ballot in Arizona . The initiative would allow seriously ill patients who find relief from marijuana to use it with their doctors' approval, much like the laws in the other 13 medical marijuana states do. What's unique about the Arizona law is that it would permit qualifying patients or their caregivers to legally purchase marijuana from licensed dispensaries — so they wouldn't need to obtain it from the criminal market. The importance of this can't be overstated. Although medical marijuana collectives exist in other states, state laws permitting them are a hodgepodge, leaving them largely unregulated and subject to legal challenges. In Arizona , our initiative would provide clear guidelines for state-regulated dispensaries, thus ensuring safe access for patients — meaning that Arizona would have the best medical marijuana law in the country. But to get the initiative on the ballot, our campaign committee must collect 153,365 valid signatures from Arizona voters, which means about 250,000 gross signatures. We know from our past successful signature drives, like in Michigan, that it costs about $2 to collect every signature (because of the costs of paying canvassers, checking validity, and so forth), which means it will take $500,000 to fund this stage of the campaign. ================= AZ Medical Marijuana Policy Project Files With Secretary Of State's Office by Press Release http://www.postchronicle.com/news/health/article_212230833.shtml PHOENIX (May 14, 2009) -- Today, the Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project (AMMPP) filed language with the Secretary of State's office with the intent to place the issue of medical marijuana on the November 2010 ballot. AMMPP's initiative would make the possession of a limited quantity of marijuana and its use legal under Arizona law for certain severely ill patients with a doctor's recommendation. "This is a common-sense law that allows severely ill patients access to medication that they need, while providing strict controls to make sure this medicine is only available to qualified patients," said Andrew Myers, campaign manager for the initiative. "Thousands of patients across Arizona are already using medical marijuana with their doctor's recommendation. These patients shouldn't have to risk arrest and jail just for following their doctor's advice." Marijuana has been shown to safely and effectively relieve nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy and treatments for HIV/AIDS and other illnesses, and to relieve the nerve pain that afflicts millions suffering from multiple sclerosis, HIV/AIDS and other illnesses. The prospective law calls for using state-regulated dispensaries to distribute marijuana to qualifying patients, a model that will guarantee access for qualifying patients while providing a strict enforcement mechanism to assure the drug is not distributed illegally. Qualifying patients who live more than 25 miles from the nearest dispensary will be allowed to cultivate up to 12 marijuana plants for personal use. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment: http://drugsense.org/temp/O815Ydf0c6FA.html

THE TWO STRAINS OF CANNABIS POLITICS: HEMP AND MARIJUANA IN KENTUCKY http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/141/kentuckycannabis.shtml [Message sent by ShereeKrider@usmjparty.org via AddThis.com. Please note that the sender's email address has not been verified.]

E-mail: ShereeKrider@usmjparty.org I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. (Ezekiel 34:29) Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused if it be received with thanksgiving?. If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine. (Paul: 1 Timothy 4:1-6) A wise man will hear, and will increase learning. (Proverbs 1:5) WHAT DO THE 10 COMMANDMENTS SAY ABOUT USING MARIJUANA? Thou shalt not hold it as a false god, not ?steal? it ?covet? it or ?bear false witness? about it (Exodus 20:1-17). Nowhere in the Bible does it forbid people to grow, use or smoke cannabis hemp. DOES THE BIBLE EVER MENTION IT? Only once. The original Hebrew language texts of the Old Testament mention cannabis in a recipe for an oil of holy anointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. (Exodus 30:22-29). The word was mistranslated into English as ?calamus.? WHOM DID JESUS SAY CAN JUDGE OTHERS FOR THEIR CHOICES? Jesus reserved judgement to God alone. ?Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.? (John 8:7) ?Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged.? (Matthew 7:1-4) Jesus preached love and forgiveness. WHAT ABOUT MEDICAL MARIJUANA? Jesus repeatedly broke the law to heal the blind and the crippled, and the authorities

Sheree M. Krider USMJParty -------- Original Message -------- Subject: USMJP Listserv: Taxing and Regulating Marijuana is a Stupid Idea that needs to end now. From: bcainw@comcast.net Date: Fri, May 15, 2009 8:53 am To: usmjparty@drugsense.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Taxing and Regulating Marijuana is a Stupid Idea that needs to end now. =================================================== Since Obama's inauguration there has been a constant media mantra from all ends of the political spectrum: "Tax and Regulate Marijuana." This is the dumbest solution to end the 71 year War on Marijuana users. It won't make Marijuana cheap enough for the sick. It won't destroy the Mexican Drug Cartels. It will not provide the counterbalance to those rights lost in the wake of 911. And it will not necessarily stop the arrest of nearly 840,000 Marijuana consumers each year. At no time in recent history has there been such a perfect opportunity to reform the Marijuana Laws in this once-great country. Last week, for the first time, a Zogby poll found that a clear 52% majority of Americans are now willing to support the complete Re-Legalization of Marijuana: and not just for Medical purposes. So let's not allow Allen St. Pierre (NORML), Ethan Nadleman (DPA), Rob Kampia (MPP) sell us out on the false solution hiding behind the rubric of "tax and regulate Marijuana." Now is the time to demand true reform through MERP which treats Marijuana much like we treat home beer and wine production: neither is taxed or regulated. And there is little or no government interference. It is important to note that the MERP Model does allow commercial licences and whatever taxation the government deems reasonable. But equally important the MERP Model treats home cultivation of Marijuana as a sacred, untaxed, unregulated inalienable right: much like home beer and wine production is treated in most states. It is only through this MERP model that the greed and avarice of the government can be kept at bay. The "tax and regulate" fantasy of these moneyed drug reform organizations will not and can not achieve the final "Drug Peace" that the MERP Model will bring forward. In the weeks to come I am going to challenge all three of these moneyed drug reformers to a debate on the merits of the MERP Model. It is time that they either support the implementation of the MERP Model or are castigated for their short sighted "tax and regulate" non solution. MERP should not be supported because I authored it. It should be supported because it serves the greater good of a free society where "pigs" (e.g., police that bust Marijuana consumers) can no longer violate our privacy rights. A "tax and regulate" model will never achieve the increases in personal freedom that MERP does by design. I would garuntee that 3 weeks after the implementation of the MERP model you would see the Mexican Drug Cartels implode as 70% of their profits -- which are derived from Marijuana sales -- would evaporate over night. Please take the time to go to MERP Headquarters and read all of the articles and watch all of the videos. And if you still have questions please forward them to me. I would be more than happy to explain any aspect of the MERP Model that is not clear to any fellow activists. ================================== MERP Headquarters The Marijuana Re-Legalization Policy Project (MRPP) http://www.newagecitizen.com/MERP.htm ================================== Yours in Peace and Freedom, Bruce W. Cain Editor, New Age Citizen The MERP Model for Re-Legalization will destroy the Mexican Drug Cartels and much, much more. Please visit and post the following link far and wide. This subweb is both for understanding MERP and implementing MERP. We need everyones help on this. Get on the mailing list now! Let's Re-Legalize Marijuana in 2009 World Wide. MERP Headquarters The Marijuana Re-Legalization Policy Project (MRPP) http://www.newagecitizen.com/MERP.htm Re-Legalize Marijuana Now, Obama (1) http://www.newagecitizen.com/MERP/RelegalizeNowObama01.htm Re-Legalize Marijuana Now, Obama (2) http://www.newagecitizen.com/MERP/RelegalizeNowObama02.htm The Peaceful 2nd American Revolution Begins by Re-Legalizing Marijuana http://www.newagecitizen.com/MERP/RelegalizeNowObama03.htm Re-Legalize Marijuana: A Better Way to Destroy the Mexican Drug Cartels http://www.newagecitizen.com/MERP/RelegalizeNowObama04.htm Marijuana: Past, Present and Future from Bruce Cain on Vimeo. http://www.vimeo.com/2056650 ----- Original Message ----- From: "THE INDIVIDUALS" <theindividuals420@yahoo.com> To: "Marijuana Party" <usmjparty@drugsense.org> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 6:15:21 PM GMT -05:00 Colombia Subject: USMJP Listserv: Fw: Marijuana Consumers Demand to Pay Taxes! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- On Thu, 5/14/09, miagrany <miagrany@roadrunner.com> wrote: From: miagrany <miagrany@roadrunner.com> Subject: Fw: Marijuana Consumers Demand to Pay Taxes! To: john.harris@sabic-ip.com, "Nicole" <nicci7075@yahoo.com>, "William Harris" <wharrblo@roadrunner.com>, "Zola" <preciouszola@gmail.com>, "The Individuals" <theindividuals420@yahoo.com> Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 5:07 PM -------Original Message------- From: Allen St. Pierre Date: 04/13/09 19:00:30 To: NORML News Subject: Marijuana Consumers Demand to Pay Taxes! To unsubscribe, follow the instructions at the bottom. April 13, 2009 norml.org From NORML.ORG: Marijuana Consumers Demand to Pay Taxes! $14 billion dollar check presented to US Treasury represents "tax and regulate" boost to economy New York, NY: On April 15, better known as Tax Day, at 8:00 AM representatives and supporters of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), including the organization's national director Allen St. Pierre, will stand on the steps of the General Post Office in Midtown Manhattan and present a check for $14 billion to the US Treasury Department. The check total is an estimate of what American taxpayers spend every year to maintain marijuana prohibition. According to the report "The Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition in the United States", Americans spend some $6 billion on law enforcement costs related to enforcing marijuana laws. Taxing and regulating the production and sale of cannabis like alcohol products would reduce these costs while raising an estimated $8 billion in new tax revenue. That's according to Nobel Prize Winner Milton Friedman and over 500 other accredited economists. "On a day when so many Americans lament having to pay state and federal income taxes, we're representing America's millions of otherwise law-abiding cannabis consumers—as well as supportive non-consumers—who're ready, willing, vocal and able to contribute this huge sum to our struggling economy, while providing truly 'green' jobs and allowing police to focus on more important priorities," says Allen St. Pierre, NORML's Executive Director. "All we ask in exchange for our $14 billion is the right to smoke our pot responsibly and in peace—just in the same way as the millions of daily consumers of alcohol products in our country." WHO Representatives of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, including NORML's national director Allen St. Pierre WHAT American cannabis consumers and anti-prohibitionists present a $14 billion check to the US Treasury. WHEN April 15th, 2009 at 8:00 AM (press conference with mock check) and 4:20 PM presentation of check with NORML supporters. WHERE The steps of the General Post Office in Manhattan 441 Eighth Ave New York, NY CONTACT FOR INTERVIEWS: Allen St. Pierre, NORML, 202-483-5500, media@norml.org Ruth Liebesman-Martinuk, Esq., NY NORML, 212-804-5740, NewYorkNorml@aol.com David Bienenstock, author of 'The Official High Times Pot Smoker's Handbook' and a senior editor at the magazine, 212-387-0500 References regarding the economics of cannabis legalization: http://www.canorml.org/background/CA_legalization2.html http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/bcr4/exec_summ.html http://www.cantaxreg.com (See: Revenue Potential and Economic Analysis, and Background Materials. 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Sheree M. Krider USMJParty -------- Original Message -------- Subject: USMJP Listserv: US: Supreme Court Cuts Back Officers' Searches of Vehicles From: Richard Lake <rlake@mapinc.org> Date: Wed, April 22, 2009 4:52 am To: usmjparty@drugsense.org Newshawk: The High Cost of the Drug War http://drugsense.org/url/xDnWAGdt Pubdate: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 Source: New York Times (NY) Page: A12 Copyright: 2009 The New York Times Company Contact: letters@nytimes.com Website: http://www.nytimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298 Author: Adam Liptak Note: The Supreme Court decision http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/08pdf/07-542.pdf SUPREME COURT CUTS BACK OFFICERS' SEARCHES OF VEHICLES WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday significantly cut back the ability of the police to search the cars of people they arrest. Police officers have for a generation understood themselves to be free to search vehicles based on nothing more than the fact that they had just arrested an occupant. That principle, Justice John Paul Stevens acknowledged in his majority opinion, "has been widely taught in police academies" and "law enforcement officers have relied on the rule in conducting vehicle searches during the past 28 years." The majority replaced that bright-line rule with a more nuanced one, and law enforcement officials greeted it with dismay. "It's just terrible," William J. Johnson, the executive director of the National Association of Police Organizations, said of the decision. "It's certainly going to result in less drug and weapons cases being made." In a dissent, four justices said the majority had effectively overruled an important and straightforward Fourth Amendment precedent established by the court in a 1981 decision, New York v. Belton. Justice Stevens denied that. The precedent of Belton had often been applied too broadly, he said. Vehicle searches should be allowed only in two situations, he wrote: when the person being arrested is close enough to the car to reach in, possibly to grab a weapon or tamper with evidence; or when the arresting officer reasonably believes that the car contains evidence pertinent to the very crime that prompted the arrest. In the case decided Tuesday, Rodney J. Gant, an Arizona man, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for driving with a suspended license. He was handcuffed in the back of a patrol car while his car was searched. The police found cocaine and a gun, and Mr. Gant was convicted on drug charges and sentenced to three years. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the search of Mr. Gant's car had violated the Fourth Amendment's ban on unreasonable searches and suppressed the evidence against him. The United States Supreme Court affirmed that decision on Tuesday. Justice Stevens, joined by the unusual alliance of Justices Antonin Scalia, David H. Souter, Clarence Thomas and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, said the court had agreed to hear the case because the conventional view of the Belton decision had been widely criticized. "The chorus that has called for us to revisit Belton," Justice Stevens wrote, "includes courts, scholars and members of this court who have questioned that decision's clarity and fidelity to Fourth Amendment principles." Police officers and lower courts, Justice Stevens wrote, had failed to take adequate account of the two rationales that animated Belton: protecting the safety of arresting officers and safeguarding evidence of crimes. Those rationales only make sense, he said, "when the arrestee is unsecured and within reaching distance" of the car. At the same time, the majority announced a new justification for a search in connection with an arrest, one drawing on a 2004 concurrence questioning Belton from Justice Scalia. Searches of vehicles are permissible, Justice Stevens said, "when it is reasonable to believe evidence relevant to the crime of arrest might be found in the vehicle." As a practical matter, that means many arrests for traffic offenses will not by themselves allow police officers to search vehicles. Arrests for other kinds of crimes, though, may well supply a basis for a search. The decision, Arizona v. Gant, No. 07-542, was the last to be issued from among the cases the court heard in its October sitting, and it was marked by an uneasy compromise that probably explains the delay. Justice Scalia said he would have overruled Belton outright and substituted a rule that allowed searches of vehicles in connection with arrests only where the search seeks evidence of the crime for which the arrest was made or another one for which there is probable cause. He added that he joined the majority opinion to avoid a 4-1-4 decision "that leaves the governing rule uncertain." Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., joined in full by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and for the most part by Justice Stephen G. Breyer, said the broad Belton rule was sensible and easy to apply. On the other hand, the new rule allowing searches for evidence of the crime that prompted the arrest, Justice Alito said, "is virtually certain to confuse law enforcement officers and judges for some time to come." And the part of the majority opinion allowing searches only when the person arrested can reach the car "may endanger arresting officers," Justice Alito wrote. Mr. Johnson of the police association explained the problem. "The case creates a temptation," he said, "for police to leave the occupant of a vehicle unsecured in the belief that they are now operating within the Fourth Amendment in terms of being able to search the vehicle." Though Justice Stevens did not concede that Tuesday's decision overruled Belton, he did say that fidelity to precedent was no reason to allow constitutional violations to continue. "Countless individuals guilty of nothing more serious that a traffic violation," he wrote, "have had their constitutional right to the security of their private effects violated" by the broad rule struck down on Tuesday.

Sheree M. Krider USMJParty -------- Original Message -------- Subject: The High Cost of the Drug War From: "Mark Greer" <mgreer@mapinc.org> Date: Tue, April 21, 2009 11:13 pm To: shereekrider@usmjparty.org View this message on our website: http://drugsense.org/fundraisers/2009/DS22Apr09.htm THE HIGH COST OF THE DRUG WAR As Quoted from 2008 News Clippings in the MAP DrugNews Archive While the U.S. deficit approaches $1 trillion, many states and local communities also face major budgetary shortfalls. Yet, despite the economic crisis, your tax dollars continue to fund drug war costs like these: $40 billion for the drug war. "Despite a $40 billion-a-year 'war on drugs' and political speeches about a 'drug-free society,' our society is swimming in drugs: cigarettes, sugar, alcohol, marijuana, Prozac, Ritalin, Viagra, steroids and caffeine." http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n913/a03.html $700 million to build prisons in just one state; $100 Million per year to run them. "[The state prison in Scotland County, North Carolina] is one of six that state lawmakers have approved since 2001 to address a dire need for prison space, and they are already being expanded. When complete, the construction and expansions at all six facilities will have cost more than $700 million and operating costs will top $100 million annually." http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n702/a11.html $400 million more to Mexico. "This past June [2008], Bush struck a deal with Calderon to approve $400 million toward additional drug war assistance (representing a 20% increase in the Mexican anti-narcotics budget) -- for still more helicopters, military training, ion scanners, canine units, and surveillance technology." http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n940/a04.html $225 million for regional anti-drug efforts. "It [High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program] is one of 28 similar efforts nationwide, with the federal government spending about $225 million annually to coordinate federal, state and local law-enforcement campaigns." http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n1082/a02.html $702,969 to prosecute drug offenses in just one U.S. county. "Lake County [Illinois] will spend $702,969 prosecuting drug offenses this year . Except for an estimated $30,000 in revenue from asset forfeitures, county taxpayers absorb the difference." http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n793/a06.html $178,290 for drug testing in just one school district. "A $178,290 drug prevention grant means 5,900 drug tests for the Victoria [Texas] school district." http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n712/a01.html $615,000 for all kinds of things. "[Sheriff] Smith Used $615,000 in Federal [forfeiture] funds for Tuition, a Lease, Private Lawyer and More .. $14,400 on employee training and associated travel . a 28-foot boat . $100,000 for a scholarship at Georgia State University . About $9,000 to help a boxing club owner pay her lease . $4,000 in retainer fees for Brunswick lawyer." http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n654/a13.html $60,000 for just one police force to buy drugs. "Estimating controlled drug buys for the average local case run his task force $200, Centeno figured his officers spend at least $60,000 a year just to purchase the drugs they need to seal the average of 300 cases." http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n526/a01.html What if, instead of spending such shameful sums, we instead taxed and regulated illicit substances? "By legalising drugs we can apply the same controls to their production, distribution and consumption as we apply to alcohol and tobacco. And there's a triple bonus to society: spending on crime prevention will plunge, not just on drug-related policing but on all the criminality arising from the activities of drug-financed gangs; crime levels overall will plunge; and the government becomes a net recipient of monies from drug consumption rather than a net spender via law enforcement. Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron estimates that the United States spends $44 billion a year fighting the war on drugs. If they were legal, the US government would realise about $33 billion a year in tax revenue - a net swing of $77 billion." http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n388/a07.html If you think that your tax dollars can be better spent, then you know it's time to change drug policy. Here's what you can do to end our failed and expensive War on Drugs: A. Join DrugSense or other local, state, or federal groups working on drug policy reform here and around the world. Our Drug Policy Central provides web services to more than 120 drug policy focused organizations. Check out http://www.drugpolicycentral.com/hosting/clients.htm for a group in your area. B. DONATE. We're able to get the word out about the incredible harms of the drug war and alternatives to prohibition because people like you DONATE. It's quick, easy, and secure. Just visit http://www.drugsense.org/donate/ Help us uncover more government drug war waste. Get involved. Write. Join. Donate. Mark Greer Executive Director Don't forget! You can spread your donation over the course of a year by automatically repeating it every month, quarter, or half year. Please visit our donation page to find out how. Checks can also be made payable to DrugSense and mailed to: DrugSense 14252 Culver Dr #328 Irvine, CA 92604-0326 Or you can donate toll free by calling 1-800-266-5759. Again, donating is quick, easy, and secure online at http://www.drugsense.org/donate/. DrugSense is a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit organization. Your donations are tax deductible to the extent provided by law. DrugSense 14252 Culver Drive #328 Irvine, CA, 92604-0326 (800) 266-5759 You have received this message because you are subscribed to one or more voluntary mailing lists (listserves) provided by DrugSense/MAP. For more information please visit: http://drugsense.org/mylists/20090421192902/shereekrider@usmjparty.org

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