Membership Brochure
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Name________________________________________________________ Street________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip _________________________________________________ Phone _______________________________________________________ E-mail _______________________________________________________ Your contribution of $25 or more entitles you to one year of membership with the Marijuana Policy Project. If you donate $40 or more, or if you donate monthly at $5 or more by credit card, in addition to one year of membership with the Marijuana Policy Project, you’ll also receive your choice of the Marijuana is Safer book, the 10 Rules for Dealing with Police DVD, or a Marijuana Policy Project tote bag. Please indicate your choice: r r r The Facts About Marijuana • A record 54% of Americans now “think the use of marijuana should be made legal,” according to a February 2014 Pew Research Center poll. • According to the FBI’s 2012 Uniform Crime Report, U.S. law enforcement made 749,825 arrests on marijuana charges – 87% of which were for simple possession, not sale or manufacture. One American was arrested on marijuana charges every 48 seconds in 2012. • In early 2009, ex-presidents Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico, Cesar Gaviria of Colombia, and Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil called for the decriminalization of marijuana for personal use and a change in tactics in the war on drugs. • Marijuana is the largest cash crop in the U.S., with retail sales exceeding those of corn and all vegetables combined. • According to a 2010 report from the Cato Institute, marijuana prohibition is costing U.S. taxpayers $8.7 billion annually in law enforcement and court expenses, in addition to preventing the collection of another $8.7 billion in annual tax revenues from the sale of marijuana. Annual deaths caused by… Tobacco: 480,000 Alcohol: 79,000 Tylenol: 458 Marijuana: 0 With more than 6,000 dues-paying members and 185,000 email subscribers nationwide, the Marijuana Policy Project is the largest and most successful marijuana policy reform organization in the United States. For more information, please visit www.mpp.org. Join MPP r My check or money order is enclosed. r My credit card information is below. r Sign me up! Enclosed is my r one time r monthly donation of : r $420 r $100 r $40 r $25 r $_________ – your choice with a $40 gift, or a $5 monthly pledge Credit Card Information r American Express r Discover r MasterCard r Visa Card Number__________________________________________ Exp Date_______ Name on credit card___________________________________________________ Billing address (if different from above) _____________________________________ Signature____________________________________________________________ Donations to MPP Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, are tax-deductible. Help Make Marijuana Legal Marijuana Policy Project Foundation P.O. Box 77492, Capitol Hill Washington, DC 20013 P: (202) 462-5747 F: (202) 232-0442 www.mpp.org MPP Gets Results ... 4 Colorado is the only place in the world to have legalized the possession, use, production, distribution, and personal cultivation of marijuana, because voters passed MPP’s historic ballot initiative to regulate marijuana like alcohol. 4 Hundreds of federal marijuana prisoners have been set free early because MPP and other organizations successfully petitioned the U.S. Sentencing Commission to change federal marijuana sentencing policies. 4 Medical marijuana patients no longer face convictions in Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont because of laws MPP played a key role in passing through these nine states’ legislatures. 4 Medical marijuana patients in Arizona, Michigan, and Montana are protected because these three states’ voters passed MPP’s medical marijuana ballot initiatives. 4 Small-time marijuana possession in Massachusetts is punishable by just a $100 ticket because the state’s voters passed MPP’s decriminalization ballot initiative. 4 Small-time marijuana possession in Vermont, Rhode Island, and the District of Columbia is punishable by a small civil fine, as opposed to criminal penalties, because of MPP’s legislative lobbying efforts. 4 It’s harder for the federal government to seize private property for marijuana offenses because MPP and allied organizations successfully lobbied the federal government to enact a landmark forfeiture- reform law. 4 The federal government is spending less money on deceitful marijuana ads because MPP continues to make progress on persuading Congress to reduce funding for the White House drug czar’s ad budget each year. 4 Medical marijuana is sold openly through dispensary storefronts in our nation’s capital, thanks to MPP and allied organizations persuading Congress to lift the federal ban on the local medical marijuana law in the District of Columbia. Source code: LPXXXFXXIRX To donate online, visit www.mpp.org/donate Please mail this form and your donation to Marijuana Policy Project Foundation P.O. Box 77492, Capitol Hill Washington, DC 20013 I want to help MPP make marijuana legal.
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Name ________________________________________________________
Street ________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip _________________________________________________
Phone _______________________________________________________
E-mail _______________________________________________________
Your contribution of $25 or more entitles you to one year of membership with the Marijuana Policy Project.
If you donate $40 or more, or if you donate monthly at $5 or more by credit card, in addition to one year of membership with the Marijuana Policy Project, youll also receive your choice of the Marijuana is Safer book, the 10 Rules for Dealing with Police DVD, or a Marijuana Policy Project tote bag. Please indicate your choice:
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The Facts About Marijuana
A record 54% of Americans now think the use of marijuana should be made legal, according to a February 2014 Pew Research Center poll.
According to the FBIs 2012 Uniform Crime Report, U.S. law enforcement made 749,825 arrests on marijuana charges 87% of which were for simple possession, not sale or manufacture. One American was arrested on marijuana charges every 48 seconds in 2012.
In early 2009, ex-presidents Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico, Cesar Gaviria of Colombia, and Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil called for the decriminalization of marijuana for personal use and a change in tactics in the war on drugs.
Marijuana is the largest cash crop in the U.S., with retail sales exceeding those of corn and all vegetables combined.
According to a 2010 report from the Cato Institute, marijuana prohibition is costing U.S. taxpayers $8.7 billion annually in law enforcement and court expenses, in addition to preventing the collection of another $8.7 billion in annual tax revenues from the sale of marijuana.
Annual deaths caused byTobacco: 480,000Alcohol: 79,000
Tylenol: 458Marijuana: 0
With more than 6,000 dues-paying members and 185,000 email subscribers nationwide, the Marijuana Policy Project is the largest and most successful marijuana policy reform organization in the United States. For more information, please visit www.mpp.org.
Join MPPr My check or money order is enclosed. r My credit card information is below.
r Sign me up!
Enclosed is my r one time r monthly donation of :
r $420 r $100 r $40 r $25 r $_________
your choice with a $40 gift, or a $5 monthly pledge
Credit Card Informationr American Express r Discover r MasterCard r Visa
Card Number__________________________________________ Exp Date_______
Name on credit card___________________________________________________
Billing address (if di erent from above) _____________________________________
Signature____________________________________________________________
Donations to MPP Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, are tax-deductible.
HelpMake MarijuanaLegal
Marijuana Policy Project FoundationP.O. Box 77492, Capitol HillWashington, DC 20013P: (202) 462-5747F: (202) 232-0442www.mpp.org
MPP Gets Results ...
4 Colorado is the only place in the world to have legalized the possession, use, production, distribution, and personal cultivation of marijuana, because voters passed MPPs historic ballot initiative to regulate marijuana like alcohol.
4 Hundreds of federal marijuana prisoners have been set free early because MPP and other organizations successfully petitioned the U.S. Sentencing Commission to change federal marijuana sentencing policies.
4 Medical marijuana patients no longer face convictions in Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont because of laws MPP played a key role in passing through these nine states legislatures.
4 Medical marijuana patients in Arizona, Michigan, and Montana are protected because these three states voters passed MPPs medical marijuana ballot initiatives.
4 Small-time marijuana possession in Massachusetts is punishable by just a $100 ticket because the states voters passed MPPs decriminalization ballot initiative.
4 Small-time marijuana possession in Vermont, Rhode Island, and the District of Columbia is punishable by a small civil fi ne, as opposed to criminal penalties, because of MPPs legislative lobbying efforts.
4 Its harder for the federal government to seize private property for marijuana offenses because MPP and allied organizations successfully lobbied the federal government to enact a landmark forfeiture-reform law.
4 The federal government is spending less money on deceitful marijuana ads because MPP continues to make progress on persuading Congress to reduce funding for the White House drug czars ad budget each year.
4 Medical marijuana is sold openly through dispensary storefronts in our nations capital, thanks to MPP and allied organizations persuading Congress to lift the federal ban on the local medical marijuana law in the District of Columbia.
Source code: LPXXXFXXIRX
To donate online, visit www.mpp.org/donate
Please mail this form and your donation toMarijuana Policy Project Foundation
P.O. Box 77492, Capitol HillWashington, DC 20013
I want to help MPP make marijuana legal.
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Marijuana Policy Project: Changing Laws Changing History
When MPP was founded in 1995, medical marijuana was illegal in every state, favorable legislation hadnt been introduced in Congress in a decade, and public support for making marijuana legal was stagnant at 25%.
As of 2014 and after 19 years of MPPs effective advocacy and legislative leadership medical marijuana is legal in 23 states and the District of Columbia, and marijuana is now
legal for adult use in Colorado and Washington state.DC Council decriminalizes pot possessionPossession of less than one ounce of marijuana would no longer be a criminal offense in the nations capital under a bill approved Tuesday by the D.C. Council.If the bill becomes law as expected, the District of Columbia would join the 17 states that have de-criminalized pot posses-sion in some way. Mayor Vincent Gray supports the measure, and Con-gress is not expected to intervene to stop it.This is a big step for-ward for our nations capital, as well as our na-tion as a whole, said Dan Rifle, director of federal policies for the Marijuana Policy Project. Clearly, marijuana prohibitions days are numbered in the United States.
Worlds fi rst legal recreational marijuana sales begin in ColoradoBy John Ingold
In a historic swirl of com-merce and cannabis, the worlds fi rst stores li-censed to sell marijuana legally to anyone 21 or older opened in Colorado on Wednesday.
Marijuana activists hailed the day as a watershed in their effort to over-turn anti-cannabis laws. Store owners several of whom said the turnout exceeded even their own ambitious expectations feared running out of supply.
Im confi dent these busi-nesses will perform and be a good example of how states can regulate mari-juana, activist Mason Tvert said just prior to the stores fi rst purchase. To-day, there will be people around the country buy-ing marijuana. But only in Colorado will they be buying it in stores like this one.
To have a shot at removing the federal governments prohibition on medical marijuana, at least 26 states must legalize medical marijuana. Your donation will help MPP continue to generate the great media coverage and the legislative victories that will get us to 26 states and will give us a clear path to victory in Congress and/or the federal courts. Join
MPP today and help end the waste and injustice of marijuana prohibition. Use the attached sign-up form, or visit our web site at www.mpp.org/donate. Be part of the solution.
Pivotal Point Is Seen as More States Consider Legalizing MarijuanaBy Rick Lyman
Mason Tvert, director of communications for the Marijuana Policy Project, a leading advocate for legalizing marijuana, said campaigns were already underway to stage aggressive legaliza-tion drives in several states over the next couple of years, in-cluding Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, and possibly Montana.
It is certainly important to maintain the momen-tum, Mr. Tvert said, But I dont think we can look at any one elec-tion cycle and see what the future holds. This is going to be a multiyear effort.
