From norml at montananorml.org  Sun Oct 19 19:15:27 2008
From: norml at montananorml.org (Montana NORML)
Date: Sun Oct 19 19:16:01 2008
Subject: [Mtnorml-list] Some help with voting
Message-ID: <48FBDBAF.5010203@montananorml.org>

Hi all,

For the last 10 years, I've made it a point of attending the national 
NORML conference every year. For me, it's a time for learning, and 
perhaps more notably, a recharge of my activist batteries.

This year's conference was fantastic, as expected.

This year also happens to be the year that America arrested our twenty 
millionth marijuana "criminal". 20 Million! It's a preposterous number, 
and I'll remind you why:

Consuming cannabis (marijuana) is a purely personal matter, and the 
government has no business punishing any adult for doing so.

But instead, our taxes pay for billions every year to hunt, chase, bust, 
prosecute and cage people who grew a plant, smoked a joint or carried a 
baggy to a friend.

If you'd like to hear more about the conference, let me know.



Now, onto the subject of this email. We've got a big election coming up 
in a few weeks.  Regardless of where you are on the big political issues 
(as defined by NBC, CNN, FOX, et. al.), we at Montana NORML thought you 
might like to hear some local candidates' answers to these questions:

* Would you support legislation to eliminate jail time for private adult 
marijuana use? Why or why not?

* What measures would you support to improve Montana's medical marijuana 
law?


Many candidates chose not to respond, but for those who answered, their 
unfiltered replies are here:

http://montananorml.org/scorecard2008/

Don't see your candidates listed? Contact them and ask!
Not sure who your local rep is? Click here: 
http://nris.mt.gov/gis/legislat/2007/


Ever Higher,

--

John Masterson
Director, Montana NORML
http://montananorml.org/


P.S., more about the 20 millionth arrest -- and a chance to win $10,000, 
here:
http://blog.norml.org/2008/10/10/norml%E2%80%99s-2008-pro-marijuana-law-reform-ad-contest/