[Mtnorml-list] Ever busted for pot in Montana? Tell me your story.

[Montana NORML]

One more email before the weekend.


Anti-marijuana drug warriors often try to excuse marijuana prohibition 
by saying that nobody goes to jail for pot, and really it's only ever a 
slap on the wrist. We know that's not true, but there's another subtle 
myth I'm aiming at here.

There are tens of millions of regular people who choose to consume 
marijuana regularly, and many of them are successful, 
otherwise-law-abiding, tax-paying, patriotic citizens. I personally know 
bankers and lawyers and real estate agents and counselors and computer 
techs who break the law regularly with this harmless weed.  (See 
http://www.cannabisconsumers.org/ if you're interested in "coming out").

The subtle myth, even among some of my colleagues, is that the people 
who actually get busted for pot are all dirtbags, wife-beaters and 
meth-addicts who 'had it coming' anyway.

My theory is that this is part of the reason that the harassment and 
arrest of nearly a million people a year for marijuana 
(http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/?q=node/53) earns little more than a 
snicker from the average citizen.

So, I want to hear real stories from real people about their (or their 
loved ones') Montana marijuana bust experiences.

Do it here: http://busted.montananorml.org/


We'll compile these stories in a public education/media campaign later 
this year.


Please tell your story, anonymously if you prefer.

  http://busted.montananorml.org/

And forward this email to your friend who got busted, too.


Onwards,

-- 
John Masterson
Montana NORML
http://www.montananorml.org