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Dear Friend,
As you may know, today is 4/20, the unofficial "marijuana holiday."
Many pro-legalization groups are using today to promote the use of today's highly
potent marijuana products - which many public health experts have pointed out could
exacerbate issues with COVID-19 and cause a more serious infection.
Here are some ways you can help push back on Big Marijuana today:
Click the link below to sign a petition to your member of Congress urging them to
oppose any and all efforts to extend a bailout to the marijuana industry - that
has been working day and night to strong-arm state and local leaders into keeping
their pot shops open and bragging about record increases in profits.
For more information on how Big Pot has been working use the outbreak of COVID-19
to further its agenda, please take a minute to read and share the three opinion
pieces we have published over the last two weeks:
- Dr. Kevin Sabet in the New York Post
-SAM Chief of Staff Luke Niforatos in
the Colorado Springs Gazette
-SAM VP of Government Affairs, Garth Van Meter, in the Daily Signal
Be sure to keep your eye out for two more opinion pieces coming out this week:
Tuesday: Colorado Politics
Wednesday: Inside Sources
Do you live in a state that has legalized marijuana or is considering it? Interested
in learning more about how you can organize your community to push back?
Register today for our upcoming webinar: [[link removed]]
"Using Local Control to Push Back on the Marijuana Industry" presented by SAM President
Dr. Kevin Sabet and Director of Local Affairs, Dana Stevens
You will learn:

* How to navigate local policies, municipal codes and governing structures
* How to recognize and analyze community factors that influence policy
* How to use zoning and land use tools to negotiate policies that reduce negative
impact of marijuana commercialization
For too long, the lack of an objective, fact-based resource on state marijuana laws
has been used by Big Marijuana to advance a narrative that allowing them to push
their super potent marijuana products on our young people is inevitable.
Today we are dispensing of these myths by releasing the first-of-its-kind marijuana
state laws map to show that the majority of America does not allow marijuana use.
Click the link below to check it out and let us know what you think:
Finally, one last way you can help take the fight to Big Pot today is by chipping
in with a donation. Your support helps us continue to fight this industry in state
houses, on Capitol Hill, and in news outlets nationwide each day.
We cannot do this without you.
Thank you for all that you do,
Dr. Kevin Sabet,
Founder & President
Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM)

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