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Dear Friend,
As you may know, today is the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
Since 1987, this United Nations commemoration has been used as a rallying cry for
those of us working towards a drug-free society-and I can't think of a better way
to mark this day than by giving you a quick update on just how crucial our fight
against Big Pot is to our collective future. Some might mock the idea of a drug-free
society, but it is no less a worthy goal than a poverty-free society or cancer-free
society. It is certainly a worthy aspiration.
A study of more than 1,000 young people found that users of today's high potency
marijuana were four times more likely to abuse the drug and twice as likely to
develop severe anxiety disorders.
We know that low or medium potency marijuana can cause a host of harms on mental
health, but we have very little knowledge on the impact these products with up
to 99% THC can have. One study last year found daily users of today's potent pot
were more than four times more likely to develop psychosis.
Two studies published this month in JAMA Psychiatry further backed up the fact that
marijuana legalization was associated with more loss of life due to traffic fatalities.
One of them, authored by Dr. Russ Kamer, a longtime friend of SAM and leader of
our efforts in New York, found that were pot to be legalized nationwide, almost
7,000 excess roadway deaths would occur each year.
Furthermore, a report released by the Colorado Department of Transportation, found
that daily users of Colorado's pot believe driving while high is perfectly safe
and are skeptical of any study showing it to be dangerous.
Finally, over the last few months, we've seen Big Pot despicably try to use the
COVID-19 pandemic to further its goals. Pot profiteers have made dangerous claims
that its products can cure or prevent the coronavirus, the industry has bullied
state and local officials into keeping their stores open, they've bragged about
record profits while millions of Americans have lost their jobs, and then had the
gaul to demand they receive taxpayer-funded bailouts and other items on their Congressional
wishlist.
We have exposed these undertakings at each turn in newspapers, media outlets, and
radio stations nationwide, but without your support none of it would have been possible.
And with Congress beginning to move on must-pass spending bills in the next few
weeks, we need your support now more than ever.
A generous donor has agreed to match all donations up to $20,000, so you could double
or even triple your impact in the fight for a drug-free future with a gift today.
Could you chip in $100 today to help keep us going [[link removed]]?
Any amount you can give will help us continue to fight and expose Big Pot's addiction-for-profit
scheme in Congress and in states across the country.
Thank you for all that you do,
Dr. Kevin Sabet,
Founder & President
Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM)

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