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Dear Friends,

I have great news. Big Weed is scared. But we still need your help ([link removed]) .

They’re scared that together we are winning the fight against addiction for profit. Against policies that wreck public health and safety. Against drugs that ruin physical and mental health and endanger the most vulnerable.

But don’t take my word for it.

Listen to Adam Smith, head of the Marijuana Policy Project, as he begs his corporate masters for money:

“Today, a resurgent and well-funded neo-prohibitionist movement seeks to weaponize those very issues against us.

Right now, Smart Approaches to Marijuana ([link removed]) (Project SAM) and their allies are backing legislation, and soon ballot initiatives, to roll back our progress state by state. And there is a reason they’ve made 'Big Marijuana,’ meaning the entire cannabis industry, their straw-man enemy. SAM and their allies spread disinformation disguised as concern for public health, safety, and protecting children because they know that fear moves policymakers and voters faster than facts.

They also know that the normal incentives of any industry, reducing costs and maximizing profits, can undercut an industry’s credibility with lawmakers and the public on these threshold issues. Their strategy is to force legislators into a false choice between your profit motives and their claim to the mantle of public health. They want you isolated in that fight.”

A few points.

We are resurgent. Again, that’s thanks to you. ([link removed])

We don’t “weaponize” those issues. We don’t have to. Marijuana is ruining lives. The data prove it. The more people see the impacts of legalization on their schools, children, and communities, the less popular it becomes.

We don’t spread “disinformation.” That’s what the addiction industry and its advocacy wing do.

We do want those who profit from addiction at the expense of our kids isolated in every fight they face.

So why this desperate letter from MPP? Why now?

Because science is on our side. Public sentiment is turning. And the dreams of corporate weed are going up in smoke.

Big Marijuana knows it and their propagandists know it. That’s why they’re running scared.

Because we are going to win.

Now, Smith also claims we’re well-funded. It’s true that thanks to the incredible generosity of people like you we have been able to fight for sane drug policy. (That fight is also why I wrote my new book One Nation Under the Influence: pre-order today ([link removed]) !)

Unlike the MPP and other pro-drug groups, we’ve never taken a dime from marijuana, alcohol, tobacco, or pharmaceutical companies. We’re funded entirely by people like you.

We need your help, now more than ever, to advance the cause of real public health and keep the public, policymakers, and President informed about just how dangerous marijuana is.

So please donate if you can. We can’t do this without you. ([link removed])

In gratitude,

Dr. Kevin Sabet
President, Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM)
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