Dear Friend, 

As I am sure you have heard by now, the latest innovation of Big Marijuana has turned fatal

Unfortunately, there are now hundreds of cases of severe respiratory illnesses with six deaths linked to the vaping of high potency marijuana

In response, the Trump Administration is poised to ban non-tobacco flavored vaping products from the market, but as of yet there has been no mention of any action to be taken against the actual culprit responsible for these deaths: marijuana vapes. 

It is vital that we take every action to urge elected officials at every level to immediately pull all marijuana vaping products off the shelves.

And despite what you may hear from the industry's spin doctors, the DOJ and FDA can put an end to pot vaping without having to legalize and "regulate" the drug.


In order to prevent more loss of life at the hands of the addiction-for-profit industry, we must call on our federal representatives to ENFORCE FEDERAL LAW AND PUT AN END TO THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF MARIJUANA VAPING PRODUCTS

If you have social media, please be sure to use the hashtag #PotVapingCrisis when sharing information related to this development. 

Here is a sample tweet for you to use:

We can’t forget: marijuana vaping is the root cause of the recent slew of illness and deaths from vaping. Dear @realDonaldTrump, @HHSGov, @TheJusticeDept, @FDACommissioner, it’s time to hold Big Marijuana accountable for the #PotVapingCrisis

Nicotine vaping is indeed a scourge, but we cannot allow the fact that marijuana vaping is the root cause of this new rash of illnesses and deaths escape unnoticed. Please, do everything in your power to hold Big Pot accountable

Together, we can help save lives, 

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

About SAM
Co-founded in 2013 by former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy and Dr. Kevin A. Sabet, a former senior drug policy advisor to the Obama Administration, Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) is the nation's premier non-profit, non-partisan marijuana policy organization. Advised by a blue ribbon scientific advisory board, SAM envisions a society where marijuana policies are aligned with the scientific understanding of marijuana's harms, and the commercialization and normalization of marijuana are no more. Its mission is to educate citizens on the science of marijuana and to promote health-first, smart policies and attitudes that decrease marijuana use and its consequences.

SAM has advised almost every state government in the U.S., Pope Francis, Queen Silvia of Sweden, and several other governments, dignitaries, and international organizations. It has Special Consultative Status with the United Nations, and SAM team members have testified before Congress numerous times, as well as have appeared in almost every media outlet in the country.
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