July 01, 2021 John,
Have you seen Rick Steves’ newest op-ed, online today on CNN.com, highlighting our successes?
On the same day that two more states made the adult use of marijuana legal, NORML’s Board Chair explains why he personally advocates on behalf of NORML and on behalf of responsible cannabis consumers around the world.
He writes:
“I'm a hard-working, kid-raising, churchgoing, tax-paying American. And if I work hard all day and want to go home, smoke a joint and stare at my fireplace for three hours, that's my civil liberty. This is my basic, principled message on marijuana legalization, a cause I've promoted for many years.”
He goes on reference the history-making MORE Act and the need to make: “common-sense changes include removing marijuana from the Schedule I list of the most dangerous and highly regulated drugs, allowing cannabis businesses to use the federally overseen banking system, and expungement--which would clear the records of people convicted of non-violent marijuana offenses, thus restoring their right to vote.”
Will you heed the call and contact your Representative about the MORE Act by using our action alert?
Further, read Rick’s acknowledgment of the long-standing work and vision of NORML”s founder Keith Stroup. He writes:
“On July 1 Virginia [became] the first state in the South to legalize recreational marijuana. On that day Keith Stroup, who founded NORML 50 years ago -- in the same year Nixon declared war on marijuana -- will legally exercise a civil liberty in the privacy of his own home; an act that he had done illegally and with regularity and can now do legally and with great joy: He will roll a joint and smoke it.
And as Keith legally inhales, it will also be time for our government to recognize something that more than 60% of the American people now believe and understand: that the current war on marijuana is racist, it's an expensive and counterproductive mistake, and it's time to recognize the civil liberty of mature American adults to enjoy smoking pot in their own homes and to do so without breaking the law.”
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Together, we’re going to re-legalize marijuana nationwide.
The NORML Team
