But we still need your help Dear John, Thanks to your support and the work of countless allies and friends, we have defeated yet another backdoor attempt to commercialize marijuana. A bipartisan agreement has been struck to fund the government in new legislation that includes the longstanding language known as the Harris rider. This language, named after author Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), prohibits commercial marijuana sales in Washington, DC. This bipartisan victory is one of the many recent wins SAM has delivered on behalf of concerned parents and public health advocates. Thanks to your support, we recently defeated marijuana legalization in Virginia and South Dakota, and we're on the brink of a win in Delaware, the President's home state. Help SAM keep going in this fight today and click here to donate and help us continue to push back against big marijuana. Although this most recent attempt to expand the marijuana industry has been defeated, Big Pot continues to push for pro-marijuana language in every other piece of legislation. Now, the marijuana industry has successfully lobbied for the inclusion of marijuana banking language in the America COMPETES Act, a completely unrelated domestic spending bill. Click here to send an urgent message to your Senators demanding the SAFE Banking Act be stripped from the America COMPETES Act. Until now, most bills that the SAFE Banking Act has been attached to in the House have not been passed into law, but this bill has passed the House and is now up for debate in the Senate. For years, the industry has pushed the SAFE Banking Act, a bill that would grant marijuana businesses access to the federal banking system, an unprecedented move because of marijuana’s status as an illegal drug. This bill opens the door to billions in Wall Street investments into the marijuana industry, which will surely accelerate the creation of the next Big Tobacco. We need your help to stop this backdoor attempt at Government-approved money laundering. This banking provision is all about maximizing profits, forget public health or public safety, and it has no place in the COMPETES Act. Please contact your Senators today and tell them to oppose the America COMPETES Act because of its inclusion of the SAFE Banking Act. If you can, please help us continue to stand up to big marijuana and click here to chip-in with a donation to help us continue putting health about profit. Thank you for all that you do. Dr. Kevin Sabet President Smart Approaches to Marijuana Donate to SAM Smart Approaches to Marijuana | 107 S. West St, Suite 757, Alexandria, VA 22314 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!