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From: "Allen St. Pierre"
Date: April 13, 2009 5:43:52 PM EDT
Subject: Marijuana Consumers Demand to Pay Taxes!

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April 13, 2009  norml.org
	From NORML.ORG: Marijuana Consumers Demand to Pay Taxes! $14 billion dollar check presented to US Treasury represents "tax and regulate" boost to economy New York, NY: On April 15, better known as Tax Day, at 8:00 AM representatives and supporters of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), including the organization's national director Allen St. Pierre, will stand on the steps of the General Post Office in Midtown Manhattan and present a check for $14 billion to the US Treasury Department. The check total is an estimate of what American taxpayers spend every year to maintain marijuana prohibition. According to the report "The Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition in the United States", Americans spend some $6 billion on law enforcement costs related to enforcing marijuana laws. Taxing and regulating the production and sale of cannabis like alcohol products would reduce these costs while raising an estimated $8 billion in new tax revenue. That's according to Nobel Prize Winner Milton Friedman and over 500 other accredited economists. "On a day when so many Americans lament having to pay state and federal income taxes, we're representing America's millions of otherwise law-abiding cannabis consumers—as well as supportive non-consumers—who're ready, willing, vocal and able to contribute this huge sum to our struggling economy, while providing truly 'green' jobs and allowing police to focus on more important priorities," says Allen St. Pierre, NORML's Executive Director. "All we ask in exchange for our $14 billion is the right to smoke our pot responsibly and in peace—just in the same way as the millions of daily consumers of alcohol products in our country." WHO Representatives of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, including NORML's national director Allen St. Pierre WHAT American cannabis consumers and anti-prohibitionists present a $14 billion check to the US Treasury. WHEN April 15th, 2009 at 8:00 AM (press conference with mock check) and 4:20 PM presentation of check with NORML supporters. WHERE The steps of the General Post Office in Manhattan 441 Eighth Ave New York, NY CONTACT FOR INTERVIEWS: Allen St. Pierre, NORML, 202-483-5500, media@norml.org Ruth Liebesman-Martinuk, Esq., NY NORML, 212-804-5740, NewYorkNorml@aol.com David Bienenstock, author of 'The Official High Times Pot Smoker's Handbook' and a senior editor at the magazine, 212-387-0500 References regarding the economics of cannabis legalization: http://www.canorml.org/background/CA_legalization2.html http://www.drugscience.org/Archive/bcr4/exec_summ.html http://www.cantaxreg.com (See: Revenue Potential and Economic Analysis, and Background Materials.   NORML and the NORML Foundation: 1600 K Street NW, Suite 501, Washington DC, 20006-2832 Tel: (202) 483-5500 • Fax: (202) 483-0057 • Email: norml@norml.org		Write Your State Representatives   Emerging Clinical Applications for Cannabis and Cannabinoids   NORML's Daily Audio Stash   Join NORML   More Info From NORML About Marijuana State Laws FAQ's Personal Use Medical Use Industrial Use Legal Issues Find A Lawyer NORML in the Media   Other Ways to Help Join NORML Tell Congress Cafe Press Gear Direct from NORML   Networking Twitter MySpace Facebook YouTube Flickr

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Defend Michelle Obama's organic garden from pesticide lobbyists? Really?!?

This is something that I almost can't believe we actually have to take action on!  Help the First Lady defend her organic garden?!?  The attacks are so extreme from pesticide lobbyist than the US people must intervene? Seriously...are the pesticide lobbyists THAT bored or desperate to show some sort of results to their clients that they're attacking the First Lady's organic garden?  I think I'm going to email MACA's clients and suggest they divert their funds elsewhere during this economic crisis...  =-)

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		The pesticide peddlers are not happy with Michelle Obama. We support organic gardening. Tell the board members of MACA (virtually all of them big chemical executives) that we don't appreciate their telling Michelle Obama (or any of us) to use pesticides in our gardens. The Mid America CropLife Association (MACA) represents chemical companies that produce pesticides, and they are angry that — wait for it — Michelle Obama isn't using chemicals in her organic garden at the White House. We are not making this up. In an email they forwarded to their supporters, a MACA spokesman wrote, "While a garden is a great idea, the thought of it being organic made [us] shudder." MACA went on to publish a letter it had sent to the First Lady asking her to consider using chemicals — or what they call "crop protection products" — in her garden. Michelle Obama has done America a great service by publicizing the importance of nutritious food for kids (she's growing the garden in partnership with a local elementary school class) as well as locally grown produce as an important, environmentally sustainable food source. MACA's letter is part of a larger propaganda effort to convince people that chemicals are a necessary part of produce growth — when we know that's not true. Click here to tell the MACA board that we support Michelle Obama's organic garden, and we'll thank them to keep their propaganda out of it. Thank you for working to build a more organic world. Kate Stayman-London, Campaign Manager CREDO Action from Working Assets P.S. CREDO is the phone company that fights for the environment and prints all of its bills on recycled paper. When you join CREDO, we'll give you a free phone, buy out your contract*, and give you $10 off your bill for a year! Click here to get the details. *Up to $200. Offer valid with 2-year contract after credit approval.

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