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To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (270234)	12/10/2003 3:17:38 PM
From: laura_bush	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

<MKT O/T> Nice. Did they count 'em in WWII? Whose policy is this: Shrub's? In the meantime, this just in...for any interested current or potential dope smokers ... -g- U.S. House of Reps. Approves Bill to Censor American Citizens from Voicing Opposition to U.S. War on Drugs Provision in Federal Spending Bill Awaits Vote by Senate – Passage Would Ban Advertising About Medical Marijuana and Other Important Drug Policy Issues, While $145 Million in Taxpayer Money Is Spent on Pro-Drug War Ads Drug Policy Alliance Cries Foul, Urges U.S. Senate to Protect Free Speech and End Government Propaganda For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December 9, 2003. Contact: Bill Piper (202) 528-0790 or Tony Newman (510)-812-3126 A little-known provision buried within the omnibus federal spending bill that the U.S. House of Representatives approved yesterday would take away federal grants from local and state transportation authorities that allow citizens to run advertising on buses, trains, or subways in support of reforming our nation’s drug laws. If enacted, the provision could effectively silence community groups around the country that are using advertising to educate Americans about medical marijuana and other drug policy reforms. Meanwhile, this same bill gives the White House $145 million in taxpayer money to run anti-marijuana ads next year. “The government can’t spend taxpayer money promoting one side of the drug policy debate while prohibiting taxpayers from using their own money to promote the other side,” said Bill Piper, Associate Director of National Affairs for the Drug Policy Alliance. “This is censorship and not the democratic way.” Continues....... drugpolicy.org