Rave Act Re-Introduced, with Homeland Security

[zeuschicago]

Last year you helped the Drug Policy Alliance stop the RAVE Act from

becoming law. This year supporters of the draconian drug war bill are

back with a vengeance. They have stopped calling it the "RAVE Act"

and have stuck its provisions in a popular omnibus domestic security

bill. This is a common Congressional ploy: put controversial bills

that can't go anywhere on their own into important bills, so that

Members of Congress are forced to vote for them.

Your help is needed to stop these disguised RAVE Act provisions from

becoming law!!!

The bill, S.22, is sponsored by Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD). The

troubling drug war provisions are in the section entitled "Crack

House Statute Amendments"

ACTIONS TO TAKE

*** Call your two Senators. You can contact your Senators through the

Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121. To find out who your Senators

are go to: http://www.senate.gov/senators/senator_by_state.cfm.

Tell them:

1) You oppose the "crack house statute" amendments in S.22.

2) These provisions are just like the provisions in the RAVE Act

last year.

3) The provisions would endanger public health, free speech, and

property rights.

4) Urge them to contact Daschle's office and work to get these

provisions removed from S.22.

** Fax Senator Daschle (even if he is not one of your two Senators).

To fax Senator Daschle go to:

http://actioncenter.drugpolicy.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=1448.

** Please forward this action alert to your friends and family. The

Senate needs to know that voters find this bill unacceptable.

For more information on the RAVE Act and how the S. 22 "crack house"

provisions will affect public health, free speech, and property

rights see: http://www.nomoredrugwar.org/music/rave_act.htm

For problems, please contact Jeanette Irwin at jirwin@drugpolicy.org .

Please consider joining the Drug Policy Alliance:

http://www.drugpolicy.org/join

Regards

Zeus

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In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies,

but the silence of our friends.