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Offline Froderik

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Marijuana campaign turns ugly in Massachusetts
« on: October 15, 2008, 05:48:07 PM »
Dear friends:

Last week, I sent you MPP's new video about the lies being spread about marijuana by the Drug Free America Foundation (DFAF).

DFAF is now taking its lies into Massachusetts, where a measure to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana is on the ballot this Election Day. Its new radio ad — which you can listen to here — claims that the initiative will “put marijuana, a dangerous and addictive drug, into the hands of our children.”

If you want to fight back against the dishonorable attempts to keep Massachusetts voters from passing a far more sensible law, please give what you can to the campaign today. With just three weeks remaining until Election Day, every dollar you can give will help.

Bizarrely, the ad criticizes the campaign for accepting “out-of-state” contributions — yet the opposition ad itself is sponsored by the Florida-based Save Our Society from Drugs (SOS). SOS is DFAF's lobbying arm.

Even more disgustingly, DFAF was previously known as Straight Inc., one of the most notorious drug war abominations: It ran a network of “treatment facilities” that were shut down amid lawsuits and investigations regarding horrifying physical and emotional abuse of the young people in its care.

That's the sort of shady opposition that the campaign is up against in Massachusetts. They're willing to say and do anything to keep the initiative from passing on November 4. Would you please consider donating $10 or more today so that the campaign has the resources to continue fighting back?

Sincerely,

Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.

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Re: Marijuana campaign turns ugly in Massachusetts
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2008, 05:32:54 AM »
Tim is spot on with this. Good news post Frod..... DFAF needs to go down.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008
DFAF hypocrisy
 
The right-wing Drug Free America Foundation, which campaigns for draconian drug policies, evolved from Mel Sembler's Straight, Inc. "rehab" programs that were responsible for countless instance of abuse of teenagers.

DFAF lies. And it lies a lot. Many folks who have kept an eye on the failed drug war have reported on it.

Now DFAF is imposing itself on Massachusetts, where there's a sensible referendum on the ballot to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana. DFAF is attacking the referendum by saying it's financed by out-of-state contributors.

Then what the fuck do you think DFAF is? They're based way over in Florida!

Not like I trusted the DFAF liars anyway, after discovering what a debacle Straight, Inc. (whose methods still influence youth confinement gulags) was.


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