High Times' Steve Bloom: Help NORML's Media Efforts!

High Times' Steve Bloom: Help NORML's Media Efforts!

Dear NORML Supporter,

As Senior Editor for High Times Magazine, I know how important and
difficult it is to get marijuana-related news items covered in the
mainstream media. For over 30 years, NORML has been the media's most
trusted source for accurate information about marijuana and marijuana
policy. NORML's staff, directors, and affiliates remain the most widely
quoted and published experts on marijuana law reform today - often
answering dozens of media requests every week.

Will you please consider making a timely donation to support NORML's
efforts to keep marijuana reform issues in the media?
http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=5481

For example, just this week, NORML's senior policy analyst, Paul
Armentano, in a syndicated column commissioned by the Ludwig Von Mises
Institute revealed how the federally funded D.A.R.E. program has become
its own special interest group – aggressively lobbying state and federal
governments to maintain its swelling budget – despite two decades of
abysmal results. Read the full story at:
http://www.mises.org/fullstory.asp?control=1188

Even now, we can not forget about "America's longest running war," the war
on marijuana smokers. Despite these difficult times for championing a
public-interest cause in the mainstream media, NORML still manages to make
headlines on a regular basis. That's because the information we provide
is trustworthy and timely. Journalists continually rely on NORML to
provide important facts, statements, and referrals.

Some of NORML's recent coverage includes:

March 25, 2003: Missouri NORML head Dan Viets speaks in favor of
Proposition 1 to decriminalize marijuana possession in Columbia Daily
Tribune. Read the full story at:
http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2003/mar/20030324news004.asp

March 19: Mother Jones runs commentary applauding NORML's expose of the
Drug Czar's bogus budget in "The War on Drug Money." Read the full story
at:
http://www.motherjones.com/news/dbriefing/2003/12/we_330_03.html#two

March 13, 2003: NORML's Executive Director Keith Stroup touts this year as
the busiest ever for marijuana reform legislation in the Austin Chronicle.
Read more at:
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2003-03-14/pols_feature8.html


March 4, 2003: NORML Senior Policy Analyst Paul Armentano deconstructs the
drug czar's "fuzzy math" for the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Read the
commentary at:
http://www.mises.org/fullstory.asp?control=1173

February 25, 2003: NORML Foundation's Executive Director Allen St. Pierre
explains the conflict between state and federal laws in the wake of the Ed
Rosenthal verdict in the Christian Science Monitor. Read the full article
at:
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n306/a02.html?1437

February 24, 2003: NORML Executive Director Keith Stroup responds to the
DEA's confiscation of drug paraphernalia in Business Week. Read this
article at:
http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread15552.shtml

February 22, 2003: NORML Advisory Board member and former NFL star Mark
Stepnoski "comes out" to the Associated Press in support of marijuana law
reform. Read coverage of this story at:
http://www.washtimes.com/sports/20030121-42597348.htm

February 6, 2003: NORML Senior Policy Analyst exposes the myths behind
marijuana and "addiction" in syndicated UPI column "Outside view: Putting
pot in perspective," for United Press International. Read it at:
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030204-080853-4520r

And these are just some of the appearances NORML has made within the past
few months. Many of you have probably also seen NORML representatives
recently appear on several influential television shows, such as ESPN's
"Outside the Lines", CNN's "Crossfire", and Fox News Channel's "The
O'Reilly Factor" (all of which can be found in NORML's transcripts section
http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=5483). This coverage would not
have been possible if it weren't for your support and the support of our
members.

- Please help if you can -
A donation of $50 would greatly help to ensure that NORML's message - Stop
Arresting Responsible Marijuana Smokers - continues to get adequate
coverage in the mainstream media. Please consider making a donation, of
any amount, now at http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=5481 to help us
spread this important message. And don't forget to frequently visit the
"NORML in the Media" section of the organization's website to see how your
contribution is making a difference.

Thanks in advance for supporting NORML in its efforts to help people like
you and me.

Sincerely,

Steve Bloom
Senior Editor
High Times Magazine
www.hightimes.com