Washington, DC: NORML announces the launch of a new legislative tracking program that will allow visitors to NORML's web site, and affiliated web sites, to write their members of Congress, state legislators, governors and local media representatives when a piece of marijuana legislation has been introduced. The addition of Capwiz 6.0 will allow NORML and its supporters to track both state and federal legislation, while providing action alerts to notify supporters of pending bills in their state. The site is available at http://capwiz.com .The new program will allow NORML supporters and other friends of marijuana law reform to apply pressure on their state elected officials when a bill is introduced in their state. All a visitor to the site has to do is enter their five-digit zip code or address, and the program will identify their state and federal representatives, alert them of any pending marijuana-related state or federal legislation, and provide sample letters to e-mail to their legislators. Letters from constituents can often be a deciding factor in how a legislator will vote, making it imperative that marijuana law reform advocates take full advantage of this opportunity. NORML recognizes that a program of this magnitude is too costly for many small organizations and individuals. Therefore NORML has provided an icon to link directly to NORML's Capwiz site that can be inserted on any web page free of charge. To insert this link on your site, simply choose an icon at http://capwiz.com/norml2/dbq/stickers/?command=stickers, and copy the provided code onto your site. There are currently marijuana-related bills pending in Arkansas, Connecticut, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, and Wyoming. Action alerts have already been posted on the web site for these states. For more information, contact Kris Krane at kris@norml.org, or call 202 483-5500. The "capwiz" link was dead , so I changed now it goes directly to Capwiz site , the "stickers" link looks like an interesting idea. [ February 14, 2001: Message edited by: roach ]