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Dear Friend,
I thought you might be interested to know
that Nevadans will vote in November on
whether to remove the threat of arrest and all
other penalties for adults who use marijuana
responsibly. This is a groundbreaking
initiative that people all across the country
should support.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal -- the largest
newspaper in Nevada -- has already
endorsed the initiative, which has a real
chance of passing this November. All of us
who want to bring an end to the
government's war on marijuana users should
consider making at least a $10 donation to
this campaign.

Nevadans for Responsible Law Enforcement's ballot initiative -- which will appear on the statewide ballot in Nevada on November 5, 2002 -- removes the threat of arrest for responsible marijuana use and punishes irresponsible use. If it passes in 2002 and again in November 2004, the marijuana initiative would do four things:

1. Eliminate the threat of arrest for adults who responsibly use and possess up to three ounces of marijuana. (This is the equivalent of four packs of cigarettes.)

2. Require the state government to implement a system whereby adults could obtain marijuana through a legally regulated market, rather than from the criminal market.

3. Allow seriously ill patients to obtain marijuana at a lower cost than non-medical users. (In 1998 and again in 2000, a majority of Nevada voters passed an initiative that allows seriously ill patients to use medical marijuana, but the initiative did not provide a way for patients to purchase medical marijuana legally. The 2002 initiative would fix this problem by requiring the state government to allow patients to purchase low-cost medical marijuana through a legally regulated system.)

4. Impose common-sense restrictions that the voters demand, such as imposing penalties for driving dangerously while under the influence of marijuana, smoking marijuana in public, and providing marijuana to minors.

This ballot initiative would allow the police to spend more time going after murderers, rapists, and other violent criminals, rather than wasting valuable resources hunting down tens of thousands of nonviolent marijuana users. "Nevadans for Responsible Law Enforcement" is the right name for this campaign committee.