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Van: Micah Daigle, SSDP
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Verzonden: donderdag 22 januari 2009 22:14
Onderwerp: Video: Feds threaten El Paso for discussing drug legalization

Watch SSDP's Nubia Legarda advocate for drug legalization in El Paso:
 

Click here to watch the video http://www.ssdp.org/elpaso

Fredrick,

An SSDP member found herself in the midst of a national news story last week.

The City Council of El Paso, Texas had just unanimously passed a resolution calling for a national discussion of drug legalization. The mayor swiftly vetoed it, calling proponents of the resolution "pot heads." As the council prepared to override the veto, members found threatening letters from state and federal officials in their mailboxes, while Lou Dobbs criticized the resolution nationally on CNN.

Nubia Legarda had a personal stake in ensuring that the City Council didn't back down. Her family lives in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juárez -- a city where gruesome murders have become commonplace because of the cartel violence created by drug prohibition. That's why Nubia joined Students for Sensible Drug Policy last year, and why she called our national staff for help preparing her remarks to the City Council last week.

Nubia's comments to the council and the local news were spot on. Beto O'Rourke, the lead proponent of the resolution, told me that Nubia's testimony was "among the most effective in showing how destructive and unproductive our current drug policy is."

After watching the online broadcast of her testimony, I didn't think I could be more inspired by Nubia's commitment to this cause. That was until I saw that she donated $10 through SSDP's website that afternoon. Even though she had just spent the day volunteering her time to speak out on this issue, she knew that this struggle takes time, dedication... and money.

I've put together a web page where you can watch Nubia's testimony and news interview, and you can find out how the council ultimately decided to vote. If you're motivated by Nubia's courage and conviction, I invite you to turn that motivation into action by matching Nubia's contribution to SSDP (while including a note to Nubia if you like). http://www.ssdp.org/elpaso

Each and every donation helps ensure that we can be at the right place at the right time, like we were last week in El Paso. So thank you so much for helping us open a national dialogue on one of the most important issues facing our nation. We can't do it without you.

Best,

Micah Daigle, Associate Director
Students for Sensible Drug Policy

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