26 February 2009

Beck & Kampia Discuss CA's "Going to Pot" on Fox News




February 26, 2009.

Dear Folks,

As you know, on Monday, a California state legislator introduced historic legislation that would end marijuana prohibition in California. The bill — authored by Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) — would eliminate criminal penalties for responsible marijuana use and set up a system to regulate and tax marijuana sales similarly to alcohol.

Last night, I appeared on "Glenn Beck" on the Fox News Channel to discuss the legislation (see above).

As the nation's largest state, California's serious consideration of ending marijuana prohibition is making huge waves. Within hours of the bill's introduction, it made national headlines and has since generated media coverage across the country, including the Associated Press, USA Today, Washington Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, MSNBC, CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox News, and much more. MPP has already been featured in at least 20 TV, radio, and print stories about the bill. For instance, one of California's most respected political columnists, Dan Walters, opined in support of the bill in his Tuesday column, quoting MPP's Aaron Smith.

While the legislation isn't likely to become law this year, it's a strong signal that we're making tremendous strides. And California has a reputation for leading the way for other states. When I co-founded MPP in 1995, most people thought medical marijuana wasn't going to become legal anytime soon, but a year later California approved the nation's first medical marijuana law, and since then a dozen other states have followed suit.

MPP is the leading organization working on this and other efforts to end the government's war on marijuana users.

Sincerely,
Kampia signature (e-mail sized)

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


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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Isn't Alaska the nations largest state?

counterspiNYC said...

I believe Rob refers to CA being "the largest state", population-wise.

counterspiNYC said...

Anon~ My favorite part:

"If there was a liberal equivalent, it would be like watching a show on E! hosted by Ryan Seacrest in which the topics ranged from Rihanna's love life to Seacrest's opinion on an Iraqi exit strategy. Ryan Seacrest may be the next Dick Clark, but no one cares about his political opinions -- so why do people care about Glenn Beck's?"

This was my first time "experiencing" Beck & couldn't agree more. I'm just amazed this guy's a millionaire. It's frightening to think how many dumb people are out there.