I just opened my email from The Marijuana Policy Project (www.MPP.org) and found out the Rep. Barney Frank announced his retirement. I am sad to see any great leader retire and am willing to work harder in hope to inspire others to do the same.
Dear Supporter:
Today, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), the undisputed leader of marijuana policy reform in Congress since MPP’s founding in 1995, has announced his retirement. Come 2013, we will be without his courageous willingness to openly oppose irrational marijuana laws across the board.
We hope you will honor Rep. Frank’s service by asking your U.S. representative to co-sponsor his boldest piece of marijuana-related legislation — the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011 (H.R. 2306).
This bill would treat marijuana the way alcohol is treated under federal law. It would give each state complete freedom to regulate marijuana in the manner it believes is in the best interests of its citizens. If a state wants to make marijuana available only to patients, it can. And if it prefers to make marijuana legal for all adults, it can do that, too.
Rep. Frank was driven by a belief that the federal government should not be in the business of prohibiting adults from using marijuana. If you hold the same belief — and we know you do — please take two minutes to encourage your representative in Congress to co-sponsor the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011.
Thank you for joining us in supporting this important legislation.
Jay Selthofner is the Founder of The Wisconsin Cannabis Activist Network and Northern Wisconsin NORML. Jay ran for Wisconsin State Assembly 2010 as an Independent Candidate on a platform of legalizing cannabis.
He owns Selthofner Consulting which provides a wide array of services. His family owns Heritage Hemp Farm, which specializes in a compassion club style setting for their patrons and holds the annual "From the Land Festival" in Green Lake, WI, the third weekend in October.
Jay is also a contributor to The Stoner's Travel Guide and with the help of cannabis activists Gene and Jessica, they are about about to publish the book The Stoner's Travel Guide to Wisconsin which will include a business directory. If interested in advertising opportunities, please do not hesitate to contact Jay for a media kit.
Jay is a motivated citizen activist in Wisconsin. Through networking, communication and hard work he believes the reform of cannabis laws will progress despite relentless opposition.
