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[The following important message is being forwarded by Las Vegas NORML on behalf of the Drug Reform Coordination Network. Please direct any questions to drcnet@drcnet.org.]
Dear reader:
Many of you have helped our campaign to repeal the Higher Education Act's drug provision by using our web site -- http://www.raiseyourvoice.com -- to send e-mail and faxes to your representatives and senators in the US Congress. The HEA drug provision has stripped about 40,000 would-be students of their college financial aid this year alone.
Your help is needed again to help us keep HEA reform on the Congressional agenda. Even in the midst of war and terrorism, Congress is still tending to other business, including education policy. But potential supporters in Congress need to know that Americans still care about this issue, if they are to devote their time to it amidst everything else that is going on. Student governments have continued to speak out against the drug provision -- nine new endorsements have been garnered for our campaign this semester alone, bring the total to 81 -- but your help in the form of grassroots support -- letters, faxes and phone calls -- is needed too.
So please visit http://www.raiseyourvoice.com to tell Congress you want them to remove the drug war from education and repeal the anti-drug financial aid ban. When you're done, please call your US Representative on the phone to make an even stronger impact -- you can call them via the Congressional Switchboard at (202) 224-3121, or visit http://www.house.gov to look up their direct numbers.
Students, visit http://www.raiseyourvoice.com and check out the student involvement section to find out how to do more. Also please download an online copy of our activist packet. If you're already at work on this, please write us at heareform@drcnet.org and let us know what's happening.
Please forward this alert to your friends or use the tell-a- friend form that will come up on your screen after you send your letter. And please consider making a donation -- large or small -- to keep this effort moving forward at full speed. Though our funding situation for 2002 is very promising, we've had a shortfall of the non-tax-deductible lobbying funds that we need for the campaign during the second half of 2001. Visit http://www.drcnet.org/donate/ to help, or mail your check or money order to: DRCNet, P.O. Box 18402, Washington, DC 20036. Contributions of stock can be made through our Ameritrade account, account # 772973012, company name Drug Reform Coordination Network, Inc.
Again, visit http://www.raiseyourvoice.com to write to Congress and get involved in the campaign! Here are some reasons the HEA drug provision is wrong:
* The vast majority of Americans convicted of drug offenses are convicted of nonviolent, low-level possession.
* The HEA drug provision represents a penalty levied only on the poor and the working class; wealthier students will not have the doors of college closed to them for want of financial aid.
* Judges already have the power to rescind financial aid eligibility as individual cases warrant. The HEA drug provision removes that discretion.
* The HEA drug provision has a disparate impact on different races. African Americans, for example, who comprise 13% of the population and 13% of all drug users, account for more than 55% of those convicted of drug possession charges.
* No other class of offense carries automatic loss of financial aid eligibility.
* Access to a college education is the surest route to the mainstream economy and a crime-free life.
--- http://www.raiseyourvoice.com ---
Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. --0-1373479142-1007485213=:10048 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii[The following important message is being forwarded by Las Vegas NORML on behalf of the Drug Reform Coordination Network. Please direct any questions to <A href="mailto:drcnet@drcnet.org">drcnet@drcnet.org</A>.]<BR><BR> <BR>Dear reader:<BR><BR>Many of you have helped our campaign to repeal the Higher<BR>Education Act's drug provision by using our web site --<BR><A href="http://www.raiseyourvoice.com">http://www.raiseyourvoice.com</A> -- to send e-mail and faxes to<BR>your representatives and senators in the US Congress. The HEA<BR>drug provision has stripped about 40,000 would-be students of<BR>their college financial aid this year alone.<BR><BR>Your help is needed again to help us keep HEA reform on the<BR>Congressional agenda. Even in the midst of war and terrorism,<BR>Congress is still tending to other business, including<BR>education policy. But potential supporters in Congress need<BR>to know that Americans still care about this issue, if they<BR>are to devote their time to it amidst everything else that is<BR>going on. Student governments have continued to speak out<BR>against the drug provision -- nine new endorsements have been<BR>garnered for our campaign this semester alone, bring the<BR>total to 81 -- but your help in the form of grassroots<BR>support -- letters, faxes and phone calls -- is needed too.<BR><BR>So please visit <A href="http://www.raiseyourvoice.com">http://www.raiseyourvoice.com</A> to tell<BR>Congress you want them to remove the drug war from education<BR>and repeal the anti-drug financial aid ban. When you're done,<BR>please call your US Representative on the phone to make an<BR>even stronger impact -- you can call them via the<BR>Congressional Switchboard at (202) 224-3121, or visit<BR><A href="http://www.house.gov">http://www.house.gov</A> to look up their direct numbers.<BR><BR>Students, visit <A href="http://www.raiseyourvoice.com">http://www.raiseyourvoice.com</A> and check out<BR>the student involvement section to find out how to do more.<BR>Also please download an online copy of our activist packet.<BR>If you're already at work on this, please write us at<BR><A href="mailto:heareform@drcnet.org">heareform@drcnet.org</A> and let us know what's happening.<BR><BR>Please forward this alert to your friends or use the tell-a-<BR>friend form that will come up on your screen after you send<BR>your letter. And please consider making a donation -- large<BR>or small -- to keep this effort moving forward at full speed.<BR>Though our funding situation for 2002 is very promising,<BR>we've had a shortfall of the non-tax-deductible lobbying<BR>funds that we need for the campaign during the second half of<BR>2001. Visit <A href="http://www.drcnet.org/donate/">http://www.drcnet.org/donate/</A> to help, or mail<BR>your check or money order to: DRCNet, P.O. Box 18402,<BR>Washington, DC 20036. Contributions of stock can be made<BR>through our Ameritrade account, account # 772973012, company<BR>name Drug Reform Coordination Network, Inc.<BR><BR>Again, visit <A href="http://www.raiseyourvoice.com">http://www.raiseyourvoice.com</A> to write to<BR>Congress and get involved in the campaign! Here are some<BR>reasons the HEA drug provision is wrong:<BR><BR>* The vast majority of Americans convicted of drug offenses<BR> are convicted of nonviolent, low-level possession.<BR><BR>* The HEA drug provision represents a penalty levied only on<BR> the poor and the working class; wealthier students will not<BR> have the doors of college closed to them for want of<BR> financial aid.<BR><BR>* Judges already have the power to rescind financial aid<BR> eligibility as individual cases warrant. The HEA drug<BR> provision removes that discretion.<BR><BR>* The HEA drug provision has a disparate impact on different<BR> races. African Americans, for example, who comprise 13% of<BR> the population and 13% of all drug users, account for more<BR> than 55% of those convicted of drug possession charges.<BR><BR>* No other class of offense carries automatic loss of<BR> financial aid eligibility.<BR><BR>* Access to a college education is the surest route to the<BR> mainstream economy and a crime-free life.<BR><BR> --- <A href="http://www.raiseyourvoice.com">http://www.raiseyourvoice.com</A> ---<p><br><hr size=1><b>Do You Yahoo!?</b><br> Buy the perfect holiday gifts at <a href="http://rd.yahoo.com/O=1/I=brandr-mailfooter/*http://shopping.yahoo.com">Yahoo! Shopping</a>. --0-1373479142-1007485213=:10048--