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Dear Friend:
You may remember that the AARP announced this past October that it would be publishing a survey in it's magazine regarding senior citizens'
support for the use of medical marijuana among senior citizens. The results of the survey were overwhelming. Among Americans 55 years or older, 72% supported the right of patients to use medical marijuana, and 55% said they would obtain marijuana for themselves or a loved one who needed it.
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Further details of this important survey were scheduled to be released
in in article appearing in last February's issue of AARP The Magazine.
Yet, to date, no article has been published. According to media reports,
the AARP decided not to publish the article primarily because of pressure
from outside anti-drug and right wing media watchdog groups.
The survey's findings illustrate that medical marijuana is an important
issue for older Americans, yet the AARP appears to be paying more
attention to the concerns of anti-drug groups than those of it's own
members. In an attempt to persuade the AARP to reverse their position,
NORML has teamed with the Drug Policy Alliance in asking our supporters
to write the AARP and ask that they publish the medical marijuana article
(written by noted L.A. Times reporter Eric Bailey) as originally
planned.
My personal view; one of the primary reasons I ascribe to the absurd
staying power of marijuana prohibition is that most policy makers operate from a myth of consensus - that a majority of voters do not support major marijuana law reforms. With your help today, please help NORML shatter this freedom-stymieing "myth of consensus."
Please take two minutes to send a pre-written letter to AARP CEO Bill
Novelli urging him to print the article and the results of the AARP's
medical marijuana survey by visiting:
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Thank you for your help in this important matter.
Regards,
Allen St. Pierre
Executive Director
NORML
