US Attorney General Says Ending DEA Raids 'Now American Policy'

WASHINGTON D.C.) - Speaking at a press conference on Feb. 25 with DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters that ending federal medical marijuana raids "is now American policy."

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WASHINGTON - Attorney General Eric Holder, on his first day on the job, signaled a clean break with past policies of the Bush administration and promised to hold Wall Street accountable if any major financial institutions engaged in fraud that contributed to the global financial crisis.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/02/04/holder_promises_new_era_as_head_of_justice_dept

Norml is asking you to please take a moment today to thank the Attorney General for taking this brave and compassionate position.

You can e-mail the new Attorney General at: AskDOJ@usdoj.gov, or you may call the Office of the Attorney General at: 202-353-1555.

(If you are calling, be sure to do so during east coast business hours.)

Additional contact information is available at: http://www.usdoj.gov/contact-us.html.

Please be polite and concise when contacting the Attorney General's Office.

Below is a sample script you can follow.

"Hello, my name is ____________.While campaigning for the office of the President, Barack Obama promised that he would halt the DEA raids of state-authorized providers of medical marijuana in the 13 states that have legalized the drug's use. You announced on C-SPAN:

What the President said during the campaign is now American policy. Thank you for taking this common sense and compassionate stance. According to a new Zogby, 72 percent of Americans believe that the U.S. government should stop interfering with state medical marijuana laws.

I thank you for supporting the will of the people and the health and welfare of seriously ill patients."

Thank you assisting NORML's federal marijuana law reform efforts.

(I sent the sample script with a few additions. It only took a couple minutes.)