Campaigns
On the Record Project
In 2007, SSDP executive director Aaron Houston (then working for the Marijuana Policy Project) and associate director Jonathan Perri (then a leader of the Franklin Pierce SSDP chapter), followed presidential candidates to town hall meetings during the New Hampshire presidential primaries. With the help of sick New Hampshire medical marijuana patients and armed with a cheap video camera, they put presidential candidates like Barack Obama, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Hilary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani on the spot about medical marijuana, demanding that they let the voters know whether or not they would use federal resources to to circumvent state law and prosecute medical marijuana patients and providers. The campaign was called Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana, and it was responsible for Sen. Barack Obama's promise to end the federal raids in states with medical marijuana laws.
Now, SSDP is taking this project to another level. SSDP chapters in primary states have an amazing opportunity to put candidates on the spot about their positions on all drug policy issues, not just medical marijuana. The "On the Record" Project will mobilize student activists to inform voters about With support for legalizing marijuana higher than ever before and 76% of likely voters saying they feel the war on drugs has failed.
Get Involved
Watch SSDP staff members lead "On The Record" training workshops
Politico Candidate Tracker - Find out where and when candidates will be making appearances.
Can We Tape? - Resource for referencing state laws regarding video and other types of recording.
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