Announcing SSDP’s Federal Marijuana Lobby Day

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Scholarship application and registration now open

Our movement faces a critically limited window of time between now and this summer, when the U.S. House of Representatives may vote on an amendment that would seek to curtail DEA enforcement activities in states with legal marijuana markets. Join … more


Truth in Trials Act Protects State Medical Marijuana from Federal Prosecution

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Please contact your representative and urge them to support the Truth in Trials Act today! Since 1970, the federal government has refused to recognize the medical value of marijuana. Marijuana is still a schedule one substance in their eyes, and … more


House votes on medical marijuana

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Amendment to ban the use of Federal funds to crack down on medical marijuana defeated

In the first Federal vote on medical marijuana in the House since 2007, tonight the House voted 262-163 against the Rohrabacher-Hinchey-McClintock-Farr amendment (read the full text here). This amendment would have banned the use of Federal funds to prevent States … more


Student Asks Rick Santorum About Sending Non-violent Drug Offenders to Prison

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Rick Santorum Thinks Tens of Thousands of Americans do not Exist

On the Thursday before the New Hampshire Primary Election, an intrepid SSDPer posed newly anointed GOP top tier candidate and well known family man, Rick Santorum, with a family oriented question. The student asked whether Santorum would continue the practice … more


Action Alert: End the War on Marijuana

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The first marijuana legalization bill was introduced in Congress this afternoon.

Today is a very big day. The first marijuana legalization bill was introduced in Congress this afternoon. H.R. 2306, the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011, is a bi-partisan bill introduced by Congressmen Barney Frank and Ron Paul that would allow … more