Thursday, August 7, 2008

Watch the Program the Networks Don't Want You to See

The ACLU has teamed with travel writer Rick Steves to produce "Marijuana: It's Time for a Conversation," a half-hour TV program about the history and current impacts of marijuana laws. The program is available to Comcast cable subscribers in western Washington, but local network stations have refused to sell us any time slots before 1:00 a.m.

So, we're bringing the video online, where you can watch it anytime and share it with your friends and family. Please visit http://www.MarijuanaConversation.org to watch the entire half-hour program, plus bonus features such as extended interviews with experts who appear in the video.

The enforcement of marijuana prohibition has led to far-ranging erosions of civil liberties, especially of protections against unreasonable search and seizure. It is a major part of the nation's misguided "war on drugs." In Washington state, anyone convicted of possessing even a small amount of the drug for personal use in private faces a mandatory jail sentence and fine.


ACLU of Washington | P.O. Box 4115 Seattle, WA 98194
(206) 624-2184 | mjvideo@aclu-wa.org

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