The original FreeP publisher, Art Kunkin, is back with an on-line FreePress. For news & views, tune into: http://www.wwfreepress.com

Check out this site that includes Carl Olson's story, as well as excellentlinks to the Cause in Iowa, and even a Rastafarian bulletin board: http://www.calyx.com/~olsen/or http://www.commonlink.com/~olsen/

Also, surf to the Church of the Hemp Goddess at http://www.xmission.com/~kencan/godess01.html;and follow up some of their links to the legalization movement in Utah.

If you support California Prop. 215 and patients' rights to medicalmarijuana, call or write to:

The Honorable Janet Reno
Office of the Attorney General
U.S. Dept. of Justice
Washington, DC 20530

*Comment line: (202) 514-2000
(An operator will transfer you to a voice message machine.)

Mr. Bill Clinton
The President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.Washington, DC 20500
Fax.: (202) 456-2461

*Comment line: (202) 456-1111
(The operators are volunteers who will take your message during regular business hours M-F. Before an operator comes on, callers may answer an electronic opinion poll.)

Even if you live in another state, if you care about Prop. 215, callor write to your local media, lawmakers, and the federal government toexpress your thoughts on this issue. (See below for an example of a letterto the editor on the Cannabis Club issue.)

Voting and the freedom to express your opinion are your rights as anAmerican citizen. The rest of the world is watching us to see if democracyreally works. Let's use it wisely and prove that it is good.

The fundamental don'ts:

Dear Editor,

In November 1996 the voters of California and Arizona sent a messageto the federal government about the worth of medical marijuana. Now thefederal government is undermining the voters by filing a lawsuit to shutdown six Cannabis Buyers Clubs. The feds are clearly out of line. Ratherthan reacting in an authoritarian way as they are doing, they should respectthe changes that are happening. California and Arizona are only two ofmany states, and America is only one of many countries that are now relaxingtheir marijuana laws.

In the early part of the century marijuana and hemp were legal and widelyused for smoking, making fabric, food and health care products. Unfortunately,the federal government is still living by the values of "reefer madness"that originally made marijuana illegal in the 1930s. These policies nolonger work.

It's time for America to wake up and stop the paranoia caused by prohibition.We can reduce crime, illegal black markets, and bring many alienated citizensback into the mainstream by making all drugs (including marijuana) availablethrough doctors and clinics, thus taking away the criminal incentive inthis trade. Sane policies that get drugs off the streets and into a medicalsetting will also reduce teenage use of dangerous drugs.

It's time to respect the voters, who are the real power of the government.

Sincerely,
Nori J. Muster
Silverlake, CA

Pray For Peace Foundation was founded to spread awareness, educationand devotion to the Great and Holy Mystery that is God. We accept all pathsas true; all religions are but branches of the same tree. We promote interfaithdialogue and exchange programs to develop tolerance between religions.

Pray For Peace Foundation is dedicated to nonviolence (vegetarian diet)and daily meditation. Pray For Peace members are committed to the legalizationof sacred natural medicines for spiritual healing, for all people.