Alert and Clarification: Truth in Trials Act 5/16/03

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This week's DRCNet action alert supporting the "Truth in Trials" Act understated the full ramifications of the law. The Truth in Trials Act would do more than allow defendants to inform juries that their marijuana cases involved medical marijuana; it would also create an affirmative defense that defendants in states with medical marijuana laws could use to avoid being convicted if they were acting in accordance with state law.

Please help prevent future injustices like those perpetrated on Bryan Epis and Ed Rosenthal by helping to make the Truth in Trials Act the law of the land. Take a few moments right now to visit http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/truthintrials/ to send a letter to your US Representative, your two US Senators, and the President and Vice-President supporting the Truth in Trials Act.

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