It's time to examine the impact of making marijuana a legal alternative to alcohol.
Virtually every organization and government agency dedicated to researching and preventing sexual violence has identified alcohol as a major contributing factor to incidents of sexual assault and date rape. Marijuana, on the other hand, has never been found to contribute to these problems. If our government is serious about preventing sexual violence, it must begin to consider the possibility that marijuana prohibition is driving people to drink and fueling incidents of sexual assault and date rape. We need your help!

CLICK HERE to join SAFER and the Women's Marijuana Movement in sending this message to our government!

We are calling on the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) to begin examining the effect of marijuana prohibition on the prevalence of sexual violence, and exploring the possibility that alcohol-related assaults could be reduced if marijuana becomes a legal alternative to alcohol. The NCIPC is a division within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that is responsible for studying the factors that contribute to sexual violence and investigating new strategies for prevention. It has no excuse for continuing to ignore this potentially viable solution to an exceptionally significant problem.

CLICK HERE to send this message to NCIPC Director Linda Degutis today. Then forward word of this effort to your friends and family to help us make it a message that cannot be ignored.

New Cannabis Legislation
The WA premier Mr. Colin Barnett is proposing new legislation that will:

• Allow prosecution of those caught in possession of 10gm of Cannabis (at present 30gm)
• Allow subsequent offences for possession to be prosecuted as criminal offences.
• Allow people to be prosecuted for cultivating cannabis plants (at present two plants per person per household are allowed.
• Make it illegal for cannabis smoking implements to be sold to anyone (it is presently only an offence to sell to children)
• Increase fines for the sale of smoking implements - $5000 for sale of a bong to an adult, $10,000 for sale to a minor.
• Replace the CIN (Cannabis Infringement Notice) scheme with CIRS (Cannabis Intervention Requirement Scheme)

< Check out the entire PROPOSED BILL here >

If you feel strongly about this persecution of yourself, as a user of the substance of your choice? then DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT !! Write to or call your local member and tell them how you feel!

Here's how to contact them...

< Western Australian Cabinet Ministers >

< Legislative Assembly of Western Australia >

< Legislative Council of Western Australia >

Remember, if you want to be taken seriously, refrain from swearing or profanity, a mature thoughtful opinion is always better than a foul-mouthed rant...(right Mel?)

DON’T JUST STAND THERE - DO SOMETHING NOW !!! WHILE YOU STILL CAN

Check Out the OFF YA TREE Discussion Board for an open discussion regarding this matter.