END GOVERNMENT WAR ON MARIJUANA SMOKERS

The Illinois Marijuana Party is fighting for our fellow Americans who are
locked away in prison, whose families are less one mom or one dad, and
those who have been killed in this never-ending and horribly failed war on
drugs.

Because of the war on drugs, America has become a police state. It has
become a place where police officers question little kids in school about
what their parents are doing at home. The United States has become a place
where you can lose your job, your home, your land, your money and your
children because of what the government found in your urine. The American
government has no business in our bladders.

Because we choose to consume a natural plant that is less dangerous than
alcohol and tobacco, our government has declared war on us. Since when does
the government own the minds and bodies of it citizens?

We are not shady characters. We are your friends, your family and your
neighbors. We are patriotic Americans. We firmly believe in the principles
this country was founded on - justice and freedom. We hate anyone and
anything that would corrupt our beloved system. We are prepared to defend
it against all enemies foreign and domestic.

Richard James Rawlings

President, Illinois Marijuana Party/Peoria