Dear MAP:

Internet theorists often mention how technology has democratized the
marketplace of ideas. I cannot think of a better example of this than
the Media Awareness Project. Those of us that use it daily know its
enormous power -- if any drug news happens across the planet, chances
are it's indexed on MAP. Activist organizations (such as OCSARC)
have, thanks to MAP, access to headlines of locally relevant news
available for our web pages. All this, for a tiny fraction of the cost
that the prohibitionist staus-quo uses for their media campaigns and
spin.

When some media and certain politicians talk about all of the
so-called evils of the Internet, I just think of the MAP database, and
how a bunch of dedicated volunteers from across the globe have built
such an astonishing open library in such a short period of time. I
really can't imagine how I, or any activist in the drug policy realm,
could ever live without it.

Congratulations, MAP, on the 100,000th clipping milestone! And thank
you to all of those behind it -- you helped us make the world a better
place, a place where knowledge, not fear and ignorance, will
eventually rule the day.

Tim Meehan

Communications Director

Ontario Consumers for Safe Access to Recreational Cannabis

Toronto, Canada