From: Jim Rosenfield <[j n r] at [igc.apc.org]>
Newsgroups: talk.politics.drugs
Date: 07 Sep 93 22:31 PDT
Subject: Edwards drafts Hoover bill

This morning I spoke with Michael Vagnucci, Aide to Congressman
Don Edwards, who is Chairperson of the House Sub-committee on 
Civil and Constitutional Rights. He stated that Congressman
Edwards is drafting a bill, which will be introduced soon, very
much along the lines of the Hoover Institution Resolution.  That
resolution calls for an "objective commission" to re-examine our
present drug policies and to make recommendations.  I expect to
receive a copy of the draft legislation by September 14th or so.

He asked me to communicate the following request to drug policy
reform leaders whom I know,  "Please examine your database
resources for a reachable likely constituency who might contact
there representatives and ask them to cosponsor this
legislation".  This might include signatories of the Resolution
along with all kinds of membership and subscription lists.  Such
lists must include name and fairly recent addresses, as a
minimum.  Please let me know what you have along these lines. 
Additional information about these records, such as phone
numbers, fax numbers and demographic data could become very
useful in a campaign to pass this legislation and build a
constituency for the Objective Commission.

It may be the case that someone among the "drug policy reform
community" has thought all this through or has taken steps to lay
the groundwork for such a campaign.  If so, please let me know so
I can sign on.  If not, who is for organizing a committee in
support of action to realize the recommendations of the Hoover
Institution Resolution?


Yours truly;

Jim Rosenfield

cc:  Edwards, Gray, Schaffer, Hoover Institute, LANORML, CANORML,
     National NORML, DPF, and others.
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