This weekend I watched the Tampa Bay Buccaneers battle the Oakland Raiders in the NFL Super Bowl. One of the losers in that game was the truth. The Drug Czar's office unveiled two commercials demonizing marijuana, costing $2.2 million a piece just to air. That's more than $4 million of your taxpayers' dollars to lie about marijuana!

How does that make you feel?

I'll tell you how it makes me feel. It makes me angry! I played in two Super Bowls and I hate seeing this great American sporting event turned into a venue for government propaganda. Thankfully, NORML is doing something about it, and that's why I'm asking for your help.

Last week, NORML launched Phase I of the "Marijuana Truth" media campaign. The goal is to counter the federal government's increasingly alarmist anti-marijuana rhetoric with the FACTS.

The first part of this campaign was the release of NORML's report to, entitled, "Your Government Is Lying To You (Again) About Marijuana: A Refutation of the Drug Czar's Open Letter to America's Prosecutors". This report is a direct response to a recent letter from the Drug Czar's office urging law enforcement officials to 'aggressively prosecute' marijuana violators. It offers a scientific, point-by-point rebuttal to the Drug Czar.s most pervasive anti-marijuana myths and it.s exactly what people like us need to dispel these accusations. NORML is currently in the process of making the report available to hundreds of prominent journalists, talk show hosts, and legislators throughout the nation.

Our report, as well as the Drug Czar's letter, is available online in both html and PDF formats at: http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=5513

If you agree with NORML's "Marijuana Truth" campaign and would like to help produce additional reports, I hope you will give to NORML or the NORML Foundation today. Without the support of members and people like you, NORML would not be able to produce definitive and fact-based research. Every supporter who has contributed to NORML also contributed to this report and for that, I thank you.

Remember, the government is lying about marijuana and NORML is telling the truth! Help us launch Phase II of the 'Marijuana Truth' campaign by calling the NORML office toll free at (888) 67-NORML and pledging a special donation today, or by donating online at: http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=5523

Support the "Marijuana Truth" campaign today and help us make a difference. After all, if we don't tell the truth about marijuana and about those of use who use marijuana, who will?

(Because NORML lobbies Congress and state legislators, donations are not tax-deductible. Donations to the NORML Foundation's public education efforts and legal/scientific research are tax-deductible.)