End Marijuana Prohibition

1. Increase public support for marijuana regulation.
2. Identify and activate supporters of medical marijuana and marijuana regulation.
3. Change state laws to legalize medical marijuana and/or regulate marijuana.
4. Increase the credibility of marijuana policy reform on Capitol Hill.

Public Advocacy - Civil Rights and Liberties

Our marijuana laws aren't working. They cost taxpayers billions of dollars a year, keep police away from focusing on real crimes, and don't keep marijuana away from minors.

In 2007 alone, there were 872,720 state and local marijuana-related arrests in the United States. (89% of these were for possession alone.) That's one marijuana arrest every 36 seconds.

72% of American adults believe that marijuana users should not be jailed - and a whopping 80% support legal access to medical marijuana for seriously ill patients.

MPP is leading the fight to replace marijuana prohibition with taxation and regulation. It's just common sense.

MPP, the largest marijuana policy reform organization in the U.S., works to remove criminal penalties for marijuana use, with an emphasis on protecting seriously ill medical marijuana patients from arrest and jail. Founded in 1995, MPP has 27,000 members, 100,000 e-mail subscribers, 36 staffers, and an annual budget of about $6 million.

When MPP was founded in 1995, medical marijuana was illegal in every state and favorable legislation had not been introduced in Congress in a decade. Since then, the federal penalties for marijuana cultivation have been changed to provide for the early release of hundreds of prisoners; medical marijuana bills have been introduced in six consecutive Congresses, with the U.S. House debating and voting on our legislation five years in a row; medical marijuana is now legal in 13 states; and much more.

MPP is changing laws. Will you help?

Visit www.mpp.org to find out how you can get involved. Stay connected with us at MPP by joining our Facebook page (MPP) and looking us up on Youtube (MPPStaff)