Here is something good folks like us should be aware of and
acting on.

Last week, DRCNet alerted our California supporters that the
State Assembly Public Safety Committee, under pressure from Gov.
Gray Davis, had approved AB 2295, a bill to mandate an
automatic six month driver's license suspension for any drug
offense. The Assembly Appropriations Committee vote on the bill,
originally scheduled for this week, has been delayed -- leaving
more time to write and call the legislature but no time to lose!
Please call or fax Gov. Davis to express your opposition to his
support for Smoke a Joint, Lose Your License, and please visit
http://www.drcnet.org/states/california/ to tell your legislators
to "just say no" to this expensive, thoughtless law. Call the
governor at (916) 445-2841, (213) 897-0322 or (415) 703-2218, or
fax (916)445-4633 or (213)897-0319. And please use our "tell a
friend" form at http://www.drcnet.org/states/california/ to
spread the word at this crucial time for California's drug
policy.
EXTRA CREDIT: Call or fax the members of the Appropriations
Committee -- see http://www.drcnet.org/wol/136.html#license for a complete listing.
AB 2295 is opposed by California NORML, who provided the
information for this alert, and by the ACLU, California AFL-CIO,
the Teamsters, the California School Employees Association, the
Service Employees International Union and other labor groups. 32
states, including every state west of Texas, have passed
"opt-out" legislation, and a California poll by David Binder
found that voters oppose "Smoke a Joint, Lose Your License" by
2-1.
Visit California NORML at http://home.igc.org/~canorml/.
Visit http://www.assembly.ca.gov/ and http://www.senate.ca.gov/
for ongoing legislative information.