
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 13, 2011 CONTACT: Jonathan Perri, SSDP Associate Director – (401) 265-9445 or jon@ssdp.org Tom Wytiaz, West Virginia University SSDP President – (304) 203-2842 or twytiaz@gmail.com Students Protest 40th Anniversary of Nixon’s “War on Drugs” Advocacy Groups Hold Candlelight Vigils Across the Country to Honor Lives Lost to Prohibitionist Drug Policies...
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Tickets at: http://www.showclix.com/event/31674 $7adv and $10dos Doors at 9PM Music at 10 … 18 and up Bolstered by a sense of it’s own colorful history and urged onward by the promise of a fruitful future, Roots of Creation approaches it’s 6th year of full-time touring having evolved into a musical force of nature. With...
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RSVP HERE! Medical marijuana legislation has been introduced in Charleston. How can we make sure that bill passes? Special guest speaker and West Virginia native Matt Simon is going to tell us! He worked as a professional marijuana policy reform advocate on the New Hampshire Compassion campaign from 2007-2010. In 2009, he led grassroots,...
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The Compassionate Use of Medical Marijuana Act, introduced last Monday by Delegate Mike Manypenny from Taylor County, aims to amend state law so that physician-supervised patients with an authorized chronic or debilitating medical condition can possess six plants and up to an ounce of usable marijuana for medical purposes. The measure also allows for...
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Students for Sensible Drug Policy, West Virginia University Chapter Email: ssdp.wvu@gmail.com On the Web: www.sensiblemountaineers.org On Facebook: www.facebook.com/ssdp.wvu Drug Policy Reform Advocates to Speak at West Virginia University Eric Sterling, President of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation and Advisory Board member to L.E.A.P. (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) and religious leader Rabbi Jeffrey Kahn will...
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Is West Virginia ready to legalize marijuana? According to High Times Magazine, WVU is the #9 school in the nation for drug policy reform activism. According to the Princeton Review, we’re #18 for marijuana use among students. And according to the Daily Beast, Morgantown is #17 of “America’s 40 Most Pot-Loving Communities.” To put...
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#9) West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV “The West Virginia University SSDP chapter has brought an enlightened voice to the debate over drug and alcohol use on campus at a school notorious for its party reputation. SSDP’s first (and only) chapter in West Virginia has simultaneously been getting the ball rolling on several drug-policy reform...
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