Pubdate: Fri, 8 Jun 2007
Source: DrugSense Weekly (DSW)
Section: Feature Article
Website: http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm
Author: Mary Jane Borden
Note: Mary Jane Borden is a writer, artist, and activist in drug 
policy from Westerville, Ohio.  She serves as Business 
Manager/Fundraising Specialist for DrugSense.

COLLATERAL COLLECTION

While it is well known that DrugSense provides many valuable services 
to the drug policy reform movement, organizations might not realize 
that DrugSense maintains links to paper-based materials belonging to 
many of their reform friends. We also are developing quite a 
collection of our own flyers and brochures.

All of these are available for download and use. Some come in the 
form of pre-formatted PDF files.  Others include Microsoft Word 
documents, videos, MP3 files, and links to publications like Drug War 
Facts.  We also offer banner graphics for Web pages. A number of 
organizations are represented from the large and well known MPP, 
NORML, and Drug Policy Alliance, to state-based groups like the Ohio 
Patient Network or ReconsiDer from New York.

The place to begin our tour of DrugSense's collateral material 
collection is at the DrugSense.org home page. From there, several 
links at the left of this page will take you to various materials.

Beginning at the top under Who We Are, the [Banners] link brings up a 
number of DrugSense/MAP graphics that can be placed on Websites. Our 
clients often find the DPC logo at the bottom of their pages 
indicating that our Drug Policy Central subsidiary is providing their 
Web services.

There is also the popular Media Awareness Project banner that is 
often used as a link to our site.

At the bottom of this page also lay two DrugSense handouts. The 
four-print-per-flyer "What bothers you the most about Prohibition?" 
on the left creates four handy postcard-size flyers with both black 
and white and color versions available.

Moving down the Who We Are list on the DrugSense.org home page finds 
the very next [Flyers] link referencing DrugSense's own growing 
collection of drug-war-related materials. Depending on your interest, 
you may find one of these existing flyers perfect for your meeting or 
conference.  Topics range from the exorbitant cost of the drug war to 
a list of conditions shown by science to benefit from the medicinal 
use of cannabis.

We also have materials that discuss how to use our own services, like 
online help systems and media activism resources. A couple of 
brochures or flyers show how to integrate all of our offerings into 
one coordinated campaign designed to gain media attention and 
exposure for your reform message.

Perhaps of greatest interest to reform activists is our Downloads 
page.  Here, you can access the collateral material of many reform 
organizations.

The search box at the very top of the page allows you to look for 
printed materials by subject matter. Say you need a pamphlet about 
marijuana.  Simply type "marijuana" in the box, and a list of 
downloadable materials concerning cannabis will appear.

The Drug Reform Organization Downloads section appearing below the 
search box contains links to over 70 pieces from over 20 reform 
organizations.  Materials range from LEAP videos, to Spanish language 
pamphlets from ReconsiDer, to public service ads from Common Sense 
for Drug Policy.

The best part is that you can add your organization's materials to 
this site.  The Add Download link below the Search Box accesses a 
form, which you can fill out to both add your group to the list and 
upload your document. To do so, please remember to register with the 
DrugSense.org site first.

Printed brochures, PDF reports, and online video all help get reform 
information to new audiences.  When reform organizations share what 
they have, the collection of information available to end prohibition 
multiplies benefiting everyone.

DrugSense Flyers & Brochures What Bothers You Most about Prohibition? 
A 4-print-per-flyer sheet that creates postcard- size handouts in 
both black and white and color.

http://mapinc.org/map4up.pdf

Your Tax Dollars At Work A PDF listing of drug war costs as gleaned 
from clippings in MAP's DrugNews archive.

http://www.drugsense.org/flyers/taxatwork.pdf

Cannabis Studies by Condition A PDF of studies in the DrugNews 
Archive concerning medicinal cannabis ordered by physical condition.

http://drugsense.org/flyers/cannabisstudies.pdf

Making the Most of DrugSense A PDF of tips on how to make the best 
use of DrugSense/MAP services.

http://www.drugsense.org/flyers/DSServicesFlyer.pdf

DrugSense How-2 Brochure Help A PDF of a two-color brochure on the 
various help topics found on DrugSense/MAP Web pages.

http://drugsense.org/html/docs/DS-MAP_Make_a_Difference.pdf

Other Flyers & Brochures Other DrugSense flyers can be found at

http://www.drugsense.org/html/modules.php?name=Downloads
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MAP posted-by: Richard Lake