Source: The news clipping service of MAP/DrugSense Pubdate: Thu, 24 June 1999 Dear Readers, A short while ago I posted an editorial which was printed in the Miami Herald on Tuesday, 22 June, titled "Dazed And Confused - On Medical Marijuana. It is posted at: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n665.a02.html Within the hour of my posting I saw the first LTE sent to the Miami Herald in response to this most interesting editorial as a copy was posted to our MAP discussion list, MAPTALK. I am sure there will be many more. But what has me dazed and confused is how we had to find the editorial for posting. It was posted to a popular discussion list, one of many I follow. I know that the regular readers of the list are well aware of the volunteer effort at MAP to secure items like the editorial and redistribute them to many thousands, easily more than ten times the number who would see it on even the largest discussion list. But, it seems, for reasons I find hard to understand, people post good news and opinion items to discussion lists without even sending a copy Just, at a minimum, send a copy to - it requires nothing else, nothing to join, no special OK. Just send it! Your email address will not be used in any post (unless YOU carefully follow the instructions required to make it appear.) Yes, it would be nice if the posts contained a little more info, and are set up as well as can be as shown in the instructions at: http://www.mapinc.org/hawk.htm But we, the volunteer editing/posting team, will do the best we can with what we receive at It sure would be nice to know why we sometimes see important articles, editorials, OPEDs, and so on from the press floating around on discussions lists when we have not received copies. Why would anyone not want the large number of activist MAP readers who respond with LTEs and OPEDs to see an editorial? Have we done something to offend? Do folks think we are some well financed organization with a paid staff that can track down the items on their own (instead of just a large bunch of volunteers trying to do something of value for change)? Please, clue me in! Or if I am the problem, and you do not want to say it, send a note to our Volunteer Coordinator, Jo-D, Please understand, we all very much appreciate all that you who are volunteer newshawks, editors, LTE writers, FOCUS Alert writers, webmasters, listmasters, and so on, do! MAP/DrugSense is seen as important by our Drug Czar not because we have some huge stash of cash, but because we have gathered together a dedicated group of internet activists, you! Ok, end of rant. Other subjects: Noticed that there are new webpages and a discussion list for Florida folks: See: http://drugsense.org/dpffl/ And that the much discussed "Drug Bust: The Longest War," Geraldo Rivera Reports, NBC News; 6/20/99 is online as a realvideo, thanks to the Campaign for the Restoration and Regulation of Hemp, at: http://www.crrh.org/hemptv/docs_nbc699.html Richard Lake Senior Editor; MAPnews, MAPnews-Digest and DrugNews-Digest Over 23,000 Drug-Related News Clippings in a searchable archive! http://www.DrugSense.org/drugnews/ For subscription information see: http://www.MAPinc.org/lists/ Quick sign up for DrugNews-Digest, Focus Alerts or Newsletter: http://www.DrugSense.org/hurry.htm - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake