To The Editor:

I wish to clarify the motives of Students for Sensible Drug Policy in revoking chapter status from its UNLV chapter, called into question by your April 21 article "Students for Sensible Drug Policy loses funding." The actions taken by SSDP were necessary because the UNLV chapter disregarded the SSDP organizational bylaws and values statement and appears to have engaged in behavior that could have subjected SSDP to criminal and/or civil liability.

On March 17, 2002, the SSDP Board of Directors became aware of UNLV SSDP materials including a cartoon titled "How to Roll a Joint," and other images of students smoking marijuana in conjunction with the SSDP logo. At that point in time, SSDP UNLV was told to immediately stop using such images. SSDP's Board of Directors and National Office learned later that the UNLV chapter had entirely disregarded its demands.

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