NEWS RELEASE

February 21, 2002


For more information, contact:

Charles Perkins, President,
Drug Watch International
519-332-0675

DRUG PROMOTERS INFLUENCE NOW INVOLVES NATIONAL POLLS?

Drug Watch International is shocked and disheartened to find that the
pro-drug lobby is bragging that it can now influence national opinion polls in order
to support further relaxation of America's drug laws.

We have found the following message, written by Robert Kampia, an admitted
drug user who was convicted of growing 96 marijuana plants in 1989 in
Pennsylvania. His memo calls into question the frightening possibility that drug users
and promoters might be able to influence national polling in order to distort
public opinion rather than to reflect it. Kampia's group, the Marijuana Policy
Project, will also get paid for the effort through free polling questions.

Charles Perkins, President of Drug Watch International states, "The insidious
inroads that the small, but heavily-financed, drug culture continues to make
into the fabric of society is truly frightening. It is time for the media to
expose these lobbyists, just as they would expose pedophiles who try to
influence child abuse laws and enforcement."

A related story can be found at:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/000/435hlfej.asp



The memo:

Subj:MPP to partner with Zogby International
Date:10/10/01 8:52:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time

From: mpp@mpp.org (Marijuana Policy Project)
Reply-to: mpp@mpp.org
To: mppupdates@igc.topica.com

Dear Friend,

Have you ever wondered how polling firms can release national polling data on

a daily basis, yet you have never been called once for your opinion?

Or, perhaps you have been called, but you would rather give your opinions
on-line rather than receiving phone calls from strangers during dinner.

Well, you now have a chance to change all this, make your opinions count, and

help the Marijuana Policy Project get professional polling done for free!

MPP is teaming up with one of the nation's most accurate and prestigious
polling organizations, Zogby International, in a groundbreaking project to
integrate and align Internet polling surveys with traditional telephone
survey polling.

Zogby International is developing an on-line population of civic-minded
individuals who can assist in producing the most reliable, accurate, and
scientific on-line polling available. Registering for participation in Zogby
on-line polls gives you an opportunity to have your opinions counted, and it
will benefit MPP in a big way.

For every 500 registrants we supply, Zogby will place a marijuana polling
question for MPP in one of its nationwide polls -- both on-line and via
traditional telephone survey methods. Each question would normally cost MPP
$1,000 or more. With more than 12,000 people now subscribed to this
MPPupdates e-mail list, we have the opportunity to get $1,000's worth of free

survey research -- research that could greatly benefit our effort to end the
war on marijuana users.

To sign up now to participate in Zogby's on-line polls, go to
http://www.zogby.com/mpp.org

Zogby International promises complete confidentiality, plus a free polling
survey product for those who register. You will usually receive an e-mail
notification of two polls a month, which will take just a few minutes each to
complete.

We're excited by the chance to work with "Zogby Interactive," the Internet
extension of Zogby International, to provide you this opportunity and outlet
to express your own views, hopes, and opinions on an array of topics.

Upon completion of the registration form, you will be eligible to receive a
free Zogby International informational product of your choice. And you'll
help earn free polling questions for MPP.

Feel free to forward this message to any of your friends you think may be
interested in registering their opinions. By signing on at the above URL,
they'll count toward MPP's free polling questions also.

Thank you for your help,
Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
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