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 - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake