Texas State Policy Alert

Sent: November 4, 2005
From: Michael McKey, MPP legislative analyst
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Free showing of medical marijuana film this Monday in Houston

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The Marijuana Policy Project invites you to attend a screening of Waiting to Inhale, a feature-length documentary by Texan Jed Riffe, which provides a compelling and detailed look at medical marijuana and the issues that surround it. Waiting to Inhale will screen this Monday, November 7, at 7:00 p.m., at The Rice University Media Center in Houston. A panel discussion with the director will immediately follow the film.

Admission is free to the public.

Funded in part by a grant from MPP, Waiting to Inhale has played to wide critical acclaim, having won the 2005 CINE Golden Eagle Award, the Gold Special Jury "Remi" Award at the 38th Annual WorldFest-Houston, and the 2005 Best Documentary Film/Video at the New Jersey International Film Festival. You can find more information on Waiting to Inhale by visiting www.waitingtoinhale.org.

The Rice University Media Center is located at 6100 Main St., MS-549, in Houston. You can reach the theater phone at (713) 348-4882 or by e-mail at media@rice.edu Thank you for supporting the Marijuana Policy Project. Please be sure to pass this alert along to friends and family in Texas so they too have an opportunity to catch this important film.