“Send a Strong Message” to USA Swimming

Tell them to reinstate Michael Phelps and stop driving athletes to drink!

http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/5559/t/4030/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2533

USA Swimming suspended the 14-time Olympic gold medalist following the publication of a photo showing him using marijuana at an off-season party. USA Swimming was not required to punish Phelps, according to Executive Director Chuck Wielgus, but it “decided to send a strong message to Michael…”

That message: athletes must only use alcohol when they party, and they will be punished if they make the safer choice to use marijuana instead. After all, the 23-year-old swimmer would never have been punished had he been photographed chugging Budweiser beer — an official sponsor of the U.S. Olympic Committee.

If you agree Michael Phelps should be reinstated and that athletes should not be driven to drink, please take a second to click on the following link and “send a strong message” to Chuck Wielgus and USA Swimming:

http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/5559/t/4030/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2533
Mason Tvert, Executive Director
SAFER – SAFER Voter Education Fund
office: 303-861-0033 – fax: 303-861-0915
mason@saferchoice.org - http://www.SAFERchoice.org

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