NJ Supreme Court: MSPatient Must Spend 5 Years in Prison
January 24, 2012
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“Dean Shwag” and “Professor Bluntston” added to the NORML Network
January 23, 2012
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Texas NORML & Episode Phive present: Bob Marley’s Birthday Celebration
High all you Texas NORML supporters!
It’s been a while since we sent out any updates, so we want to wish you all a Happy New Year, and invite you to join us at Antone’s, Sunday, February 5th, 8:00pm, as we celebrate the birthday of Bob Marley!
This annual celebration is brought to you by Texas NORML, Episode Phive and The Austin 420.Â
Cover charge at the door will be $8 for general admission, and $5 for current Texas NORML members.Â
Presale tickets are available online for just $6, here:
http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/86605
We have an awesome Reggae and Dub lineup for you!
General Smiley with McPullish
http://www.reverbnation.com/originalgeneralsmiley
http://www.mcpullish.com/
Dub Gideon & Likkle Shanx
http://www.reverbnation.com/dubgideon
http://www.reverbnation.com/shanxreggaemusic
Root Dimension
http://www.facebook.com/rootdimension
Music will start around 8:45pm and be going all night! Please support your local NORML chapter and this event!
The Texas NORML Winter membership drive, to increase our membership to 300, is also going on right now! Find out more and Join Today!
January 23, 2012
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January 8, 2011
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MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF SIGNATURE GATHERING EFFORTS
Contact:
Campaign Director, Matt Potter
510.725.2527
Sensible California
360 Grand Avenue, #361,
Oakland, CA, 94610
www.RepealCannabisProhibition.org
“The Repeal Cannabis Prohibition Act of 2012 is the first of its kind. It’s written in a straightforward way, it repeals existing cannabis laws for anyone over the age of 19 and requires a state commission to draft regulations on commercial cannabis activities,” said Joe Rogoway, an attorney and one of the authors of the initiative. “We’re getting overwhelmingly positive feedback on the language of the initiative; voters are really excited about the possibility of truly ending marijuana prohibition in this state.”
The historic initiative campaign to Repeal Cannabis Prohibition in California is now collecting signatures. The proponents of the initiative and their supporters must collect 505,000 valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot.
Proponents filed the initiative September 30, 2011, under the title “Repeal Cannabis Prohibition Act of 2012″, requesting Attorney General Title and Summary in order to proceed to circulate petitions. It is now titled “Marijuana Legalization. Initiative Statute.”
The Act is a simple, straightforward law that repeals prohibition of cannabis in less than 800 words.
* It strikes all marijuana statutes, prohibiting and punishing the personal use, possession, cultivation, sharing and transportation of cannabis by adults 19 years of age and older.
* Personal use amounts of cannabis are not subject to regulation up to 3 lbs and 100 sq ft plant canopy per adult.
* The Act maintains penalties for driving while impaired, as well as distribution to persons under 19.
* All patients’ rights & protections are affirmed under the Compassionate Use Act & the Medical Marijuana Program Act.
* Medical access is enhanced by repealing California’s Schedule I marijuana status (“no accepted medical purpose”) which makes California a forerunner in persuading the federal government to reschedule its misclassification of cannabis in Schedule I, as well.
* Regulations “shall include appropriate controls” but “may not include bans of the conduct permitted by this act”. This regulation would prevent the sort of medical use bans & moratoriums of collectives now taking place throughout the state.
* The Act gives the new California Cannabis Commission authority to develop a regulatory system for commercial cannabis within 180 days of passage, including licensing & taxation, to replace the sales & distribution laws repealed by the voters.
“The six month requirement is a reasonable amount of time,” said Pebbles Trippet, regarding the California Cannabis Commission deadline to create regulations governing commercial cannabis activity. “Six months will provide enough time for public input to ensure the Commission enacts the will of the people: ending cannabis prohibition in California.”
Early endorsers include celebrities Willie Nelson and Grace Slick, and Dr. Lester Grinspoon.
“Unlike with previous cannabis related initiatives, organizational endorsements from grower country is near universal for the RCPA,” according to Pebbles Trippet, a long-time community organizer in the state’s northern counties. Those organizations include:
* Emerald City
* Veterans for Peace Chapter 116 (Mendocino County)
* Emerald Triangle Coalition (ETC)Â
* Humboldt Medical Marijuana Advisory Panel (HuMMAP)
* Compassionate Heart  Â
* Mendocino Medical Marijuana Advisory Board (MMMAB)
* Leonard Moore Co-op  Â
* Mendocino Medical Cannabis Collectives Association (MeCCA)
* Love In It    Â
* Herban Legend
Petitions are available at www.repealcannabisprohibition.org. Printing onto legal size paper (8 1/2 x 14) is required for the text to fit on one page.
Send signed petitions to Sensible California 360 Grand Ave #361 Oakland CA 94610.
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January 23, 2012
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The Seventh National Clinical Conference on cannabis Therapeutics
 The Seventh National Clinical Conference on cannabis Therapeutics
The conference will be held on April 26-28, 2012 in Tuscon, AZ.
The U. of CA School of Medicine, San Francisco, the College of Nursing of the U. of AZ, and the U. of AZ’s Center for Integrative Medicine are co-sponsors with Patients Out of Time (POT).
POT is all volunteer and asks for no funds for it’s exceptional work. POT does ask your help in letting US citizens, the media and in particular the medical and nursing communities that this accredited conference will occur.
Details, international Faculty, and agenda are at www.medicalcannabis.com.
POT appreciates your help and concern for the ill.
Take care, al
January 23, 2012
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The Case for Treating PTSD in Veterans with Medical Marijuana.”
Below is a link to The Atlantic Magazine article on “The Case for Treating PTSD in Veterans with Medical Marijuana,” released this month.
January 18, 2012
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How Americans Really Feel About Drugs
January 5, 2012
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Stop the extadition drop the charges: Chris Diaz-Medical Marijuana Patient”
The following link is a petition to Governor Perry, asking him to stop extradition and drop charges on California patient, Chris Diaz. After clicking on the link please shareon Facebook. Thank so very much.
Clif
December 25, 2011
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DUTCH GOVERNMENT DELAYS PLANS TO BAN TOURISTS FROM BUYING WEED – Encod.org
DUTCH GOVERNMENT DELAYS PLANS TO BAN TOURISTS FROM BUYING WEED – Encod.org.
December 19, 2011
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U.S. Supreme Court: State Medical Marijuana Laws Not Preempted by Federal Law
 December 6, 2011
Washington, DC —The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a landmark decision today in which California state courts found that its medical marijuana law was not preempted by federal law. The state appellate court decision from November 28, 2007, ruled that “it is not the job of the local police to enforce the federal drug laws. ”The case, involving Felix Kha, a medical marijuana patient from Garden Grove, was the result of a wrongful seizure of medical marijuana by local police in June 2005. Medical marijuana advocates hailed today’s decision as a huge victory in clarifying law enforcement’s obligation to uphold state law. Advocates assert that better adherence to state medical marijuana laws by local police will result in fewer needless arrests and seizures. In turn this will allow for better implementation of medical marijuana laws not only in California, but in all states that have adopted such laws.
“It’s now settled that state law enforcement officers cannot arrest medical marijuana patients or seize their medicine simply because they prefer the contrary federal law, ”said Joe Elford, Chief Counsel with Americans for Safe Access (ASA),the medical marijuana advocacy organization that represented the defendant Felix Kha in a case that the City of Garden Grove appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. “Perhaps, in the future local government will think twice about expending significant time and resources to defy a law that is overwhelmingly supported by the people of our state.”
California medical marijuana patient Felix Kha was pulled over by the Garden Grove Police Department and cited for possession of marijuana, despite Kha showing the officers proper documentation. The charge against Kha was subsequently dismissed, with the Superior Court of Orange County issuing an order to return Kha’s wrongfully seized 8 grams of medical marijuana. The police, backed by the City of Garden Grove, refused to return Kha’s medicine and the city appealed. Before the 41-page decision was issued a year ago by California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal, the California Attorney General filed a “friend of the court ”brief on behalf of Kha’s right to possess his medicine. The California Supreme Court then denied review in March.
“The source of local law enforcement’s resistance to upholding state law is an outdated, harmful federal policy with regard to medical marijuana,”said ASA spokesperson Kris Hermes. “This should send a message to the federal government that it’s time to establish a compassionate policy more consistent with the 13 states that have adopted medical marijuana laws.”
December 6, 2011
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