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We are Willamette Valley NORML, the Eugene, Oregon chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
Student’s marijuana speech ends with flourish – and trip to jail, 17-year-old lights joint to make point
At the end of his speech Tuesday urging legalization of marijuana, a 17-year-old Peninsula High School student pulled out a joint, lit it and smoked away. Then he ate the remains.
For that he got a quick escort to the school office and then a ride to Remann Hall juvenile jail. The stunt was celebrated among some of the teen’s peers but was frowned on to say the least by law enforcement officers and district administrators.
Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said, “If people want that law changed, they need to go about it the right way.”
He did admit, though, that the student’s action will prompt discussion.
“It sure will probably bring a lot of attention to the issue,” Troyer said. Visit > the story < for more.
Lies, A Gateway to Disaster
This billboard was photographed in Sandy, Oregon about 5/17/2009.
There are others reportedly up around the state, part of an ongoing campaign as Prohibition seeks its own bailout.
There several problems with this sign, as people see it.
Studies, like the IOM Report in 1999, have shown that the Gateway Theory of Prohibitionists is a lie and that lying about the issue is a waste and even counter-productive.
It's a recipe for disaster.
Don't Blame Pot -- There's No Such Thing as a "Gateway Drug"
The surging debate surrounding the legalization of marijuana has brought with it the resurrection of the "gateway theory," which alleges that experimenting with marijuana leads to the use of harder drugs like cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. Anti-drug zealots originally created the "gateway" theory from thin air, so it's easily refuted: most marijuana users just don't use other drugs. And yet, the gateway debate is continued / reborn - as demonstrated by a video of FBI director Robert Mueller testifying before Congress that marijuana should be illegal because it leads to more dangerous drug use. Click > here < for more.
| Legislative Update! |
Help make Hemp happen in Oregon and beyond.
Hemp? Hemp! HOORAY! Legislation is in The House
Hemp law progresses in Oregon state, in Washington DC, and across America. In Oregon, Senate Bill 676 passed committee with a unanimous vote and proceeded to the House where it will either go to committee or straight to the floor for a vote. Technically, we should let you know, it will make a brief stop at Ways and Means for a financial impact statement and then move on. Click > here < - in order to view details of the bill, related talking points, LTE examples, Hearing notices, links and leave yours on the Bulletin Board.
W-V-NORML will stay tuned and keep you posted on where it ends up and what we can do to help it along. In the meantime ...
Please Write to US Congress: Ask Them to Sponsor The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009!
United States > House Resolution 1866 > Click on the link below to write your Congressional representative and ask him/her to become a co-sponsor of HR 1866, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009. If he/she is a co-sponsor already, you will be able to thank them. Go to - http://w-v-norml.org/hemp.html
What Can I Do?
We can continue to help make progress on state hemp legislation. Bills and resolutions are also advancing in — Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota and Vermont. You can keep track of all state hemp legislation on Vote Hemp's State and overall Hemp Legislation Pages. Go to - http://w-v-norml.org/hemp.html - for links to these and more. And Spread the Word!
This is a chain e-mail you can't refuse. Unlike most, this will actually help you - and a whole buncha others - just by passing it on. Cannabis consumer or not - from the folks just trying to take care of themselves or a loved one to those who simply see the expensive, immoral waste of making war on the sick and dying - everyone is affected by this issue.
There are a number of medical cannabis (marijuana) bills in play in states across the US. We need to get the word out and people contacting reps and officials and get this legislation into law.
To accomplish this you need to click on the following links and send a message to all the reps and media you can on the issue. Then get everybody else to do the same.
To do this you need to tell everybody you know. And can confide in.
Then/or anonymously tell everybody you don't know - or can't confide in. Yet.
Tell everybody you can by e-mailing a link to this website to them and/or printing off the info and handing out where necessary. Also phone call and visit. Take literature with you and approach businesses, organizations and even people on the street while you're out and about. Wear your pot-leaf shirt and register voters, as feasible.
Organize an event or action item to attract people in order to inform, educate and activate. Don't forget to alert the media!
Tell everybody else by Letters-to-the-Editor, displaying signage at street corners and over-passes (wear trenchcoat, fedora and sunglasses if afraid of exposure), and/or anonymously leaving literature and posting on-line at places where people are likely to find it. Coffeeshops are good places to leave printed material and you can go to the websites of the local newspapers to post items as well. More ideas and supporting tools via the links below.
And we're sure you'll come up with more. Exchange notes at the websites provided.
Help medical cannabis in Alabama - click > here
Help medical cannabis in Connecticut - click > here
Help medical cannabis in Illinois - click > here
Help medical cannabis in Minnesota - click > here
Help medical cannabis in Missouri - click > here
Help medical cannabis in New Jersey - click > here
Help medical cannabis in New York - click > here
Help medical cannabis in New Hampshire - click > here
Help medical cannabis in North Carolina - click > here
Help medical cannabis in Pennsylvania - click > here
Help medical cannabis in South Dakota - click > here
Help medical cannabis in Tennessee - click > here
Help medical cannabis in Texas - click > here
This info and and more at NORML’s Legislative Action Alerts page, visit - http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/
For more info on medical cannabis in America, visit - http://www.mercycenters.org/usa
Thanx! and please give us feedback.
NOTE: SB 676 is just one of the 30-plus legislative items in play this session in the Beaver state. Check it out and let us know what You think.
We can make a statement by our numbers so please try to attend hearings, even if you don't plan to testify. You can also always just go up and say "ditto" to a previous speaker!
Staff respectfully requests that you submit 25 collated copies of written materials at the time of your testimony. Persons making presentations including the use of video, DVD, PowerPoint or overhead projection equipment are asked to contact committee staff 24 hours prior to the meeting. Any item on this agenda may be carried over to the next meeting at the discretion of the Chair. Click > here < - for info on How to Testify in Front of Committe, etc.
Please e-mail, call or visit to members of the committee if you can't make it. They are mostly hearing from law enforcement, and other special interests, so you are needed to counter the deliberate mis-information. Links and other tools on how to contact your rep, find out about bills, etc. is - > here <
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Preparations for Eugenes own Emerald Empire Hempfest 2009 are underway -- and there is a need to increase resources of Volunteers, Sponsors, Vendors and Donors. Please get involved with Emerald Empire Hempfest; volunteer core meetings are being held as can, call 541-517-0957 for more information.
Our Mission. The purpose of the Emerald Empire Hempfest is to unite our citizens in calling for sweeping reforms in America's laws against cannabis and hemp. This is a uniquely valuable plant: it provides high levels of key nutrients, relieves symptoms for patients suffering from an array of medical conditions, and can be made into environmentally positive products such as clothing, paper, paint, biodegradable plastics, and replacements for fossil fuels. Please join us in the fight to roll back prohibition and increase production and usage of one of the world's most beneficial plants! With your help, Hempfest 2009 will be even bigger and better. Visit > /events/EEH.html for more. Hope to see you there!
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