Thursday, November 19th, 2009 at 10:51 am | By: Radical Russ
I’m proud to announce the affiliation of two new college chapters in the NORML network.
Andrew Ball is the founder of a new chapter at the University of Texas San Antonio.
Donald Brooks is the founder of a new chapter at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania.
Welcome aboard! And if you’re interested in starting a NORML Chapter at your college campus, send me an email with the subject College Chapter to stash@norml.org.
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 at 2:47 pm | By: Radical Russ
I am so excited to break the news that we have four new contributors to help bring you the Daily Audio Stash! In response to my call for volunteer music editors I received a lot of applications and picked from the best of them to give you our new lineup:
Weekday
Editor-in-Charge
Roots Monday
(Blues / Country / Folk / Jazz)
Cannabis Karri
Electric Tuesday
(Dance / New Age / House / Electronica)
Sahra Kant
Irie Wednesday (Reggae / Ska / Calypso / Latin)
Johnny Reeferseed
Groovin’ Thursday
(Rap / Hip-Hop / R&B / Funk)
John Doe
Rockin’ Friday
(Rock / Metal / Punk / Jam)
“Radical” Russ
These fine Stashers will be finding the best 420-friendly music on the web and bringing it to us each week. You already know me and Cannabis Karri. Sahra Kant joins us from Massachusetts; I met her up at the Boston Freedom Rally this year. Johnny Reeferseed’s music has been featured on the Stash before. And John Doe is the man behind John Doe Radio, another fine internet podcast.
But just because we have music editors that doesn’t mean you can’t still be involved. If you have a band or have found a tune that you think should be on the Stash, just email it to me at stash@norml.org and I’ll pass it along to our editors.
Also join me in welcoming Amanda Bannon to our lienup of contributors. Amanda is getting college credit as an intern working for me in NORML Chapter Outreach. She will begin by reviving our dormant “Politicians on Pot” series, where you send us the replies you get from your elected officials when you write to them about ending marijuana prohibition. If you haven’t written to your elected officials, visit our Take Action center and get started. Now that the AMA has reversed its position on smoked cannabis as medicine, many of these congresspeople will need to update their form letter! Write your congressperson and send that reply back to us at stash@norml.org.
Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 2:47 pm | By: Radical Russ
Cheech & Tommy hit the road this winter!
(CheechandChongTour.com) Cheech & Chong: Get It Legal is the follow-up to their hugely successful reunion tour, Cheech & Chong: Light Up America, where they performed together for the first time in over 25 years. The pop culture duo performed for more than 100 audiences and quickly became one of the most sought after shows of 2008-2009. Additionally, their performance in San Antonio, Texas was filmed by the Weinstein Company and will be released as Cheech and Chong’s: Hey Watch This on 4/20 of next year.
“We had an amazing time last year reconnecting with each other and our fans in a way that felt like it was part of our DNA, we were meant to be together,” said Cheech Marin. “In 2010 we are looking forward to doing more classic material that people haven’t seen for years and years, performing more of our songs and introducing some new bits. We’ve had material brewing separately for the past 25 years,” said Tommy Chong.
The Cheech & Chong: Get It Legal tour is scheduled to make 17 stops across North America including Boulder, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Bellingham, Portland, Santa Barbara, Tampa, Minneapolis, Rockford, Detroit, Louisville, DC, Bakersfield, Phoenix, and Fort Worth with Canadian stops in Regina, and Saskatoon. Additional dates to be announced soon. Chong’s wife and comedy partner, Shelby Chong, will open all dates on the tour as well as DJ-Joey Mojo. Fan club members will have access to presale tickets beginning November 17th at CheechandChongTour.com.
Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 2:20 pm | By: Radical Russ
(Washington Post) A federal survey of Americans’ drug use shows that [Joe Lee, a 62-year-old, and his friends] are not the only baby boomers approaching the age of retirement much as they departed the Age of Aquarius — with an occasional case of the munchies. The government’s most recent survey showed that the share of marijuana users ages 50 to 59 increased from 5.1 percent in 2002 to almost 10 percent in 2007.
Some of those users are empty-nesters, returning to the drug decades after their pot habits gave way to raising children and building careers. Others, like Lee, have kept using pot all along, researchers said.
[O]lder marijuana users say they are living evidence that smoking pot does not preclude a normal life, and more older smokers seem more comfortable than at any point since their teen years with going public — a tribute, they say, to a big boost in public tolerance of marijuana use.
“I don’t think more people in their 50s are smoking marijuana. I think we are just more comfortable talking about it,” said Rick Steves, who writes travel guidebooks and hosts a public TV series on travel. At 54, the clean-cut guru of mass-market European tourism has begun to present himself as the hard-working, successful face of the longtime smoker.
“Even my pastor knows I smoke pot,” said Steves, who was recently named Lutheran activist of the year for his work on international poverty relief.
One older smoker who doesn’t mind outing herself is Florence Siegel, an 88-year-old artist from New York who has been smoking regularly since her early 50s. That’s when the family’s pediatrician suggested they try marijuana together to see “what the kids were so excited about.” The pediatrician didn’t feel a thing. Siegel said she never stopped.
Now her routine is to sit in her favorite chair each evening, listen to Bach and take a few hits from one of her many pipes. Marijuana boosts her creativity and helps with joint pain that has come with aging, she said.
Siegel smokes occasionally with her daughter Loren Siegel, 64, a recently retired lawyer. But does her 93-year-old husband ever join her?
“Oh, no,” she said. “Well, only very rarely.”
I know some sixty-, seventy- and eighty-year-olds who occasionally use cannabis, and some who still drink coffee, and a few who even still use alcohol and tobacco. I can’t say that I’ve met one yet who was an active cocaine, heroin, or methamphetamine user.
There is a joke in medical marijuana circles that “after forty, all use is medical.” There is a certain grain of truth to that, though. Even as I approach age 42, I can feel pain in my knees and back that never used to bother me before. When you think of the things marijuana can be used to treat – arthritis, chronic pain, Alzheimer’s, cancer, and so on – it seems to be a natural fit for many seniors who’d prefer an herbal remedy over a handful of increasingly expensive pills.
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 at 12:30 pm | By: Radical Russ
I’m excited to announce the official certification of our newest NORML chapter, Beverly Hills NORML 90210. You can check out the beginnings of their website still in development at http://norml90210.org.
NORML 90210 is headed by Cheryl Shuman, a fascinating woman I first met at the Aspen Legal Seminar. She has been working in the entertainment field in LA for over two decades and has amassed a list of celebrity contacts and friends who we hope can be motivated to speak out for the cause. She’s a strong successful woman who perfectly embodies that “stiletto stoner” image that has captured the public imagination this summer. She’s dealt with media public relations on a professional and personal level in the most stressful of circumstances and will be a natural for presenting NORML’s message.
Cheryl is assisted by Jacek Lentz, an attorney in Los Angeles whom I’ve also met at NORML conferences. Jacek is an emigrant from Poland who is fiercely dedicated to protecting and expanding freedom here in America.
With the natural brand image of Beverly Hills that suggests wealth, celebrity, and the finest things in life, I look forward to Cheryl and Beverly Hills NORML 90210 showing California and the nation that cannabis is not only becoming mainstream, but it is a symbol of fame, fortune, and success as well.
“It seems up until this point, we’ve been working against the wind in a way, pushing our goals to hard opposition,” Brown said. “But there’s now a rapid growth of support. The winds have changed, and we’re riding with them now.”
It’s an exciting time for marijuana advocates, and Brown, a 19-year-old sophomore and Eagle Scout, feels even more motivated to push his cause.
I wonder if there are Boy Scout merit badges for joint rolling?  Seriously, though, what a great opening to this article in Baltimore’s alt-weekly, the B. Good work, Zach, and all you NORML Terps, and thanks for showing that even Eagle Scouts think marijuana prohibition is wrong.
John lives with MS and used cannabis therapy for treatment. He now faces 15 years in state prison for growing 17 marijuana plants. Read more about John’s case here
John’s case has garnered national attention for the aggressiveness of the prosecution. New Jersey’s Office of the Attorney General is pursuing the case.
A state appeals court rejected the attempt by his attorney, James Wronko of Somerville, to challenge that ruling while the case is ongoing. It could be the subject of a future appeal, he said. The two legislators are not only seeking the pardon but also pushing a bill titled “New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act.” The bill would decriminalize possession and use of marijuana by state registered patients with debilitating illnesses. It would also establish treatment centers where patients can purchase the drug.
It passed the Senate in a 22-16 vote in February and awaits a vote in the Assembly.
Members of the Coalition for Medical Marijuana New Jersey stood outside the Somerset County Courthouse Friday morning as Wilson was appearing before Reed in a pre-trial conference. The members held signs advocating that marijuana for medicinal purposes be legalized.
Toms River resident Jim Miller, who co-founded the organization, became involved when his late wife Cheryl faced arrest for using marijuana to relieve her pain, said the organization will be stationed outside the courthouse when Wilson goes on trial in December.
Next to Miller on the sidewalk was an empty wheelchair that held his wife’s picture.
“This entire block is going to be lined” with demonstrators during the trial, he said. “It would be nice if the governor steps in,” he said. READ IN FULL
More about medical marijuana in New Jersey at www.cmmnj.org
Missippi Hippy: I may not be qualified, but MPP I believe is interested in the numbers #won vs #lost. Norml wants legalization for responsible adults. MPP sometimes has some pretty [...]
Adam: Go ahead Russ, It's time to give the MPP/NORML roles talk, it's been a while.....
mr reuben: Russ is MPP that much bigger then norml?
Radical Russ: WakeUpDead, the answer to your question is money.
Missippi Hippy: recommend copy/paste that email addy to your own service... too much info using theirs... stuff I couldn't answer... same with the Prez
Missippi Hippy: 'ts been a good day for blowing off steam.
Missippi Hippy: Then, in my own words asked them to make changes.
Missippi Hippy: Here is the email addy for the doj
AskDOJ@usdoj.gov
I sent them a letter starting with this statement...The American Medical Association (AMA), our largest medical professional organization, voted on Nov [...]
Adam: Italian prosecutor "Or perhaps after smoking hash, they decide to include Meredith in an extreme sexual game" Hash smoking blamed in Amanda Knox murder trial.
Missippi Hippy: Aaah 1987... my third year in Hawaii. No schwaggie stuff for me... it was da kine Maui Wowie n Kona bud for this whiskey swillin, beer guzzlin', doobie puffin', ho [...]
WakeUpDead: 1987, wow flashback, think that was a huge Acid Summer, well alot were between 85-90, Um "The Dead" were still around and life was alot simpler. Dirt weed was abounding [...]
MrSpof: Off topic but there's no way any geek wouldn't want to build this http://tinyurl.com/yhj6h6a , get , and mow the damned grass
WakeUpDead: Wow when did Thrus 19th stash post? Missed it all day, never looked. Oh well I get to have two new stashes tonight + CCS on Ustream too. Happy 420!
MrSpof: Time for another weekend funny story? Scooch up and listen: A long time ago in an apartment far, far away, my roomie and I scored some absolute crap weed in [...]
WakeUpDead: Im still wondering why Cheech and Chong went with MPP to do their new tour. Im kinda peeved, why didnt they invite all reform groups be represented? I dont understand?
Adam: I wish I had a job
lost my a year ago...
MrSpof: The 3B high: accept no substitutes. If this had been an actual emergency, would have been served.
Missippi Hippy: Yes... work is That is why I retired at 48, or should I say... I fired my bosses and replaced them with myself.
mr reuben: oh wait now it works. hah
mr reuben: using mozilla and it didn't seem to work
RevRayGreen: mr reuben.....we would tell you but we would have too...just kidding are you using Mozilla or Exporer?
MrSpof: Thank god, the pain of another week is history. Work =
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NORML announces two new college chapters in Kutztown PA and San Antonio TX
 Seriously, though, what a great opening to this article in Baltimore’s alt-weekly, the B. Good work, Zach, and all you NORML Terps, and thanks for showing that even Eagle Scouts think marijuana prohibition is wrong.
wouldn't want to build this 
, and mow the damned grass 
lost my a year ago...
would have been served.
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