Stash for Mon, Jul 21, 2008
Monday, July 21st, 2008 at 6:03 pm | By: Radical Russ
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Wow, am I bushed from my first festival of the season. I drove the 110 miles south down I-5 to table at the Emerald Empire Hempfest. I set up the Oregon NORML Multimedia Booth and our literature table and ran the the thing all Friday night by myself. Then I drove home that night, because Saturday morning I have my XM satellite radio show. After the show, I drive back to Eugene for the Saturday afternoon portion of the festival, joined by Oregon NORML’s Anna Diaz. Spent the night in Eugene and then tabled all Sunday, until I tore it all down by myself and hauled it back home.
To recap, that’s 440 miles of driving, three days of speaking and gathering petition signatures, and a full set-up and tear-down of a booth all by myself. And they say we’re not motivated and productive!
Today I’ve got an interview with Aaron Houston of the Marijuana Policy Project, who reminds us of the two federal bills concerning medical marijuana and decriminalization, as well as a new bill from California Senator Dianne Feinstein to create additional penalties for “pot candy” – cannabis preparations with tastes or designs that would entice children.
Also, columnist Bill Steigerwald from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (the paper of conservative financier Richard Mellon Scaife) joins us to discuss his scathing review of the DEA’s 35 years of drug warfare.
Finally, a new Pass the Stash contest: This time, you can win a copy of the DVD of “a/k/a Tommy Chong”, the Josh Gilbert documentary of Tommy’s nine-month prison sentence for selling bongs over the internet to Pennsylvania. To win, we’re looking for the person who can prove to me that he or she was busted with the smallest amount of pot. The idea for this contest arose in a conversation I had with Scott from Urb Age Designs this weekend (I won’t tell you how little he was busted for in Alabama). You’ve got up through July 31st – if you are the first person to send me an email and can prove you were busted with the smallest amount of pot, you’re a winner! (You can remain anonymous and you must be 18 or older to play.)
