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It’s our special election roundup here on the Stash. We’ve got the experts here to give their take on state and local initiatives to be decided tomorrow:
Ethan Nadelmann, Drug Policy Alliance, on California’s Proposition 5 to move non-violent drug offenders to treatment instead of jail and decriminalize personal possession of marijuana;
There is also a measure on the ballot in Hawaii County (Big Island), Hawaii to end helicopter fly-overs to uproot marijuana plants, forbid county law enforcement participation in marijuana raids, and make possession of 24 ounces or less the lowest law enforcement priority. Learn more at Project Peaceful Sky.
It should go without saying, but don’t forget to
VOTE!
I know some of you think it doesn’t matter, they’re all the same, it’s hopeless, I hate ‘em all, whatever, but a cannabis consumer who doesn’t vote is like a battered spouse who keeps forgiving the batterer. Your voice matters! If people didn’t think voting mattered, California would never have passed Prop 215 and all the positive gains of the past dozen years may not have happened.
We can do this. There are literally millions of us. We’ve got the public mostly on our side; now it’s the politicians who need education. The winds of change are blowing and we may have the best political atmosphere for drug law reform yet – the perfect storm of progressive leadership, popular will, and fiscal need. Vote as if your freedom depends on it… because it does.
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Today we continue talking initiatives – Ryan Denham of Sensible Fayetteville (Arkansas) will tell us about his lowest law enforcement priority initiative for the city. While it may or may not help reduce marijuana arrests in Fayetteville (Arkansas is not a ‘home-rule’ state, so the city police might just ignore the initiative), it does require the city to send letters to the state and federal governments to end their war on marijuana. I just love the idea of a pot-hating mayor being forced to sign that.
Then for Cannabis Science, Dr. Mitch Earleywine is here to tell us about European health authorities pulling the weight loss drug Accomplia from the market. The drug works by blocking the CB1 receptors,the same receptors that react to THC.
And my brother Josh is on the podcast, bringing your musical break for the day. It’s two Belvilles for the price of one!
Marijuana law reformers continue to take the phrase “all politics is local” to heart.
Over the past decade, grassroots activists in numerous towns and municipalities — including Seattle, Washington; Columbia, Missouri;Santa Cruz, Oakland, San Francisco, and Santa Barbara, California; and Denver, Colorado — have successfully campaigned for local ordinances making the enforcement of pot possession laws their city’s lowest law enforcement priority.
This year, a coalition of activists — led by the University of Arkansas chapter of NORML and the Alliance for Drug Reform Policy — have placed a similar proposal on the ballot in Fayetteville, Arkansas (population: 67,000).
If passed, the city will become the second Arkansas municipality in recent years to enact marijuana ‘deprioritization.’ (NORML’s state affiliate championed a similar measure in Eureka Springs in 2006.)
In the days leading up to November 4th, most Americans attention will be directed toward Washington, DC and the Presidential election race. But while we remain focused on national politics let’s not forget about the significant changes taking place locally — one community at a time.
NORML applauds the work of Sensible Fayetteville and the efforts of other local — and often unrecognized activists — not only what they’ve already achieved, but also (and especially) for what they will accomplish in the future.
Ryan Denham of Sensible Fayetteville will be my guest today on the Daily Audio Stash.
Monday, October 27th, 2008 at 7:51 pm | By: Radical Russ
This was the opening panel on Friday morning of the NORML Conference in Berkeley, October 17, 2008.
Pot Politics 2008 and Beyond Moderator: Keith Stroup, Esq., NORML, New Federal Decriminalization Legislation
Rob Kampia, MPP, Massachusetts and Michigan Initiatives
Madeline Martinez, Oregon NORML, Oregon Cannabis Tax Act 2010
Joe Elford, Esq., Americans for Safe Access, CA Attorney General Guidelines
Ethan Nadelmann, Drug Policy Alliance, CA Proposition 5 (NORA)
Becky DeKeuster, Berkeley Patients Group, Measure JJ in Berkeley
Ryan Denham, Sensible Fayetteville, Fayetteville Initiative
Sudi Pebbles Trippet, Mendocino, CA Initiative
Friday, October 17th, 2008 at 11:13 am | By: Radical Russ
The NORML National Conference is up and running! NORML’s Chair of the Board, Steve Dillon, opened the conference with his introduction of “It’s Not Your Parent’s Prohibition”. Did you know that in the alcohol prohibition of the early 20th century, you weren’t arrested for possessing or using alcohol, only for selling it. So our marijuana prohibition is far more heinous than the past prohibition.
Allen St. Pierre, NORML’s Executive Director, outlined the facts behind our battles – that we have record numbers of arrests in America and that we have many successful initiatives in the works for this election, including medmj in Michigan and decrim in Massachusetts.
NORML’s Legal Counsel, Keith Stroup, is moderating the Pot & Politics panel. MPP’s Rob Kampia described the efforts in Michigan and Massachusetts. Oregon NORML’s Madeline Martinez outlined the 2010 Oregon Cannabis Tax Act proposal. Joe Elford from Americans for Safe Access talked about the new California Attorney General guidelines on medmj. Drug Policy Alliance’s Ethan Nadelmann talked about California’s Prop 5 (NORA) which would decriminalize marijuana in that state and fix much of the prison sentencing issues. Finally, Ryan Denham of Arkansas NORML and Sensible Fayetteville explains his lowest priority initiative for Fayetteville.
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Today for our Pot & Politics segment we’re joined by Ryan Denham from Sensible Fayetteville, an organization that has qualified a “lowest law enforcement priority” initiative on the ballot in Fayetteville, Arkansas, similar to measures passed in Seattle, Oakland, Missoula, Denver, and many other American cities.
Then Ken Wolski from the Coalition for Medical Marijuana in New Jersey brings us the tragic story of Mike Miceli, a man who has to choose between miserable death and breaking the law, like so many in the 38 states without medical marijuana protections.
RevRayGreen: I'll post a pic of me and my son....gimme a minute
Missippi Hippy: Guess what... I'm gonna be a new... ummmmm well, my pet piggie Ganja is in labor and they ain't mine in the same sense. See what your wife [...]
RevRayGreen: days they didn't talk back..or act disrespectful..
RevRayGreen: feel so lucky my son is 18 going 19 and my daughter 16 going on 17..relish the days that can't talk back
Urb Age: Congrats Spof thats awesome. My little Clara is about to hit 20 months. Im not the activist I used to be, but its made me a better man.
Urb Age: Heck I was gonna go up there, but just not feeling well this weekend..Dang it, I hate it when that happens..
RevRayGreen: wishing I was hanging at NORML cafe...
JohnH: Just a quick comment about tokin' and sperm motility....been tokin since age 14 and have 8 kids ranging in age from 30 to 9...(what can I say, I found 2 [...]
slash5city: really ..oprah 35 yr or more in the closet toker ...outed ....o my god !!
SneakerPimp: that would be huge news just imagen the headline
RevRayGreen: maybe Oprah smokes and keeps it on the DL...
SneakerPimp: and good afternoon
mr reuben: I could do without seeing Rob K. on tv. But Bruce and Eithan get a big thumbs up from me.
SneakerPimp: waitn for NSL and congrast for spofett.
mr reuben: I don't respect her opinion bluzguy.
Missippi Hippy: Something about the last year in a contract... folks become more ballsey... and Oprah has big ones.
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Some of the nation’s top athletes discuss why today's pros are turning to cannabis — and away from alcohol and painkillers — off the field, and question why pro sports leagues are continuing to sanction those who do. Moderator: Steve Bloom, Author, Pot Culture; editor, celebstoner.com * Toby Grear, MMA fighter * Sean Neumann, Documentary Filmm […]
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waitn for NSL and congrast for spofett.
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