The SF Bay Area Cannabis Community list is designed to be an open forum for community members to discuss San Francisco and Bay Area cannabis politics and events, the struggle to end the war on medical cannabis users and the larger "War on Drugs" that fuels it, other civil liberties and freedom issues, and whatever is on people's minds.

The list was started as a replacement for a local Americans For Safe Access (ASA) list which was discontinued in favor of an online forum. We are not affiliated with ASA, but share many of that group's beliefs and goals.

Out of respect for other subscribers, please keep in mind the following while using the list:

• Messages strictly designed to sell something or draw traffic to a website (aka "spam") are generally unwelcome, especially from persons not otherwise engaged in conversation here or known to be part of our community. Abuse of this may cause you to be unsubscribed and to incur bad karma!

• Civility toward other list members is appreciated. Vociferous disagreement is OK, but insults and ad hominem attacks are strongly frowned upon. If you are angry when you write a message, give yourself some time to calm down and read it again before deciding whether or not to hit "send." A good rule of thumb is that if you wouldn't say it in person, don't say it via email.

• Messages written specifically to the other members of this list are the most preferred form of communication. You can help create and sustain a greater sense of community here by making sure that a high fraction of the messages you post are of this kind.

• While forwarding material from other lists and posting articles is allowed, including at least a short personal comment about what you are forwarding or copying is strongly encouraged. If you post a link, please give people some idea what it's about.

• Anyone can join this list, and messages can be seen by non-members as well, so use discretion in choosing what to post here.

Welcome! 8)