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Gary:

Congratulations on this great coverage! It obviously reflects the impact of
a lot of hard work on your part over the years.

It sounds as if you have a real chance for success this year.

Let us know how we can help. Paul Armentano will be available to submit
written testimony when your hearings are scheduled.

Regards,

Keith

R. Keith Stroup, Esq.
NORML Legal Counsel

On 11/24/09 8:07 PM, "G F Storck" <gstorck@...> wrote:

> Newshawk: Is My Medicine Legal YET? www.immly.org
> Source:  The Capital Times
> Pubdate:  Wednesday, November 25, 2009 6:00 am
> Author: Steven Elbow|
> Note: Cover Story
>
> WILL WISCONSIN JOIN OTHER STATES IN LEGALIZING MEDICAL MARIJUANA?
>
> Christine Harrington smokes marijuana. Her husband grows it for her at
> their Crawford County home, about 35 miles south of La Crosse. But she
> doesn't consider herself or her husband to be criminals. She says she
> smokes it because it eases the cramps, tremors and stomach problems
> caused by multiple sclerosis.
>
> But last January, when Crawford County sheriff's deputies got a tip that
> the Harringtons were growing pot, they executed a search warrant, seized
> her marijuana and jailed her husband on a felony charge for
> manufacturing the drug.
>
> John Harrington got off relatively easy; he pleaded to a misdemeanor and
> was sentenced to 30 days in jail. But it cost the family of four plenty.
> Harrington lost his job as a school janitor at a time when the family
> was facing $10,000 in legal fees.
>
> Under a legislative proposal to legalize marijuana for medical purposes,
> Christine Harrington's marijuana use and her husband's production of the
> illegal plant might not be a problem. The proposal would allow up to 3
> ounces of marijuana or 12 plants to patients whose doctors recommended
> marijuana for medical reasons. Qualifying users could register with the
> state Department of Health Services for an identification card, which
> would allow police to quickly verify that they were legitimate marijuana
> users. The bill requires distribution centers, referred to as
> "compassion centers," to be nonprofit and to pay $5,000 a year for a
> license.
>
> The bill specifies a number of ailments that would qualify patients to
> legally use the drug: HIV, cancer, hepatitis C, Alzheimer's and
> post-traumatic stress syndrome, to name a few. But it also includes any
> chronic or debilitating disease that causes wasting away, severe pain,
> nausea, seizures or muscle spasms as well as "any other medical
> condition" designated by the state as debilitating.
>
> Patient advocates have been pushing for the law for years, and a number
> of bills have been proposed in past legislative sessions, but they all
> went up in smoke.
>
> This time, the bill's sponsors say, momentum is on their side. Polling,
> both nationwide and in Wisconsin, shows wide support for medical
> marijuana. Thirteen states have legalized it, eight in the past five
> years, and more are considering it. The federal government, which under
> the Bush administration shut down dispensaries because they ran afoul of
> federal law, has backed off, giving states a free hand on medical
> marijuana policy. Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle supports it as long as
> patients are required to get a physician's approval.
>
> Democrats, who traditionally have been more friendly to easing drug laws
> than their GOP counterparts, hold sway in both houses of the
> Legislature, and while Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan and Senate
> Majority Leader Russ Decker have not weighed in, they say they want the
> debate over medical marijuana to play out. There's even a federal bill
> that has been introduced by U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, to
> legalize it.
>
> While most of the states that have legalized medical marijuana have been
> in the west and the northeast, the idea has gained traction in the
> Midwest; last year, Michigan voters overwhelmingly approved a medical
> marijuana measure. In Minnesota, Republicans joined Democrats this year
> on a medical marijuana bill that passed the Legislature but was vetoed
> by Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
>
> And the American Medical Association has recently supported taking
> marijuana out of the dangerous-drug classification to pave the way for
> more medical testing.
>
> "We certainly are seeing a different landscape than we have in previous
> years," says state Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, who introduced the
> Wisconsin bill with 13 co-sponsors in the Assembly.
>
> While no Republicans have signed on - former Republican Rep. Gregg
> Underheim, who was a lead sponsor in the past, has left the Assembly -
> there's at least one sign that GOP opposition may be softening. Senate
> Minority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, who as recently as October said he
> would not back any medical marijuana proposal, says he still opposes it,
> according to spokeswoman Kimber Liedl, but there is a "but."
>
> "With the AMA's recent recommendation to study marijuana further,
> Scott's interested in seeing some of the research that will come out of
> that," says Liedl.
>
> Pocan says that with polls showing overwhelming support for medical
> marijuana in Wisconsin and wide support in neighboring states,
> Republicans have seen the writing on the wall.
>
> "I'm sure they're hearing from their constituents," he says. "My guess
> is where they're used to just saying no, because that's kind of what
> they do when measures come up from Democrats, in this case I think they
> realize there's a real price back home to pay by just having an
> obstructionist agenda."
>
> State Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Waunakee, has introduced the bill in the
> Senate with two co-sponsors. Erpenbach chairs the Senate health
> committee, where the bill will be considered in a combined hearing with
> the Assembly Public Health Committee on Dec. 15.
>
> But debate on the bill is just beginning.
>
> Erpenbach says he's seeking support from law enforcement, but so far,
> associations representing the state's sheriffs, police chiefs and
> district attorneys have not weighed in. A spokesman for Attorney General
> J.B. Van Hollen, a Republican, says he has not yet reviewed the bill.
>
> "I think the more attention we can draw to it, the more people are going
> to probably have to take a side on it," says Erpenbach. "They haven't
> really had to necessarily right now simply because it hasn't been out
> there yet."
>
> The bill has the official backing of the American Civil Liberties Union
> of Wisconsin, the Hospice Organization and Palliative Experts of
> Wisconsin and the state Epilepsy Foundation. The Wisconsin Nurses
> Association has backed a similar measure in the past, but officials
> there did not return calls asking whether they support the current
> legislation.
>
> The Wisconsin Medical Society opposes the bill, not because it is
> against the use of cannabis for medical reasons, but because it has
> concerns about the health effects of smoking it. Advocates counter that
> alternative methods of using marijuana such as vaporizers, capsules,
> lozenges, candies and salves don't harm the lungs.
>
> While the issue of medical marijuana appears headed for its first
> serious debate in Wisconsin, it has been a long time coming for its
> advocates.
>
> In 1972, Gary Storck of Madison found that marijuana - advocates prefer
> the term "cannabis, which they say doesn't carry the same stigma as
> marijuana - lessened the pressure in his eyes caused by glaucoma. He
> also suffers from Noonan Syndrome, a congenital defect that causes heart
> problems and pain, which he says also is alleviated by marijuana.
>
> But it wasn't until 1997, when he suffered a serious infection resulting
> from heart surgery, that he became a dedicated medical marijuana
> activist. He believes marijuana was instrumental in his recovery, and he
> has since traveled the country, attending conferences and protests, and
> lobbying U.S. lawmakers. He used his own money for travel and to print
> educational materials to hand out at rallies.
>
> "It cost me money, but it's something I believe in," says Storck. "I've
> worked this hard on it and I want to get it done."
>
> Storck is president of the Wisconsin chapter of the National
> Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and co-founder of Is My
> Medicine Legal Yet?, a grassroots group dedicated to educating the
> public about the therapeutic uses of marijuana.
>
> Storck, with fellow activist Mary Powers, spent much of this year
> lobbying legislators. He says he's hit more than 80 legislative offices,
> posting video reports of his efforts on YouTube. Powers - an Army
> veteran who suffered from cancer, AIDS and hepatitis C - died in
> October.
>
> Like Storck, other medicinal users of cannabis swear by it, saying it
> relieves pain, muscle spasms, nausea and a host of other symptoms that
> are caused by diseases or that are side effects of prescription drugs.
>
> Jacki Rickert has used marijuana for two decades. She suffers from
> Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a disease that breaks down the connective tissue
> of her bones, causing excruciating joint dislocations and often leaving
> her unable to digest food. At one point, Rickert's weight had dropped to
> 68 pounds.
>
> "My daughter said, 'Mom, you look like someone who just walked out of a
> concentration camp,'" says Rickert, who lives near Eau Claire. "My
> doctor said: 'Jacki, if we can't get weight on you, you will die.'"
>
> After using marijuana, she says, she gained more than 20 pounds. And the
> pain-reducing effects of the drug allowed her to cut her prescription
> doses of morphine in half. It also relieved other symptoms such as
> violent muscle spasms.
>
> Sold on the medicinal benefits, Rickert became an activist, leading
> other medical marijuana users on a much-publicized 210-mile trek in her
> wheelchair from her home in Mondovi to the State Capitol in 1997.
>
> In recognition of Rickert's activism, the proposed state law has been
> dubbed the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act.
>
> A press conference announcing the legislative effort last week included
> a number of people who use marijuana for a variety of afflictions, from
> post-traumatic stress disorder to muscular dystrophy.
>
> Jon Schommer of Racine, who uses a wheelchair as a result of muscular
> dystrophy, says he tried marijuana as a way to deal with the pain from
> the disease, and the nausea and itching that are side effects of the
> prescription methadone he takes.
>
> "Right away I felt how the pain went away," he says.
>
> If he could get a steady supply, he says, he would probably reduce his
> methadone doses, which would further cut down on the side effects.
>
> Difficulty acquiring marijuana is a problem for some medical users.
> Erpenbach says he's spoken with families who have resorted to looking
> for it from street dealers. In one case, a family enlisted their son, a
> high school student, to find marijuana for a parent.
>
> Rickert is no stranger to the problem. After her house was raided by
> sheriff's deputies in 2000, she says she didn't know where to turn. But
> others came to her aid.
>
> "I'd get a phone call and it would be like, 'Look under a rock,' or,
> 'Look under something near your doorway,'" she says. "It was amazing."
>
> There are indications that some in the legal community are concluding
> that prosecuting people for using medical marijuana is either wrong or a
> waste of resources.
>
> John Harrington's defense attorney, John Matousek, is a former Monroe
> County district attorney. After prosecuting a man who was using
> marijuana to relieve chronic pain from brain trauma, he says, he had a
> change of heart.
>
> "I think it's a tragedy not to allow it for medicinal purposes," he
> says.
>
> Crawford County District Attorney Tim Baxter didn't return calls for
> comment, but Christine Harrington says he was sensitive to her plight.
> Baxter agreed to a joint recommendation with John Harrington's attorney
> to hand him a light sentence that didn't include probation, allowing him
> to avoid potential prison time resulting from probation violations,
> which would have been a distinct possibility.
>
> Having suffered drastic side effects from the steroid treatment
> prescribed by her physician - including urinary, bladder, kidney and
> blood infections - Christine Harrington says she has no intention to
> stop using marijuana, which she says alleviates her pain and nausea with
> no side effects.
>
> "I'm obviously willing to break the law to be able to medicate myself,"
> she says, "because I did go with mainstream medicine and it almost
> killed me."
>
> The nationwide push for medical marijuana laws is bolstered by changing
> public attitudes about the drug.
>
> An ABC News/Washington Post poll in April found 46 percent of Americans
> support legalizing marijuana use outright, up from 22 percent in 1997.
>
> In Wisconsin, a poll commissioned by the Marijuana Policy Project, a
> national organization pushing for pro-medical marijuana legislation in
> several states, and conducted by Chamberlain Research Consultants showed
> that 75.7 percent of Wisconsinites supported legislation introduced in
> 2005 to allow patients with cancer, multiple sclerosis or other serious
> illnesses to use marijuana for medical purposes with a doctor's
> approval. The poll showed support among Republicans and Democrats, and
> in all age groups.
>
> In a referendum last year in Michigan, the first Midwestern state to
> legalize medical marijuana, a majority in all 83 counties and 63 percent
> total supported the measure.
>
> "This is an issue where people are clearly way ahead of the
> policymakers," says Pocan.
>
> He adds that his proposal guards against abuse of the law, but critics
> worry that legalizing medical marijuana would lead to a California-style
> runaway train.
>
> California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana in 1996,
> and medical marijuana dispensaries have become common in many cities.
> Among the conditions listed in the law that qualify patients to use
> marijuana are "any other illness for which marijuana provides relief,"
> giving so-called "pot docs" wide discretion in handing out referrals.
>
> It makes for a lucrative industry for doctors, growers and distributors.
> A recent Associated Press story reported that marijuana dispensaries,
> which have proliferated in the state's larger cities since the federal
> crackdown ended, now outnumber Starbucks outlets in Los Angeles.
>
> Many now believe the genie is out of the bottle - a bill before the
> California Legislature would legalize pot altogether - and even among
> some who don't take a hard line on the marijuana issue, it's cause for
> concern.
>
> In Wisconsin, Crawford County Sheriff Jerry Moran, who busted John
> Harrington, says he doesn't have a problem with medical marijuana in
> theory.
>
> "Whatever the law is, that's what I'll enforce," he says.
>
> But he also says he understands why law enforcement associations are mum
> on the issue. "They probably are feeling the way I feel, that it will be
> abused."
>
> Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney and Madison Police Chief Noble Wray
> declined to comment on the current legislation, but District Attorney
> Brian Blanchard, who has directed his office to stop prosecuting
> low-level marijuana cases, says he fears legalizing medical marijuana
> would be a de facto legalization of all marijuana use, leading to more
> addiction among young people.
>
> "The extreme version that has been used in California might as well just
> be called decriminalization, which I personally disfavor," he says.
>
> Blanchard would not comment on the regulatory aspects of the current
> bill, saying he hasn't reviewed it.
>
> But Pocan and Erpenbach say they have crafted their proposal with an eye
> toward preventing abuse by reviewing other state laws, choosing elements
> that work and omitting those that invite problems.
>
> "I've heard it before: 'This is the first step to legalizing drugs,'"
> says Erpenbach. "Absolutely not. This is just a huge step to get someone
> some medicine to help them have a little bit better life."

From: jim cowen <jcowen@...>
Subject: [affiliates] Re: Fw: Here's the link
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excellent work. There's some good news everyday it seems.

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Clifford:

Great piece. Good work. Congratulations.

Keith

Keith Stroup, Esq.
NORML Legal Counsel
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On 11/24/09 5:44 PM, "Clifford Deuvall" <clif107@...> wrote:

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> To all my NORML Family,
> 
> 
> This is the latest interview from NORML of Waco Inc.  It was aired on Monday
> night at 10pm and had 3 trailers over the weekend announcing the story.  Once
> again, it was the lead story .  KWTX TV 10, and Eli Ross, the reporter, did an
> excellent job in reporting such a broad social subject in a positive way.
> 
> I hope you enjoy,
> Clif
> Here is the link.
> http://ww2.kwtx.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?ClipID1=4327506&h1=The%
 
> "Can you smell the freedom? If not, you're not working at it hard enough."  
> "Smell the Freedom"
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From: George Douvris <gsrain@...>
Subject: [Entheogens] An Ancient Chinese Proverb
To: "george douvris" <gsrain@...>
Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 1:12 AM

 

An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck from the stream where she gathered her water. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water.. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do. After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream. 'I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.' The old woman smiled, 'Did you notice that there are cannabis flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side?' 'That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted cannabis flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them.' For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful Cannabis flowers to help heal all our families ill's and sufferings because you gave up a portion of your water. Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this sacred medicine with its sweet aromatic beauty to grace our family and friend's. Each of us has our own unique flaws. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good in them. So, to all of my cracked pot friends, have a great day and remember to smoke the sweet Cannabis  flowers on your side of the path! Please send this Ancient Chinese Proverb to any or all of your Cracked Pot friends with some cannabis flower's if you can and see what happens!

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Subject: [affiliates] Gallup Poll: U.S. Support for Legalizing Marijuana Reaches New High
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From: Chris Campbell <borneagle@...>
Subject: Cannabis under attack...
To: "Bob Jones" <MedStudent4Freedom@...>, "Chris Bennett" <freeshiva@...>, "gabriel martinez" <christ2live@...>, "gordon campbell" <buzzard108@...>, "Grow Light Supply LLC" <sales@...>, grow.bros@..., hazeylovemed@..., "Jeff Wickstrom" <jeff.wickstrom@...>, "Kristen Campbell" <kcam213@...>, "Leonard Mazzola" <len@...>, "Linda Marsik" <oldladyoh@...>, "MOM" <gnccampbell@...>, "Rev. Steven B. Thompson" <benziecountynorml@...>, "Scotty Boman" <scottyeducation@...>, T_sells1212@..., "tracy" <tracymason1972@...>
Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 9:16 AM

Cannabis under attack...

 

You can help, just go to the following page and sign:

 

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/182/t/571/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=2131

 

Blessings

From: Chris Campbell <borneagle@...>
Subject: Re: does anyone ever visist this site?
To: "Rev. Steven B. Thompson" <benziecountynorml@...>
Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 3:27 PM

Hello again Steve,

 

Yes it is a yahoo THC-Ministry message board.

No I am not, nor have I ever been a MINORML member, I am kind of new to this cannabis thing in a lot of ways.

 

I approach cannabis use from a God perspective more than a medical perspective or a political perspective. My Christian use of cannabis is the main perspective in my life right now. The THC-MINISTRY sounds very interesting and I would like to learn more.

 

I sure would like to post and talk with others on the message board.

 

Below is the link I am talking about:

 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/THC-Ministry/

 

I have also tried to join the THC-Ministry group here:

 

http://www.thc-ministry.org/forum/

 

But have never had any luck at that forum either.

 

Thanks for your time, and thanks for playing your God given part for me to recieve my Medical Cannabis License.

 

Chris

 

On 8/21/09, Rev. Steven B. Thompson <benziecountynorml@...> wrote:

Chris, I don't know anything about a yahoo message board, but I'm wondering something. Are you now or have you ever been a MINORML member? We have a talk list that is for members whose dues are current only. We have a news list that goes out to anyone who has ever been a member and supplied us an email address. You would not be able to send anything to this list. Rev.Steven B.Thompson,Executive Director Michigan NORML 6215 Smeltzer Rd. Benzonia,MI 49616 (231) 882-4496 www.minorml.org                                   Please join me at NORML’s 38th annual national conference  ‘Yes We Cannabis!’  September 24-26, 2009  Grand Hyatt at Union Square, San Francisco  Details at www.norml.org  888-67-NORML   --- On Fri, 8/21/09, Chris Campbell <borneagle@...> wrote: From: Chris Campbell <borneagle@...> Subject: Re: does anyone ever visist this site? To: "Rev. Steven B. Thompson" <benziecountynorml@...> Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 9:28 AM I have been waiting to be aproved as a member of the yahoo message board and nothing ever happens. I read, but can't post. I read your last post and went down to the festival and got my medical cannabis papers, thank you! I just want to be allowed to post, thanks. Chris   On 8/21/09, Rev. Steven B. Thompson <benziecountynorml@...> wrote: Approval for what??!! Rev.Steven B.Thompson,Executive Director Michigan NORML 6215 Smeltzer Rd. Benzonia,MI 49616 (231) 882-4496 www.minorml.org                                   Please join me at NORML’s 38th annual national conference  ‘Yes We Cannabis!’  September 24-26, 2009  Grand Hyatt at Union Square, San Francisco  Details at www.norml.org  888-67-NORML   --- On Wed, 8/19/09, Chris Campbell <borneagle@...> wrote: From: Chris Campbell <borneagle@...> Subject: does anyone ever visist this site? To: "Rev. Steven B. Thompson" <BenziecountyNORML@...> Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 10:06 AM I have been awaiting for some kind of apporval for awhile now. Come on! What is the problem?

Please help us spread this around.

Love & Peace,

Rev. Steve
                                

From: Ryan Damboise <ryandamboise@...>
Subject: News Release - Leonard Peltier Parole Hearing
To:
Date: Monday, July 20, 2009, 3:33 PM

July 14, 2009Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee Attend the Vigil at Lewisburg Penitentiary July 28th Join us and other Peltier supporters at the entrance of USP-Lewisburg on July 28 between 7:00 and 7:30 a.m. for a peaceful protest and vigil. Meet at the corner of Route 15 and William Penn Road. USP-Lewisburg is located in central Pennsylvania, 200 miles north of Washington, DC, and 170 miles west of Philadelphia. Days Inn will give a discount to anyone attending the Peltier vigil. The motel is 1 mile from the prison. The phone number is 570-523-1171. You perhaps can't make the trip to Lewisburg. What to do? Plan a peaceful, respectful and sincere demonstration at a federal or state building in your area. Please Help us Circulate this Press Release ~ In your state ~ PRESS RELEASE 7/14/09 Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee Contact:  Eric Seitz, 808-533-7434 or  Kari Ann Cowan, 701-235-2206 or 701-278-2968 Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians join call for Peltier’s parole Characterizing U.S. political prisoner Leonard Peltier’s continued incarceration as “a sad commentary on the US government and the humanitarian values Americans profess,” Archbishop Desmond Tutu joined thousands of people around the world in writing to the U.S. Parole Commission on Peltier’s behalf.  Tutu’s July 8 letter expresses “deep hope that your commission will grant parole and release to Leonard Peltier.” Peltier’s home reservation, Turtle Mountain, cited Peltier’s health and political status in calling on the commissioners to release the 64-year-old American Indian Movement activist. In a July 7 letter signed by reservation council member Cindy L. Malaterre, Turtle Mountain states that “it is time for you to end the chapter to this tragic event and release our tribal member, who is now an elder, who needs to come home to live out his remaining days on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation, where his friends, family and tribe live.” Peltier, who has served more than 33 years in federal prison, is scheduled for a full parole hearing on July 28, his first since 1993.  Under federal parole commission regulations, prisoners are subject to mandatory release after serving 30 years, unless they have committed serious offenses in prison or pose a significant threat to violate the law.  Peltier has an exemplary prison disciplinary record and is a six-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee due to his humanitarian efforts and commitment to justice for the world’s indigenous peoples. SUN RISE PRAYER VIGIL and RALLY on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 SUN RISE PRAYER VIGIL and RALLY on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 calling for the Freedom of Leonard Peltier. Thank you for your concern regarding Leonard Peltier. Please mark your calendars and inform your networks. Please post for immediate release  The American Indian Movement (AIM) and AIM-WEST of San Francisco invites you the general public for an early morning SUN RISE PRAYER VIGIL and RALLY on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 calling for the Freedom of Leonard Peltier.  On Tuesday, July 28th the US Parole Commission in Lewisburg, Penn. will review the case of Leonard Peltier, held in prison for over three decades. This is the best opportunity Leonard will get during his entire period of incarceration to a fair review of his case before the US Parole Commission. The whole world is watching and waiting!  Please join with us in solidarity with Leonard, his family and relations, friends and supporters from around the world on this day and let us pray for an open mind, and to let the healing of America begin. The general public is invited to join with us in  San Francisco at the Federal Building 450 Golden Gate Avenue for an early morning SUN -RISE PRAYER VIGIL beginning at 6 am until 3 pm. All Drummers and Singers, Dancers, Community Youth and Elders, solidarity organizations and NGO’s are urged to join with us to celebrate this special occasion. Religious groups and social movements are also encouraged to attend this spiritual gathering and stand together hand in hand, burning sacred sage, being of one mind in Peace calling upon the US Parole Commission to finally release Leonard Peltier from three decades of incarceration for a crime he did not commit! There will be special invited speakers, and the media and press are welcome to cover the event. The public is encouraged to immediately call today the office of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, in SF at 415-556-4862 to remind her to write a letter to the US Parole Commission by July 14th just as she did in August 1993 to Attorney General Janet Reno asking for a review of the circumstances behind this case in view of discrepancies in handling it’s process. Congresswoman Pelosi is also invited to address the VIGIL on July 28 in SF if she happens to be in the CITY. The SF County Board of Supervisor’s are also encouraged to come and support these efforts for Leonard’s release from prison.  This is a peaceful and non-violent gathering on behalf of Leonard and his family and to always be respectful and honorable in seeking his freedom.  For more information call at 415-577-1492.  Thank You All My Relations! Antonio Gonzales AIM-WEST Director CALL to ACTION CALL THE WHITE HOUSE ~ 202-456-1111 ~ ASK PRESIDENT OBAMA TO SUPPORT PAROLE FOR LEONARD PELTIER AND CONTINUE WRITING LETTERS TO THE PAROLE BOARD! 14 DAYS LEFT! LEONARD WILL COME HOME ~ LETS WORK TOGETHER Buy a Piece of History There are 25 paintings available, which vary in price and size. All of his paintings are original native expressions of portraits of his visions. Leonards oil paintings are collected by various people, including well known names, such as Chelsea Clinton, Oliver Stone, Val Kilmer, Jane Fonda and so many more admirers. His work will be enjoyed for centuries to come and we encourage everyone to purchase an original painting or a lithograph of Leonards work.  This is a critical time for Leonard and for the LPDOC. With the parole hearing coming up, and the Lawyers working on Leonards case. We need to do everything in our power to see that Leonard is released. With this work in progress we also need funds to continue. World Day of Prayer Branson Missouri by the water at Table Rock Lake, anyone can come and pray with us, we will be at the park. All are welcome. Call for questions 417-302-5226. Come at sunrise!

http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info

From: Planetary Pride / Hempfest <newsletter@...>
Subject: Hempfest 2009 Northern Ontario : Farewell to an era
To: benziecountynorml@...
Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 6:25 PM

Well the time has come to wrap up an era of Hempfest here in Northern Ontario. Yes that's right,  Hempfest is saying good-bye. Due to the ever increasing Police Harassment of those attending the event and those whom live in the area we have decided that this will be the last year for it so we don't aggravate the neighbourhood of PoplarDale with the unnecessary police road blocks and intrusion into their peacefull way of life out in the country. So start packing cause the Party is only a few months away.

HEMPFEST 2009:  AUGUST 27 - 30 : Farewell to an era

In Scenic Northern Ontario just outside Sault Ste Marie, Ontario in Poplardale on the last weekend of the summer.

Tickets  are NOW ON SALE and are just $40.00 for the 4 days and include camping.

http://www.planetarypride.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=331

Thursday Night will be movie night, come on in and find a spot for the weekend and enjoy some great movies, meet up with those whom you see but once a year and relax and get ready for Friday and Saturday. We will have some great speakers over the weekend this year and awsome entertainment as well. Featuring Killin Time Band on Friday Night and Mama Kim on Saturday with a Tribute to Aerosmith.  And of course our last Cannabis Olympics will be on Saturday Afternoon.

Come on out and have a great weekend at Hempfest 2009. You won't be disappointed

Hempfest 2009 : Farewell to and era
August 27 - 30
Poplardale , Ontario
( just out side Sault Ste Marie )

www.planetarypride.com/hempfest
1-888-215-8970

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Subject: [affiliates] Dictionaries for the Drug Czar
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