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The building hosting MERCYs Center in Salem, Oregon is on the market to be sold.   Our last official availability will be the end of August.   After 8/31/2006 we will be open as we can, stay tuned to Announcements for when and where.  Click here to eMail, or Call 503.363-4588 for more info or comment.  
Also our Monthly Meetings, formerly held on the last Thursday of the month, will be on a when-and-where we can basis.  Interested in buying a good building for business or activism?  Click here for directions.

Feds In Oregon

On, Wednesday, September 12, federal agents landed their helicopter at the legal medical marijuana garden of Sharon Place, an OMMA patient, and grower for other patients. Four agents spent about a half hour on the ground while a second helicopter continued to fly overhead. Ms. Place reports that the agents took numerous photographs of the 60 plant garden but did not remove any plants or make any arrests before flying away. They did prevent another person at the scene from photographing them. Ms. Place recognized at least one of the agents as an Oregon police officer. The other said they didn't care about her paperwork because they were federal agents but did not identify themselves by name. Other similar reports have also come in from across the state.

Don DuPay, caregiver and activist, has also been raided by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.

“They threatened to arrest me if I did not cooperate with their federal investigation,” DuPay, a former Portland police detective, candidate for Multnomah County sheriff and longtime co-host of the cable access show “Cannabis Common Sense,” said, recounting his faceoff with the lead DEA agent during the raid. “I was probably carrying a homicide detective badge before this punk was born,” added DuPay, who is 71. “I said, ‘As far as I’m concerned, you’re a baldheaded punk.’ ” Read more >>>

Anyone else interested in getting a calling chain going to warn one another and to notify the local media of the federal interference? And for Court Support? Lets fill the court rooms with Patients and such, at the least ...

Medical Cannabis (Marijuana) in Oregon
How To and Other Relevent Info

Getting with The Program ... The role of the Oregon Department of Human Services, Health Services is simply to administer the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act as approved by the voters of this State. The Department did not write the law and does not have any authority to change it or to disregard its provisions. The principal goal of the OMMP is to make the registration process work smoothly and efficiently for qualified patients.

Contacting ... The OHD/OMMP: Oregon (Dept. of Human Resources) Health Division (DHS) / Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) - which is located at 800 NE Oregon Street, #21, Portland, OR 97232-2162 - can be reached by e-mail-ing from their WEBSITE: oregon.gov/DHS/ph/ommp, by Phone: 971-673-1226, by Fax: 971-673-1278, by Mail: DHS/OMMP * PO Box 14450 * Portland, OR 97293-0450 or by visiting their office. Their Hours of Operation: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

How To - a Guideline for Completing the Application for Registration.

Step (1) Get Forms from the OHD/OMMP (among other sources) and begin the process of Applying. Call, fax - or - write to the OMMP for an Application Packet. Or visit. The OMMP sometimes has packets at the front desk and there are numerous organizations that also provide copies of the forms in print as well as thru their websites. Get and fill out the Application for Registration in the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act Program.  Learn More ...

Form Instruction NOTES: (a) Please complete Part A of the Application Form. Please provide a copy of a photo identification card as requested. If information on the front of the card is not current (for example, if your address has changed) please also photocopy the back of the id. (b) If a person over the age of 18 provides assistance to you, and you would like for that person to also receive a registration card, please complete Part B of the form, and provide a copy of photo i.d. of the primary caregiver. [Note: there is no additional fee for a primary caregiver registration card.] (c) Completion of Part C is optional. Please be sure to sign your name in Part D. (d) If you are a minor (under the age of 18), your parent or guardian must complete the Declaration of Person with Primary Custody of a Minor form. The form must also be notarized.

Step (2) Set an appointment & have your doctor sign the Oregon Health Dept. form - or - get a copy of your chart notations showing medical marijuana "may help alleviate symptoms". Your physician must be an MD or a DO licensed to practice in Oregon under ORS 677. He or she must provide signed, valid, written documentation stating that you are his/her patient, that you have been diagnosed with a debilitating medical condition covered by the Act, and that the medical use of marijuana may mitigate the symptoms or effects of your condition. This documentation may be in the form of a copy of your chart notes, a letter, or the attached Attending Physician's Statement form. [Note: chart notes or a letter must include all elements of the Attending Physician's Statement form.]

Step (3) Send in your application with registration fee. In order for your application to be complete, a fee of must be paid by check or money order. The fee is determined by the following:

* $100 for new applications; * $100 for renewal applications; * $20 for applicants who are enrolled in the Oregon Health Plan or who receive federal Supplementary Social Security Income.

To qualify for the $20 fee, applicants must submit documentation that verifies they are on the Oregon Health Plan or are receiving Supplemental Social Security income Please make payable to: Oregon Health Division and send payment with your application forms and/or other materials. All information will be verified.

Step (4) Wait. All information will be verified. Upon receipt of a complete application, you will be issued a medical marijuana registration card by the Oregon Health Division.  Learn More ...

Qualifying Conditions ... Debilitating Medical Condition: your physician Checks the appropriate boxes on the ATTENDING PHYSICIAN’S STATEMENT (see form ) 1. Malignant neoplasm (Cancer); 2. Glaucoma; 3. Positive status for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS); 4. Agitation due to Alzheimer’s Disease; 5. A medical condition or treatment for a medical condition that produces for a specific patient one or more of the following: (check all that apply); a. Cachexia; b. Severe pain; c. Severe nausea; d. Seizures, including but not limited to seizures caused by epilepsy; e. Persistent muscle spasms, including but not limited to spasms caused by multiple sclerosis.   Learn More ...

Doctors ... What are the requirements? Finding a physician thats right for you. Educating health care professionals and supporting doctors (as well as yours!) rights and responsibilites in the realtionship. (legal) Analysis and documentation of the proper (BME) procedures and communication of the same. (Medical) Information to educate your physician about cannabis as medicine. NOTE: Your physician must be a Medical Doctor (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) licensed to practice medicine in Oregon. You must have an established patient/physician relationship with your "attending physician." Naturopaths, chiropractors, and nurse practitioners cannot sign the documentation. The OMMP cannot refer you to a physician. The OMMP does not have a physician referral list.

RESOURCEs: However, MERCY maintains a List of Specialists at > mercycenters.org/orgs/Clinics.html < and some of these organizations have Referral systems >  Oregon Resources.

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More About OMMA

Basic Information ... The Oregon Medical Marijuana Act (OMMA), a ballot initiative approved by voters in 1998, allows patients to possess and grow small amounts of medical marijuana. The law required DHS to create a registry system for persons authorized to use marijuana for medicinal purposes. Applicants must provide a statement from their physician that they have a qualifying medical condition and that medical marijuana might alleviate their symptoms or disease. Once their application is approved they are issued a registration card that is renewable annually. For those who understand the utilization of cannabis as medicine, this is an invaluable option in therapy.  Learn More ...

Right for You? ... Conditions and symptoms where others have experienced relief through the application of cannabis. List ailments involved and medications used along with the theraputic benefits and recommended titration (dosage) levels. Risk/s assessment - Addiction, Over-dosage and Reference for healing properties for Cost / Benefit Analysis. List Pros & Cons. What is your condition? Your current medication?  Learn More ...

Cannabis is Medicine ... and has been so since mans ancestors first encountered it. Archeology tells us more about the history of this fascinating and versatile plant every day. Educate yourself and others on the issues surrounding it and its utilization.  Learn More ...

Policy ... You must be an Oregon resident to be a registered patient in the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP). Your physician must be a Medical Doctor (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) licensed to practice medicine in Oregon. You must have an established patient/physician relationship with your "attending physician." Naturopaths, chiropractors, and nurse practitioners cannot sign the documentation. The OMMP cannot refer you to a physician. The OMMP does not have a physician referral list. You must list a grow site address on your application. You, or your designated primary caregiver, may grow your own medication. There is no place in the State of Oregon to legally purchase medical marijuana. The OMMP cannot find a designated primary caregiver for you. The OMMP does not keep a referral list of persons who want to be caregivers for patients. (You are not required to list a caregiver, unless you are less than 18 years old.) Your caregiver cannot be your physician. The OMMP cannot supply you with seeds or starter plants, or give you advice on how to grow medical marijuana. The application fee cannot be waived. Partial payments cannot be accepted.  Learn More ...

Procedures ... Policy, laws, etc. Legal references; For legal info - State laws, rules, statues, legal decisions, etc. - click > here <. Patient rights! Ie- NO Reciprocity - you are only legal in Oregon. NOTE: You have a medical necessity defense even if you don't have your card yet. * FAQS - Frequently Asked QuestionS * The Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) receives many questions that are not answered in the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act (OMMA, 1998), Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS), Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR), or the application. The information provided here, initially from the OMMP website, is an effort to help you understand the role of the OMMP, its benefits and limitations. See OMMPs FAQs Page at:  Learn More ...

the Medicine ... You must list a grow site address on your application. You, or your designated primary caregiver, may grow your own medication. There is no place in the State of Oregon to legally purchase medical marijuana. The OMMP cannot supply you with seeds or starter plants, or give you advice on how to grow medical marijuana.  Learn More ...

Networking ... Where to get it now? How to find a long-term source? The OMMP cannot find a designated primary caregiver for you. The OMMP does not keep a referral list of persons who want to be caregivers for patients. (You are not required to list a caregiver, unless you are less than 18 years old.) Your caregiver cannot be your physician. The OMMP cannot supply you with seeds or starter plants, or give you advice on how to grow medical marijuana.  Learn More ...

Application ... How to best use (apply) it?  Learn More ...

Growing ... You must list a grow site address on your application. You, or your designated primary caregiver, may grow your own medication. There is no place in the State of Oregon to legally purchase medical marijuana. The OMMP cannot find a designated primary caregiver for you. The OMMP does not keep a referral list of persons who want to be caregivers for patients. (You are not required to list a caregiver, unless you are less than 18 years old.) Your caregiver cannot be your physician. The OMMP cannot supply you with seeds or starter plants, or give you advice on how to grow medical marijuana.  Learn More ...

CHANGE! ... Adding Qualifying Conditions, Networking with the Administrators and otherwise Advocating for the Program as well as Watch-Dogging the Legislature.  Learn More ...

LINKs:
a medical cannabis bibliography www.omma1998.org  More Links ...

ORGs:
Oregon Green Free an on-line medical cannabis community.  More Orgs ...

Welcome to the Home page for the Medical Cannabis Resource Center - Me.R.Ce. - a.k.a. MERCY, or the Mercy Center. 

  About this page ...

Composed of a website, a few determined volunteers - and a buncha hopeful ideas - we are a Portland-metro, Oregon-area based not-for-profit medical cannabis patient support group involved in law reform activism here in the Pacific American northwest and beyond.

This is the home page and index to our site.   Thru this, you can learn more about us including our mission, what action that translates into and how to contact us and/or help out and do your own thing.


Tired of paying for the War on (Some!) of the Sick and Dying Pot-heads?
GET WRITING MAD! Compose and Send a Letter to the Editor, Today! Register, Vote -and- Get Everyone You Know to Do So Also!

Join the Global Cannabis Liberation at the Million Marijuana Marches!
Join the Global Marijuana Marches!

This World-wide Cannabis Liberation Action Item is happening May 3, 2008 in 200-plus cities in Oregon and all over the Planet!   In Salem - High Noon at the Capital Mall, W. Summer & Center;  in Eugene - High Noon at the Federal building, 7th & Pearl;  in Portland - High Noon starting in Pioneer Courthouse Square.  Learn More ...

Assault on OMMA!
Oregon's Medical Marijuana Law Under Attack!  Please help protect Oregon’s patients.
  Prohibitionists have filed an initiative that would abolish Oregon's Medical Marijuana Program, instantly making criminals of over 16,000 sick Oregon patients.   Click > here < for more.  

OMMP Meeting Notes Available
One way to discuss rules or propose changes to the program is to attend the public meetings hosted by the OMMP.   Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) meetings happen quarterly and as-needed around the state.   Click here for Meeting Agendas, Minutes, etc.   Click here for more information about OMMP Meetings.
 

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for Cannabis Jam Sessions, events and such.   Cannabis Jam Sessions! Like the MMM in Salem, May 5th, 2007, High Noon.   Click here to see Band List and to register yours.

Find Out About Senate Bill 1085
Educate yourself.
 We have posted this analysis of SB1085 in our library as well as the SB 1085 Points document released by the OMMP along with WORD and PDF versions of the same.  

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Global Marijuana Marches in Salem and around the World
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Patients Meet Up in Sweet Home
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CLF / ECTV in Eugene
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What’s Happening

in Oregon state and NorthWest - 2008

see below for details

 

Action Items and Alerts

 

Court Support Opportunities

 

* Monday, May 12, 9AM - Please attend the aggravating factor phase of Rob Anderson and Stacie Beaver's trial Monday at 9:00 am in Salem on the 2nd floor of the Marion County Courthouse at 100 High Street NE (the exact courtroom is unknown at this time).

 

*  Wednesday, May 14, 9AM  - Lee Berger, along with a young lawyer from the appellate public defender's office, will be arguing the case before the Oregon Supreme Court in La Grande which enabled the prosecutor in this case to get the judge to instruct the jury to decide which of the hanging and drying material were mature plants and which were starters or seedlings.

 

*  Friday, May 16, 9AM - another young lawyer (John 'Land' Lucy IV, who, like Anthony Johnson before him, moved to Oregon after graduating from law school specifically to work on ending cannabis prohibition) and Lee Berger will be arguing in Medford that a patient has as much a right to a concealed handgun license as anybody else and that its illegal for the sheriff there to have revoked her license based only on her status as a patient.

 

All across America, every day, people stand before a sentencing judge with no one in the courtroom to support them, and how is much easier for a judge to ignore an opportunity to be compassionate and instead sentence harshly when no one is watching. This is especially true when the person to be sentenced is a medical cannabis patient who has been convicted for their medically necessary use.

 

Conversely, trial judges, especially elected trial judges, are sensitive to the appearance of supporters for the defendant.  In this regard, it does make a difference how you appear. Dressing neatly and being quiet and respectful can make the greatest impact.  Please leave your medicine at home (or in your car) as the courthouses usually have metal detectors and x-ray machines at the entry.

 

It is always helpful and important to support patients who are being prosecuted for their legitimate medicinal use of therapeutic cannabis.  BELEIVE It makes a huge difference when people RESPECTFULLY show up in support of the soon-to-be convicted person. At the least, come and watch your tax dollars at waste.

 

Details

 

Please attend the aggravating factor phase of Rob Anderson and Stacie Beaver's trial Monday at 9:00 am in Salem on the 2nd floor of the Marion County Courthouse at 100 High Street NE (the exact courtroom is unknown at this time).

 

Rob and Stacie were found NOT guilty of delivery, but guilty of manufacturing because the jury, by a 11-1 verdict, determined that they were out of compliance with too many plants.  They were found not guilty on delivery because there was absolutely no evidence of sales--no drug records, no large amounts of cash, no controlled buy, no one admitting they purchased cannabis--absolutely nothing.  The prosecutor, Katie Suver, even brought in a Justice Department financial analyst to try and prove that they were selling for consideration--an analyst who examined their financial transactions over a 2 year period and who has assisted the government on multi-million dollar meth dealer cases where a quarter of a million dollars in cash has been stashed away.  What a waste of our tax dollars!

 

The defense attorneys in this case, Brian Michaels and Leland Berger, did absolutely all that they could in this case.  Unfortunately, Oregon and Louisiana are the only states that don't require unanimous verdicts.  If our state required unanimous verdicts, there would be a hung jury and two patients wouldn't have had their freedom unjustly snatched from them.

 

Two ridiculous rulings in this case, if they stand up on appeal, may have chilling effects on patients and growers across the state. First of all, the search warrant was based upon only an anonymous complaint and a high electricity bill. Every indoor grower has a high electric bill and anonymous tips are obviously unreliable (if they even exist). Will growers really want to help patients if they learn that their homes will always be subject to search? Second, the judge instructed the jury to conclude that every hanging, drying branch must be either considered a mature plant or a seedling! It seems common sense that a dead, drying branch is not a plant, but unfortunately common sense doesn't always prevail in our criminal justice system. 

 

These patients would not have been prosecuted in other counties, such as Multnomah.  Currently in Marion County, law enforcement officers arrest patients for possessing hash and hash oil, get bogus search warrants, count every branch as a plant or seedling and go out of their way to ensure that patients are out of compliance (such as lifting up branches or leaves to ensure that the plants get measured as taller than 12 inches).

 

Please come and support these patients. They simply had the bad luck of living in Marion County and being hunted and preyed upon by rogue law enforcement officers who seem to enjoy sending sick and disabled patients to jail.

 

Anthony Johnson

Voter Power Political Director

503.224.3051 v

503.235.5365 f

anthony@voterpower.org

www.voterpower.org

 

 

 

NOTES:  Historically, the Marion County DA's office has been the point position for the District Attorney's Association on the OMMA. Dale Penn, the former elected DA for Marion County (and current head of the Oregon Lottery) was part of the work group in the 1999 legislature. Katie Suver (and Steve Dingle, now with the Attorney General's Office, before her) both lecture to the cops on the OMMA and respond to inquiries from prosecutors around the state with questions about the OMMA (I always tell prosecutors if you don't believe what I'm telling you about the OMMA, ask Katie.

 

 

They opposed the OMMA. 10 years after the passage of the law, they don't believe cannabis is medicine or that patients are anything but dopers getting over. Even after not guilty verdicts on delivery charges this prosecutor wants the necessary jury findings for the judge to be able to give more than the presumptive prison sentence to these patients WHO WERE ACQUITTED OF ACCUSATIONS THAT THEY WERE SELLING. That's what Monday morning's trial is about. At a hearing yesterday, this prosecutor insisted that these patients remain in custody pending Monday's hearing.

 

Next Wednesday, a young lawyer from the appellate public defender's office and I will be arguing the case before the Oregon Supreme Court in La Grande which enabled the prosecutor in this case to get the judge to instruct the jury to decide which of the hanging and drying material were mature plants and which were starters or seedlings. Next Friday, another young lawyer (John 'Land' Lucy IV, who, like Anthony Johnson before him, moved to Oregon after graduating from law school specifically to work on ending cannabis prohibition) and I will be arguing in Medford that a patient has as much a right to a concealed handgun license as anybody else and that its illegal for the sheriff there to have revoked her license based only on her status as a patient.

 

Court in Salem, LaGrande and Medford each starts at 9:00 a.m. I look forward to seeing you there.

 

But coming to court (which activists in other states do far much better than we here in Oregon) is only part of the solution. Now that Mannix's initiative is dead its time to focus on being pro active. Instead of negotiating with law enforcement at the legislature, we can and should be focusing our efforts on the initiative. But for the initiative, most states which have medical cannabis laws (including Oregon) would not.

 

There are at least 3 legitimate an worthwhile efforts each of which creates opportunities for activists to be a part of the solution and change the law in a positive way. Voter Power is directly addressing the supply problem (which is, in addition to not having an affirmative defense, the reason patients are prosecuted at all in Oregon) by collecting signatures for the 2010 ballot on a particularly well drafted (I had almost nothing to do with the drafting) and exceptionally well vetted plan for licensed and regulated dispensaries for patients. Voter Power is also circulating a petition which would amend the constitution to create a personal privacy right for patients to cultivate, use and share cannabis, in all its forms. It would prohibit sales, unless otherwise permitted by law. Which is what Oregon NORML is moving forward with for 2010; a tax and regulate initiative, as well drafted and as well vetted as the dispensary initiative, the current version of what long time activists know as the OCTA (Oregon Cannabis Tax Act).

 

So, come to court, get involved collecting signatures and registering OUR voters, and don't waste your efforts negotiating with law enforcement for reform which will ultimately hurt us in the legislature. Remember that when we passed the OMMA we also won a referendum which defeated the legislature's attempt at recriminalizing less than an ounce of cannabis and we can do the same in 2010 if they pass something similar (oh, say workplace discrimination) in .the 09 session

 

In Solidarity,

 

Lee Berger,

Attorney at Law
3527 NE 15th Ave., #103
Portland, OR 97212-2356
503-287-4688
503-287-6938 - fax
503-504-4298 - cell
lelandberger@comcast.net

 

 

 

ALERT!  Just say NO to Robbery With a Badge - aka: Ballot Measure 53

 

"Allows forfeiture without conviction of claimant … ",  see:

 

http://www.leg.state.or.us/comm/sms/sms07/sjr0018bheer06-14-2007.pdf

 

and

 

http://www.ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Oregon_Ballot_Measure_404_%282008%29

 

Originally slated for November, it has been drawn forward to the May Primary ballot.

 

Events

 

* Tuesday, May 13th * 7pm * Cannabis  T.V. Show filming in Eugene * Eugene Cannabis TV Weekly Production  happens every Tuesday from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm at:   Community TV 29 Studio behind Sheldon High School  *  Call   541.517-0957  or visit:   http://mercycenters.org/events/Meet_CLF.htm  

 

* Wednesday, May 14th * 7:00pm to 9:00pm * Patient MeetUp hosted by MERCY at Coffeehouse Cafe in Salem.  Located at 135 Liberty St. NE Salem, Oregon, 97301, their phone number is 503-371-6768  and they are letting us meet in the “Green Room” * call MERCY at:  503.363-4588  for more info about Meetings and Meet-Ups  *  This one will happen every Wednesday. 

 

* Forums.  A means to communicate and network on medical cannabis in Portland across Oregon and around the world.  A list of Forums, Chat Rooms, Bulletin Boards and other Online Resources for the Medical Cannabis Patient, CareGiver, Family Member, Patient-to-Be and Other Interested Parties.  *  Rsrcs > Pats (plus) > Online > Forums  *  Know any?  Let everybody else know!  Visit:  http://www.mercycenters.org/orgs/Forums.html   and Post It!

 

*  Wednesdays, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm * Next Emerald Empire Hempfest (EEH) Core Volunteer in Eugene is Wednesday, May 14, 2008 * This event repeats every week until Monday June 30, 2008.  * Location:   Toasted Herb's Subs, 1210 Willamette St, Eugene.  Call   541-434-2377   or visit:   http://emeraldempirehempfest.com/

 

* most Wednesdays * Doctor Clinic hosted by Voter Power in  Portland  * Voter Power is holding clinics in Portland and in Southern Oregon.  * Call   503.224-3051  or visit:   http://www.VoterPower.org  * Others?  Let everybody know, visit:  http://www.mercycenters.org/orgs/Clinics.html and Post It!

 

* Saturday, May 17th * 12:30pm * at the Tigard Town Hall (Tigard) * OGF-PDX-West * Meeting, open to the public. Happens every 3rd Sat. of the month.

 

*  Saturday, May 17th * from 1pm til 4pm *  at the Cape Ferrelo Fire Hall, north of Brookings - * OGF-South-Coast *  Meeting. Open to the public. * The Cape Ferrelo Fire Hall  is at 96349 Cape Ferrelo Road, Brookings Oregon.  Cape Ferrelo Road East is off  HWY 101 north of Brookings, about 3 miles up on the left.  Happens every 3rd Sat. of the month.

 

* Saturday, May 24th, 2pm * Willamette Valley NORML Public meeting * Normally happens every 4th Sat. of the month and is held at Herbs Toasted Subs, 1210 Willamette, in Eugene * ! NOTE:  this time will be held at the 1st Annual Wake-n-Bake at North Falls near Silverton *  call:  541.517-0957  –or-  visit:  http://WillametteValleyNORML.org

 

*  Saturday, May 24th at  2 pm * at Big Blue, the Oregon Green Free (OGF) Patient Resource Center 2375 SE 174th Ave., Portland * OGF-PDX-East * Meeting, open to the public.  Happens every 4th Sat. of the month.

 

*  Saturday, May 24th at Noon * in the Westlake Restaurant in Seaside * OGF-North-Coast *  Meeting. Open to the public. Happens every 4th Sat. of the month.

 

* Sunday, May 25th and Every 4th Sunday of the Month, 1pm – 5pm * Spaghetti Feed hosted by Voter Power at  3236 SE 50th Ave, Portland, OR 97206  * Home-made Spaghetti, Garlic Bread, Salad, Pastries, Music, Videos, Friendship, Raffles (free ticket for first-timers!), Letter Writing, and more!  Call   503.224-3051  or visit:   http://www.VoterPower.org

 

* Wednesday, May 7th, 7pm * and 1st Wed of every month * an Oregon Green Free (OGF - PDX) meeting, at Stark Street Pizza, in Portland, Oregon * Social meeting, Open to public. 

 

* Thursday, May 29th * 7:00pm to 9:00pm * TV Show filming and Patient MeetUp hosted by MERCY-TV at CCTV in Salem.  Capital Community Television,  585 Liberty St SE, Salem, Oregon, 97301 – Monthly Filming and Meeting  * call:  503.363-4588  for more  *  Will happen every last Thu. of the month.

 

* Sometime in June  * probably either Portland or Eugene.  Next scheduled Quarterly Meeting * meeting of the Advisory Committee on Medical Marijuana (ACMM) hosted by the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) – click here > http://mercycenters.org/events/Meet_OMMP.htm < for more info.  * Also, you can Contact the Program at   971.673-1226   or by visiting the OMMP website at: http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/ommp/ 

 

 

* Monday, June 2nd, 7pm * and Every 1st Monday of the month * Public Meet Up of Sweet.Net, a Medical Cannabis Resource NetWork for Patients as well as CardHolders-to-be.  In Sweet Home (OR) * Call   503.363-4588  –or- visit: 

http://www.mercycenters.org/events/Meet_PUB_Sweet.htm

 

* Friday, June 6 - Saturday, June 7 * in Colorado.  * Join NORML in Aspen this June!  The 2008 NORML Aspen Legal Seminar is only a little time away, and the registration and other information is live on the NORML web site, including the line-up of speakers and topics as well as information on the discounted block of rooms they are holding at the Gant. This annual 2-day seminar will be held on Friday, June 6 and Saturday, June 7. Those interested in attending this event should please register early.

 

Non-Lawyers Welcome to this Seminar

 

As they have done in the past, they welcome registration at this seminar from both lawyers and non-lawyers alike (non-lawyers receive a discount on the registration fee). This is the only legal seminar to which they invite both lawyers and non-lawyers, and it is an experiment that has worked well the last couple of years.

 

1st Annual Hunter S. Thompson Scholarship

 

For those who may be starting out in the practice of law, or for other reasons may need some financial assistance to attend this seminar, CO NORML has recently announced they are offering a tuition and hotel scholarship, designated as the Hunter S. Thompson Scholarship, for one person to attend this seminar. Those who wish to apply for this scholarship assistance should contact CO NORML at PO Box 181314, Denver, CO. Phone 720-366-7440. Contact: Dan Pope; E-mail: dpope@conorml.org.

 

Great Speakers

 

Their usual outstanding line-up of speakers this year includes John Wesley Hall, the president elect of NACDL from Little Rock, AR; DUID expert Paul Armentano from NORML; Warren Edson from Denver, CO; Gerry Goldstein from San Antonio, TX and Aspen, CO; Doug Hiatt from Seattle, WA; TalkLeft blogger and legal commentator Jeralyn Merritt from Denver, CO; Dan Monnat from Wichita, KS; William Panzer from Oakland, CA; Prof. Marjorie Russell from Cooley Law School in Lansing, MI; Natman Schaye from Tucson, AR; Lisa Wayne from Denver, CO; and prison litigation expert Paul Wright, from Brattleboro, VT. They will, of course, have CLE credit approved for this program from all states that require continuing legal education credits for their attorneys.

 

Outstanding Social Events

 

The social events surrounding the legal seminar are always special, beginning with an opening reception at the Gant on the evening of Thursday, June 5; our annual benefit banquet (food catered by famous Aspen Chef Chris Lanter) at the lovely home of Chris and Gerry Goldstein on Friday evening, June 6; and the cookout at Hunter S. Thompson's legendary Owl Farm on Saturday afternoon, June 7.

 

This annual NORML Aspen Legal Seminar weekend has become a favorite for many of our NORML Legal Committee members and other NORML supporters and we look forward to another great weekend this June. Since Colorado and most of the surrounding states now have versions of legal medical use, this is an excellent opportunity for those most active in the medical use movements in those states to develop friendships, share information, build coalitions and become part of the community of activists concerned with this part of the marijuana issue.

 

Please mark your calendar and plan to join us.

 

Regards,

 

Keith Stroup, Esq.

NORML Legal Counsel

keith@norml.org

 

NORML and the NORML Foundation: 1600 K Street NW, Suite 501, Washington DC, 20006-2832 * Tel: (202) 483-5500 • Fax: (202) 483-0057 • Email: norml@norml.org

 

* Saturday, June 14th, at Noon * a Patient Resource NetWork Meeting in Portland hosted by Oregon NORML.  NOTE: You must have an OMMP card among other requirements.  Visit: >   http://www.ornorml.org  < for the latest information on location, time and requirements.  

 

* Saturday, June 14th, Noon – 2pm * happens Every 2nd Saturday of the month * an Oregon Green Free (OGF-Eug) meeting, in Eugene * General Meet-Up, open to the public at 1pm. NOTE: The first hour, starting at 12:00 is for Card Holders, only.  The second hour, starting at 1:00 will be open to the general public. *  Growers Market, 454 Willamette St, Eugene, Oregon.

 

*  Saturday, June 14th * and Every 2nd Saturday of the month * at DHS building, 1607 Gekeler Lane, in LaGrande at Noon * OGF East *  General Meet-Up, open to the public.

 

 

* Stay Tuned for Next * Public Meet Up in Bend-area (Redmond), Oregon * The first meeting of Oregon MMJ Support Group was September 5th, 2007, at 5pm until 7pm, at the Redmond Public Library at 827 Deschutes Ave., Redmond, OR.  Another Medical Cannabis Resource NetWork Opportunity for Patients as well as CardHolders-to-be.  * Social meeting, Open to public * Call  541.546-9209  –or- visit:  http://www.mercycenters.org/events/Meet_OMMJSG.htm  < Others?  Let everybody know, visit:  http://www.mercycenters.org/events/Meets.html    and Post It!

 

 

* 2nd Saturday in September, 2008, usually starts 10am * HempStalk happens in Portland.  *  visit:   http://hempstalk.org/

 

* Sometime in 2008 * The Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards * The Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards (OMCA), an annual event, was last held at Ambridge Events Center - 300 NE Multnomah - Portland, Oregon –and – was Open to the Public: 10am-5pm - Banquet for ticketholders only: 7pm-10pm  *  hosted by Oregon NORML.  Visit: >   www.ornorml.org/omca

 

 

 

 

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more details on What’s Happening

in Oregon state and the NorthWest region - 2008

 

 

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Announcing the release of "Medical Marijuana Law," a book co-authored by Richard Glen Boire, of the Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics (www.cognitiveliberty.org), and Kevin Feeney

 

Medical Marijuana Law offers a complete overview of federal law and each of the 11 state medical marijuana programs. MMJ Law discusses the medical necessity defense in depth, how to qualify for each state program, the legal rights of patients and the role and legal rights of caregivers, how to deal with cops and how to remain legal under your state's law. MMJ Law also explores the rights and responsibilities of physicians who recommend marijuana, and explains how physicians can avoid legal troubles.

 

In addition to the above, MMJ Law contains a resource guide for each state, listing the prominent clinics and patient advocacy organizations in each state, contains the Marijuana Policy Project's Model Medical Marijuana Bill, a forward by Frank Lucido, MD, one of the prominent marijuana docs in California, and an article by Dale Gieringer (NORML) providing advice to medical marijuana providers.

 

The book is 190 pages and retails at 14.95, but is available on Amazon at a reduced price. Clinics who wish to stock this book should visit the website of Ronin Publishing at ( http://www.roninpub.com/ord_whole.html ).

 

We feel that this guide will be a valuable resource for patients, caregivers and their doctors. Any and all feedback on this book from readers is appreciated. Questions are also welcome.  For more information Contact:  Kevin Feeney, JD  (lalunaensumano@hotmail.com)

 

 

Advisory Committee on Medical Marijuana (ACMM) meeting hosted by the OMMP.

 

Last Quarterly meet: 

March 25, 2008: 10:00 am to 2:30 pm

Courthouse Square

555 Court St NE

Hearing Room

Salem, OR  97301

- and was an Advisory Committee on Medical Marijuana (ACMM) meeting.

 

We’ll get whatever documentation we can and post.  Next meeting will be sometime in June and will probably be in Portland or Eugene.

 

See:  http://mercycenters.org/ommp/meets/  for details, including any info we have, like proposed agenda, etc.  We’ll get copies of documents and stuff from the meetings - and post in our online library, print out and otherwise Keep you in the loop! - as we can(!)  You can also keep up on Public Meeting Notices by visiting the OMMP website at: http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/ommp/ * Call the Program at   971.673-1226   for more info on OMMP hosted meetings. Also, see: http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/ommp/acmm.shtml    for more detail on the Advisory Committee on Medical Marijuana (ACMM) or visit:   http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/ommp/mtngnotice.shtml for latest OMMP hosted meetings.

 

 

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At meeting and meet-ups hosted by these non-profit organizations –

 

*  Patients – current and to be – can Ask Medication questions about how to apply and get answers from those who have already experienced the issues.

 

*  Patients can meet with Caregivers - Caregivers can meet with Patients.

 

* Growing Patients and CareGivers can Ask grow questions and get answers from Oregon's best medical marijuana growers.

 

*  Non-CardHolders and CardHolders alike can Learn the legal details of Oregon's Medical Marijuana Act and the most recent laws and rules changes – and what they can do about them.

 

 

* Medical Cannabis Network opportunity in Sweet Home.  A Meet Up has been arranged by MERCY associate Dorothy Westofkansas at the American Legion Building, 1127 Long Street, Sweet Home, Oregon, 97386 starting at 7pm.  The purpose is to establish a regular networking of Patients, Caregivers and Interested Parties in the area.

 

It is a public meeting and there is no medicating or open exchange of resources at the site at this time (must be “brown bagged”, out of public view).  If resources available, places and times to exchange will be networked as can.  Call   503.363-4588  –or- visit:   http://mercycenters.org/events/Meet_PUB_Sweet.htm

 

This group will be meeting up on a regular basis every first Monday of the month. 

 

* Forums.  A means to communicate and network on medical cannabis in Portland across Oregon and around the world.  A list of Forums, Chat Rooms, Bulletin Boards and other Online Resources for the Medical Cannabis Patient, CareGiver, Family Member and Other Interetsted Parties.  * > Rsrcs > Pats (plus) > Online > Forums  *  Others?  Let everybody know, visit:  http://www.mercycenters.org/orgs/Forums.html   and Post It!

 

 

The first meeting of the of the Oregon MMJ Support Group will be September 5th 2007, at 5pm until