FEBRUARY 2010
SUN	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT
	1	2	3 * Patients Meet Up in Portland (OR), by OGF-Pdx * Patients Meet Up in Keizer (OR), by MERCY	4	5	6 Patients Meet Up in Medford (OR), by OGF-South
7 Patients Meet Up in Portland (OR), by OMCCC	8 Patients Meet Up in Sweet Home (OR)	9	10 Patients Meet Up in Keizer (OR), by MERCY	11	12	13 * Patients Meet Up in LaGrande (OR), by OGF-East * Patients Meet Up in Portland (OR), by OR-NORML
14 Patients Meet Up in Portland (OR), by OMCCC	15	16	17 Patients Meet Up in Keizer (OR), by MERCY	18	19	20 * Patients Meet Up in Tigard (OR), by OGF-West * Patients Meet Up in Brookings (OR), by OGF-South Coast
21	22	23	24 Patients Meet Up in Keizer (OR), by MERCY	25 MERCY-TV in Salem	26	27 * Patients Meet Up in Seaside (OR), by OGF-North Coast * Patients Class in Portland (OR), by OR-NORML * W-V-NORML Public meeting in Eugene (OR) * Patients Meet Up in Portland (OR), by OGF-Pdx East
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What’s Happening

in Oregon state and NorthWest, and beyond – 2010

see below for details

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* Every Wednesday  (except Holidays), next is March 10th  * 7:00pm to 9:00pm * CardHolders MeetUp hosted by MERCY at The Gathering Place in Keizer.  Located at 7845 River Road NE, Keizer, Oregon, 97301, This one will happen every Wednesday.  * for more info,  call MERCY at:  503.363-4588  –or- visit: 

http://mercycenters.org/events/Meet_Gathering.htm

* Friday thru Sunday, March 12-14^th * Students For Sensible Drug Policy's International Conference * SSDP's international conference is the largest gathering of students and youth from around the world who are working to end the failed War on Drugs.  This year's conference will take place in San Francisco, a city at the forefront of sensible drug policies.  Visit - http://ssdp.org/conference/

* Saturday, March 13th, 11am – 2pm * Oregon NORML Cardholders Meeting  *  Oregon NORML holds twice-monthly meetings for their members who are Oregon Medical Marijuana Program cardholders. The meetings are held at the Village Ballroom, 700 NE Dekum, Portland, Oregon. You must be in line for the meeting and inside before Noon - the doors lock at Noon and no one is admitted after Noon.  Click > here < for more.

*  Saturday, March  13th * 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.  Visit - http://www.oregongreenfree.org  for more on OGF.

* Saturday, March 20th, High Noon * Emerald Empire HempFest (EEH) Volunteer Meeting *  This event repeats most every week until Tuesday July 20, 2010 and is held at Cozmic Pizza, 199 West 8th Avenue, inside the Theo's Coffee meeting room, in Eugene, 12:00 - 1:30pm * call:  541.517-0957  –or-  visit:   http://w-v-norml.org/events/EEH.html#meetings

* Saturday, March  20th * 12:30pm * at the Tigard Town Hall (Tigard) * OGF-PDX-West * Meeting, open to the public. Happens every 3rd Sat. of the month.  Visit - http://www.oregongreenfree.org  for more on OGF

*  Saturday, March  20th * 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.

* Every other Tuesday, next is  March 23rd * all at 7pm * Eugene’s Cannabis T.V. Show filming in Eugene * If you're interested in helping produce a weekly half-hour cable access TV show in the Studios of Community Television 29 in Eugene, Oregon educating the public on Cannabis issues come on by.   Eugene Cannabis TV Weekly Production  happens every Tuesday from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm at:   Community TV 29 Studio behind Sheldon High School  *  Contact Dan Koozer, Producer – ECTV   at   541.517-0957  or visit:   http://w-v-norml.org

*  Thursday, March 25th * 7:00pm to 9:00pm * TV Show filming and Patient MeetUp hosted by MERCY-TV at CCTV in Salem, at Capital Community Television,  575 Trade St SE, Salem, Oregon, 97301 – Monthly Filming and Meeting.  Usually (!) every last Thursday of the Month * call:  503.363-4588  or visit - http://mercycenters.org/tv/  - for more.

* Saturday, March 27th, 11am – 2pm * Oregon NORML Cardholders Meeting  *  Oregon NORML holds twice-monthly meetings for their members who are Oregon Medical Marijuana Program cardholders. The meetings are held at the Village Ballroom, 700 NE Dekum, Portland, Oregon. You must be in line for the meeting and inside before Noon - the doors lock at Noon and no one is admitted after Noon.  Click > here < for more.

* Saturday, March 27th, 3pm * Oregon NORML General membership meeting  *  at Good Neighbor Pizzeria, 800 NE Dekum, Portland, OR 97211  * General membership meeting, open to the public; You DO NOT
need to be a member of Oregon NORML to attend; The meeting is free, and this is a non-smoking, non-cannabis consuming event.  Click >  here <  for more on the event.  Visit - http://www.ornorml.org/calendar - for more on OR-N events.

* Saturday, March 27th, 2pm * Willamette Valley NORML Member / Public meeting * Normally happens every 4th Sat. of the month and is held at Herbs Toasted Subs, 1210 Willamette, in Eugene *  Note:  due to no pressing members-only business we will combining Member and Public meetings this month.  For more info call:  541.517-0957  –or-  visit:  http://w-v-norml.org/meeting.html

*  Saturday, March 27th at Noon (maybe!) * in the Westlake Restaurant in Seaside * OGF-North-Coast *  Meeting. Open to the public. (usually!) Happens every 4th Sat. of the month.

*  Saturday, March 27th at 2 pm (maybe!) * 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.  Visit - http://www.oregongreenfree.org  for more on OGF

*  March  29th  * 10:00 am to 2:30 pm  *  ACMM / Quarterly (OMMP) Meeting *   location:  Portland State Office Building, 800 NE Oregon St, Conference Room 1E, Portland, OR  97232  *  The Quarterly Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Medical Marijuana (ACMM) is 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/ 

* sometime in March , probably Tuesday, 7:00pm to 9:00pm * Public Meet Up of VanPAH.Net, a Vancouver (WA)-area Patient Help Resource NetWork for current Medical Cannabis Patients and CareGivers as well as those To-Be. At 212 S. Parkway, Battle Ground, Washington, 98604 * Meeting Agenda:  News and Information in general, for example - How to Get Qualified, where to Find a Doctor;  How to Find a Grower;  Dispensaries in Washington?  But, mostly, How’s It Going with You, The People? What are your issues? Ideas? NOTE:  But the group is Furniture-challenged at this stage so it is B.Y.O.C – Bring Your Own Chair. SORRY!  This meeting organized as a Public Service by MERCY – The Medical Cannabis Resource Center. Help spread the word! Click here for quarter sheets in MS-WORD, and here for some in Adobe-PDF. Print 'em off, cut 'em up, hand 'em out -or- leave 'em at appropriate places! For more info about Meetings and Meet-Ups in your area, call MERCY at: 503.363-4588 –or- visit - http://www.mercycenters.org/links/Wash_St.html 

* Saturday, April 3rd, 2pm * OGF SOUTH CHAPTER in Medford meets and hold classes for medical marijuana cardholders to learn how to become self-sufficient on the first Saturday of every month from 2pm to 4pm at the Voter Power building: 1708 W Main St in Medford OR. Visit -  http://www.oregongreenfree.org  - or call - 541-210-8790 - for more information.

* Monday, April 5th, 7pm * and Every 1st Monday of the month ( except September, no meet ) * 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

* Wednesday, April 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.  Visit - http://www.oregongreenfree.org  for more on OGF.

* The Sixth National Clinical Conference On Cannabis Therapeutics, Co-sponsored by the School of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco; the Rhode Island State Nurses Association and Patients Out of Time will be held on April 15-17, 2010 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick, RI.  * This conference presents state of the art cannabis research with faculty from the US, and around the world. Areas discussed included the use of cannabis for pain management, multiple sclerosis, mental health problems, cancer, glaucoma; use during pregnancy; an overview of the  endogenous cannabinoids and their role in the human body; harm reduction  measures and policy updates. Also, topics such as Providing Patients Safe Access to Therapeutic Marijuana/Cannabis, which encourages the education of registered nurses regarding current, evidence-based therapeutic use of  marijuana/cannabis.

Learn about the scientific evidence supporting the therapeutic use of cannabis.  Researchers from across the U.S. and around the world.  NOTE! To NURSEs and other Medical Professionals - Continuing Medical Education credits available!  CMEs from USCF; also CEUs for RNs, LVNs, MFTs and Reg.P./pharm.D.  More information on the conference agenda, faculty, registration, and how to obtain Continuing Education credits is available at:   http://www.medicalcannabis.com/Clinical-Conferences/2010-upcoming-conference

*  Friday, April 16th – Sunday, April 18th, 2010  *  CannaTrade 2010 - 10 years anniversary!  Dear CannaTraders, We are pretty glad to welcome you at our 10th jubilee in the year 2010: 16th to 18th of April 2010, Basel/Basle Exhibition, Fair Hall 5, Switzerland.  You will find all information on the registration for exhibitors online from now on:

www.cannatrade.ch/exhibitors

The programme as well as the highlights of this jubilee edition will be published bit by bit – we’ll keep you updated!

* Friday, April 23rd – Sunday, April 25th, 2010 (last week-end in April) * starts: whenever you get there * MERCYs 3rd Annual Wake-n-Bake * to be held at the North Falls Group Camp, RV area A, at the Silver Falls State Park near Silverton * We will be reserving the spot starting 4pm, Friday, so folks can get there any time after that.  Communing Friday afternoon and evening, a pancake breakfast Saturday morn (8am – 10am) and Networking til 1pm, Sunday.  *  Donation of $10/person + $5/car is requested * To reserve your spot or, for more on MERCY, call:  503.363-4588   *  for more info on the Camp, like directions, visit:  http://mercycenters.org/events/Wake_n_Bake.htm

* Saturday, May 1st, 2010, High Noon * Marches for Global Cannabis Liberation * Also known as the Million Marijuana Marches, this Action is happening in Salem, Eugene, Portland and around the World.  Check your local listings. 

Salem plan:  MERCY will assemble for this event, starting at 11am, at the far end of the mall across from the steps of the Capital Building, Salem, Oregon on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 and March at High Noon.  Officially, the corner of W. Summer and Center streets.  At High Noon (sharp!) we proceed down W. Summer thru the Mall to the corner of W. Summer and Court.  Then west down Court Street on the north side-walk.   We do not have permission ($!) to use the street, so we must stick to the sidewalks and obey pedestrian rules.   We will check on being able to have bicycles and pace vehicles on the street beside us. Do not block traffic or impede other citizens attempting to use the walkway.  We will march, politely and peacefully, down to Liberty Street and turn right.   We'll go north up Liberty to Center and turn right.  Going east down Center we'll come to W. Summer (the Mall), and return to our original rally point.  Visit - http://mercycenters.org/events/MMM.html   - for map and more.

Eugene:  W-V-NORML is assembling at 11am at the Federal Building, 7th & Pearl, with the Rally beginning at High Noon.  Speakers include, Elvy Musikka; Dr. Arthur Livermore; Allan Erickson; Ed Glick, RN.; Shawn Flury; Jen Valley; Barry Stull; and our own Dan Koozer as MC. Please bring all of the available MJ & MMJ rally signs that you can.   Then there is the After Party and Fundraiser, 8PM, 687 River Ave., Eugene, to celebrate our success and plan next years action. Open to the public, however - OMMP CardHolders NOTE: There will be a place for patients to medicate.  Visit - http://w-v-norml.org/events/GMM.html  - for more.

Portland:  Oregon-NORML usually gathers at Pioneer Courthouse Square at 11am and leaves the square at High Noon with a full police escort, marching through the streets of Portland to demand an end to adult marijuana prohibition. They return to the square following the march for an all-day festival to educate the public about the benefits of medical marijuana, industrial hemp, and social cannabis use as compared to alcohol. For more information, please contact Oregon NORML at 503-239-6110 or visit - http://www.ornorml.org/gcm/index.php. Come out and join what has become a staple of local Portland culture, the Global Cannabis March.

Visit:  http://mercycenters.org/events/MMM.html   for more on local action.  For updated full list, go to  http://www.globalmarijuanamarch.com   There is also some international MMM networking going on at this CannabisCulture.com message forum:

http://www.cannabisculture.com/forums/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=current

* Saturday, May 22^nd, 2010 at Noon * HEALING OREGON - Strains for Pain Competition.  Join OMCU as they bring some of the best medical cannabis in the state to the patients of Oregon. They will be evaluating strains for different ailments in a double blind study. Trophies will be awarded for the best strain.

All entrants must sign a participant contract and abide by the event rules. All entrants and participants must be valid OMMP cardholders. Application & rules packages are available at OMCU. (Oregon Medical Cannabis University), visit - http://www.oregonmedicalcannabisuniversity.com/ - for more on OMCU.  Special accommodations available for those of you not in the immediate area. Please call 503-649-2999 for details. Limited space available. Judges tickets & general admission tickets are already on sale! Event details will be provided upon ticket purchase. More info to be announced as they go. If you are interested in being an entrant, sponsor or participant please call for details. Or send them an email at info@omcu.net

------- Action -------

Tell the President: Don't Just Say It. Do It!
You Can Make a Difference
Tell the president: We need a new direction for U.S. drug policy, not the status quo. > Take Action NOW! <

President Obama is saying all the right things when it comes to drug policy reform, but not enough has changed since he took office. You and I need to show President Obama that we won't stand for the status quo on drug policy.

After a promising start on drug policy issues, the Obama administration has gone astray. The president’s proposed drug war budget looks a whole lot like the Bush administration’s drug war budget, with funding for failed enforcement policies far outweighing funding for treatment. Tell the Obama administration you’re tired of Bush-era drug policy and ready for some change you can believe in!

Last month, President Obama nominated an anti-reform Bush holdover to head the DEA. Under the Bush administration, nominee Michele Leonhart coordinated numerous medical marijuana raids and stood in the way of scientific research. A new drug policy requires new leadership, especially when the nominee was so closely associated with the failed policies of the past. The president has repeatedly said that science, not politics, should guide drug policy, and his drug czar called for an end to the war on drugs. The Obama administration isn’t spouting drug war rhetoric, but it hasn’t abandoned drug war policies either.

Write to the president and urge him to deliver on his promise to improve U.S. drug policy. > Take Action NOW! <

* Help Kevin! A Legal Medical Cannabis Grower in Miscarriage of Justice, Convicted of Manslaughter for Self-Defense against a Repeat Intruder with a Record.

1.  WRITE to Kevin and help keep his spirits up. Kevin needs everyone's help while he is denied his freedom and his medicine. Please write to inquire, amuse, entertain and otherwise keep his mind occupied with things other than where he is, etc. Write to -

Kevin Metcalfe
c/o 60 Punahele St.
Hilo, HI   96720

2.  Prepare For APPEAL and other efforts to get him out of the hell-hole and access to medicine, at least. Bottom line is it is going to take MONEY, so Donate what you can.

3.  HELP SPREAD The WORD! Tell EVERYBODY You Know, then everybody you don't know. Yet! Join the e-mail list and stay tuned to latest developments.

Thanx! and keep the support flowing.

* Join The Campaign!  Medical Cannabis for PTSD for Veterans, Police, Firefighters and other Oregon-American citizens.  Help the Efforts underway to add PTSD to the List of Qualifying Conditions to Register with the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program. Visit our PTSD today at - http://mercycenters.org/action/camp_PTSD.html   And tell everybody you know. Then tell everybody you don't know. Yet.

Need Medicine?  Want to Network?

* Voter Power Patient Resource Days - are held every Wednesday from 5PM - 7PM and on Thursdays from 4PM - 6PM at 687 River Ave., Eugene.  Cardholders only (yes, bring your Card and ID) $10 donation, medicine for all.

* Want To Get Your Card?  MERCY is hosting Medical Cannabis Consultations in Salem.  Please call 503-363-4588 or email – info@mercycenters.org - to begin the process of transferring records and scheduling an appointment. Help spread the word! Click here for flyers in MS-WORD, and here for some in Adobe-PDF and Click here for quarter sheets in MS-WORD, and here for some in Adobe-PDF. Print 'em off, cut 'em up, hand 'em out -or- leave 'em at appropriate places!

* Voter Power is hosting a Medical Marijuana Program referral clinics in Eugene.  Please call 503-224-3051 to schedule an appointment. Walk-in's welcome after 12 noon, but you must have qualifying medical records with you. Visit - VoterPower.org - for more on VP.

* Need a Doctor to sign for you? > Resources > Patients > Doctors > Clinics (Specialists)  Others?  Let everybody know.  For Oregon, visit:  http://www.mercycenters.org/orgs/Clinics.html  and Post It!  For elsewhere in the USA, visit - http://www.mercycenters.org/usa/

*  the Oregon NORML Cannabis Café * Rumpspankers, 700 NE Dekum St, Portland, OR 97211 * You must be a registrant of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) and member of Oregon NORML to gain entrance to the café. Additional membership fees will be charged to determine the level of access to the café. For the Grand Opening, the entry fee was $25.00, which covers the first month of membership and an all-day entry pass. A donation-based full range of medical cannabis will be available to sample free of charge. Also, snacks and consignment items from vendors like Urbage Designs and Stoned Made will be available for purchase. Contact: Oregon NORML via their message line - 503-239-6110 -or- visit: http://www.ornorml.org

* Stay Tuned for Next * Public Meet Up in Bend-area (Redmond), Oregon * Or any other Medical Cannabis Resource NetWork Opportunity for Patients as well as CardHolders-to-be.  * whether Social meeting, Open to public –or- Cardholders Only * Let everybody know, visit:  http://www.mercycenters.org/events/Meets.html     and Post It!  For example . . .

* 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.  *  Resources > Patients (plus) > Online > Forums  *  Know any?  Let everybody else know!  Visit:  http://www.mercycenters.org/orgs/Forums.html   and Post It!

* Stay tuned for next * Jack Herer Benefit Party, last was $5 suggested donation at the door, and was held at  Rumpspankers, 700 NE Dekum St, Portland, OR 97211 *  Jack Herer, author of “The Emperor Wears No Clothes”, needs our help.  He has worked himself nearly to death for the sake of cannabis law reform, taken ill, and is now in a home needing constant care. Join us to help the Herer family in their time of need.  Special appearances by Margo Pass, Tim Pate and more.  Raffle Prizes, Great Music and ALL proceeds go to the Herer family.  Do U Know Jack?  Visit -  JackHerer.com  - and find out how well U do!

*  Portlandsterdam University classes  *  See Class Information for Details and requirements  *No card required - Open to public *   Classes Start at $25 with Free Basic Grow Class 100 and Politics Classes as well as Special Weekend Package Pricing  * Come in and check them out.  Join them for a whole weekend and get all their classes in one package, or just drop in, take their free introductory classes or select the single class you want.   *  503-788-2349  *   visit - www.PortlandsterdamUniversity.com

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*  Friday and Saturday, first week-end in June, 2010 *  Aspen Legal Seminar *  Join NORML for a two-day CLE program, usually at The Gant in Aspen, Colorado.  NORML will, of course, have CLE credit for this program from all states that require continuing legal education credits for their attorneys.  This annual Aspen NORML Legal Seminar weekend has become a favorite for many of the NLC members, as well as Activists, and everyone looks forward to another great weekend this June. Please mark your calendar and plan to join the revolution.   Visit - http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6823   - for more.

* Saturday, July 4th, 2010 * Fourth Of July Hemp Coalition's Annual Smoke-In at the National Mall in Washington DC.  Last year the Rally started at "High Noon" in Lafayette Park (North side of the White House).  From 12:00-3:00pm Activist speakers from the front lines of the "War On Drugs" commented on the progress and direction of ending marijuana prohibition and other aspects of drug policy reform.  The Concert began at 2pm in the Henry Bacon Ball Field located at 23rd Street and Constitution Avenue NW.  Performers and activists presented a colorful message relating to our cause during the afternoon.  At 4:00pm the "Peace Mile Parade" concluded it's march route at the ball field. For more info Contact:  Fourth of July Hemp Coalition (FJHC)  -  P O Box 5513, Washington DC 20016, phone 202-286-5586, or visit  - http://www.smoke-in.org/

* Eugenes own Emerald Empire HempFest * Hempfest 2010 will be a multi-day event with food, guest speakers, music, activists, and live entertainment, plus vendors offering earth-friendly, hemp-based products and food.  Visit: http://w-v-norml.org/events/EEH.html for all the details, including map.   They have had a new webmaster step up to help them, check out their updated website - http://emeraldempirehempfest.com  

Many thanks to the new EEH webmaster David Garton of Roswell, Georgia, who has as one of his art mediums sandblasted glass as shown here -  http://theblackartesociety.com/Jars.html  - and he's making a prototype 'Willamette Valley NORML' Nug Jar with their name and multiple mj leaves.  EEH found David via the "Constitutional Patriots Opposing Prohibition" Yahoo Group - http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/cp3/  - and it’s noteworthy that David wrote; "I'm committed to seeing the commercial production and sale of marijuana to adults legalized in my lifetime so I'm open to helping as many legalization groups as possible with their websites. I'd be very happy if I get a few more groups contacted me for free work."

The Emerald Empire HempFest in Eugene.

WHERE:  TBA, usually Washington-Jefferson Park, Eugene, OR  * WHEN: Third week-end in July  2010 – Friday - 4:20p-10:00p, Saturday - High Noon-10:00p, Sunday - High Noon-8:00pm  *  WHY: To educate the public about the plant Cannabis (HEMP).  NOTE:  EEH needs storage space, Any size would be helpful. The equivalent of a one car garage would be great, the equivalent of a two car garage would be a dream come true.  Thanks!

The Emerald Empire HempFest is an annual event (third weekend in July), held in a city park. It is ‘Free-to-the-public’ event. Education is the primary goal of this all-volunteer effort. There will be two stages with great musical bands, a food court featuring nutritious foods, art booths, and vendors featuring many hemp products, and nonprofit booths. Guest speakers will discuss the environmental benefits of hemp, medical uses of Marijuana and the futility and negative consequences of prohibition. As former organizer Eilleen Erdelt once stated: "The HempFest is a family-oriented event celebrating a God-given plant that has been prohibited by man."

Our Mission. The purpose of the Emerald Empire Hempfest is to unite our citizens in calling for sweeping reforms in America's laws against cannabis and hemp. This is a uniquely valuable plant: it provides high levels of key nutrients, relieves symptoms for patients suffering from an array of medical conditions, and can be made into environmentally positive products such as clothing, paper, paint, biodegradable plastics, and replacements for fossil fuels.

Please join us in the fight to roll back prohibition and increase production and usage of one of the world's most beneficial plants! With your help, Hempfest 2010 will be even bigger and better. Hope to see you there!

Entertainment:  TBA

With your help, Hempfest 2010 will be even bigger and better. No illegal activities will be tolerated. (SORRY! No Acts of Civil Disobedience this year) This is an Alcohol-Free event. This is an ALL AGES event. Visit > www.EmeraldEmpireHempfest.com < for more. Hope to see you there!

Contact -

Dan Koozer
Emerald Empire HempFest
Voice Phone Number (541) 517-0957
FAX Number (888) 420-1819
Email Address emeraldempirehempfest@hotmail.com
Website URL www.EmeraldEmpireHempfest.com

Visit: http://w-v-norml.org/events/EEH.html for all the details, including map. See all of you there!  

*  Fri.-Sat.-Sun., August 21st-23rd, (third weekend in Aug.) 2010 * Seattle HempFest in Seattle.   Starting in 2010, Seattle Hempfest will now be a three-day event!  It will open on Friday August 21 from 12 noon to 8 pm, in addition to being open Saturday and Sunday August 22, 23 from 10 to  8.  Admission is still FREE, and still at Myrtle Edwards Park, Pier 70 on the third weekend of August. Hempfest is a work-party. They want you to come to relax and enjoy their event, but they also want you to learn. When people learn the facts about Cannabis they inevitably come to our side. They want to offer the latest educational resources to help you learn about domestic production of industrial hemp, medical marijuana, pot law, and even addiction and abuse. They want to contribute to you being as informed, educated and prepared as you can be to participate in our culture and movement. Take this year's program guide home with you and study it. The brightest minds they can find have contributed to their program this year. It is a user's manual so please use it. Find more information at: http://seattlehempfest.com/ 

*  Sat.- Sun., August 22^nd - 23^rd –ish, 2010 (4^th week-end in August) * Oly HempFest in Olympia. The Olympia Hempfest is held at Heritage Park, Olympia, Washington on the fourth weekend of August and last year happened; from 11AM – 8PM on Sat. & from 11AM – 6PM on SUN. Admission is FREE, tho they suggest a $5 donation.  Heritage Park is a 24-acre state-owned property adjacent to Capitol Lake and downtown Olympia, WA. It is the northern extension of the Washington state capitol campus. 

Olympia Hempfest was founded in 2003 as a gathering of 500 people on the original Washington state capitol campus in downtown Olympia and has grown into one of the major Olympia events in just under its fourth year, with a annual theme of “Helping” each year Oly Hempfest strives to break down the barriers and remind people about our heritage and our responsibility to be active citizens. 

Oly Hempfest 2008 will feature 16+ musical acts that are made up of regional touring bands and Olympia’s most prominent up coming artists performing. In addition there will be a disc golf course for your enjoyment.  Contact: by phone: 360.456-3517 -or- Find more information at: http://www.olyhempfest.com/

* Saturday, September 12^th, 10AM to 10PM – Sunday, September 13^th, 10AM to 7PM - 2010 * HempStalk happens in Portland, Oregon. *  at Kelley Point Park  *  The reason marijuana is illegal has very little to do with drugs, and is really about money and the continued centralization of economic and political control. Hemp seed oil is biodiesel and is three times more productive than any other seed oil crop, and hemp seed oil will run any diesel engine today with no modification. Hemp oil is the reason the petrochemical industry made up the "reefer madness" myth. They renamed hemp, using racist propaganda, calling it marijuana, and lied to make it illegal. There is a truth that must be heard! That's what the Hempstalk Festival is all about.  To find out more about HempStalk, visit:   http://hempstalk.org/  *  or Contact HempStalk organizers:  The Hemp and Cannabis Foundation (THCf), by phone:  1-800-723-0188  -or- visiting:   http://thc-foundation.org/ 

*  National NORML Conferences * Stand Up, Get Out, Speak Up For Your Rights! Where do freedom-loving citizens like YOU gather? Answer: Events hosted by the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws!  If you have questions, contact NORML by phone at 888-67-NORML or Visit - http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7877  - And Spread the Word! Visit: http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3427  for the latest on NORML conferences.

* Tuesday, October 13^th-ish, 2010 (21 days before election) * until 5pm * Voter Registration Deadline in Oregon.  Call the toll-free voter information line at 1-866-ORE-VOTE (1-866-673-8683). The voter information line is available Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm, se habla Espanol. TTY services for the hearing impaired are available at 1-866-350-0596.  “Am I Registered to Vote?”  Check Your Voter Registration On-Line! Visit - https://secure.sos.state.or.us/eim/vr/showVoterSearch.do  to find out if you’re registered to vote.  Voters may also call their county elections office to confirm their registration.

To receive a ballot this fall, voters must be registered no later than Oct. 13th. Voters should also re-register if their residence has changed, if their mailing address has changed, if their name has changed or if their signature has changed. The signature on a voter registration card is used to validate their mail-in ballots. Additional voting resources are also available online at the Elections Division website; visit: www.sos.state.or.us/elections/elechp.htm.   Then * first Tuesday, November 3rd (1^st Tues.) * til the Polls close * Vote! in Oregon.   Read the Voting in Oregon Guide www.uhavavote.org/votingguide/index.html. Get to the link and others by visiting: www.oregonvotes.org/elec101.htm 

VOTE! And be sure everybody you know does so also

* Tuesday, November 3^rd-ish (1^st Tues.), 2010 * til the Polls close * Vote! in Oregon.   Read the Voting in Oregon Guide www.uhavavote.org/votingguide/index.html. Get to the link and others by visiting: www.oregonvotes.org/elec101.htm 

If you have any questions or problems visit www.HeadCount.org or Call - (866) OUR-VOTE.

And Vote Smart!  Project Vote Smart has profiles about nearly all candidates for federal and state offices, to include what the candidates have stated is their position on drug issues. Biographical Information, Voting Records, Issue Positions, Interest Group Ratings,  Public Statements,  Campaign Finances, Voter Registration, Ballot Measures, Issues and Legislation, Political Resources, and more.  Politics is going to the Dogs!  So, Bite Back with Project Vote Smart.  Visit - http://www.vote-smart.org/

* Saturday, December 12-ish - 10am to 10pm, 2010 * The Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards should occur * The last Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards (OMCA), took place at the Ambridge Events Center (300 NE Multnomah, Portland).

The event's daily activities were open to the public from 10am-5pm. Vendors of various medical cannabis and hemp-related products were for sale. Non-profit organizations  offering educational materials. There was a Sustainable Fashion Show, including hemp clothing. Their legal panel examined the latest issues in medical cannabis. Speakers and demonstrations on the main stage educated and enlightened. Their special guest NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre gave the keynote address.

The 7pm-10pm evening event was a ticketed banquet honoring the leaders and achievers in the field of medical cannabis in Oregon.  Visit: >   http://www.ornorml.org/omca

*  Saturday, February 13 through Sunday, February 21-ish, 2011  *  Mark your calendars for the eighth annual National Medical Marijuana Week  *  Medical Marijuana Week offers medical marijuana activists and advocates a great national banner for local events. ASA will be publicizing Medical Marijuana Week to our thousands of activists across the country, so if you have an event you want to share, they can help put the word out.  How can you use Medical Marijuana Week in your community?  Here are a few ideas, from small to big:

·         A candlelight vigil in support of patients

·         A city or county proclamation

·         A lobbying visit with your elected officials

·         A panel discussion on the science behind medical marijuana

·         A fundraiser (maybe even for ASA!)

For more details, contact the Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Team toll-free at 888.929.4367 or visit  -http://www.americansforsafeaccess.org/mmjweek

* Saturday, February 20^th-ish, 2011, usually 8pm - Late * The Sweet Leaf Valentine Ball * W-V-NORML is having their first 2010 Emerald Empire HempFest (EEH) fundraiser of the season at the Voter Power Office, 687 River Ave, Eugene, Feb 20, 8:00p-?   There are exciting things coming, Let's all pull together please. Let's help get their debt behind them and raise the money to get EEH-2010 off the ground.  .

* November 12-14-ish, 2011 *  International Drug
Policy Reform Conference * Albuquerque, New Mexico.   Every two years drug policy reformers from across the United States and around the world come together to listen, learn, network and strategize. If you’re working to bring about drug policies based on science, compassion, health and human rights, you can’t afford to miss this extraordinary gathering!  Read more about the conference at › http://www.reformconference.org/

- Action Items and Alerts -

* LEGISLATIVE Update:  Bills relating to medical cannabis, hemp legalization and marijuana prohibition reform in general have been introduced at the Federal and State levels, both in Oregon State and across the nation. For example -

* There are 30+ bills relating to marijuana in the Oregon State legislature this session and there are probably more coming. Hearings are already set for bills regarding patients right to work & the state garden that takes away patients gardens, among others.

There is a web page set up with a complete list at  -

  http://willamettevalleynorml.org/legis/2009/
 
- with web pages set up for each bill in order to gather related talking points, LTE examples, Hearing notices, links and Bulletin Boards so everyone can contribute.  Links and other tools on how to contact your rep, find out about bills, etc. is at -  http://willamettevalleynorml.org/legis/state.html

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more details on What’s Happening

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*  IACM-Bulletin Special | There is an international survey on the advantages and disadvantages of different modes of delivery of cannabis-based drugs and substances. People who want to support the survey are cordially invited to spread the word on it in the internet.  Anyone who uses cannabis or other cannabinoids for medicinal purposes and has experience with two or more of the following substances or modes of delivery is invited to participate:   Smoking of cannabis,   Inhalation of cannabis with a vaporizer,   Oral use of cannabis as a tea,   Oral use of cannabis in baked goods/cannabis tincture,   Oral use of dronabinol/Marinol (THC),   Oral use of nabilone/Cesamet,   Inhalation of dronabinol (THC) with a vaporizer,   Sativex,   other use.

The survey was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Medical School of Hannover and Participants remain anonymous. Contact info: International Association for Cannabis as Medicine (IACM), Am Mildenweg 6, D-59602 Ruethen, Germany * Phone: +49 (0)2952-9708571 * Fax: +49 (0)2952-902651 * or visit - http://www.cannabis-med.org

*  We wish to Note the availability 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: 

December, 2009

In Eugene

- 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 March and will probably be in Portland or Salem.

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. 

Oregon Green Free (OGF) is a OMMP CardHolder-based virtual community that networks on-line and arranges meet-ups and other activity around the state.  Oregon Green Free meets in Portland, Eugene and around the state. Sometimes is CARDHOLDERs ONLY!  Contact info: mail to Oregon Green Free HQ, 2375 SE 174th Ave., Portland, Oregon, or phone:  503.760-2671 * or visit: http://www.oregongreenfree.com

Got a Place?  Or an Idea?  Post It! visit >  http://www.mercycenters.org/events/Meets.html    

MERCY Monthly Meetings.  MERCY hosts Meetings on the Last Thursday of the Month at CCTV - Capital Community Television of Salem, Oregon.  They’ll start at 7pm and go til 9pm.  CCTV address and contact info:

575 Trade St SE

Salem, Oregon 97301

Phone:  (503) 588-2288

web:  http://www.cctvsalem.org 

* Please help us help the sick and dying, let them know about this opportunity to network to resources or just get with the Program.  For more info Visit: http://mercycenters.org/tv/ 

MERCY Office Hours.  * The folks at MERCY – the Medical Cannabis Resource Center have a new building to host the MERCY Consultations and general Office work, for starters.  It is at – 1469 Capital Street NE, Suite #100, Salem, 97303  -  and will be Open to network patients to medicine and other resources on an As-Can basis * Call  503.363-4588  for more details.  Help spread the word! Click here for quarter sheets in MS-WORD, and here for some in Adobe-PDF. Print 'em off, cut 'em up, hand 'em out -or- leave 'em at appropriate places!

Still need places to do a variety of things!  If you have any information or ideas, please let us know.  Contact MERCY – the Medical Cannabis Resource Center by phone:  503.363-4588  or email:  mercy_salem@hotmail.com

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the HomeGrown stuff

every other Tuesday, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm *  Eugene Cannabis T.V. (ECTV) bi-Weekly Production.  Location:   Show is filmed at Community TV 29 Studio behind Sheldon High School  *  Visit: http://mercycenters.org/events/Meet_CLF.htm  or Contact: Cannabis Liberation Front * PO Box 10957, Eugene, Oregon 97440-2957  *  Check out more on the show online at:

http://eugenecannabistv.home.comcast.net

Our Media list: others?  Lets us all know, Post It!

* Watch CANNABIS T.V. in EUGENE on Cable Channel 22/29 - EVERY WEEK -  The Eugene Cannabis TV show schedule: EVERY WEEK Wed 8:30 pm, Thurs 8:30am.  In Salem, see CANNABIS T.V. on Cable Ch 23, TUE @ 11 pm, THU @ 1 pm, FRI @ 11 am -or- SAT @ 11pm.  

MERCY on the Tube

ALSO, catch MERCY-TV in Salem, on Cable Channel 23, TUE @ 10:30 pm, THU @ 2 pm, FRI @ 11:30 am -or- SAT @ 8:30 pm.    Many Thanks to CCtv, E.C. TV and volunteer Peke.

Cannabis Common Sense

ALSO, catch THCf’s Cannabis Common Sense in Salem, on Cable Channel 23, MON @ 2 pm, TUE @ 9 pm -or- FRI @ 9 am.   

Radio?  Printed Media? Others? Post It!

Nationally Syndicated Talk Show Host To Be New Voice For NORML’s Daily Audio Stash -- Over 28,000 Daily Listeners Download Web’s Most ‘Pot-Friendly’ Political Podcast

Washington, DC, USA: The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) has tapped syndicated radio talk show host Russ Belville as the new voice for its highly popular podcast, the NORML Daily Audio Stash.

Belville (aka ‘Radical Russ’) is the current host of the nationally syndicated radio show, "The Russ Belville Show," which airs on XM Satellite Radio's Air America channel 167 and on various terrestrial stations across the country. Belville also serves as the associate director for Oregon NORML.

"We are thrilled to welcome Russ on board as the new voice of NORML’s successful audio-programming," NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre said. "Five days a week, Russ will share his broadcast expertise and cannabis insight with the tens of thousands of NORML listeners who tune into the Daily Audio Stash and visit the program’s new interactive blog: http://stash.norml.org."

Belville takes over for departing Audio Stash host Chris Goldstein, who co- founded the program with NORML’s Executive Director in June 2006.

Today, NORML’s Daily Audio Stash ranks among the top 10 ‘most subscribed’ political podcasts in Apple Computer’s iTunes Music Store – typically receiving more downloads than podcasts produced by the White House, the Pentagon, and US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Available for download Monday through Friday at 4:20pm eastern time at: http://www.norml.org, the Daily Audio Stash provides a forum for politicians, celebrities, physicians, scientists, and citizen activists to participate in uninhibited conversations about marijuana and legal reform. Recent guests on the Audio Stash include US Congressmen and Presidential candidates Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich, noted poet and political activist John Sinclair, recording artists Fishbone and the Kottonmouth Kings, PBS travel-host and author Rick Steves, comedians Tommy Chong and Rob Cantrell (Last Comic Standing), political columnist and commentators Clarence Page and Froma Harrop, and pot cultivation expert and noted author Ed Rosenthal.

For more information or to learn how you can advertise on NORML’s top-rated podcast, please contact host Russ Belville at: radicalruss@gmail.com or Audio Stash Executive Producer Allen St. Pierre at (202) 483-5500.

MERCY Event ideas - contact MERCY - or visit their website for more info.

GlassWare Party (was Jan. 28th, 2006).  Attention patients who use "glass" pipes for medical cannabis delivery devices. GlassWare Parties are an opportunity for medical cannabis patients to examine and inquire about this particular means of medicating in privacy and comfort.

For example, a GlassWare Party was held at the MERCY Center Sat., Jan. 28th, 2006 from High Noon to 4:20pm featuring the very functional glass art of Smokin' Glass of Portland.  Patients were able to preview beautiful, practical "glass" products and accessories in a nice, SAFE, friendly environment where people can discuss the FAQS openly and straightforward.

Y'see, when in the store, conversations must be carefully controlled, even in the age of OMMA.

NOTE: "Smoke Shop" Protocol for Medical Cannabis Patients

Smokin' Glass sells only the finest quality functional glass art and other products.  Sure, WE all know what else they can be used for, but we can't talk openly about it in the store.

OMMA didn't fix anything in this area, it's the same old drag.  Anyone heard using words like: Bong, Hash-pipe or any word that implies illegal intent in the store - could be a local yokel on a boon-doggle or even a DEA agent on a fishing expedition - and the owner could be fined or even shut down.  No joke.

SORRY!  But federal law applies, so watch yer terminology!  Yep, it's a silly game we ALL must play til we change the law.

Smokin' Glass has supported individuals and groups in the medical cannabis movement since the concept began.  They help as much as they can publicly, mostly by patiently educating consumers on the law when purchasing their functional glass art for use as delivery devices while giving them the best price they can.

Now, would like to help more by offering a discount to the patient community.  Mention you read it here and receive 30% off!  Yes, all OMMP Cardholders get a whopping 30 percent savings on your purchase.  So, stop on by their new location in Portland at -

1408 SE 39th, a half block north of Hawthorne up 39th, next to Jiffy Lube

- and ask about their water-pipes (NOT "bongs"!) and other functional glass pieces that OMMA cardholders may be interested in.   Visit: http://mercycenters.org/events/GlassWare_Party.html    for details.

Grow-vention (2/26/05). Growers Convention. Bring all growers together in safe environment and enable free exchange of information and resources. Have presentations and booths. Allow patients to attend in order to pick up info, resources or shop for a grower.