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this Page: About ...    ... this page the NotePad, our Bulletin Board FeedBack for us. Action Alert: Post-Trial and Prison Support Needed Help Kevin Hello, we are friends of Kevin here at the Mercy Center. Kevin is - A Medical Cannabis Patient - everyone knows to qualify in any state for MMJ, you must either be dying, or very sick and in a lot of pain. Also, a CareGiver - To be a CareGiver you first must care about your fellow man or woman. Also, a Grower - to be a grower you must have some knowledge to grow so the patients your helping will have some relief from all their conditions and ailments. The Mercy Center is patients helping patients. Today Kevin needs your help. All of your help. All of us that use cannabis as our medicine know the risk that we take each day of our lives. This is no joke! People all over are being robbed every day for the cannabis they grow for patients. Or the cannabis they have for their own use. This is very, very serious. We all take the utmost care in who comes and goes to our homes when patient medicine is involved. We do lots of time consuming things to make sure the medicine is all right - just about all the Patients, CareGivers and Growers I know have been robbed at one time or another.   We need the laws to protect us cannabis patients, as well as those who CHOOSE to help the sick and dying of our society. Kevin was put into a bad situation: he had been robbed for his medicine as well as those he was helping 2 or 3 times - now the man was back again to rob - Kevin did the best he could - sometimes things just don't turn out the way you would have hoped. That’s definitely the case this time. Kevin Metcalfes case in HI has gone from bad to worse as they throw the book, kitchen sink, and anything else they can think of at him. The jury reached a manslaughter verdict and he is awaiting sentencing facing multiple 20-year charges. Kevin needs everyone's help to get as short a sentence as possible. Please write to express your opinion about this travesty of justice, and ask for leniency for Kevin. Vaughan Winborne of the Hawaii Paroling Authority will be taking comments from the public regarding the sentencing of this case until the first of March. Help This Armed Citizen - could be you ... visit his website > HelpFreeKevin.com and tell everybody you know. Then everybody you don't know. Yet! And if you or someone you know who, like Kevin, has been robbed for their medical cannabis and would like to see some laws changed for the protection of patients who use cannabis leave your comments here > here Please tell all you know about Friends of Kevin, who knows, someday it might be you who needs the help and us cannabis patients are people too. We all need to stick together and support each other. So please keep checking on this website for updates to Kevin’s trial. We'll also keep you abreast of all the support we're aware of be it from the cannabis community, just concerned citizens.   So show your support for this man who just wanted to help others that were sick like him and used cannabis for their medicine. Thanks for all you have done Kevin, for those who couldn't help themselves. Yours, truly, The Folks at MERCY - the Medical Cannabis Resource Center   Sorry Nurse Ed! Fired for trying to help the sick and dying with the truth.  Click here for details.   Help Offered! MPP initiates Patient Assistance Program   Marijuana Policy Project starts Sponsor a Patient program.   Click here for details. Help Needed! Oregon's Nursing Leadership Leaves patients Out in the Cold!   All patients who want to make some progress for medical cannabis in Oregon should help educate nurses about an issue that they have been dragging their feet on.   Click here for details. JOIN the Global Cannabis Liberation at the Million Marijuana Marches May 7, 2011 Last year, thy were in Salem, High Noon at the Capital Mall In Eugene, 2PM at the Federal Building In Bend, Sometime at Someplace In Portland, Sometime at Pioneer Square and Around the World! Site Map: Home How to OMMA Links ORGz About Contact Donate Help Out GuestBook Legislation and other Action Bizness Library News Media Newsletter Current Whats Hap all Events page.  Like ... XS+Med*Fest! and other items on the ... Calendar view The LAW Need more info? Search the Net with Excite!ment also Information on Cannabis and ... Conditions ADHD Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder AIDS Alzheimers Anxiety Arthritis Asthma Bipolar Cancer Cachexia Crohns Depression Epilepsy Fibromyalgia Glaucoma Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) Multiple Sclerosis Nausea Pain Parkinson's Pregnancy PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) Seizures Spasms Tar (Resin) Tinnitus (Ringing in the Ears)

Welcome to the Action page for the MCRC.  |    Legislative   |   How They Voted   |   Initiatives   |   HB2939   |   the March   | Action Alerts! You Can Make a Difference SSDP Action Alert > Sign the Petition! < Act now! Urge the Department of Education to respect Medical Marijuana Patients rights | Colleges across the country are failing to ensure the basic right to use doctor prescribed marijuana on campus. These schools argue they could lose federal funding if they adopt policies that conflict with federal law, regardless of state laws. This is a growing problem that many of you are aware of and that I couldn't stop ranting about to my roommates after our conference. One of those roommates is a writer for Change.org and has masterfully described the problem in his monthly blog for the site. Check it out! The blog is accompanied by a petition addressed to Arne Duncan, the Secretary of Education, urging him to "state publicly and clearly that no school official will lose federal funding for allowing students to use marijuana where it is legal to do so." Students for Sensible Drug Policy chapters are working hard to convince their adminstrations to respect the rights of medical marijuana patients on campus, but adminstrations aren't willing to budge if they think they are at risk of losing federal funding. * Please sign the petition! *"(Just click on the "Take Action" tab at the bottom of the article)"* With this kind of logical and thoughtful framing of the subject and with enough public outcry, we have a good chance of convincing Arne Duncan to address this widespread infringement on students' rights. P.S. Do you want SSDP to continue pressuring Congress to ensure financial aid for students and respect their right to use medical marijuna? If so, help us retain our Washington office by making a donation today. Contact - Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), 1623 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC, 20009, or Phone: (202) 293-4414, or Fax: (202) 293-8344, or visit - http://www.ssdp.org/ Joseph Casias, a cancer patient, Walmart employee and former “Associate of the Year” from Michigan, was fired for testing positive for marijuana. His doctor recommended he use the drug, legal under Michigan law, to treat pain from sinus cancer and a brain tumor. Walmart doesn’t care that marijuana is legal to use medicinally in 14 states and is sticking to its policy of firing any worker who tests positive for marijuana use. Medical decisions should be made between doctors and patients and companies like Walmart should respect those decisions. Tell Walmart to stop firing patients like Joseph Casias with cancer and other serious afflictions simply for taking medicine recommended by their doctors. Start a Petition » Following recent DEA medical marijuana raids in Colorado, US Representative Jared Polis (CO-2) made a statement online calling on the DEA to "stop their rogue agents from harassing and raiding our medical marijuana dispensaries." Rep. Polis also sent a formal letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder, asking about a DEA agent's comments that the DEA will "arrest everybody." Rep. Polis asked whether this is in fact U.S. policy. Please email U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder today. Tell the Attorney General that you agree with Rep. Polis. Tell the Attorney General that you want him to end all DEA medical marijuana raids, once and for all. Click here to take action > http://www.americansforsafeaccess.org/iagree 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! < Sincerely, Bill Piper Director, Office of National Affairs Drug Policy Alliance Network   About this page ... This is our page our Action Items. Our goal is to bring about change and establish safeguards for the future. The objective is the empowerment of the people through their votes and general activism. It's our strategy to get the people involved in this and all issues. Tired of all this hassle? Make a change, take action. End the War! Advocacy and Activism. Legislation; Candidates and Initiatives. Action Items Help educate your circle of support about OMMA and the beneficial properties of marijuana and cannabis in general. Help with the implementation of the OMMP. For legal info - State laws, rules, statues, legal decisions, etc. - click > here <. --- How can I help implement OMMA? --- As an Individual … As a Patient - remember YOU represent the cause; Don't flaunt your medical marijuana usage. While you should feel free to talk openly about the therapeutic benefits of cannabis for yourself - and proudly display your banners, which give you an opportunity to educate - you should also be considerate and always discrete in obtaining and consuming your medicine. Medicating should be personal and you should handle it as you would any other medicine. This especially includes educating family and friends, most notably children. Situations where people may mistakenly consume (ie- unmarked brownies) or otherwise be affected by some aspect (ie- second-hand smoke) must be expected and proactively managed. As a Patient/Caregiver - tell everyone your anecdotal experience (what happen to your own body, or that of someone you cared for, in your own words) when medical marijuana was utilized as opposed to other drugs. Help educate your circle of support about OMMA and the medical properties of marijuana and in general. As a Concerned Citizen - Educate yourself fully and ACT. Research, network, follow up and learn as much as you can so you can effectively share the information with others that think they are opposed. Stay in the loop and be aware of legislative, organizational or business activities that may effect yourself and/or those you care about. Constantly write to legislators, media, businesses and organizations and let them know the good news. ATTENTION! Employed OMMP Cardholders and Those Who Give a Damn About Them, Click here for details on actions organized by the good folks at Contigo-Conmigo.   Patients, Be Aware Your Rights to Drive Click here for details on Sentencing hearing for Patient for DUI / MJ, judged impaired because it's "pot". Organized efforts; joining us -or- forming your own (individual -or- group effort) other Organizations to consider … > see list. Join a local group of patients and caregivers. By keeping in the loop, you’ll be apprised of the latest developments in the field and alert you when a vote is scheduled and the need is crucial for a letter to your state or federal elected officials. You'll be informed of state and regional events where you can meet other advocates and help shape reform efforts. Members and associates are needed to carry out these efforts: Speaking before public interest and community groups. Postering and passing out flyers. Staffing information tables at public events and concerts. Letter-writing campaigns and phone trees. Producing benefit concerts - including musicians, nightclub managers, owners, booking agents and technical workers. Donating money, goods or services, e.g. photocopying, printing and design work. Launching a particular project for which you need the help of other volunteers and/or an organizations authorization to act in its name. The contacts listed on the MERCY Orgz list are a few of the activists and groups dedicated to the implementation of OMMA and welcome inquiries from those with questions or issues.  They provide one or more of the following services:  Doctor Referrals and Patient Networks;  either a caregiver (how to grow) or related Organization formed to help patients get their medicine.  They may have Doctor referrals or help on filling out forms as well as contact with current Patients.  Caveat emptor!  Each has it's own rules and regulations, please study & research thoroughly before committing resources.   this page: About this page  Initiative! Alert! HB2939

A Smokin' GlassWare Party Attention patients who use "glass" pipes for medical cannabis delivery devices.  A GlassWare Party is happenin' Sat., Jan. 28th at the Mercy Center from High Noon to 4:20pm.   SORRY, but this is a cardholders only event.  Click here for details. MERCY Poster Party! Make posters for special events of the cause in general, such as the Global Marijuana Marches.   Sat., April 23 and 30, Hihgh noon in Salem.  Click here for details. ... plus Information on Cannabis for ... Doctors Nurses also Information on Cannabis by ... Region MERCY in America; Medical Cannabis in the USA Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington State West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Washington DC (District of Columbia) A World of MERCY; Medical Cannabis around the Globe Africa Cameroon Egypt Morocco Mozambique South Africa Asia China India Israel Japan Nepal Pakistan Russia Thailand Carribean Jamaica Central America Honduras Mexico Europe Albania Belgium Croatia Czech Republic England Estonia France Germany Hungary Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Spain Switzerland North America Canada the United States the Pacific (Oceania, Rim) Australia New Zealand South America Argentina Brazil Peru Uruguay Hemp Bill Hearing! Happened Wednesday, April 6, 3pm in Oregon State Senate.   Also Pro and Anti medical marijuana bills, click here for more on the story.

( skip to End )  |   ( next )  |   Taking Action ...  |     ( prev )  |   ( go to Top )  What do we hope to accomplish ... how? Why? Some of their immediate objectives are to inform & educate about the therapeutic benefits as well as the true medical facts about cannabis; support the rights of patients & doctors in the OMMP; promote a healthier environment through hemp and empower groups and actions that broadcast information & news about the harm, waste and abuse caused by can prohibition in general. The basic strategy will be to join and initiate events & actions; to research and spread news & info - to be the media outlet for the movement! MCRC wants to be in a position to help or even launch initiative and similar activities; to make available basic legal help for all cannabis users; to promote hemp for a healthier environment; to be a part of the community. Patients and doctors in OMMP will be able to network and share information about their conditions and how to obtain & apply their medicine - growing tips, cooking recipes, which strains work best, etc. MCRC hopes to educate doctors and patients in general on their rights as well as the truth on the medical effects - beneficial and otherwise. Though open only a short time and with sketchy volunteer staff hours, MCRC has had our first case where a Patient went and educated his doctor and got him to change his mind. A Patient with a doctor for the past eight years came in to our place and told us his story, how his doctor wouldn’t sign. We educated the patient, patient educated doctor and doctor signed. “he was so relieved, so grateful, he had tears in his eyes” said an involved volunteer. “This is what we are all about”. Through the above actions, MCRC intends to build a volunteer base for constant recruitment & administration of the organization for the future. Through marketing and communications they hope to coordinate with business and organizations to make a lasting, positive change in the community. Check them out, be a part of it. Many thanks to R. House Furniture for their generous support (next door to our office at 1695 Fairgrounds Rd., Salem, 97303. Call: 503.363-0596). Stay tuned for our next event -or- opportunity for contact -and/or- action.

OMMA 2 is also known as the Dispensary Bill for a key objective it is attempting to meet - creating access to medicine for Patients. Cannabis is safe effective medicine and the current law often leaves them out of luck and in pain. This new initiative will fix this and many of the other problems patients have encountered with OMMA, the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act, in its present form. Not only does it try to do what’s best for the people, it also wants to make things easier for the authorities as well. It would remove the problem of differentiating between the 4 "mature" plants allowed and any others on the premises. The full initiative text is available online at: http://www.voterpower.org/news/initiative.html

Additional information about OMMA 2 can be found in archived editions of the electronic newsletter at:

http://www.voterpower.org/flash/news.html

• REGISTERING VOTERS. People signing Petitions must be registered to vote. You can register as often as you want. When in doubt, register again.
• A person can register and vote if over 18 (at time of election) and resident of state. Note! FELONs can register and vote in Oregon even while on probation or parole. The only exception is when in jail or prison.
• If someone has their hands full, you can fill out the Voters Registration form for them EXCEPT for the Name and Date. Make sure the person registering Signs and Dates the form.
• Once they have registered, it is best that they wait ten days and then sign. Some people have tried forward-dating their signature on the petition, while others have tried backdating the form - these are not good methods. They can take a petition with them and mail it back (get their friends to sign, too) or you can let them no where to catch up with us again. They should also find location information through all our media.
• PETITIONERs. When generating copies or printing off the website, make sure the paper is correct weight (20lb, 24/60lb or 70lb) and that copies are legible. The petition side should be clear, aligned and full size. The cover page side should be legible, aligned in the middle. They should be on one sheet, each on one side. The top of the cover page should line up with the left-hand side of the petition when you flip the page over. NOTE: Oregon election laws require petitioners to carry a complete copy of the text of the initiative they are representing. Copies of the Life with Dignity initiative text are available from the same place signature gatherers can get petition sheets.
• Make sure you have a copy of the text with you. Contact Voter Power for a copy >
• Make sure they are registered. Make sure they sign only once per election cycle. Make sure that sign in their county. If they sign for the wrong county, cross it off.
• If someone has their hands full, you can fill out the Voters Registration form for them EXCEPT for the Signature and Date. Make sure the person registering Signs and Dates the petition.

Voters in Oregon should not sign using a P.O. Box. It makes it harder to confirm, when necessary. Explain to signers and try to get them to write down the same address where they are registered to vote -- their current address -- and if necessary, to fill out a voter registration card (which you should have with you) if they have changed addresses since last registering.

• THE "FRED MEYER" SITUATION. There was a case decided where it was ruled that a store could tell petitioners where to go (!) IF IN DOUBT, GO AHEAD and try. They can’t arrest you without warning.
• Select your spot and start petitioning. Be polite and unobtrusive as possible. Don’t argue or pursue and NEVER shout.
• If approached my management, try to address concerns, find parameters and work out solutions. If all else, just find another spot. You can’t gather signatures while in jail or otherwise uselessly debating with the ignorant!

( skip to End )  |   ( next )  |   Events ...  |     ( prev )  |   ( go to Top )  Ongoing Event Action Items Event action items to copy, volunteer or just plain plan for in general. Opportunities to express, uplift and network with like minds. Stay tuned for the next event -or- opportunity for contact -and/or- action. Hemp Stalk 2005 First Annual Cannabis Convention The Hemp and Cannabis Foundation is Proud To Present: an educational event combining Information, Speakers and Entertainment. Music, Mirth and Merriment!   There will be Bio-Diesel cars and vehicles such as buses on site, to demonstrate the fuel works and the clean burning nature of the fuel.   Click here for details.   HempFest! The Oregon Hempfest will be held next year on July 14-15-16, 2006 at Washington-Jefferson Park, not far from the Willamette River and the city center of Eugene, Oregon.   Click here for details. Want change?   To make a difference?   Get Org'd at the DPRC! You'll be glad you did.

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