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Click here for printable version of current month in WORD, click here for PDF. What’s
Happening in Oregon state and NorthWest
- 2008 see below
for details Action
Items and Alerts Register, Vote and Get Everybody
You Know to Do So Also. And Vote
Smart! Visit
NORMLs Campaign 2008 web page - http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6966 Events * Tuesday,
July 15th * 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 * Every Wednesday,
next is July 16th * 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. *
Wednesdays, 7:00
pm - 8:30 pm * Next Emerald Empire Hempfest (EEH) Core Volunteer Meeting
in Eugene is Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 * Location: Washington-Jefferson Park, near
the basketball courts, Eugene. Call
541-517-0957 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! Empire Empire HempFest * Friday thru Sunday, July 18th-20th, 2008 * and every
3rd week-end in July at Washington-Jefferson
Park, not far from the Willamette River and the city center of Eugene. Hempfest 2008 is a three-day event with
food, guest speakers, music, activists, and live entertainment, plus vendors
offering earth-friendly, hemp-based products and food. Special
features include live bands, arts and crafts demonstrations, and a Hemp Fashion
Show. This year's event is expected to draw thousands of people, not only from
the local community, but from all over the West coast. Don't miss the fun.
Visit: http://emeraldempirehempfest.com/ for more. See all of you there! The event is free, there is no
public over-night camping, the security is provided by a private firm -
approved by the police, natch - thus all situations will be brought to the
organizers before involving authority. We do not believe open
smoking will be allowed, but no roving squads as per other venues. We do not
know if a medication station for patients will be allowed this year. Contact organizers at: PO Box 10957 Eugene, Oregon 97440-2957 Phone: 541.517-0957 * 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! * Saturday,
July 19th * 12:30pm * at the Tigard Town Hall (Tigard)
* OGF-PDX-West * Meeting, open to the public. Happens every 3rd Sat. of the
month. *
Saturday, July 19th * 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,
July 26th, 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
* call: 541.517-0957 –or-
visit: http://WillametteValleyNORML.org *
Saturday, July 26th 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, July 26th at Noon * in the Westlake Restaurant in Seaside *
OGF-North-Coast * Meeting. Open to the
public. Happens every 4th Sat. of the month. * 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! * every last Thursday of the Month, next is July 31st * 7:00pm to 9:00pm * TV Show filming and Patient MeetUp
hosted by MERCY-TV at CCTV in Salem, at Capital
Community Television, 585 Liberty St SE, Salem, Oregon, 97301 – Monthly
Filming and Meeting * call: 503.363-4588 for more. *
Sunday, August 3rd, 1pm - 8pm * Public
Meeting on Medical Cannabis in West Salem,
will happen every 1st Sunday of the month * at
the Westside Restaurant and Lounge, 610 Edgewater St.
NW, Salem, Oregon, 97304 . For more info, Call 503.363-4588
-or- Click here
for a flyer in MS-WORD. * Monday, August
4th, 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 * Wednesday,
August 6th, 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. * Saturday,
August 9th, 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,
August 9th, 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, August 9th * 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. *
Sat.-Sun., August 16th-17th, 2008 Seattle
HempFest in Seattle. Admission is FREE, it
will be held at Myrtle Edwards Park, Pier 70
on the third weekend of August and goes from 10AM to
8PM, both days. 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 23rd-24th, 2008 * Oly
HempFest in Olympia. The Olympia Hempfest is held
at Heritage Park, Olympia, Washington on the
fourth weekend of August and happens; SAT - AUG 23rd
from 11AM – 8PM & SUN AUG 24TH from 11AM – 6PM. 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/ * sometime in September, 2008: time, TBA * location: TBA * Next scheduled Quarterly 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/ * Saturday,
September 6th, 10AM to 10PM – Sunday, September 7th, 10AM
to 10PM - 2008 * HempStalk happens in Portland,
Oregon. * 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/ * Tuesday,
October 14th, 2008 (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. 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 7-ish
* 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 * 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:
> http://www.ornorml.org/omca Details ====== more
details on What’s Happening in Oregon
state and the NorthWest region - 2008 ---------------------
Action! --------------------- 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: June, 2008 In Bend - 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 September and will probably be in Portland. 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. ---------------------
NetWork! --------------------- 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 7pm, at the
Redmond Public Library at 827 Deschutes Ave Redmond, OR. This is an organizational meeting
to kickoff a new concept in MMJ support groups, no money to exchange hands for
MMJ EVER. I am hoping that groups of grower and patients will agree to this
concept. We are not cops, but we don’t want to associate with persons who
believe MMJ is money. We will be a self policing group where we expose anyone
in the group who tries to sell any of us MJ. The plan would work when four
patients cooperate and fund a grow that would yield more than the four could
consume. Each patient receives what he/she needs and willingly gives the
remainder to the poor and those without medicine. The group would do everything
in a open way so no one has to believe someone’s word. There would be an
accounting system that would protect identities of patients and also return a
list of who received the gifts. Each group would have surplus each
harvest unless there were a disaster of some kind. Grower/patient groups could
agree to cover each other if somehow a harvest fails. The group would send all
or part of the surplus to those who did not have a good harvest. I am just trying to organize
support for all card holders. I want the group to not have a leader. I prefer a
small group of five to manage services for the patients. NO Big Chesses!! No
stinky cheese. Everyone equal. All meeting public. All needs processed in the
order of their arrival. I don’t want to be treated special. I am just a
patient. My goal is to help setup such a group in every place where there are
card holders. Any other group may freely copy our model. Clinton Email: clinth1947@yahoo.com. Phone: 541 546-9209 Q: I respectfully suggest that your ideas are compassionate,
idealistic, and a little bit grandiose and naive! ;~) The reality of the
situation is that an idea such as yours would be successful if privately
done in some sort of
"communal" setting. Human
nature; greed, lust for power, self-absorption, will always get in the way of
such utopian ideals, however, especially on the large scale you proposed. A: Agree that this plan is idealistic, but its the only one that now
fits the law. I would welcome a professional gardener who could legally be able
to be compensated. Rather than giving up and waiting for changes, I decided to
grow as much MMJ for patients as I am now able (under the law). My grow costs
run about $400 per month and I get a good crop. I can afford to pay $100 of
that cost without any stress. I know there are other patients who can do what I
propose. We will help others - motivated by compassion.
I am trying to organize local card holders, and I am proposing this
model as the current way to safely live within the law. When the laws change,
it must provide solutions for those who are the very poor. Prices should be
regulated with a percent going to compassionate care.
I dont want to see the rich dispensary owners in California, be able to
operate like that here in Oregon. The problem with existing Law is that some
patients want to be able to collect for big grow rooms. Some point out that
this is probably illegal - when the costs are
collected from patients not registered with that grower. This leads to a
need for money to get MMJ. Yes it cost me a lot more that the $20 per ounce I
stated. I'm not counting anything other than electricity, bulbs, nutrients,
occasional repairs. I have accepted this and have bitten the bullet and will
not try to recover those costs. 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.
Contact them by phone:
503.760-2671 * or by visiting: http://www.oregongreenfree.com 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 OGF Meet-Up Info we have, PLEASE
update us if you know more: * Second Saturday of the Month,
times TBA (usually Noon) * Oregon Green
Free (OGF-Eug) Meeting, Growers Market, 454 Willamette St in Eugene. NOTE: General Meet-Up, open to the public at
1pm. The first hour at 12:00 is for Card Holders, only. The second hour 1:00 will be open to the
general public. *
1st Wed of every month * at Stark
Street Pizza (Portland), 7 pm * OGF (PDX)
* Social meeting, Open to public. *
Every 2nd Saturday of the month
* at DHS building in LaGrande at Noon * OGF East * The OGF East or La
Grande area chapter holds its meetings at Integrated Services Building (DHS,
Sr. & Disabled) 1607 Gekeler
Lane, which is on or near the Blue
Mountain Community College. General
Meet-Up, open to the public. *
Every 3rd Saturday of the month * at the Tigard Town Hall (Tigard) at
12:30 * OGF PDX West * Meeting, open to the public. *
Every 3rd Saturday of the month *
at the Cape Ferrelo Fire Hall, north of Brookings - from 1pm til 4pm *
OGF-South-Coast * 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. * Meeting. Open to the
public. * Every 4th Saturday of the month * at Big Blue, the Oregon Green Free (OGF) Patient Resource Center at 2 pm * OGF-PDX-East * Meeting, open to the public. * Big Blue is located at 2375 SE 174th Ave., Portland, Ore. 97233 * | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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