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Cannabis Crossroads

September 17th, 2012

Friends,

Marijuana in Montana is at yet another crossroads.

Last week, the Montana Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s decision which temporarily suspended some of the worst parts of the legislature’s godawful SB423. The Supremes instructed the lower court to revisit the arguments under a different standard of law.

What’s this mean? In the short term, it’s possible that SB423 in its entirety could become the law of the land as early as September 26th: Providers may have only 3 patients, and marijuana must be given away for free, etc. – DPHHS has weighed in with this letter (PDF) about how they’re handling things.  Additional legal proceedings could delay full implementation, which means that voters (that’s YOU) will likely decide SB 423′s fate on November 6th.

Under a heading of IR-124 (the petition that gathered over 35,000 signatures last summer), you’ll be asked to vote FOR/AGAINST SB423.

VOTE AGAINST SB423. (click to read more from Patients For Reform, Not Repeal)

*Code of the West Screenings*

For a remarkable, informative, beautifully-told documentary of how SB423 came to be, you must see *Code of the West*. Watch the trailer. Attend a screening (click for details) in Kalispell, Whitefish, Billings, Butte, Manhattan, Livingston, Red Lodge, Miles City, or Glendive. Spread the word. And bring a friend! Thank you, Montana ACLU, for making many of these screenings possible.

*My Personal Crossroads*

Since I started Montana NORML in 1998, the landscape of marijuana politics has changed significantly. And so have we all. After fourteen years of leading the organization (and, simultaneously, a high-tech business), the time is right for me to step back and help some new blood to take over. Since I announced back in May that Justin Michels was volunteering to take over leadership, he’s done a great job providing continuity and presence for the organization.

Today, I’m stepping aside and handing Justin the reins. I will still be involved in various transition and guidance roles through the end of the year, and I’ll always support marijuana law reform efforts.

Thank you to everyone who’s joined our mailing list, liked our Facebook page, and followed our Twitter feed. Thank you to everyone who has donated their time and money to the effort. And a special thank you to those of you who have suffered the indignities and stresses of being busted for activities that should not be crimes, and then risen up to fight back with your activism, your vote, your passion.

Montana NORML needs your help to continue this battle. If you’d like to get involved, as a board member, donor, volunteer, or you’d just like to pass along some words of support, please contact Justin and Heather, via email: justin at montananorml.org / heather at montananorml.org

I’ll wrap up as I have in countless newsletters over the years, with the latest headlines:

*Montana Marijuana News*

* Montana Supreme Court: No constitutional right to medical marijuana
* Voters to get say after court’s medical pot ruling
* Montana’s Restrictive Med Marijuana Law (SB423) Polls Under 50%
* 2012 Montana Cannabis Voting Guide
* Belgrade man admits to running medical marijuana operation
* State Supreme Court restores medical marijuana law
* Judge Christensen brings sanity to federal marijuana sentencing
* Miles City medical marijuana provider dies in federal custody
* MTCIA Working to Defeat SB423
* IR-124 Faces Uphill Battle

*Onwards, my friends, ever onwards.*

With gratitude,

~John

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Posted in Elections, Medical Marijuana, Montana, Newsletter

How to Stop Marijuana Arrests in Montana

May 30th, 2012

With just a few weeks left to go in the CI-110 signature gathering effort, now is the time to act. Now is the time for you (yes, you!) to volunteer a bit of your time to help.

Now is the time to stand up and say, “There is nothing wrong with responsible adult use of marijuana, and it should be of no concern to the government.”

Now is the time to act to end criminal penalties for marijuana.

Now is the time to do something to help put CI-110 on the ballot. If passed, the initiative would create an adult right to “responsibly purchase, consume, produce, and possess marijuana, subject to reasonable limitations, regulations, and taxation.  Except for actions that endanger minors, children, or public safety, no criminal offense or penalty of this state shall apply to such activities.”

How you (yes, you!) can help right away:

  1. Volunteer to get ten signatures from friends and family. Everyone knows ten people. If you’re a cannabis consumer, you’ve just
  2. Volunteer to spend one day collecting signatures: June 5th — that’s primary election day, and the campaign needs as many petitioners as possible to help gather signatures at polling places statewide.
  3. Get hired on a temporary basis gathering signatures every day. We particularly need your help in the Flathead Valley and Butte areas, but we need people statewide.
  4. Visit our new website — which includes new ways to share the message with your friends on Facebook and get involved.
  5. Sign the petition! Here are some places to sign.

Will you join the statewide crew on June 5th to gather signatures statewide?

Then we need to hear from you today!

Email volunteer@montanafirst2012.org
or
Call 800-556-0182
or
Visit http://www.montanafirst2012.org/volunteer

It’s down to the wire folks. The signature gathering team has done a tremendous job attacking a formidable goal, but they still have a long way to go.  Please act today, as this is our best, soonest, most possible chance we have to stop arresting adults for marijuana!

Can you take the day off work to gather signatures on just one day, Tuesday, June 5th?

Or can you gather 10 signatures from your roommates, colleagues, co-workers, family, friends, and contacts? We need them all, every single one, to sign, right now.

Please don’t delay, get in touch with this historic campaign today. This is your chance. What are you waiting for? Call 800-556-0182 right now to get involved.

Finally, on a personal note, this campaign is the culmination, the ‘cherry on top’ of my marijuana policy work in Montana. After fourteen years of effort, during which many incremental gains have been achieved, the CI-110 effort is the closest we’ve ever been to Montana NORML’s goal — ending marijuana prohibition. Please get involved today.

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Posted in Elections, Montana, Newsletter, Prohibition, Tax & Regulate

Newsletter: Strength in Numbers

April 26th, 2012

To join the free Montana NORML newsletter e-list, click here.

Friends,

We’re hearing some outrageous, heartbreaking, and discouraging news these days. More federal raids. Indictments, convictions, prison sentences and heavy fines (see news stories below). Montana citizens, whose mistake was to believe that careful compliance with state law would protect them from federal law enforcement, are now facing decades in prison.

It’s enough to make an advocate conclude, “the feds have won, we give up.”

I’ve even heard that some people are afraid to sign the petition for CI-110, because they “don’t want to be on a list”.

I get it. After all, just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you. And they’re out to get us, every single one of us.

But there’s strength in numbers, and I’ll tell you, we’ve got the numbers. Around 100,000 people in Montana consume cannabis from time to time. Enough to change any election. Enough to put CI-110 on the ballot.  Enough to win.

But we — you and I — can’t wait for “someone else” to do it.

If everyone reading this collected ten signatures from family and friends, we’d qualify CI-110 for the ballot in no time.

Ready to get started? Great! Email volunteer@montanafirst2012.org or call (406) 359-1888, today. Time is short, please get involved right away.

Not convinced? The CI-110 effort is also hiring signature gatherers and regional leaders. Call or email to learn more, or just hit reply and I’ll help.

Before I get to news and events, a quick administrative note. I’m pleased to announce that longtime Montana NORML volunteer Justin Michels has agree to take on the volunteer role of Deputy Director — my right-hand-man.  Thank you, Justin, and congrats!

Montana Marijuana News & Events

Events:


News:

Finally:

 

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Posted in Events, Montana, Newsletter, Prohibition

Be a part of history, come help us celebrate the end of prohibition!

April 26th, 2012

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR ACTIVISTS: SATURDAY MAY 5 2012

FOURTEENTH ANNUAL GLOBAL CANNABIS MARCH

As they have in years past, local Activists from Missoula will join over three hundred cities worldwide in the fourteenth annual Global Cannabis March. Participants are especially excited for this year’s march because of the momentum building behind their long-held position that marijuana prohibition causes more harm than actual marijuana. 2012 will be a landmark year for marijuana reform activists around the nation. Colorado and Washington state have so far qualified initiatives to legalize and regulate marijuana similar to alcohol.

Montana NORML is coordinating the event to capture support for Montana First, a campaign that is working currently to put a ballot proposal on the November ballot that will protect the rights of adults who use and grow marijuana.

The march is scheduled to begin shortly after 4pm on Saturday May 5th.

Local participants will gather at Jacob’s Island (Bark Park) to march along the Clark Fork River to the Missoula County courthouse and through the downtown streets. The march is scheduled to begin shortly after 4pm. (Facebook event here.)

Members of the public are welcome to attend. Signature gatherers will be present throughout the event.

Speakers include:

Craig Shannon, a local criminal defense attorney.

Emmett Reistroffer, Statewide petition coordinator for CI-110.

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Posted in Elections, Events, International, Montana, Newsletter, Prohibition

Newsletter: Down To The Wire

June 16th, 2011

Montana NORML News

Friends,

I put together a free and anonymous one-question survey for caregiver businesses. Click the link to answer, it takes 30 seconds or less.

These have been the most intense weeks of drug policy reform in my 13 year career as a volunteer for Montana NORML. There’s a lot going on, and a lot to cover, so scan the major headings below and read what’s of interest.

Lawsuit News

The MTCIA‘s historic lawsuit (I’m the secretary & treasurer) will be heard in Helena on Monday and Tuesday of next week.   Our side is feeling good about our arguments and I’m optimistic we’ll get some sort of a favorable outcome.  My fellow MTCIA board member Kate penned this overview of what’s happening and what you can do (and not do).

What’s next? The lawsuit could result in one of the following outcomes by the end of the month:

  1. The judge could rule against us, and SB 423 becomes law on July 1st. If MTCIA has the funds available (donate today, please), we’d appeal.
  2. The judge rules totally in our favor, and SB 423 is struck down in its entirety. The state (we presume) would appeal such a decision.
  3. The judge could strike portions of SB 423 as unconstitutional, but allow the rest to become law on July 1st. Depending on the details, either or both sides could appeal.
  4. The judge could conclude that irreparable harm would occur if the law goes into effect, and also that the constitutional issues are important but complicated, and so order a delay of implementation of SB 423 for weeks or months.

We don’t know what will happen, but my personal opinion is that #4 is most likely. We’ll see. Cross your fingers.

Petition News

The Montana Attorney General’s office contacted Montana NORML today to let us know that they’d made some adjustments to the proposed petition language. This is an important step in the process, and we’re hopeful we could have the petition approved in its final format before the end of the month. We’ll see — they are allowed by law to take their time until July 5th.

In the meantime, a network of hundreds of volunteers statewide has been developing the systems required to gather the maximum number of valid signatures in all the right places, as quickly as possible. It’s a thing of beauty, watching a large group organize around a shared goal, pouring in their passions, talents, and free time.

If you’d like to get involved, go here: http://www.mtcia.org/referendum/

Currently, we particularly need volunteers and leaders in the Missoula area. So, get to it, and spread the word.

Email our Volunteer Coordinator Rose at petition@mtcia.org with any questions.

Events & How YOU Can Help

June 17-18: Ryan Creek Meadows east of Missoula, Love Your Mother Earth Festival, MTCIA reps are there, look for Ed and Kate at the big RV, and stop by to donate and hear the latest.

Friday, June 17th: The 40th Anniversary of the War on Drugs. Today, tell Senator Jon Tester what you think about the federal government’s war on Montanans who use cannabis: http://tester.senate.gov/Contact/index.cfm

Saturday, June 18th: Butte, Silverbow Cannabis Coalition Fundraiser for MTCIA, 12PM-8PM at the Eagles Lodge.

Monday, June 20th: Helena, the Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee of the Montana Legislature will meet and discuss medical marijuana beginning around 10:45AM in room 137 of the State Capitol. You can watch or listen live. (If you attend, please let me know how it goes.)

Tuesday, June 21st: Helena, the Law and Justice Committee of the Montana Legislature will meet and discuss medical marijuana beginning around 2:45PM in room 152 of the State Capitol.  (If you attend, please let me know how it goes.)

Tuesday, June 21st: Missoula, Forward Montana will host “Weed Whacked! The Future of Medical Marijuana in Montana” at 143 W. Broadway starting at 5PM. I’ll be there.

Wednesday, June 22nd: Statewide, MTCIA public conference call about the lawsuit, petition, and more. Submit questions in advance to <questions@mtcia.org> and join the e-list to get call-in details: http://www.mtcia.org/e-list/

Thursday, June 23rd: Missoula, MTCIA Mixer and Fundraiser at the Doubletree starting at 6PM.

Saturday, June 25th: Billings, MTCIA event, details TBA.

Thursday, June 30th: Statewide, caregivers drop off truckloads of dirt and trim and stalks at local law enforcement. Or, they hold victory parties.  MTCIA holds a statewide public conference call. Details TBA.

Saturday, July 9th: Flathead Battle of the Bands, an MTCIA fundraiser.  Thanks, Flathead organizers!

Saturday, July 23rd: Ryan Creek Meadows, east of Missoula, Marijuana Aid: Cannafest Destiny. This is going to be big. Email ed@mtcia.org if you want to volunteer.

There’s a lot more in the works, stay tuned. Forward this to a few friends, will you?

Montana Marijuana News

Finally, I’m looking for an assistant volunteer in Missoula to help with some administrative tasks like answering email and voicemail, preparing care packages, going to the post office, and so forth. If you’re passionate about the cause, computer-competent, and in Missoula, hit reply and let me know.

Whew.

Onwards!

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Newsletter: Our new medical marijuana law: strategies and next steps

May 2nd, 2011

Sign up for the free Montana NORML newsletter here: http://mtnorml.org/subscribe

A few days ago I told you that the governor seemed to be pleased with SB 423, a bill that would demolish the legal cannabis industry in Montana and make it more difficult for patients to have safe and reliable access. Since I wrote those words, he has stated in no uncertain terms that he intends to allow the bill to become law. It is scheduled to become the new law of the land on July 1st.

An at-a-glance summary of the new law for patients, caregivers, and doctors, is here: http://blog.montananorml.org/2011/04/30/highlights-of-montanas-new-medical-marijuana-law/ (please read this)

Activist leaders across the state are mobilizing to stop SB 423 from becoming law. This involves multiple strategies:

  1. Persuade the governor to veto. He has said he will not, but we should keep pushing until he does. Read below for how to do so.
  2. File legal actions to block the law from taking effect based on constitutional objections. More on that front soon. If you know about such an effort, let me know so I can help coordinate. It could be really bad to have bunch of separate efforts! UPDATE 5/4/2011: Visit http://mtcia.org for info about how to donate to this effort!
  3. Collect signatures to block the law from taking effect and allow the voters of Montana to decide whether SB 423 is the right way to regulate medical marijuana.

Here are a few details on each effort:

1. Veto

This is a best case scenario. If the governor vetoes SB 423, we are left with the existing law — subject to any new administrative rules that the state provides, a function that has always been available to them, but they chose not to use. We need to pressure the governor to take this option — veto the bill, and create a regulatory infrastructure via administrative rules. He has the power to do this.

Tell him so:

  1. Click here: http://www.montanadrugpolicy.org/alert/46
  2. Click here: http://governor.mt.gov/contact/commentsform.asp
  3. Call: (406) 444-3111 and urge the governor to veto SB 423 and
    regulate medical marijuana via administrative rules.
  4. Write a letter to the editor of your local paper. These messages matter!
  5. Show up:

  • Whitefish — Thursday May 5th, 11:30AM, Whitefish Performing Arts Center. The governor will be attending this event, and we would like to see a mass of people, dressed in their Sunday best, politely holding “VETO SB 423” signs. Contact our friend Ed Docter to coordinate: ed.tamarack@gmail.com or see the Facebook event page here.

2. Legal Action

It is possible that the right legal action, launched in the right jurisdiction, could prevent or delay implementation of SB 423.

My gut feeling is that there are probably 10+ big growers out there, with a bundle of cash and a top-shelf lawyer ready to do this — but, please, you guys, slow down, and consider this:

If multiple suits are launched in different jurisdictions that argue some of the same points, it’s possible that the suits could be combined to be heard in one court — which might be the worst court we could be in.

So, if you and your attorney are hot-to-trot to sue, please let us know so we can help coordinate the various efforts into one which is strategically and legally sound. We want to connect the experts into a team, so we can win.

UPDATE 5/4/2011: Visit http://mtcia.org for info about how to donate to this effort!

3. Signatures

Montana law allows us the possibility of blocking an act of the legislature if we gather enough signatures. It’s a big number, something like 100,000 signatures.

If it comes to this, we will need to recruit 1000 signature gatherers. If you would like to volunteer to lead regional signature gathering, please email norml@montananorml.org and let us know — include your city and phone number and any special skills or resources you have (like a crew of 10 volunteers ready to help, for example). If you can pledge to gather 20 sigs, that counts! Let us know.

We cannot gather signatures yet. It is a legal process, which is unlikely to be complete before June. Sit tight, the delay is absolutely unavoidable.

There is a whirlwind of activity statewide to combat the new law. Please forward this message to your friends. Things are happening, and we’ll need your help to succeed. Let us know if you are part of a regional group that intends to be involved and we’ll help coordinate.

Onwards!

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Posted in Medical Marijuana, Montana, Newsletter

Newsletter: Medical Marijuana Repeal Hearing Friday Mar 11

March 6th, 2011

Next Friday, the 11th, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hear testimony on HB 161, the callous effort to erase medical marijuana from the law books of Montana. Montana NORML and a statewide coalition of cannabis reform organizations are doing everything we can to get as many people to the hearing as we can. Now is the time to put aside the hectic tasks of your regular daily schedule and SHOW UP.

We are asking professional growers/caregivers to consider Friday the 11th a “holiday”: gather 20 patients and get thee to Helena. If you’re already in Helena, you have no excuse not to be there:

WHEN: March 11, 2011, 8:00am
WHAT: Senate hearing on medical marijuana repeal
WHO: You, in your Sunday best, polite and respectful.
WHY: Because your health, or your livelihood, or your principled philosophy, depends on keeping cannabis legal.

Don’t have a ride? No problem. Our friends at MRL are coordinating FREE buses from all over. Check out this page on Facebook for info on buses. Make a call, find a ride, make it happen. (For Billings, call James at 670-0143).

It’s important to show up because every person who shows up represents a hundred other people who didn’t bother. Be a leader!

It’s important to show up because while the repeal bill passed the Montana House easily, more “sober” minds rule the Senate, and when they see a massive outpouring of support for medical marijuana represented in our amassed crowd, they should acknowledge the political reality that legal cannabis is here to stay, and reject repeal in favor of thoughtful regulation.

Can’t make it? Is it just impossible? Then here are some other ways you can contact the committee and let them know that repeal of medical marijuana would be a disaster, politically, logistically, all around.

In a rush? Okay, here’s a quick and easy e-mail form. Let them know to “fix it, don’t nix it”. Just be sure to add your personal story so it doesn’t seem like too much of a form letter.

By the way – we could use your help in the form of donations. And, later this spring we’d like to recruit some additional board members.  Want to help lead Montana NORML? Email me.

Finally — we have a had a longstanding policy of sending a “goody pack” to any Montana resident who gets a pro-cannabis letter to the editor published.  We hope you’ll all consider writing one in the next 10 days. The time is right, and there’s a goody pack with your name on it! Just send us a link to your published letter.

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Posted in Medical Marijuana, Montana Legislature, Newsletter

Montana NORML Newsletter – Good News on HB 33 and Other Local News

January 25th, 2011

Friends,

Earlier this morning in the House Judiciary Committee, HB 33, the any-amount-of-cannabis-metabolites-is-DUI bill, was tabled. This means it’s likely dead. Republicans and Democrats alike saw it as an overreaching of authority and science to charge people with DUI just because of some traces of chemicals in their urine.

Relish that news, as there may not be a lot more good news out of this legislative session. We’ll see.

Also, there’s a hearing tomorrow about SB 193:
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2011/billhtml/SB0193.htm

This bill is interesting is that it attempts to “tighten up” the medical marijuana program with subtle tweaks, rather than dramatic re-invention.

Some if these tweaks include:

  • raises patient app fee to $150
  • requires  patients and caregivers to sign statement not to divert
  • two physicians required for minors
  • caregiver registration fee of $200
  • caregivers must be residents and submit fingerprints
  • caregivers may not have criminal records that include crimes of violence or felony drugs (unless more than 10 years ago)
  • automatic card revocation for diversion
  • increase to 2.5 oz possession limit
  • plants must be grown in enclosed locked facility
  • 2.5 oz every 14 days max sold per patient
  • caregiver must maintain records of those sales, available to cops on request
  • no public smoking allowed

Have an opinion on these matters? Here’s next steps for action:

In other news, the state bill to prohibit cities and counties from passing law designed to establish law enforcement priorities was proposed by Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg in response to Missoula County’s Initiative #2, which recommended that law enforcement treat adult marijuana crimes as their lowest possible priority:  http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_4a730082-2847-11e0-8f9c-001cc4c002e0.html?mode=story

Curiouser and curiouser.

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Posted in Elections, Initiative #2, Medical Marijuana, Montana, Newsletter, Prohibition

Montana NORML Newsletter – Missoula Fundraiser, Legislature and the News

January 6th, 2011

Friends,

First, a heads up:  I’m headed out of town for a week. While I am gone, you might receive email updates from our friend and Montana NORML board member Cynthia Wolken. She’ll let you know if anything happens in the legislature that needs your immediate attention.

The legislature convened on Monday and marijuana-related bills are swirling like smoke in a hookah.  By our friend Kate‘s last count, there are now 24 separate bills (click for a summary).

Whatever happens, rest assured that our medical marijuana program (if it still exists) will be a lot different in a few months. For now, though, it just keeps growing and growing.

Two events this month that warrant your attention:

On Saturday, January 8th in Missoula, join Irvin Rosenfeld at Zoo Mountain Natural Care for a fundraiser and book-signing. Mr. Rosenfeld has received 300 joints a month from the federal government for the past 25+ years and is a remarkable advocate for legal access to cannabis. Here’s the Facebook event page.

Then, the big one:

On Saturday, January 15th in Missoula, please plan on attending a fundraiser to benefit Citizens for Responsible Crime Policy, Montana’s only 501c3 public education group devoted to raising awareness about marijuana policies. This event is co-sponsored by many cannabis-focused organizations, including Montana NORML. Facebook users, click here to read about the cannabis coalition that’s formed over the past few months.

Event Details (check the Facebook event page or the Montana NORML Blog for full details):

When: Saturday, January 15th, 5PM-11:30PM
Where: Holiday Inn Parkside, Missoula, 200 S. Pattee St
What: Silent Auction, Fancy Dinner, and live music from House of Quist, The Dodgy Mountain Men, and more.
Admission: $5, or $75 with sit-down dinner (proper attire required)

Full details are here. Don’t miss this.

And here’s an idea for caregiver businesses. If you love what you do and want to help preserve the law, how about sponsoring some of your patients to join us? Buy their tickets and bring them to the event!  :)

And now, the news…

Montana Marijuana News

Last but not least:

If you have money to donate this week, send it to:

Citizens for Responsible Crime Policy
PO Box 7146
Missoula MT 59807

and/or click the yellow donate button on our website.

If you have time, register at http://montanadrugpolicy.org

If you have neither (really?), just forward this message to a friend.

Onwards.

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Montana NORML Newsletter – Fundraising, Irv Rosenfeld and the News

December 31st, 2010

Friends,

I’ve been encouraged by what I’ve been told lately about the trickle of financial support from professional growers who want to help defend Montana’s medical cannabis program. It takes lots of time and talent and money to assemble a functional grassroots political apparatus capable of having an impact on the lawmaking process, and things are starting to come together.

There’s still plenty more to do.  Please, forward this email to your grower friends.

For a tax-deductible financial contribution, write your check to Citizens for Responsible Crime Policy, the organization that is taking the lead on organizing education efforts related to defending the medical marijuana program in Montana:

Citizens for Responsible Crime Policy
PO Box 7146
Missoula MT 59807

If you’d prefer to put your funds into pushing forward towards regulating cannabis for all adults, then click the yellow donate  button on our website.

Don’t have money to spare? No problem. Are you registered at http://montanadrugpolicy.org yet? At this site, we’re collecting contact info from people who want action alerts about neighborhood-level advocacy. Get involved!

If you want to be involved, if you want to have an impact, then the next 2-3 months are critical. We’ll be sending out periodic alerts, sometimes daily, about things you can do to provide important constituent feedback to lawmakers who will be rewriting the law in a few weeks.  Montana medical marijuana policies will be a lot different in 3 months.  There is no guarantee of a good outcome, but together we can have an effect on the process. So, please pay close attention to your email and/or Facebook and/or Twitter.

Events

There will be various events throughout the process in which you can be involved. The first is a book signing MMGA fundraiser with Irv Rosenfeld, one of a handful of federal medical marijuana patients, who gets a big aluminum tin of pre-rolled marijuana joints from the federal government every month. For free. Read that again. It’s true.

The event will take place at Zoo Mountain Natural Care in Missoula from 6-8PM next Saturday January 8th. Here’s the Facebook event page. I’ll be out of town on a much-needed vacation, but thank you to Zoo Mountain for hosting the event (check out the video on their site).

Clear your Missoula calendar for an event on the night of the 15th as well — details to be announced soon.

Marijuana News

I’m proud to say that Montana NORML made the news a few times this month:

We’ll keep on pushing forward if you keep on providing your support. Okay?

Here’s some additional recent news:

By the way, from the 5th-15th, you might get alerts from trusted volunteers who are not me. I’ll be (completely) out of town. If you get an email with [Mtnorml-list] in the subject, please pay attention.

Don’t do nothing. Let’s roll!

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Posted in Events, Medical Marijuana, Missoula, Montana, Newsletter, Tax & Regulate