Comments on: NORML’s Weekly Legislative Round Up http://blog.norml.org/2009/03/27/norml%e2%80%99s-weekly-legislative-round-up-7/ Working to reform marijuana laws Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Vote like a Beast http://blog.norml.org/2009/03/27/norml%e2%80%99s-weekly-legislative-round-up-7/comment-page-2/#comment-28130 Vote like a Beast Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:29:20 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=492#comment-28130 THANKS 53 TOKEN CONSERVATIVE FOR THE COMMONALITY AND GOOD ADVICE. MOST OF MY POSTS PAINT REPUBLICANS AND CONSERVATIVES AS THE ENEMY OF REFORM, BUT YOUR WORDS ARE SOLID. REAL REFORM WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL WE LEARN HOW POLITICS WORKS IN THE USA. WE HAVE A LONG LONG WAY TO GO. AGAIN NORML WOULD DO WELL TO STUDY THE TACTICS OF SUCCESSFUL GROUPS LIKE THE NRA AND AARP. THANKS 53 TOKEN CONSERVATIVE FOR THE COMMONALITY AND GOOD ADVICE. MOST OF MY POSTS PAINT REPUBLICANS AND CONSERVATIVES AS THE ENEMY OF REFORM, BUT YOUR WORDS ARE SOLID. REAL REFORM WON’T HAPPEN UNTIL WE LEARN HOW POLITICS WORKS IN THE USA. WE HAVE A LONG LONG WAY TO GO. AGAIN NORML WOULD DO WELL TO STUDY THE TACTICS OF SUCCESSFUL GROUPS LIKE THE NRA AND AARP.

]]> By: sabbathaddict-SEMO http://blog.norml.org/2009/03/27/norml%e2%80%99s-weekly-legislative-round-up-7/comment-page-2/#comment-27835 sabbathaddict-SEMO Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:34:59 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=492#comment-27835 I just got an important e-mail from NORML about HB277(medical marijuana) in Missouri!!! It reads as follows........April 8, 2009 To NORML Members and Supporters in Missouri RE: Time to Contact Missouri House Speaker about Medical Marijuana Dear Friends: A bill to establish legal access to medical marijuana with the approval of a doctor for patients in Missouri is now pending in the Missouri House of Representatives. The Missouri legislature adjourns for the year on May 15. It is therefore critical at this time that we make our best effort to move this bill forward. The speaker of the Missouri House, Representative Ron Richard, is single-handedly stopping this bill from having any opportunity for a hearing in committee or any further debate. It is the job of the Speaker to assign bills to Committees for hearing. By refusing to assign this bill, (and others he happens to dislike) to a Committee, he can effectively kill legislation. This week, and during the next few weeks, we are urging NORML members and supporters throughout our state to call Speaker Ron Richard at his office in Jefferson City at 573-751-2173 to urge the Speaker to assign House Bill 277 to a Committee for a hearing. Please do that right away! We have managed to tie up the phones in the Speaker’s office on the days when we have organized phone calls recently. We are definitely getting his attention. The legislature is in session from noon on Monday through noon on Thursday. Please call his office during that time and let him know that, as a Missouri citizen, you want him to do his job and get this bill assigned to a Committee immediately. His staff has been attempting to distract some of our callers by asking them to instead contact the Governor or certain other legislators. Do not be deceived. Only one individual has the power to move this bill forward and that is Speaker Ron Richard. If you are asked any questions to which you do not know the answer, tell them you will call them back when you have a chance to check on that matter. The bottom line is to make sure that they know that you know that Ron Richard is the man responsible for preventing this bill from receiving a fair hearing and for prolonging needless suffering of thousands of Missouri citizens who could be receiving the same relief which patients in 13 other states now do. Please contact me to let me know what response you receive, if any, from the staff members you speak to. Thank you very much for making this effort which will lay the foundation for eventual passage of medical marijuana legislation in our state! Sincerely, Dan Viets, Attorney and Counselor Missouri NORML Coordinator I just got an important e-mail from NORML about HB277(medical marijuana) in Missouri!!! It reads as follows……..April 8, 2009

To NORML Members and Supporters in Missouri

RE: Time to Contact Missouri House Speaker about Medical Marijuana

Dear Friends:

A bill to establish legal access to medical marijuana with the approval of
a doctor for patients in Missouri is now pending in the Missouri House of
Representatives. The Missouri legislature adjourns for the year on May
15. It is therefore critical at this time that we make our best effort to
move this bill forward.

The speaker of the Missouri House, Representative Ron Richard, is
single-handedly stopping this bill from having any opportunity for a
hearing in committee or any further debate. It is the job of the Speaker
to assign bills to Committees for hearing. By refusing to assign this
bill, (and others he happens to dislike) to a Committee, he can
effectively kill legislation.

This week, and during the next few weeks, we are urging NORML members and
supporters throughout our state to call Speaker Ron Richard at his office
in Jefferson City at 573-751-2173 to urge the Speaker to assign House Bill
277 to a Committee for a hearing. Please do that right away!

We have managed to tie up the phones in the Speaker’s office on the days
when we have organized phone calls recently. We are definitely getting
his attention.

The legislature is in session from noon on Monday through noon on
Thursday. Please call his office during that time and let him know that,
as a Missouri citizen, you want him to do his job and get this bill
assigned to a Committee immediately.

His staff has been attempting to distract some of our callers by asking
them to instead contact the Governor or certain other legislators. Do not
be deceived. Only one individual has the power to move this bill forward
and that is Speaker Ron Richard.

If you are asked any questions to which you do not know the answer, tell
them you will call them back when you have a chance to check on that
matter. The bottom line is to make sure that they know that you know that
Ron Richard is the man responsible for preventing this bill from receiving
a fair hearing and for prolonging needless suffering of thousands of
Missouri citizens who could be receiving the same relief which patients in
13 other states now do.

Please contact me to let me know what response you receive, if any, from
the staff members you speak to. Thank you very much for making this
effort which will lay the foundation for eventual passage of medical
marijuana legislation in our state!

Sincerely,

Dan Viets, Attorney and Counselor
Missouri NORML Coordinator

]]> By: sabbathaddict-SEMO http://blog.norml.org/2009/03/27/norml%e2%80%99s-weekly-legislative-round-up-7/comment-page-2/#comment-27824 sabbathaddict-SEMO Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:51:18 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=492#comment-27824 Anyone from Missouri???? The state is dragging its feet on getting HB277 reviewed by the health and human services committee. We can't vote on this initiative until this happens. Please contact all of your state and local reps/sens and ask them what the problem is???? Ask them what is really important to them!!! Is it the needs of the people of Missouri or the profit margins of the big business pharmacuetical companies that poison people with hydros and percocets who are in need of pain relief. I would much rather go into my backyard and pluck me or my family some pain relief than to pump them full of addictive chemicals. Lets all make Missouri the 14th medical marijuana state on the map. Anyone from Missouri???? The state is dragging its feet on getting HB277 reviewed by the health and human services committee. We can’t vote on this initiative until this happens. Please contact all of your state and local reps/sens and ask them what the problem is???? Ask them what is really important to them!!! Is it the needs of the people of Missouri or the profit margins of the big business pharmacuetical companies that poison people with hydros and percocets who are in need of pain relief. I would much rather go into my backyard and pluck me or my family some pain relief than to pump them full of addictive chemicals. Lets all make Missouri the 14th medical marijuana state on the map.

]]> By: Seth http://blog.norml.org/2009/03/27/norml%e2%80%99s-weekly-legislative-round-up-7/comment-page-2/#comment-27026 Seth Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:05:48 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=492#comment-27026 Is there anyone out there who is working in Pennsylvania on law reform. I never hear anything coming from PA. Probably not a good sign but I will continue to hope for the best!! Is there anyone out there who is working in Pennsylvania on law reform. I never hear anything coming from PA. Probably not a good sign but I will continue to hope for the best!!

]]> By: Greg Williams http://blog.norml.org/2009/03/27/norml%e2%80%99s-weekly-legislative-round-up-7/comment-page-2/#comment-26519 Greg Williams Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:38:10 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=492#comment-26519 Texas GOP rep Kay Granger has a post at the Hill's Capitol blog and could use some input. Here is the link: http://blog.thehill.com/2009/03/30/us-support-crucial-to-mexico %e2%80%99s-fight-against-cartels-rep-kay-granger/ Texas GOP rep Kay Granger has a post at the Hill’s Capitol blog and could use some input. Here is the link:
http://blog.thehill.com/2009/03/30/us-support-crucial-to-mexico
%e2%80%99s-fight-against-cartels-rep-kay-granger/

]]> By: Matt http://blog.norml.org/2009/03/27/norml%e2%80%99s-weekly-legislative-round-up-7/comment-page-2/#comment-26510 Matt Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:41:32 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=492#comment-26510 I meant far MORE molestation... my bad. I meant far MORE molestation… my bad.

]]> By: Matt http://blog.norml.org/2009/03/27/norml%e2%80%99s-weekly-legislative-round-up-7/comment-page-2/#comment-26509 Matt Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:41:11 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=492#comment-26509 Connecticut's bill has made it through the first round with far less molestation than other states (1/2 ounce, $250 fine), and it won't matter anyway because Rell is almost certainly going to veto it. Connecticut’s bill has made it through the first round with far less molestation than other states (1/2 ounce, $250 fine), and it won’t matter anyway because Rell is almost certainly going to veto it.

]]> By: Matthew http://blog.norml.org/2009/03/27/norml%e2%80%99s-weekly-legislative-round-up-7/comment-page-2/#comment-26499 Matthew Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:59:57 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=492#comment-26499 Can NORML Please Alert the General Public to FLORIDA's new Medical Marijuana initiative. Information can be found at http://www.pfmm.org/ FLORIDIANS NEED A HAND IN BEING INFORMED ABOUT THIS MEASURE. Can NORML help get the word out? Can NORML Please Alert the General Public to FLORIDA’s new Medical Marijuana initiative. Information can be found at http://www.pfmm.org/
FLORIDIANS NEED A HAND IN BEING INFORMED ABOUT THIS MEASURE. Can NORML help get the word out?

]]> By: Please help California if you can! :-) - The Garden's Cure http://blog.norml.org/2009/03/27/norml%e2%80%99s-weekly-legislative-round-up-7/comment-page-2/#comment-26450 Please help California if you can! :-) - The Garden's Cure Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:07:54 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=492#comment-26450 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: Greg Williams http://blog.norml.org/2009/03/27/norml%e2%80%99s-weekly-legislative-round-up-7/comment-page-2/#comment-26411 Greg Williams Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:22:57 +0000 http://blog.norml.org/?p=492#comment-26411 Don't dismiss #53, as he makes a valid point. Cannabis use has for the longest time been stereotyped. Up in Smoke, while it is a great flick, we all don't look like Cheech and Chong, but are very often labelled as such. Media is a big money game, and appearance does matter. Due to the mis-perceptions by the brain washed masses on BOTH sides of the isle, a clean appearance makes a lot more sense than looking like the survivior of a 48 hour bong-a-thon. That does not at all mean a hair cut, shave and three piece suit. I have been to a number of events and often the media pick the weirdest looking guy and a business suit type for interviews to give the appearance of being un-biased. Remember the media panders to special interests. If you are interviewed by the media, be careful, as most of what you say maybe taken and quoted out of context. It is very hard to control your own message when you are interviewed by media, especially when - and thats 99% of the time - your interview gets reviewed, cut, edited and often quoted out of context. Appearance does matter to them, not that it does in reality. But as long as the book gets judged by the cover, that cover ought not be dog-eared. And no, I am not a closet conservative or liberal in any accepted sense, I consider myself a liberal socialist more along Bernie Sanders way of thinking. Don’t dismiss #53, as he makes a valid point. Cannabis use has for the longest time been stereotyped. Up in Smoke, while it is a great flick, we all don’t look like Cheech and Chong, but are very often labelled as such. Media is a big money game, and appearance does matter. Due to the mis-perceptions by the brain washed masses on BOTH sides of the isle, a clean appearance makes a lot more sense than looking like the survivior of a 48 hour bong-a-thon. That does not at all mean a hair cut, shave and three piece suit. I have been to a number of events and often the media pick the weirdest looking guy and a business suit type for interviews to give the appearance of being un-biased. Remember the media panders to special interests. If you are interviewed by the media, be careful, as most of what you say maybe taken and quoted out of context. It is very hard to control your own message when you are interviewed by media, especially when – and thats 99% of the time – your interview gets reviewed, cut, edited and often quoted out of context. Appearance does matter to them, not that it does in reality. But as long as the book gets judged by the cover, that cover ought not be dog-eared.
And no, I am not a closet conservative or liberal in any accepted sense, I consider myself a liberal socialist more along Bernie Sanders way of thinking.

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