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Next Meeting: August 7th 4-6pm, Board Nominations!
Our next meeting we will be accepting candidates for the following positions of the Cleveland NORML board:
President
Vice President
Secretary
All those wishing to run for any board position, please contact Benjamin Morrison at admin@clevelandnorml.org Formal elections will be held at a date to be determined.
The meeting will be at Zeke’s Place on August 7th from 4-6pm. Hope to see you there!
Zeke’s Place
8188 Brecksville Road
Brecksville Ohio 44141
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Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) Sets Record Straight Regarding Prop. 19
NORML Blog: The California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), which provides non-partisan fiscal and policy advice, has come out with their own repudiation of Sen. Feinstein’s claims. Specifically, it sets the record straight regarding opponents allegations that passage of Prop. 19 would not result in significant cost savings, and counters the senator’s groundless argument (which nevertheless will appear in the 2010 California voter guidebook) that the measure is “a jumbled legal nightmare that will make our highways, our workplaces and our communities less safe.”
Read the rest at the NORML National Blog
Withdraw Michele Leonhart’s nomination for DEA Administrator!
The DEA has gone rogue. Despite clear guidance from the Department of Justice directing them to do otherwise, agents are conducting raids of homes and businesses where the occupants are acting in compliance with state medical marijuana laws.
These agents are storming onto the property of law-abiding citizens with guns drawn, destroying marijuana plants being grown for patients, stealing computers and cash, and even leaving trash on the floor behind them when they are done.
A recent raid in Mendocino County, California targeted a woman who had filed formal paperwork to grow medical marijuana, had paid a $1,050 application fee under the local ordinance, and whose operation had been inspected and approved by the local sheriff. When informed about this, the DEA agent in charge said, "I don’t care what the sheriff says."
It is only a matter of time before one of these raids ends tragically with someone seriously injured or killed.
One woman is responsible for all of this. Her name is Michele Leonhart. She became the acting-administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration under George W. Bush and was shockingly nominated by President Obama to be the permanent head of the agency. She clearly has no respect for authority at the Department of Justice and is equally willing to use federal law enforcement power to trample on states’ rights.
Yesterday, MPP and its allies called on President Obama to withdraw this nomination. I took action and I’m hoping you will join us.
MPP has set up a page where you can send an e-mail to the White House, urging the President to withdraw the nomination. The pre-written e-mail they provide — which you can modify — also mentions that Leonhart has personally obstructed research into the therapeutic benefits of marijuana by denying an application from the University of Massachusetts to cultivate marijuana for this purpose.
Michele Leonhart does not deserve to be DEA administrator. That’s why I took action using the link below so that President Obama gets this message.
Click here to sign the petition!
Medical Marijuana Scientific Resource Draft Release
I am happy to announce that a compilation of over 74 pages of scientific data, mostly in the form of abstracts and conclusions of scientific studies, is ready for distribution. These studies clearly point to the medicinal qualities and safety of marijuana. A useful tool for any activist trying to ensure patient’s rights.
A PDF can be downloaded Here.
“Most Ohioans support medical marijuana, pollsters say, but state lawmakers shy away”
By Aaron Marshall, The Plain Dealer:
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohioans of all races, income levels, educational backgrounds and ideologies tell pollsters that they support allowing Ohio doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients.
But Gov. Ted Strickland and most Ohio lawmakers don’t.
So a medical marijuana bill introduced last week by Rep. Kenny Yuko and a handful of House Democrats has pretty much already gone up in smoke, despite what most Ohioans may think.
Read the Rest at the Plain Dealer
The Hill: Are U.S. Pot laws the root cause of Mexican drug violence?
By Paul Armentano
The Hill: It was less than one year ago when acting U.S. DEA administrator Michelle Leonhart publicly declared that the escalating violence on the U.S.-Mexico border should be viewed as a sign of the “success” of America’s drug war strategies.
“Our view is that the violence we have been seeing is a signpost of the success our very courageous Mexican counterparts are having,” said Leonhart, who was recently nominated by President Obama to be the agency’s full time director. “The cartels are acting out like caged animals, because they are caged animals.”
Well, if the DEA’s chief talking head thought that some 6,300 drug cartel-related murders in 2008 was an indication of progress, one can only imagine that she believes that this weekend’s south-of-the-border killing spree — which included the murder of a pregnant U.S. official and her husband — must be downright victorious…..
Read the rest of this article at The Hill
Article: A letter to my daughters about weed
This is a wonderful letter, written by a parent, to his daughters regarding marijuana. It is informative without being preachy and is a good example of modern parenting strategies regarding marijuana. You may not agree with everything, or anything, but it certainly illustrates social changes over the years and the headway we have made in educating the public.
Read A letter to my daughters about weed
Double-Blind Studies Show Marijuana is Effective and Safe
NORML Blog – The results of a series of randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials assessing the efficacy of inhaled marijuana consistently show that cannabis holds therapeutic value comparable to conventional medications, according to the findings of a 24-page report issued earlier today to the California state legislature by the California Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR).
Four of the five placebo-controlled trials demonstrated that marijuana significantly alleviated neuropathy, a difficult to treat type of pain resulting from nerve damage.
Read The Rest At The NORML Blog
Blueprint For Transforming Drug Policy
Read The Blueprint for Transforming Drug Policy.
Transform Drug Policy Foundation: There is a growing recognition around the world that the prohibition of drugs is a counterproductive failure. However, a major barrier to drug law reform has been a widespread fear of the unknown, just what could a post-prohibition regime look like?
For the first time, After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation answers that question by proposing specific models of regulation for each main type and preparation of prohibited drug, coupled with the principles and rationale for doing so.
We demonstrate that moving to the legal regulation of drugs is not an unthinkable, politically impossible step in the dark, but a sensible, pragmatic approach to control drug production, supply and use.
According to new poll, majority of Americans support marijuana legalization
According to new poll, majority of Americans support marijuana legalization
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) Many adults in the United States are willing to legalize marijuana, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 53 per cent of respondents support this notion, while 43 per cent are opposed.
Less than 10 per cent of respondents support the legalization of other drugs, such as ecstasy, powder cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine or crystal meth and crack cocaine.
The use of marijuana is illegal in the U.S. except in some regulated cases of medical use. The amount allowed for such purposes varies depending on the state. Some states have passed laws to reduce law enforcement for possession of small amounts of the substance.
In May, Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, ruled out a push to legalize marijuana, adding, they never advocated legalization and certainly the president has made it clear what his position is.
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