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Marijuana Policy Project Alert November 4, 2009 Dear Wayward Bill & Others: Great news! Two marijuana-related ballot initiatives, one in Maine and one in a ski town in Colorado, won in voting booths on Tuesday. By 59%-41%, Maine voted to become the third state to license nonprofit dispensaries to provide medical marijuana to qualified patients. And by an overwhelming 73%-27%, Breckenridge, Colorado voted to allow adults over the age of 21 to possess up to an ounce of marijuana. The Breckenridge initiative was spearheaded by MPP grant recipient Sensible Colorado. Maine's new law is enormously important. While 13 states permit medical marijuana use, until now only Rhode Island and New Mexico have had laws allowing dispensaries, both of which were adopted by the states’ legislatures. Patients in the other states have had to grow their own marijuana, find someone to procure it for them, or buy it from the criminal market. Tonight's vote is a dramatic ...35 days ago
Breaking News Come to the Capitol Hill Energy Fest (CHEnergy Fest) Saturday October 24 The Capitol Hill Green Team invites residents to the CHEnergy Fest Saturday, October 24 from 10 am to 2 pm at the CHUN Community Center, 1290 Williams Street (north end of Cheesman Park). Come enjoy free food and live music , and learn how to save money and reduce energy consumption at home . Residents can sign up for a free street tree, free curb-side recycling, a low-cost home energy audit, and Xcel's Windsource program, which allows residents to purchase wind energy for their homes. Free home energy audits, weatherization and energy upgrades are available to some households, depending on income. Significant rebates are available to everyone. The event coincides with the 350.org International Day of Climate Action. 350 refers to 350 parts per million (ppm) of greenhouse gasses in the Earth's atmosphere. Scientists say that 350 is the maximum safe level to prevent climate change ...37 days ago
October 22,2009 Dear Wayward Bill & Others, Following the enormous victory for medical marijuana patients and their caregivers on Monday, a strong MPP champion on Capitol Hill, Congressman Sam Farr (D-Calif.), plans to introduce an important bill in Congress next week. While the new Department of Justice policy creates a de facto protection for patients and caregivers who are "in clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state laws providing for the medical use of marijuana," the Farr bill — which MPP staff helped write years ago — will codify this protection in law. It will also address another injustice: Currently, medical marijuana patients in the 13 states where medical marijuana is legal are barred from telling federal jurors that their use of marijuana was for medical purposes, even when state laws explicitly permit medical use. Congressman Farr's Truth in Trials Act would guarantee defendants in federal medical marijuana cases the ...37 days ago
Sign the Always Buy Colorado Cannabis Pledge: http://www.cannabistherapyinstitute.com/ Click here to see photos and comments: http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2009/10/medical-marijuana_dispensaries.php Westword Denver News Blog Medical-marijuana advocates fight Mexican drug cartel reports with the Always Buy Colorado Cannabis pledge By Michael Roberts Wed., Oct. 21 2009 Opponents of medical-marijuana laws like Colorado Attorney General John Suthers are increasingly playing the crime card -- implying that the proliferation of dispensaries in Colorado is fueling illegal and increasingly dangerous behavior (without, of course, providing specific examples of the phenomenon). Today's Denver Post adds a chorus to this tune via an article suggesting that demand for ganja has grown so fast that suppliers are having to turn to Mexican drug cartels to restock. That's nonsense, says Laura Kriho, PR coordinator for the pot-advocacy organization Cannabis Therapy ...43 days ago
For immediate release: October 15, 2009 Contact: Cannabis Therapy Institute Phone: (641) 715-3900 ext. 70966# Charges Dropped Against Boulder County Medical Marijuana Caregiver {Boulder, CO} -- On Thursday, Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett dropped the charges against 35-year-old pregnant caregiver, Sherri Versfelt of Nederland, CO, who had been scheduled for a jury trial next week. Sherri had been charged with felony marijuana crimes stemming from a raid on her house in July 2008. Sherri was serving as the caregiver for a patient with a debilitating medical condition. Sherri's case was set to go to trial Monday in Boulder District Court. Rob Corry, Sherri's attorney, had a guest commentary printed in Thursday's Boulder Daily Camera that discussed the atrocities of her case. http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_13561481 The Cannabis Therapy Institute posted a picture of her on their website on Wednesday night, calling the persecution of the pregnant caregiver a ...
