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The Marijuana Report, Part 1 of 2
Thursday, May 30, 2002
Published by Voter Power (www.voterpower.org), which
advocates reasonable, fair, and effective marijuana
laws and policies while striving to educate, register
and empower voters to implement them.
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* Volunteer Signature Gatherers Target Rose Festival
* More Petitioning Activities Continue Around Oregon
* Attorney Advises Oregon Petitioners on New Legal
Restrictions
* Oregon Voters Can Register at P.O. Boxes
* New Voter Power Office Hours
* Salem Voter Power Chapter Holds Open House Saturday
* Activists to Protest Federal Efforts to Quash
Medical Marijuana June 6
* Hydroponic Gardening Classes June 15, July 20 and
Aug. 17, at Voter Power
* Medi-Fest I Celebrates Medical Marijuana July 20-21
in Rural Klamath County
* Dr. Leveque to Resume Clinics July 30 at Voter Power
Part 2:
* Mind Over Madness: The Second National Clinical
Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics
* 'Schools Not Prisons' Billboard Campaign Launched in
Portland
(The "weekly" Voter Power newsletter is being
published sporadically for the duration of the OMMA2
campaign.)
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Volunteer Signature Gatherers Target Rose Festival
With the Rose Festival "Pepsi Waterfront Village"
(formerly the Fun Center) poised to open 5 p.m. today,
June 30, bringing an estimated 100,000 people to
Portland's Tom McCall Waterfront Park from 11 a.m. to
11 p.m. daily through Sunday, June 9, the Life with
Dignity committee hopes to field enough volunteers
during the event to obtain a substantial portion of
the signatures its initiative needs to get on the
November ballot.
Patients and their supporters are counting on you to
volunteer, if you can, to collect signatures for
"OMMA2," which would expand and clarify the Oregon
Medical Marijuana Act to improve patients' access.
Please pass this information along to any other
potential volunteers you know of, too!
Voter Power has reserved a space throughout the 11-day
festival at the corner of Southwest Oak Street and
Naito Parkway (formerly Front Avenue) where
petitioners can get training at any time and pick up
and turn in petitions and obtain other necessities.
The Voter Power booth will be staffed from 11 a.m. to
11 p.m. daily (with at least one person on site after
hours), so if you want to work, come on down and help
us anytime.
Special signature-gathering parties are planned for
the Fun Run beginning 5:30 p.m. Saturday, June 1, the
Starlight Parade to begin 8:30 p.m. June 1, and the
June 8 Grand Floral Parade.
The Life with Dignity committee estimates it needs
100,000 signatures by July 5 to obtain the 66,786
valid signatures required for OMMA2 to appear on the
Nov. 5 ballot.
So far, Chief Petitioner John Sajo says the campaign
has gathered about 10,000 signatures. A letter seeking
donations and signatures will be mailed to every
address in Voter Power's database in about a week.
If you can't collect signatures but would like to
volunteer at the booth on Front and Oak, please
contact Chris Rich at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
503-525-2356.
The Life with Dignity initiative text is available
online at:
http://www.voterpower.org/news/initiative.html
Additional information about OMMA2 can be found in
archived editions of this newsletter at:
http://www.voterpower.org/flash/news.html
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More Petitioning Activities Continue Around Oregon
A weekly meeting of signature gatherers continues 6:30
p.m. every Wednesday at Voter Power in Portland, 333
S.W. Park Ave. Perry Stripling and/or Lindsey Bradshaw
lead the weekly meeting. This is the place to turn in
signatures, sign the log for new ones, meet new
petitioning partners and trade tips for successful
signature gathering. If possible, please call (503)
224-3051 or (503) 680-6660 in Portland to register in
advance. Out of town call 1-800-669-3037.
One of the biggest challenges facing the OMMA2
campaign is our need for volunteers who can telephone
known supporters in Voter Power's database and ask
them to donate money or collect signatures. Please
call Phil Smith at (503) 341-9747 if you can help with
that effort, which will continue after the election
season.
Lindsey Bradshaw, the Life with Dignity committee's
signature gathering coordinator (cell phone
503-680-6660), heads a petitioning crew meeting 11
a.m. every Saturday at Voter Power, 333 S.W. Park
Ave., Portland. This is a great time for new
petition-circulators to get involved and learn how to
collect signatures under the guidance of an
experienced hand. After an orientation session, crews
will fan out for signatures at the Waterfront Village,
Portland Saturday Market, Southwest First Avenue and
Ankeny Street; the Multnomah County Central Library at
Southwest 10th Avenue and Taylor Street; Pioneer
Courthouse Square at Southwest Sixth Avenue and
Morrison Street; the downtown bus mall, and other
heavily traveled sites in the city. (Experienced
signature gatherers may want to try those locations in
solo excursions.)
Lindsay reports that the Interstate 5 corridor, where
most of the signatures are, is covered by several
regional coordinators and getting hundreds of
signatures daily. See the list below and contact the
regional coordinators if you are interested in helping
out in those areas. We need organizers for Corvallis,
the coast, and east of the Cascades in places such as
Bend. If you can help, please call Lindsey or the
Voter Power office in Portland.
Portland: Lindsey Bradshaw: (503) 680-6660 or 224-3051
Toll free: 1-800-669-3037
Salem: Sonny Watkins: (503) 363-4588
Douglas County/Roseburg: Don Koon (541) 863-4151
Williams/Ashland area: Maya Reames (541) 846-7188
Initiative backers hope volunteer signature gatherers
will continue to step forward through July 4 to get
involved at concerts and other public events and
venues around the state. Anywhere you can find a line
of people is a good place to collect signatures.
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Attorney Advises Oregon Petitioners on New Legal
Restrictions
Portland attorney Leland Berger discussed the
legalities of petitioning laws in Oregon at a May 1
meeting of signature gatherers at the Voter Power
office in Portland.
According to Ellen Komp, who took notes, Berger said
the Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that businesses can
exclude petitioning at their entryways as a result of
a case called Stranahan v Fred Meyer (2000) which
overturned State v Cargill (1990). If asked to leave a
business establishment, Berger suggested petitioners
could opt to do so and find a friendlier environment.
Alternatively, the petitioner could suggest a
compromise, asking if there is a place to which he or
she could relocate, or a time that would be better for
management. The crime at issue is trespassing, and
contrary to popular belief, a person in authority must
ask only once for the person to leave. The "authority"
is what is in question.
Berger pointed out that while petitioners who are
arrested may well prevail later in court, and
indicated his willingness to help in such matters,
spending time in custody is not conducive to getting
signatures. If petitioners are cited for illegal
trespass in a city park, they could be barred from
entering that park for 30 days.
Berger also clarified that unless a person is
incarcerated on election day, they can vote in Oregon.
This includes felons and those on probation, parole,
and house arrest. He cited Oregon Revised Statute
137.275, which states: "A person convicted of a felony
. . . retains all of the rights of the person,
political, civil and otherwise, including, but not
limited to, the right to vote . . . ." Being on active
supervision (probation or post prison supervision in
state system, probation or supervised release) in the
federal system is similarly no impediment to
registering and voting.
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Oregon Voters Can Register at P.O. Boxes
Contrary to what you may have read in the last issue
of this newsletter, Oregon voters are allowed to
register at P.O. boxes. In fact, according to the
Elections Division of the Oregon Secretary of State's
office (1-503-986-1518), some people, mostly in
eastern Oregon, can register only at P.O. boxes
because they live in such remote places that the
streets literally have no names. (Or illiterately, as
it were.)
However, be advised that the Elections Division also
says local county registrars have discretion over
whether to accept signatures from a voter registered
at such an address if they know the voter has an
actual street address. In any case, the Elections
Division says circulators will "probably" be best off
if they just ask such voters to confirm that they are
actually registered to vote at the address they give.
If not, ask them to fill out a new card and to come
back another day. Then make sure the voter
registration card gets turned in to your county's
Elections Division office by 5 p.m. the same day.
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New Voter Power Office Hours
Voter Power in the future will maintain office hours
10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 11 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays. Phone: (503) 224-3051.
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Salem Voter Power Chapter Holds Open House and
Petition Drive Saturday
Meet other Oregon medical marijuana activists, turn in
petitions, pick up more and sign up for a trip to the
Rose Festival Starlight Parade in Portland beginning 7
p.m. Saturday, June 1, at the Capital City Voter Power
office, 1695 Fairgrounds Road, Salem. Donation $3 at
the door.
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Activists to Protest Federal Efforts to Quash Medical
Marijuana June 6
At dozens of DEA offices across the country, including
Portland and Eugene, citizens will serve "cease and
desist" orders, demanding that the DEA end its war on
medical marijuana. Other types of dramatic, peaceful
protests are also being planned. And some patients are
planning to engage in civil disobedience.
The effort, which is being headed up by Americans for
Safe Access (http://www.SafeAccessNow.org), is a
direct response to the DEA's raids on medical
marijuana clinics in California and Oregon medical
marijuana patient Samuel Kim Kama, whose 2.5 grams of
medicine the DEA just seized after the state Supreme
Court ruled that it must be returned. In October and
again in February, the DEA raided medical marijuana
providers in West Hollywood, San Francisco, and a
handful of other locations, seizing patient records
and forcing thousands of patients to turn to street
sources for their medicine.
We are asking you to help organize -- or at least
participate in -- the protest at the DEA office
nearest you on June 6. There are more than 100 DEA
offices nationwide; a full listing can be found at
http://www.SafeAccessNow.org. If you are interested in
participating, please contact Americans for Safe
Access via this Web site, [EMAIL PROTECTED], or
at 510-486-8083.
Activists will use creative, nonviolent tactics to
disrupt DEA offices and post "cease and desist" orders
at DEA outposts. Through this action, we will build an
emergency response network of committed activists to
escalate our resistance to the Federal Government's
expanding war on democracy and patients in need of
safe access to medical marijuana. If you are unable to
participate in the actions, visit
http://www.safeaccessnow.org/ to sign a petition and
lobby your government representatives.
ALL ACTIONS SHOULD HAPPEN ON THURSDAY, JUNE 6 AT NOON.
If we coordinate ourselves well, we'll be able to pull
off a nationwide action to push back the DEA and
demand safe access to medical marijuana.
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In Oregon:
MEET US AT THE DEA -- PORTLAND DISTRICT OFFICE
1220 S.W. Third Ave.
Portland, Oregon
For more information, please contact Anna Couper at
(503) 239-6110 or e-mail her at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Other Oregon contacts:
Eugene
Michael Anthony
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(541) 346-7586
Eugene
Oliver Lambert
Compassion Center
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(541) 484-6558
Portland
Anna Couper
(503) 239-6110
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oregon NORML:
Madeline Martinez
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Springfield
John Greenfield
(541) 988-9265
Effective Action Training
Nearly 800 people so far have signed a Pledge of
Resistance to participate in civil disobedience
actions in the case of federal arrests or harassment
of medical marijuana patients, caregivers, or
dispensaries. To prepare for both the June 6 National
Day of Action and the Emergency Response in case of
federal actions, training will be provided at eight
cities on the West Coast. These sessions will cover
the ASA campaign, media work, organizing logistics,
nonviolent direct action tactics, knowing your legal
rights, and strategic planning. Please contact your
local organizer to reserve a space!
Eugene -- Saturday, June 1, noon-4 p.m., (Location
TBA) Contact: Michael -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], (541)
346-7586.
Portland -- Friday, May 31, 7:30 p.m. -- ASA
organizing meeting. Contact for location:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or (503) 239-6110.
Cher, an organizer from Kentucky, has put together a
website with her (great!) ideas for signs. You can
also share yours on this site. Check it out!
http://community-2.webtv.net/Bitchcrafts/MedicalMJSigns/
The June 6 demonstrations at DEA offices are now at
40. For more details contact Hilary McQuie at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hydroponic Gardening Classes June 15, July 20 and Aug.
17 at Voter Power
The "Garden Guy" will lead classes on hydroponic
gardening for beginners from noon to 4 p.m. on three
different Saturdays this summer: June 15, July 20 and
August 17.
Only cardholders registered under the Oregon Medical
Marijuana Act may take part. The classes will be held
at Voter Power, 333 S.W. Park Ave., Portland. For more
details and to register in advance, so the instructor
can prepare properly, please call Voter Power at (503)
224-3051 or 1-800-669-3037. The cost is $25.
Details will be announced soon about similar classes
focusing on growing in dirt organically.
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Medi-Fest I Celebrates Medical Marijuana July 20-21 in
Rural Klamath County
The Klamath Association Researching Medical
Alternatives (KARMA), an Oregon medical marijuana
group, is organizing a patient-oriented outdoor
festival July 20-21 on 40 acres near Sprague River,
Oregon. Caregivers and other supporters of the Oregon
Medical Marijuana Act are welcome. Four bands already
booked for the event include the Deep Woods Band,
Ramblin' Rose, the Firefly Project and Southtown
Hounds.
Speakers include Dr. Phillip Leveque, Oregon's
medical-marijuana doctor-of-last-resort for more than
a thousand patients; Todd Dalotto of the Eugene
Compassion Center, John Sajo of Voter Power, Madeline
Martinez of Oregon NORML and Michelle Deneil of the
Alternative Medicine Support Network.
Fifty percent of proceeds will benefit medical
marijuana causes, including the legal defense fund of
Dr. Leveque.
No alcohol and no dogs will be admitted. The event
will feature a variety of vendors and information
booths, games and activities, plus a pancake breakfast
on Saturday and Sunday with a barbecue on Saturday.
The cost for breakfast will be $3.50 and the barbecue
will be $7.00.
Driving directions: From Highway 97 to Chiloquin Exit,
turn towards Chiloquin on Chocktoot Street and follow
it to the Tesoro gas station and turn left. That is
First Street and it becomes the Sprague River Road.
Follow it out 22 miles. Signs will be posted directing
you to the event site.
An entrance fee of $20 includes camping. For more
information e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Dr. Leveque to Resume Clinics July 30 at Voter Power
You can't keep a good man down. To prove it, Dr.
Phillip Leveque will celebrate the end of his 90-day
suspension between 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Tuesday,
July 30, by qualifying new patients under the Oregon
Medical Marijuana Act at Voter Power, 333 S.W. Park
Ave., Portland.
If you suffer from a debilitating medical condition
and you think marijuana alleviates your condition, but
your doctor won't qualify you, Voter Power might be
able to help. We can explain the exact requirements of
the law, and ways to get your physician's approval.
But if that doesn't work, and if you have records
diagnosing a debilitating illness or condition covered
by the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act, Dr. Leveque might
be able to help. The cost is $150 for new patients and
$125 for patients renewing their OMMA cards. Call
(503) 224-3051 for an appointment and bring your
relevant medical records.
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