Denver's 3rd Annual 4/20 Rally

We are proud to announce that Allen St. Pierre The Executive Director of NORML and the NORML Foundation has agreed to spend the 4/20 Cannabis Holiday in Denver giving the keynote speech for us at the 3rd Annual Denver 4/20 Rally in Civic Center Park! Read more below in this weeks NORML's E-Zine!

FROM NORML.ORG:

Denver 4/20 Rally Fundraising Party At Casselman's! Help Fund A History-Making 4/20 Political Rally To End Prohibition!

Dear NORML Supporters in Colorado,

There will soon be more than just the smell of spring in the air on the Front Range! In just a few weeks there will be the smell of personal freedom at America's largest pro-cannabis law reform rally on 4/20!

I'm looking forward to joining the masses and speaking at this year's historic event in the state that has embraced cannabis law reform faster and stronger than any state in the last decade. The explosive growth in the popularity of Colorado's medical cannabis laws can and should be celebrated on what has virtually become a nationally recognized holiday for cannabis consumers.

Putting on massive rallies obviously takes a lot of resources and commitment from dedicated women and men who support the underlying social cause. The 4/20 rally costs a significant amount of money to properly stage, make secure, safe and clean, rent port-o-potties, promote, etc...

You can directly fund this year's 4/20 rally in Denver—the nation's largest 4/20 political rally—by attending a well-planned and exciting fundraising event at Casselman's in Denver on Friday night, April 9.

Admission costs are low ($5 for patients, $10 for non-patients) and part of the proceeds also help fund Mile High NORML's cannabis law reform advocacy efforts.

Enjoy the great entertainment at the 4/20 Rally Fundraiser this Friday and I'll see you on 4/20 in Denver.

Thanks, as always, for caring and sharing!

Kind regards,

Allen St. Pierre
Executive Director
NORML
Washington, D.C.
director@norml.org
NORML and the NORML Foundation: 1600 K Street NW, Suite 501, Washington DC, 20006-2832 Tel: (202) 483-5500 • Fax: (202) 483-0057 • Email: norml@norml.org

Where is America’s Cannabis Capital?

From NORML Blog

Because of the numerous media reports and typical Hollywood hype many close observers would immediately place the city of Los Angeles as America’s cannabis capital. Or maybe they’d guess that ever-cannabis tolerant San Francisco must be it. Possibly, ‘Oaksterdam’? but they'd be wrong...

Based on the size of the populations and number of reported medical cannabis dispensaries by each city’s respective City Council, America’s cannabis capital is….drum roll please, And the winner is

Denver Colorado


Los Angeles – 1,000 dispensaries for a population of 9,862,049 = 1 dispensary per 9,862 people

Denver – 198 dispensaries for a population of 598,707 = 1 dispensary per 3,023 people

Marijuana Has Probably Has Been Studied More Than The Atom! Allen St Pierre NORML

THC: Think Hemp Colorado

There has been so much goings on in the past week and not only in this great state of Colorado but all across the country in regards to cannabis. I heard one reporter on FOX news no less, say that the memo released on Monday from President Obama and the D.O.J. was in comparison to the Berlin Wall falling in the mid eighty's. Having said this we here at Mile High NORML are rejoicing but we also think that its only the beginning and the final chapter has yet to be written.

On Tuesday the day after the historic memo was released. Colorado Attorney General John Suthers came out and lashed the president publicly using harsh words of criticism. Suthers thinks that the Federal Government should "stay out of Colorado affairs regarding medical marijuana" because the laws are so vague. He would like to see clarification in the subject but with Colorado's medical marijuana law a part of the state constitution it makes it nearly imposable to amend. Which is exactly how the authors designed it.

On Wednesday Dem. State Sen. Chris Romer announced plans to introduce a medical-marijuana bill next year clarifying regulations involving pot-using patients. Denver attorney Rob Corry, who handles medical-marijuana cases, was quoted in saying, he is leery of lawmakers adding more government regulations "But if Sen. Romer is approaching this from the perspective of making medicine more accessible to patients and at a lower price, I'm less concerned about it," Read the DP article on Sen Romer

I read the Denver Post everyday and everyday i see the stories regarding marijuana and i am not sure how i should take it. The DP editorials dept support medical marijuana but by the sounds of its writers Reefer Madness is in full effect. This week article by Mike Mcphee in the paper really showed the true intentions of the paper. DEA Claims that the Mexican Cartels are supplying the Dispensaries here in Denver "dispensaries are popping up like mushrooms" And whats it doing is trying to scare the public away from medical marijuana. Now I have meet several growers recently around here and none of them are Mexican nor do they have any ties with any cartels. And quite frankly the pure racism is incredible hard to swallow. Read the DP article on Cartels This is not the first time that the DP has made comments against Mexicans. Over the summer the DP reported that the Forrest service released a statement saying "If you come across people listening to Mexican music drinking Hecate and eating tortillas there is a good chance that they are Mexican cartel members growing marijuana illegally??? Really

And finally with over 12,000 documented studies on Cannabonoids archived by the U.S. Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health the US Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske on Fox Business High Noon yesterday he still said that there is no medical use for marijuana??? Really Gil Really???

2009 National NORML Conference

I'm back from San Francisco and the 2009 National NORML Conference. I also brought back with me some gross kind of illness that put in bed for two days. My body ached my head hurt and i was freezing but i made the best of it and i feel much better today.

For those who haven't had the privilege of attending a NORML Conference let me tell you what your missing. Depending on the event there are 300 - 500 Lawyers, Doctors, Teachers, Students, Mothers, Daughters, Brothers and Fathers get together and discuss the marijuana movement. Its 24 hours of meetings and lectures but don't worry, it isn't all talk... Just outside the hotel doors usually in the large open patio dozens of people come to talk and medicate. Its a chance for everyone to meet up, smoke, get some sun or just talk outside without interrupting the conference. The hotels that are chosen are very laid back and respect the fact that we are going to smother the hotel in marijuana smoke.

Paul Armentano started the conference off the first day which strictly focused on medical marijuana. Throughout the whole conference over 40 doctors and attorneys spoke for the crowd, including Colorado's own high profile attorneys Rob Correy (pictured here) and Warren Edson. All three days were great. Some many people so little time. I reached out to everyone I could introducing myself and the chapter.. More pictures to come soon...

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