Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 20:53:44 -0400
From: Dana Beal
Subject: MMM 2004 #29 A: First Reports from Christchurch, Capetown, Den
Hague, Birmingham, Buenos Aires, Rosario, N.Y.C., Burlington, Albany,
Philly, Lexington, Toronto, Flint, Mexico City, Lethbridge, S.F.,
Vancouver.....

Important: sign up now for May 7, 2005.

So far we have confirmed 3 cities:

New York

Philadelphia

Toronto

There is also some international MMM networking going on at
this CannabisCulture.com message forum:

http://www.cannabisculture.com/forums/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=current

*****!!!Cannabis Liberation Day--Mayday Weekend 2004:  Updates,  Reports!!!*****

From: sebastian@...

Get Wise, Legalize!


MEER INFO OP: WWW.LEGALIZE.NET

High,

Je hebt aangegeven op de hoogte gehouden te willen worden van Legalize! en haar activiteiten.

Hier dan een eerste mailtje!

Wij willen graag jullie aandacht vragen voor een actie die wij a.s. maandag 3 mei organiseren in Den Haag. Het gaat om een "Spread the Seed" actie die bedoelt is om jullie te wijzen op het feit dat je in Mei nog als laatste maand je zaadjes in de grond kunt stoppen. De actie is tevens een demonstratie tegen het voorgestelde repressieve beleid van kabinet Balkenende.


Maandag 3 mei om 16.00 uur zullen we 2500 ballonnen oplaten. Aan de ballonnen zitten speciale oplosbare theezakjes bevestigd met zaadjes erin.

De actie zal ingeleid worden door D.C. Lama en Dichter des Vaderlands ad interim Simon Vinkenoog zal enkele gelegenheidsgedichten voordragen. Dit alles zal gepaard gaan met muziek.

Voor de mensen die per ongeluk of ongewild op deze mailinglist terecht zijn gekomen, nog even wie Legalize! is en wat Legalize! doet:

Legalize! is een stichting die zich inzet voor de legalisatie van drugs. Drugs horen niet thuis in het strafrecht, maar in de verkeers- en warenwetten. Voorlichten, niet opsluiten!

TOT 3 MEI!
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From: dennylane@...

Hi Dana.  Once again we had a successful event at City Hall Park in Burlington, Vt. doing our 5th annual MMM event(I've been organizing demonstrations for the last 15 years here in Vt.).  With live music from the Butterfat Brothers band, I had a distinguished list of speakers as well as info tables and spoke about ibogaine(1 person came up to me to ask more as his brother was going through detox) and told him about Sara.  As usual there were no arrests- save for some drunk in the park who was carted away after becoming a menace.  Well over 1,000 people attended the event and listened to our speakers who included the State Auditor of Accounts, in addition to doctors, lawyers, LP candidate for Governor and  regular folks discussing the panoply of issues related to prohibition and the benefits to be accrued through the utilization of cannabis.  I emceed the event as usual and made sure we discussed civil liberties issues, ibogaine, medical mj, industrial hemp, our current medical mj bill in the legislature and Ed Rosenthal called in to the event(although we had technical difficulties so I had to repeat his words to the crowd).  We got great press coverage and the TV portrayed the event in a totally positive light.  More people wanted interviews and we got a lot of mileage out of the event.  I let people know about being part of history in the making and read off the list of participating cities.  The rains waited til after our event(God's on our side!) and we educated a lot of people as usual and hopefully turned them into the next generation of activists.  It was probably the biggest event we've had in Vt. of its kind although we did have around 1,200 people a couple years ago attending.
I know we did a good show and got more people to come out of the closet on the issue- paving the way for the next generation of activists to rally around.  With my Chron's condition it gets harder every year to present an educational, entertaining demonstration and get people to become activists but once again the Burlington event was a successful event and was portrayed as such in the TV and print media as well as radio commentary.  Just wanted to get a rudimentary report to you(I've been hurting since the event and am still recuperating from lack of sleep and food).  Unfortunately the guy who was supposed to do the internet thing didn't, but the Cannabis Cable Network(which I founded 10 years ago filmed the event).  The people and media and police look foward to our event every year.  We had many students, but most prefer to do their 420(Hitler's birthday) smokein and didn't leave the safety of their campuses.

After 21/2 months of organizing the event, I think we did good- although I always want more people and more media coverage, but a lot of new faces came and the media portrayed the event in a positive, favorable light.
We did voter registration and had many info tables and displays.
Maybe I'll write again when I'm more awake and coherent but just wanted to let you know it was a successful event on many levels.  Hope it went well in the other cities.  We either tied or had a record breaking turnout this year and people really look foward to the MMM.  We advertised in the largest weekly alternative paper in the state and had to make up 2,000 more posters as BC only sent me 200 posters and didn't send another 500 til 5 days before the event.  I like it better when you get donations and make up the posters and make sure we have enough.  Ed Rosenthal's message was to vote and smoke Bush!  Best wishes to you and the other organizers around the world.  On to victory or death!  Denny Lane

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From: gmurphy3@...

Hi,
I went to Albany, by the state house moving up to The Nelly Rockefeller Justice buildings at 12 noon.
Nobody was there.
I'm indignant at the political structure of our corrupt politicians anyway so I had made a large poster painted blue, white and red, on it were printed in big letters "End Pot Prohibition, Reclassify marijuana from schedule 1 > schedule 2".
I stood looking right down State street holding a med pot flag my caregiver made
bearing the poster right in front, facing down the street, my wife carried a med pot flag up by Sheridan bronze statue.
We protested 4 hours, many tourist cruised by, some asked questions and
replied that our cause is just.
Many people driving up state street honked and waved shouting support.
My wife and I are in wheel chairs, this is no light hearted spring lark we're on.
We did it for ourselves and many other people who must endure illness plus a whole plethora of goobers in positions of political power who give a rats ass about pain and suffering as long ass they look nice at the next cocktail party.
People, get yer butts on the street and change these pitiful laws.
When I die I know I'll have done my utmost to end these injustices against all.
Humankind has forgot how to be free, maybe freedoms a luxury we can't afford?
"Fight the good fight".
Gary

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From: emlee_p@...

The 2004 Million Marijuana March in Philthydelphia,PA
ROCKED South Street,  the hub for sex shops,  pubs and
trendy shopping here in Philly.   Approximately 60
participants took off from 10th and South at 4:20PM to
SHOCK and AWE (mostly happily) unsuspecting
pedestrians with colorful signs and loud chanting and
tons of energy.  By the time we got to 5th and South
the group grew to 80 or so participants--many cars
honked for us! INCLUDING a COP CAR!!!   Many
supporters on the street here,  people who would
looove to have A-dam style coffeeshops HERE.
    We had some great drummers including one guy who
filled a water-cooler jug with "grass" and the music
really added to energy of the event.  One thing I was
very pleased with in this year's march was the number
of minorities participating in our walk for freedom.
I truly believe that people of color are the target in
the Drug War,  and I'm glad we got some great
diversity this year.
    A lot of great net-working and exchange of e-mails
occurred by the time people were ready to disperse an
hour or so later--looks like next year's march could
be twice as big.  My goal for taking the march to
South St. was to take the March to the People,  and I
think that a lot of People,  whether they marched with
us or not on Jay Day,  felt empowered by our message!

Notice:  The e-mail address phillymmm@...
was de-activated by Yahoo for no apparent reason.   
All contact info will change for next year anyway,
looks like Temple University NORML will take charge of
march,  Chuck and I will co-organize.

Peace~~

Emily Petry

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Posted on Sun, May. 02, 2004

'Cures, not wars,' chant supporters of legalizing marijuana

HERALD-LEADER STAFF REPORT



Supporters of legalizing marijuana for medicinal use marched through downtown Lexington yesterday, chant-ing "Cures, not wars" at the federal courthouse after a rally in Phoenix Park.

Sixty to 70 people gathered at the park for speeches about marijuana's benefits in easing pain and other symptoms for people with cancer, glaucoma, AIDS and a host of other ailments.

They hope to change the federal designation of marijuana as a class 1 narcotic, meaning it has no medicinal value. Rally organizer Gatewood Galbraith said cannabis was once common in prescriptions, and it has been used for thousands of years.

Galbraith contended that legalizing marijuana for medicinal use would solve Kentucky's budget and health-care crises through savings in prescription costs and the reduction of adverse reactions to more addictive -- but legal -- drugs.

Mary Thomas Speers of Mason, Ohio, said she uses marijuana to relieve the symptoms of emphysema, glaucoma, post-traumatic stress disorder and a neuromuscular condition called stiff man syndrome. She said she had served time for her insistence on using the drug.

"You think that's a prison, you don't know nothing until you've stepped inside this flesh," she told the crowd.

The rally was the second in Lexington, Galbraith said. Similar events were also planned for yesterday in Louisville, Paducah and more than 300 cities worldwide as part of "The Million Marijuana March."
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Newshawk: Doug McVay http://www.CommonSenseDrugPolicy.org/
Pubdate: Sun, 02 May 2004
Source: Flint Journal (MI)
Webpage:
http://www.mlive.com/news/fljournal/index.ssf?/base/news-21/1083498623214830.xml
Copyright: 2004 Flint Journal
Contact: letters@...
Website: http://www.flintjournal.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/836
Note: Prefers to print letters from people in the area of The Flint Journal
Author: Bob Wheaton
Cited: Michigan NORML http://www.minorml.org/
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?420 (Cannabis - Popular)

RALLY SEEKS STOP TO POT PROHIBITION

FLINT - Erich Schmitz takes his marijuana seriously.

"I don't like using the word pot,' " said Schmitz, 21, of Mt. Morris.
"To me, it sounds juvenile."

Schmitz, who said he smokes marijuana "on occasion," and dozens of
other supporters of legalizing marijuana attended the third annual
Marijuana March held by the Flint National Organization for the Reform
of Marijuana Laws.

"Just like you can drink alcohol responsibly, you can smoke marijuana
responsibly," Schmitz said. "I do believe marijuana is safer (than
alcohol)."

By 12:45 p.m., about 70 people were gathered at Riverbank Park off S.
Saginaw Street. They listened to live music and speeches and planned
to march to Flint City Hall later in the day. Organizers discouraged
participants from smoking marijuana at the rally.

While most proponents appeared to be in their 20s, older generations
also were represented.

"The prohibition of (marijuana) is quite a crime-producing policy,"
said Richard Hynds, 53, of Montrose Township, who heads an

organization that promotes meditation. "It's the same way the
prohibition of alcohol in Prohibition spurred gangsters and corruption
that we see take place today in the drug war."

Reacting to the event, Genesee County Undersheriff James Gage said,
"It's a simple fact that increased drug abuse and increased crime go
hand in hand. It makes no difference whether the user can purchase the
drugs legally or not. ... I think the answer is not legalizing it. I

think the answer is education."

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