Pubdate: Mon, 28 Oct 2002
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Author: Neil Graves

AMERICANS 'HIGH' ON MARIJUANA: POLL

America's conservative attitude toward marijuana is going up in smoke,
according to a new survey.

The Time/CNN poll revealed that 72 percent of Americans now feel that people
arrested with small amounts of marijuana should not do any jail time, while
just 19 percent favored sending pot smokers up the river.

Nearly 60 percent of Americans still want marijuana possession to be
considered a criminal offense - but 34 percent now favor complete
legalization.

A survey in 1986 found that 78 percent opposed legalization, while only 18
percent supported it.

The new poll also offered good news to activists and lawmakers who are
calling for the legalization of medical marijuana: 80 percent of those
surveyed said they favored dispensing pot for medicinal purposes.

The 19 states that either allow medical marijuana or have reduced sentences
to virtually nothing have been riding a wave of increasing pot use
throughout the general public, the survey showed. Forty-seven percent of

those polled in those states said they smoked pot at least once.

The issue of decriminalizing marijuana is on the front burner in several

states where initiatives are on ballots next week.

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THE RELUCTANT DRUG DIVA

LEZLEY Gibson has chucked out her face-paints and discarded her big bovver
boots. The ring has been removed from her lip, and her hair, formerly a
tangled riot of fluorescent red, is now demurely streaked with
aubergine-coloured strands

She still wears a stud in her nose and seven ear-rings in one ear.

But you can't expect Cumbria's most famous cannabis campaigner to suddenly
turn into a twinset and tweeds girl.

Nevertheless, Lezley's new toned-down look is designed to show her critics
that she means business.

"I am determined to make people take me seriously.

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Shannon Kari

The Ottawa Citizen

Monday, October 28, 2002

TORONTO -- The federal government has hired a U.S. scientist to outline the dangers of

smoking marijuana in a continuing court case, despite his ties to a large pharmaceutical

company that manufactures a synthetic alternative to the drug.

Professor Billy Martin has worked with Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc. for the past

year to further development of a metered dose inhaler for THC --the major

psychoactive component in marijuana -- that  was patented by the

Virginia-based scientist.

Solvay, a Belgian-based multi-national pharmaceutical company, also markets

Marinol, a drug with chemically synthesized THC that can be obtained by

prescription in Canada.

"I agree with most scientific experts who assert that the future lies with pure synthetic

cannabinoids as medications rather than marijuana," Martin wrote in an affidavit filed

in Ontario Superior Court.

Marinol takes at least two hours to fully enter the bloodstream, which makes it less

effective for pain relief, according to advocates of smoking marijuana for medical use.

Martin, who was unavailable for comment, was commissioned by Health Canada as

part of its response to a court challenge to the new Marijuana Medical Access

Regulations.

Seven chronically ill people and the founder of the Toronto Compassion Centre,

which distributed marijuana, argue the regulations are unconstitutional.

A spokeswoman for the Justice Department said its lawyers determined there was "no

conflict" in using Martin as an impartial scientific expert. As well, the scientist's

connections to Solvay were disclosed to the applicants.

"He is the leading expert," said Health Canada spokesman Andrew Swift, who

indicated Martin will be paid about $9,000 Cdn for his evidence in the Ontario court

case.

Martin is the chairman of the Pharmacology and Toxicology department at Virginia

Commonwealth University in Richmond. Since 1988, he has been the director of a

special research centre funded by the U.S. National Institute of Drug Abuse.

"Marijuana has a long history of use by humanity," conceded Martin in his evidence.

But he stressed "the science base is far from clear."

There have been very few valid scientific studies about the potential clinical benefits

of marijuana, said Martin, in part because of "the financial burden of a clinical

evaluation on a product without a commercial sponsor."

The federal government established new marijuana guidelines after the Ontario Court

of Appeal ruled in July 2000 that a blanket prohibition violated the Charter of Rights

and Freedoms.

Lawyers challenging the regulations argued in Superior Court last month the new

rules are so complex that seriously ill Canadians cannot make use of them.

In defence of the regulations, the Justice Department made a number of references in

its written arguments about the health risks of smoking marijuana, contained in a

1999 report issued by the U.S. Institute of Medicine. The report was commissioned by

the U.S. government's Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Martin served on the advisory panel for the report.

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The New Politics of Pot

Can it go legit? How the people who brought you medical

marijuana have set their sights on lifting the ban for everyone

By JOEL STEIN

                                                                    

Sunday, Oct. 27, 2002

The drug czar is ready for pro wrestling. He already has the name, and now he's got the

prefight talk down cold. In every speech he makes in Nevada, where Bush appointee John

Walters has traveled to fight an initiative that would legalize marijuana, he calls out his three

sworn enemies as if he were Tupac Shakur. The czar has a problem with billionaire

philanthropists George Soros, Peter Lewis and John Sperling, who have bankrolled

the pro-pot movement, and he wants everyone to know he's ready for battle. At an

Elks lodge meeting in Las Vegas, he ticks off their names and says, "These people use ignorance

and their overwhelming amount of money to influence the electorate. You don't hide behind

money and refuse to talk and hire underlings and not stand up and speak for yourself," he says.

By the end of a similar speech at a drug-treatment center in Reno, he says, "Let's stop hiding. I'm

here. Where are you?" The czar is bringing it on.

Before the new czar was appointed in December, it was the government's preference not to

address the legalizers. But the pro-pot movement has gained so much ground they can't be ignored

as a fringe element. Americans, it turns out, aren't conflicted in their attitude toward marijuana.

They want it illegal but not really enforced. A Time/cnn poll last week found that only 34% want

pot to be totally legalized (the percentage has almost doubled since 1986). But a vast majority

have become mellow about official loopholes: 80% think it's O.K. to dispense pot for medical

purposes, and 72% think people caught with it for recreational use should get off with only a fine.

That seeming paradox has left a huge opening for pro-pot people to exploit. Eight states allow

medical marijuana, and a handful of states have reduced the sentences for pot smokers to almost

nothing.

The midterm election Nov. 5 has lighted up the issue even more. While control of the House hangs

in the balance and the race for the Senate is a dead heat, the political trend for marijuana is clear:

support is gaining. The most interesting battles on the November ballot are over pot initiatives: to

allow the city of San Francisco to grow and distribute medical marijuana, to replace jail with rehab

in Ohio and decriminalize marijuana use in Arizona. Many of these proposals are relatively

modest, but the pro-pot forces are also raising the stakes. In spite of the electorate's contentment

with the paradox of loose enforcement, some particularly powerful people on both sides have

taken extreme viewpoints in an effort to end the political stalemate and force Americans to

choose. Either pot is not so bad and should be legal, or people should be arrested for smoking it.

The battlefield for the showdown is Nevada, where Question 9 would allow adults to possess up

to 3 oz. of pot for personal use. In fact, the state government would set up a legal market for

buying and selling pot. To almost everyone's surprise, the race is too close to call.

While the pro-pot forces have pushed their agenda at the polls, opponents have tried to use legal

muscle to fight back. After a Supreme Court decision last year reiterating that federal drug laws

trumped state ones, the Drug Enforcement Administration sent federal agents to California to bust

medical-marijuana growers, a move that   tended to outrage California voters who had approved

this use. In fact, as the Administration pushes harder against the pro-pot forces, pot supporters

seem to gain  ground.

Among the biggest pro-pot players, medical marijuana was actually kind of a ruse. Sure, there are

sick people who really feel they need marijuana to numb pain, relieve the eye pressure of

glaucoma, calm muscle spasms or get the munchies to help with aids wasting (see following

story). But they are not the people who put the debate into high gear. A few years ago, the Drug

Policy Alliance--an organization founded by billionaire philanthropist Soros, who wants to

legalize marijuana and reform drug laws by replacing jail time with rehab--decided it would fund

only those initiatives that could be won. So the group ran a bunch of polls to find out how

America feels about the drug wars, and the reformers came up way short on everything but three

policies: people preferred treatment over incarceration in some cases, people hated property

forfeiture, and an overwhelming majority felt medical marijuana should be legal. So Soros & Co.

set out to get medical-marijuana legislation. The ! fight has done quite well, especially when, to

their surprise, the Federal Government took the bait and started arresting little old ladies and

storming peaceful pot-growing cooperatives. In fact, the pro-pot people have done well enough

that some of them feel it is time to drop the ruse and fight for full legalization. Plus, with Britain

experimenting with a "seize and warn" policy instead of arresting pot smokers and Canada flirting

with doing the same, the blunt-friendly were ready to take off the camouflage and fight. And

where else to try this but in Nevada?

That's why the czar is in Vegas, sitting in a room at the Venetian Hotel guarded by U.S. marshals.

The czar, a smart, likable, earnest man who believes he can help Americans by fighting the drug

war, is derided by the opposition as "Bill Bennett's Mini-Me." Indeed, he worked for Bennett

under Reagan in the Department of Education and then as Bennett's deputy drug czar in the first

Bush Administration. When George W. appointed him, the President told the czar to watch the

movie Traffic as a way to understand the problem. The czar, who told Time he has never smoked

pot, believes marijuana to be not only a gateway drug but also incredibly detrimental in its own

right--causing driving accidents, domestic violence, health risks and crippling addiction. He thinks

the legalization argument is absurd, especially when proposed by libertarian Republicans who are

so doctrinaire he finds them to be outside his party. "This is great talk at 2 a.m. in a dorm room,

that all laws should be ! consistent. But the real world isn't consistent. It's ludicrous to say we

have a great deal of problems from the use of alcohol so we should multiply that with marijuana,"

he says. It doesn't take long for him to get back to the three billionaires: "It's unprecedented, the

amount of money put in by such a small amount of people over one issue."

The marijuana legalizers, including the billionaires Walters vilifies, don't have much kinder things

to say about him. In fact, for old rich men, they can sound a lot like Tupac. One of them, Sperling,

81, is founder of the highly profitable nationwide chain the University of Phoenix. He has spent

$13 million on drug-reform campaigns and lots of other money on other pet projects, including

cloning his cat. "Mr. Walters is a pathetic drug-war soul who is defending a whole catalog of

horrors he's indifferent to," Sperling says from his office in Phoenix, Ariz. "The government's

drug-reform policy is driven by a Fundamentalist Christian sense of morality that sees any of

these illegal substances used as evil." Sperling says he smoked pot to combat pain associated with

the cancer he fought in the 1960s.

Lewis, 68, former ceo of Progressive, an insurance company, doesn't despise the czar quite as

much, but he has been battling him even harder. The reasons for Lewis are more straightforward.

He has been referred to by colleagues as a "functional pothead." He spends half the year on a

$16.5 million, 255-ft. yacht, where he smokes pot regularly; he even got arrested in New Zealand

on drug charges a few years ago, he told the Plain Dealer. He is one of the main backers of the

radical Nevada proposal, having given heaps of money to the Marijuana Policy Project, which is

running Question 9 there. "The absurdity of its illegality has been clear to me for some time. I

learned about pot from my kids and realized it was a lot better than Scotch, and I loved the

Scotch. Then I went to my doctor, and he said, 'I'm thrilled. You're drinking too much. You're

much better off doing pot than drinking.'"

Soros (who has smoked pot but no longer does) declined to be interviewed, and like the rest of the

troika, he won't debate Walters. They are probably refusing  for two reasons: 1) they would likely

lose, since none of them are politicians; and 2) if you were going around the world on a 255-ft.

yacht, would you list "Drug Czar" as one of your ports of call?

So instead they fight federal policy with initiative after initiative, while also defending local

pro-pot laws. Their side got a major media boost in California in September, when federal agents

busted Santa Cruz's Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana in an early-morning raid. The feds

dragged the farm's owners, who were legally growing pot under California law, to a federal building

in San Jose for breaking federal law and held a paraplegic resident at the farm for hours. "I opened

my eyes to see five federal agents pointing assault rifles at my head. 'Get your hands over your

head. Get up. Get up.' I took the respirator off my face, and I explained to them that I'm

paralyzed," said Suzanne Pheil, 44, who is disabled by the effects of postpolio syndrome. Her

story was broadcast everywhere, since the pro-pot people had basically been waiting for her to be

harassed, punching every phone number on their media list minutes after the raid. Pot people,

surprisingly, can move pretty fast when they want to.

The bust couldn't have gone better for the pot folks. California attorney general Bill Lockyer fired

off an angry letter to dea chief Asa Hutchinson, who wrote back saying that federal law allows the

feds to seize pot. "During the Clinton years they didn't do this," says Lockyer. "It disappointed

me that they would be using precious resources to act like a bunch of bullies." San Jose police

chief William Lansdowne was so annoyed by the raid that he withdrew his officers from the local

dea task force, ending 15 years of close work. Even Governor Gray Davis, who has been quiet on

the marijuana issue, expressed concern over the feds' bust. A week after the raid, Santa Cruz

officials gathered at city hall to supervise public distribution of marijuana to members of the

Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana in front of TV crews, a way of giving Washington the

finger.

To many Republicans, this looks like bad politics for Bush. "It seems to me about as far from

Compassionate Conservatism as you can get," says former Nixon and Reagan aide Lyn Nofziger.

"There are an awful lot of people in their 50s and younger who smoked pot when they were

younger and don't look on it as something that destroyed their lives. I think there is a lot more

open-mindedness toward pot than there used to be."

In Nevada, popular Republican Governor Kenny Guinn refuses to take a stand on Question 9, the

pot-legalization amendment to the state constitution, saying he'll go with whatever the people

vote for. And he won't really have to worry about it for a while, since the constitutional

amendment will go into effect only if Nevadans vote yes on Nov. 5 and again in 2004. So Guinn

may be smart to stay out of the debate, because the rhetoric from both sides has gone out of

control. The drug czar's latest commercial, which was actually focus-grouped with teens and their

parents, shows two teens getting stoned in their father's study, talking apathetically about a bunch

of stuff. One pulls out a gun from his dad's drawer, the other asks lazily if it's loaded, and the

gun-toting teen shrugs and shoots the other kid. "The suggestion is not to say too many children

are being shot in their dens who are marijuana users," Walters said. "It's meant to show that

marijuana alters your ability to use judgment." In the other camp, many of the workers lied to

voters in the course of gathering signatures to get Question 9 on the ballot, saying it was a

medical-marijuana proposition, according to several pro-pot Nevadans. The two camps even fight

regularly about how many joints can be made from 3 oz. of pot, the proposed legal maximum. The

pro-pot people claim 80, while the anti-pot people carry around bags of 250 joints to illustrate

their case. Yes, moms across the state are spending large parts of their nights rolling parsley and

oregano.

The Marijuana Policy Project in Nevada has a chance partly because it is far better organized than

its scattered opposition. The project made a smart move in hiring Billy Rogers, a Democratic

political consultant from Texas, to run the Nevada campaign. Rogers sends people door to door

daily to target supporters he can call on Election Day and bus to voting booths. This could make

the difference in what the polls show is an almost evenly split electorate. Rogers' office is situated

in a Vegas strip mall, just above an Asian massage parlor, which is right next to a children's

tutoring center, which is all you need to know to understand why the project is staging this fight

in Nevada. The office looks more like a sorority fund drive than a '60s dorm room. Posters drawn

by children depict images like a teddy bear with a heart labeled vote yes on 9. Rogers, wearing a

collarless white shirt, is still at work at 1 a.m., editing a commercial. "In college we'd sit around

and talk abo! ut this--that when we grew up we were going to change these laws. And now we're

doing it," he says. Rogers, who says he hasn't smoked pot in 15 years, doesn't have a personal

connection to the fight, but it's pretty easy to get him into a James Carville mood. When he talks

about Walters' oft repeated claim (an assertion shared by the National Institute on Drug Abuse)

that marijuana has much higher levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (thc) than it used to, that, in

Walters' words, "it's not your father's marijuana," Rogers goes ballistic. "It's a plant. What--it's not

your father's broccoli? Its genetic structure hasn't changed in 30 years," he says, eating steak for a

late-night meal. "These guys will say anything. If I had a billion-dollar budget, I'd say anything to

stay in business."

That's one of the major conspiracy theories of the pro-legalization movement--a rant right out of

the Eisenhower era, that the government is keeping pot illegal so it can maintain its giant drug-war

bureaucracy. Its advocates also believe--as put forth directly in the pro-medical marijuana

commercials of billionaire independent New York gubernatorial candidate Tom Golisano--that

politicians are in the pocket of the pharmaceutical companies, who fear marijuana is such good

medicine that their own products will suffer. The pro-legalization forces also believe, more

convincingly, that the right wing of the Republican Party connects drug use with sin and

radicalism and the failure of the family. "I've known John Walters for about 10 years, and I don't

think this is about drugs for him," says Ethan Nadelmann, head of the Drug Policy Alliance. "John

is a reactionary ideologue. It's the broader battle about what we tell kids about life. It's a vehicle

for promoting a tougher, meaner approach to life and government." Democratic Congressman

Barney Frank of Massachusetts claims the war on drugs is really a war against the Other.

"Alcohol does more damage in many areas of society than drugs, particularly marijuana, but we

treat marijuana as much worse, and that's because it's associated with the counterculture."

Some Republicans, however, are ready to legalize medical marijuana. Texas Congressman Ron

Paul, a doctor and onetime Libertarian Party presidential candidate, has been fighting for medical

marijuana. "From a humanitarian standpoint, people should never be denied this kind of help,"

says Paul. But fellow Republican Hutchinson stands behind the decision to prosecute. "Why

would they want to authorize behavior under state law that is still a violation of federal law?" he

says. "It endangers a population, to me. It gives the green light on the one hand and a go-to-jail

ticket on the other."

Among cops and other law enforcers, there are sharp divisions too. Some, like Joseph D.

McNamara, a former San Jose police chief and now a Hoover Institution fellow, call for an end to

the criminalization of marijuana. "Most of the police officers I hired during the 15 years I was

police chief had tried it," says McNamara. Like many pot legalizers, he believes the system,

which he says arrests more people for marijuana than for any other drug, is racist. "Ninety million

Americans have tried marijuana. When you look at who's going to jail, it is overwhelmingly

disproportionate--it's Latinos and blacks." Not surprisingly, the topic is radioactive in the police

profession. Andy Anderson, who was head of his state's largest cop organization, the Nevada

Conference of Police and Sheriffs, announced that his board members unanimously supported the

pro-pot initiative so they could focus on more serious crimes. A few days later, Anderson was

forced to resign. The voice for Nevada cop! s then became Gary Booker, deputy district attorney

in charge of the vehicular-crimes unit, until he told members of the press he believed the wild

claims of political extremist Lyndon LaRouche that Soros is pro-legalization because he bankrolls

drug cartels. When talking to Time at the Elks lodge where he introduced the drug czar, Booker

awkwardly tried to explain away his statement: "The word cartel was used, not drug. A cartel is a

group of businessmen who control price, and that's what we've got here. Three or four guys are

controlling the thing." He too stepped out of   the role of Nevada police spokesman.

The pro-pot people feel that victory--even if it comes not this year and not in Nevada--is

inevitable. Each year there are fewer members of the pre-boomer generation, who tend not to

distinguish between heroin and pot. In 1983, only 31% of Americans surveyed had tried pot; the

new Time/cnn poll puts the figure at 47%. And though pot use among teens is down from its '70s

highs, parents sneaking joints when their kids are asleep is a fresh phenomenon. But the polls

show that Americans still cling to pot's forbidden status, which is why the pro-pot people are

working so hard. "You would think you would get a change, but you're not going to," says Charles

Whitebread, a law professor at the University of Southern California who has written extensively

on marijuana law. "Even though it did nothing to them, the fear that it will somehow pollute their

children has made some of the people who used marijuana extremely freely now say, 'Oh, gee, I

wouldn't be in favor of the change in t! he legal status of marijuana.'" It may be that the major

dividing line between the pro- and anti-legalizers is not party affiliation but parental status. And

even among parents, moms see more against pot than dads.

So, barring another wave of '60s-like radicalism or a lot more poorly thought-out co-op busts by

the feds, Americans' complicated feelings about pot aren't going to be reconciled overnight. And

recent studies showing that marijuana can have addictive properties, though in a small percentage

of cases, is going to make some parents more nervous about their kids turning into potheads.

While alcohol and cigarettes may be more dangerous, a lot of parents would rather smell beer on

their kid's breath than have a 29-year-old living at home, eating Cheetos and watching SpongeBob.

--With reporting by Matt Baron/ Chicago, Laura A. Locke/San Francisco, Viveca

Novak/Washington and Sean Scully/Los Angeles

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  Marijuana

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Author: David Kravets, Associated Press Writer

COURT: DON'T TREAD ON DOCTORS WHO RECOMMEND MEDICAL MARIJUANA

The Justice Department may not revoke doctors' licenses to dispense
medication or investigate doctors for recommending marijuana to sick
patients, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

The decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a 2-year-old
court order prohibiting such federal action and is one of several cases
resulting from medical marijuana laws on the books in eight states.

Federal prosecutors argued that such tactics are necessary because doctors
are interfering with the drug war and circumventing the government's
judgment that marijuana has no medical benefits.

The San Francisco-based court disagreed.

"The government policy does ... strike at core First Amendment interests of
doctors and patients," Chief Judge Mary Schroeder wrote in the 3-0 opinion.
"An integral component of the practice of medicine is the communication
between doctor and a patient. Physicians must be able to speak frankly and
openly to patients."

Doctors who recommend marijuana in the eight states that have medical
marijuana laws "will make it easier to obtain marijuana in violation of
federal law," government attorney Michael Stern had said.

The ruling does, in fact, preserve state medical marijuana laws by
preventing the federal government from silencing doctors, said Graham Boyd,
an American Civil Liberties Union attorney.

"If a doctor can't recommend it, then no patient can use it," he said.
"This was the federal government's first line strategy, to shut down doctor
recommendations."

The case was brought by patients' rights groups and doctors including Neil
Flynn of the University of California, Davis, who said marijuana may be
beneficial for some patients but doctors have been fearful of recommending
it, even if it's in a patient's best interest.

U.S. District Judge William Alsup responded by prohibiting the Justice
Department from revoking Drug Enforcement Administration licenses to
dispense medication "merely because the doctor recommends medical marijuana
to a patient based on a sincere medical judgment." Alsup's order also
prevented federal agents "from initiating any investigation solely on that
ground."

The case was an outgrowth of Proposition 215, which California voters
approved in 1996. It allows patients to lawfully use marijuana with a
doctor's recommendation.

Following the measure's passage, the Clinton administration said doctors
who recommended marijuana would lose their federal licenses to prescribe
medicine, could be excluded from Medicare and Medicaid programs, and could
face criminal charges. The Bush administration continued Clinton's fight.

Other states with medical marijuana laws include Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii,
Maine, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.

Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court said clubs that sell marijuana to the
sick with a doctor's recommendation are breaking federal drug laws.

Pot clubs continue to operate, including several in San Francisco, as local

authorities look the other way. But federal officials have raided many
clubs in California, the state where they are more prevalent.

One case challenging such raids is pending before the 9th Circuit. That
case, brought by an Oakland pot club, argues that the states have the right
to experiment with their own drug laws and that Americans have a
fundamental right to marijuana as an avenue to be free of pain.

The case decided Tuesday is Conant v. Walters, 00-17222.

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Initiative asks city to roll its own

Proposal S could put S.F. in the

marijuana business

Rachel Gordon, Chronicle Staff Writer

Monday, October 28, 2002

                             

In the latest show of defiance against the federal government's crackdown on medicinal marijuana, San

Francisco could get into the business of growing and distributing pot for sick people under a first-in-the-nation

proposal on next month's local ballot.

San Francisco's Proposition S would direct city officials to explore cultivating and dispensing the plant in light of

the federal government's crusade against medical-cannabis clubs.

"If the federal government continues to assault, intimidate and close our community-based cannabis

clubs, leaving many thousands of our citizens unable to access medicine, I believe that we must have an

alternative distribution network prepared to serve their needs," said San Francisco Supervisor Mark Leno, the

measure's chief sponsor.

The proposal comes after legislators and voters in cities and states scattered across the nation have challenged

federal authorities by passing both meaningful and symbolic laws favoring medical marijuana. Leno said it's

only a matter of time before Congress and federal officials buckle to the pressure.

"I believe we are coming to the end of a period of prohibition," Leno said.

San Francisco's ballot proposal is a policy directive that would prompt such city officials as the mayor,

supervisors, district attorney, city attorney and public health chief to look at everything from where the pot

could be grown and to whom it would be distributed to the liability and legal implications. The next step could be

the enactment of legislation.

If San Francisco actually got into the pot business, it's a good bet the federal government would move to shut it

down.

"We won't speculate on events that have not occurred," said Richard Meyer, spokesman for the federal Drug

Enforcement Administration's regional office in San Francisco. "But we are committed to enforcing the laws

approved by the United States Congress, and marijuana is an illegal substance under federal law."

The DEA has stepped up its anti-marijuana enforce in recent years, conducting raids in San Francisco, Oakland,

Petaluma, Santa Cruz and other cities across California against people who say they are growing and

distributing marijuana for medicinal purposes. Anti-drug crusaders question whether the medical cannabis issue is being used by supporters for the larger goal of decriminalizing marijuana.

The debate over medicinal marijuana intensified after California voters approved in 1996 Proposition 215, the

Compassionate Use Act, which gave state sanction to the use of pot for medical use. Since then, eight other

states have adopted similar laws.

San Francisco's Republican Party opposes Proposition S.

"Fundamentally it's bad public policy," said local GOP chair Mike DeNunzio.

Cities, he said, should concentrate on things like schools and transportation, not an agricultural program that

challenges federal law. In addition, he said, the program could end up costing taxpayers a bundle just for the

security that would be needed to protect the crop.

But with no details on what the program would entail, associated costs are speculative at this point. No other

city in the country has tried to farm pot.

San Francisco wouldn't be the only city to defy federal authorities. Last month, city officials in Santa Cruz

allowed advocates to distribute cannabis products in the courtyard of City Hall after federal agents busted a

local pot club. Earlier this month, the San Jose police chief pulled three of his officers from a DEA task force

that conducted the Santa Cruz raid.

Last year, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a symbolic measure declaring San Francisco a

sanctuary for the use, cultivation and distribution of medical marijuana. Nine medical cannabis clubs, serving

an estimated 2,000 patients a day, operate in San Francisco with tacit approval by City Hall.

The city's Department of Health also has distributed about 3,700 official identification cards to medical

marijuana users and their caregivers. The idea is that they can flash the cards if the cops catch them with a

small amount of the illegal drug, and they won't be busted.

San Francisco's public health chief, Dr. Mitch Katz, supports Proposition S.

He prescribes marijuana to some patients in his AIDS practice at San Francisco General Hospital, saying it has

benefits that other drugs can't achieve. "I have several patients who by using medicinal marijuana have

experienced less nausea, have gained weight, have experienced less pain and have experienced an improved

sense of well-being," Katz said. "For these patients, there is no other drug that works as well for these

indications. Medicinal cannabis has no side effects; other medicines do."

Dr. Eric Voth, who chairs the Institute on Global Drug Policy, a conservative think tank, said San Francisco is

heading down the wrong track if Proposition S is adopted.

"When we put people in the position of approving drugs by popular vote, it's scary," said Voth, whose practice is

in Topeka, Kan.

He noted that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has yet to sign off on the drug. "Would they (San

Francisco officials) hand out cardiac medicine without going through rigorous testing? Would they hand out

hypertension medicine without going through rigorous testing? They're trying to make an end run around the

FDA. Where's the product control? . . . Who's going to bear the legal responsibility if something goes wrong?"

Katz said there's a catch-22. The federal government has prohibited testing of marijuana except on a very

limited basis.

The American Medical Association has taken a neutral position on medical marijuana.

Wayne Justmann is one of San Francisco's leading advocates of medicinal marijuana. He runs the San

Francisco Patients Cooperative, a pot club that serves more than 350 people a day on Divisadero Street.

He has been living with HIV for 15 years and suffers from neuropathy, brought on by his HIV infection and

the medicine he takes to treat it. Pain, he said, shoots through his hands and legs, and into his toes. He smokes

around 4 grams of pot a day. "It eases my pain," he said. "There's no doubt. The other drugs I was

prescribed just didn't do it."

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Pubdate: Thu, 24 Oct 2002
Source: Oregonian, The (OR)
Copyright: 2002 The Oregonian
Contact: letters@...
Website: http://www.oregonlive.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/324
Author: Matt Sabo

Federal drug agents seize man's state-allowed medical marijuana


The daylight basement in Leroy Stubblefield's Sweet Home area house seems
an unlikely battlefield for America's war on drugs.

Stubblefield, a 52-year-old quadriplegic, and two of his caregivers were

growing 12 marijuana plants in his basement in a state-licensed operation
until Sept. 23, when a federal drug agent seized them in a drug raid. No
one was arrested.

It is thought to be the first time in Oregon that federal authorities have
overstepped state law -- which allows cultivation of marijuana for personal
medicinal purposes under a $150 annual license -- and raided a marijuana

growing operation.

Kevin Neely, spokesman for the Oregon attorney general's office, said the
seizure raises an unfortunate conflict between state and federal law.

Neely said the U.S. Department of Justice has traditionally not taken an
interest in these small grow operations but ultimately they do have
jurisdiction and are within the scope of the law to bust Oregon medical
marijuana patients.

"They can't be prosecuted under Oregon law," Neely said, "but they could be
prosecuted under federal law."

In 1998, Oregon voters approved the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act, and about

3,600 people have a medical card to grow marijuana in the state. Voters in
California, Arizona, Alaska, Colorado, Maine, Nevada and Washington
approved similar ballot initiatives, and the Legislature in Hawaii passed a
law allowing the use of medical marijuana.

The federal government, however, does not recognize the use of marijuana
for medicinal purposes and still classifies it as a drug.

Stubblefield was home with two of his caregivers, Steve Russell, 46, and
Clarence VanDehay, 48, when members of a local drug enforcement team showed
up at his front door shortly after noon. They said they had received a tip
he was growing 100 marijuana plants and asked to see them.

Stubblefield, who was in bed, consented. Stubblefield, Russell and VanDehay
all have licenses to grow marijuana. The state allows license holders to
grow three mature plants and four immature plants.

After checking out the marijuana plants, Linn County Sheriff's Lt. Will
McAnulty said, local law officers concluded that the operation was in
compliance with state law.

But a Drug Enforcement Administration agent accompanying the local officers
said he was going to seize the plants under federal law.

Ken Magee, an assistant special agent in charge of Oregon's DEA operations,
said it's a violation of federal law to possess, manufacture or cultivate
marijuana. He said it's not a new policy that federal agents will seize
marijuana plants grown for personal medicinal uses.

"We're not looking at this as a matter of policy, it's a matter of federal
law," Magee said. "The U.S. government doesn't recognize marijuana as a
medicine. It's a drug. Even our own U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that
there's no medicinal value in marijuana."

McAnulty, commander of the Albany-based drug enforcement team that
investigated Stubblefield's marijuana growing operation, said the DEA agent
who seized the plants just happened to be in the office shortly before
detectives drove to Stubblefield's home.

"It's not any effort on our part to circumvent state law," McAnulty said.

A Portland nonprofit organization, The Hemp & Cannabis Foundation, has
given Stubblefield replacement plants and free medicinal cannabis. The

group also intends to file suit against federal, state and local law
enforcement officials, executive director Paul Stanford said.

"It's a clear violation of state and federal law," Stanford said. "They're
lying when they say they have a right to do this. (Local authorities)
didn't say they had a federal officer with them."

Local and state detectives failed to protect Stubblefield from an

unreasonable search and seizure, Stanford said. And the U.S. Constitution
said a state's medical practices are not subject to federal oversight, he
said.

"I don't see how they could pick out a disabled, quadriplegic war veteran
to single out in Oregon to start with (seizing marijuana plants)," Stanford
said. "It just seems to be the height of absurdity.

Stubblefield said he remains angry.

"I felt that we had been betrayed," he said. "What do they gain from this?"

Stubblefield is filing a claim on the seized marijuana under his

homeowner's insurance. Stanford estimated the value of the plants at $18,000.

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From: ARON KAY <pieman@...>
Subject: bad moon rising
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the article is by stew albert who was a member of the yippies....if you have any questions re: the article....please contact stew via stewa@...

Bad Moon Rising

Paul Wellstone's plane went down on Oct 25. His wife, pilot, daughter and
campaign aides perished with him. Nobody knows why it went down, but I'm
betting Ashcroft put on a curse on the plane. Wellstone is the second
individual on Ashcroft's enemies list to perish in a private plane  crash.
The first was his opponent in the Senatorial election, who went on to run as
a corpse and beat him.

Wellstone in the Senate was an impossible dream. Imagine a left-wing Jewish

college professor with an amateur wrestling background getting elected to the
US Senate, forget about it, it's not going to happen, but it did. He won two
terms in office and was on his way to a third. This despite the White House
handpicking his opponent and shadowy right wing foundations spending millions
on a slander Wellstone campaign. Appropriately, Paul Wellstone's last vote

was against war with Iraq.

Wellstone's death forces me to think how dangerous it is to become an
influential liberal in America. There doesn't seem to be much longevity in
it. Remember JFK and RFK and Martin Luther King? Who all fell by
assassination. And labor leader Walter Reuther who  went down in a plane
crash? And Allard Lowenstein who was murdered?  The death of these very
powerful liberals helped change the political face of America. With these
people gone, it was a lot easier for the right-wing to take power.
Wellstone's passing makes it that much easier for the Bush gang. And of
course big shot conservatives all seem to die rich, old and in their beds
surrounded by greedy relatives.

On Oct 26 people all over the world demonstrated against the Bush war with
Iraq. And many thousands were in the streets of St. Paul. Minnesota,
Wellstone's hometown. The extremely large crowd was a passionate tribute to

Paul Wellstone and his fighting dream.

From: Andrew Seidenfeld <noprob@...>
To: Dana Beal <dana@...>
Status:  

Here is a list of "too close to call" races, and the names and websites of
democrats who might could be influenced to declare support for medical mj.


 
(1) HOT SENATE RACES
 
Arkansas: Mark Pryor
   http://www.pryor2002.com/vol.htm
Colorado: Tom Strickland
   http://www.stricklandforcolorado.com/pageinpage/getinvolved.cfm
Georgia: Max Cleland
   http://www.maxcleland2002.com/involved/volunteer/volunteer.html
Iowa: Tom Harkin  
   http://www.tomharkin.com/get-involved/volunteer-form.cfm
Louisiana: Mary Landrieu
   http://www.marylandrieu.com/get_involved.html
Maine: Chellie Pingree
   http://www.pingreeforsenate.com/involved/involved.cfm

Minnesota: Seat formerly held by Paul Wellstone
   This campaign will not recommence until Wednesday, but it is still
   likely to be a very tight race between Wellstone's successor and
   Norm Coleman.  Stay tuned for more details about how to help.
Missouri: Jean Carnahan
   http://www.jeancarnahan.com/get_involved/
New Hampshire: Jeanne Shaheen
   http://www.shaheen.org
New Jersey: Frank Lautenberg

   Email: vherold@... to volunteer for Lautenberg and other NJ Dems.
   Please include your phone # and your county, and say "MoveOn sent me."
North Carolina: Erskine Bowles
   http://www.erskinebowles2002.com/get_involved/index.htm
Oklahoma: David Walters
   http://www.waltersforsenate.com/volunteer.asp
Oregon: Bill Bradbury
   http://www.bradbury2002.com/cgi-bin/volunteer.htm
South Dakota: Tim Johnson
   http://www.timjohnsonforsd.com/getinvolved/volunteer.php

South Carolina: Alex Sanders
   http://www.sanders2002.com/help/index.asp
Texas: Ron Kirk
   http://www.ronkirk.com/volunteer.asp
 
(2) HOT HOUSE RACES
 
Alabama 3rd District (Auburn area): Joe Turnham
   email: joeturnham@...  Please be sure to include
   your contact info and tell them MoveOn sent you.
Colorado 7th District (Jefferson County: Denver suburb): Mike Feeley

   http://www.feeley2002.com/involve.asp
California 18th District (Modesto / Central Valley): Dennis Cardoza
   http://www.denniscardoza.com/support/volunteers.asp
Connecticut 2nd District (Groton area): Joe Courtney
   email: Francis@...  Please be sure to include
   your contact info and tell them MoveOn sent you.
Connecticut 5th District (Waterbury, Danbury): Jim Maloney
   https://www.clubcyrus.com/maloney2002/volunteer.html
Georgia 3rd District (Macon) Jim Marshall
   http://www.jimmarshall2002.org/volunteer.html
Georgia, 12th District (Augusta, Athens) Charles Walker, Jr.
   http://www.charleswalkerforcongress.com/volunteer.htm
Indiana 2nd District (South Bend area): Jill Long Thompson
   http://www.jilllongthompson.com/volunteer.php
Indiana 7th District (Indianapolis): Julia Carson
   http://www.juliacarson.com/volunteer.cfm
Iowa 1st District (quad cities / Bettendorf area): Ann Hutchinson
   http://www.annhutchinson.com/front/index.php?page=volunteer
Iowa 2nd District  (Cedar Rapids, Iowa City): Julie Thomas
   http://www.thomasforcongress.com/scripts/getinvolved.asp
Iowa 4th District (Ames): John Norris
   http://www.norrisforcongress.com/volunteer.html
Kentucky 3rd District (Louisville): Jack Conway
   http://conwayforcongress.com/volunteer/
Maine 2nd District (all but southern coast): Mike Michaud
   http://lc.webs.innerhost.com/michaud/volunteer.asp
Maryland 2nd District (Baltimore suburbs): Dutch Ruppersberger
   http://www.dutchforcongress.com/volunteer.html
Maryland 8th District (Montgomery County): Chris Van Hollen
   http://democrats.com/elandslide/volunteer.cfm?campaign=vanhollen
Michigan 11th District (Detroit suburbs) Kevin Kelly
   http://kevinkelleyforcongress.com
Minnesota 2nd District (Minneapolis - St. Paul suburbs): Bill Luther
   http://www.voteluther.com/get_involved/VolunteerForm.shtml

Nevada 3rd District (Las Vegas): Dario Herrera
  http://www.darioherreraforcongress.com/getinvolved.asp
New Hampshire 1st District (Manchester area): Martha Fuller Clark
   http://www.clarkforcongress.com
New Jersey 5th District (Bergen County) Anne Sumers
   http://www.sumers2002.com
New Jersey 12th District (central New Jersey): Rush Holt
   http://www.rushholt.com/volunteer.htm
New Mexico 1st District (Albuquerque area): Richard Romero
   http://www.richardromeroforcongress.com/english/jointheteam/
New York 1st District (eastern Long Island): Tim Bishop
   http://www.bishopforcongress2002.com/volunteer.htm
North Carolina  13th District (Raleigh area): Brad Miller
  http://www.bradmiller.org/volunteer.html
Ohio 17th District (Youngstown): Tim Ryan
   http://timryanforcongress.com/volunteer.asp
Pennsylvania 6th District (western Philaelphia suburbs): Dan Wofford
   http://www.woffordforcongress.org/volunteer.html
Pennsylvania 15th District (Allentown, Bethlehem): Ed O'Brien

   http://www.obrienforcongress.com/obrien/volunteer.asp
Pennsylvania 17th District (Harrisburg area): Tim Holden
   email: holdencampaign@...  Please be sure to include
   your contact info and tell them MoveOn sent you.
South Dakota (statewide): Stephanie Herseth
   http://www.hersethforcongress.org/volunteer.htm
Tennessee 4th District (Jamestown) Lincoln Davis
   http://www.lincolndavis.com/volunteer.htm

Texas 25th District (Houston): Chris Bell
   http://www.chrisbellforcongress.com/involved/volunteer.html
Utah 1st District (Salt Lake City, Ogden): Dave Thomas
   http://www.electdavethomas.com/
Utah 2nd District (Salt Lake City) Jim Matheson
   http://www.matheson2000.com/form_volunteer.htm
Washington 1st District: Jay Inslee
   http://www.inslee4congress.com/volunteer.html
Washington 2nd District (Everett area): Rick Larsen
   http://www.ricklarsen.org/index.asp

Wisconsin 2nd District (Madison): Tammy Baldwin

   http://www.tammybaldwin.com

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From: MARC <marc420emery@...>
To: ibogaine@...
X-Priority: 3
Subject: [ibogaine] This weeks iboga extract administration
Status:  

 

 

 

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From: Dana Beal <dana@...>

Subject: Re: [ibogaine] This weeks iboga extract administration

What about Montreal, and this opening in Windsor, where we can majorly influence Conyers? We need something for the EAST.

Danac/cnw

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From: Brett Calabrese <bcalabrese@...>
To: ibogaine@...
Subject: Re: [ibogaine] This weeks iboga extract administration

Status:  

FWIW, I was treated for coke addiction with alcohol
(not physically addicted to alcohol) at 18mg/kg of
HCL, 100mg of which was an hour or so earlier as a
test dose and a few hundred mg's when it didn't hit me
enough (rocked/wobbled). I immediately stopped all
drugs with no problems.  The first was "booster" was
needed (started having a hard time) at about 6 months
but couldn't get it done for another 3 months by which
time I started drinking somewhat.

"will go for a high dose "

How much were you considering, age, weight...? (if you
don't mind... <g>)

Thanks,

Brett

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From: MARC <marc420emery@...>
To: ibogaine@...
X-Priority: 3
Subject: Re: [ibogaine] This weeks iboga extract administration
Status:  

Our extract is administered for him at 37 mg/kg. He weighs 90 kilograms.
3,130 mg. total dose (representing 1,700 mg. ibogaine, 1400 mg. of eleven
iboga alkaloids).

By the way, I have a concern about benzodiazipiam in the patients system. I
am advised by someone who went through Sara's clinic learning that these
prescription drugs in the system can induce seizures, and if seizures pose a
greater risk during iboga extract administration, if the patient is a long

term user of benzodiazipiams.

Marc Emery

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From: "sara glatt" <sara119@...>
To: <ibogaine@...>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:42:02 +0100
X-Priority: 3
Subject: Re: [ibogaine] This weeks iboga extract administration
Status:  

 

 

have you taken the stuff you are administering ?

 

 

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From: Brett Calabrese <bcalabrese@...>
To: ibogaine@...
Subject: Re: [ibogaine] This weeks iboga extract administration
Status:  

Marc,

The short answer is ibogaine works for any addiction
(that i have seen so far) including benzo's. So you
shouldn't get seizures just like you shouldn't get
seizures from an alcoholic being treated with ibo. I
have used and have known other addicts to use Dilantin
for mild post-withdrawal seizure like activity,
dancing feet, restlessness. Typically however
(non-ibo) the chance of seizures can go on long after
cessation of a drug such as alcohol, valium, other
benzo's, barbituates the worst, seizures can happen
months later. IMO, that does not mean 100% of the ibo
patients you have will never get a seizure 100% of the
time just as some people experience withdrawals from
opiates, I would guess seizures may happen if you see
enough patients - though never heard of any happening.

Just some thoughts
Brett

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From: Jon Freedlander <jfreed1@...>

Subject: Re: [ibogaine] This weeks iboga extract administration

I don't know what interaction ibogaine and benzodiazapines would have, but
it would strike me as odd if it would cause seizures, as a number of
benzos are used as anti-seizure medications (e.g. clonazepam, temazepam).

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From: Brett Calabrese <bcalabrese@...>
To: ibogaine@...
Subject: Re: [ibogaine] This weeks iboga extract administration
Status:  

Maybe I am confused with the question.

NO, ibogaine will NOT cause seizures when mixed with
benzo's, they have been safely used with ibogaine to
reduce anxiety during the experience and promote sleep
post ibogaine session.

It is when one is addicted to benzo's (alcohol,
barbituates and some other drugs) that cause seizures
when their use is stopped, it is a manifestation of
the addiction to these substances.

Ibogaine (an "anti-addictive") has been reported to
work on any addictive substance thrown at it so far,
including drug addictions that can cause seizures
(alcohol is the most reported). From what reports I
have seen no one has had a seizure post ibogaine
either because these substances are in the body or
they are being treated for addiction. Ibogaine in
LARGE doses can cause seizures but this usually only
happens if you are a lab rat and injected with near
lethal doses of ibogaine (oh, look, brain damage, I
wonder why!)

Brett

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From: Mundo Real <earthpod2@...>
To: ibogaine@...

Subject: Re: [ibogaine] This weeks iboga extract administration

Seems like too much ibogaine (1,700 mgs). Max for ibogaine is near 1,000 mgs. Make sure you have your numbers right.                            Mundo.

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From: MARC <marc420emery@...>

Subject: Re: [ibogaine] This weeks iboga extract administration

 

 

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From: Mundo Real <earthpod2@...>
To: ibogaine@...

Subject: Re: [ibogaine] This weeks iboga extract administration

I think 20 mg/kg ibogaine hcl is too high of a dosing. That would equal 100 mg/kg of Indra 5:1 extract (what I am most familiar with). That setting would make a total dosing of 9,000 mgs (100 mgs x 90 kgs). Maximum dosing for the Indra extract is 5,000 mgs, which comes out to roughly 55 mgs/kg of Indra (5,000 mgs divided by 90 kgs) which comes out to roughly 11 mgs/kg ibogaine content. I believe the Lotsof procedure uses (or used) 1,000 mg of ibogaine hcl for addiction interruption. I would assume that 90 kgs would call for a heftier dose, but 20 mgs/kg seems a bit high. Maybe some other folks can chime in.                                                                                                                            Mundo.

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From: Brett Calabrese <bcalabrese@...>
To: ibogaine@...
Subject: Re: [ibogaine] This weeks iboga extract administration
Status:  

MARC

2 cents

Generally/historically a lower dose is used for
non-opiate addicts, in the 12-15mg/kg range, 20mg/kg
(18.8mg/kg) is getting up there high end short acting
opiate/low end methadone range.  In my case it was
bumpped up to 18mg/kg because I am a hard head (you
didn't notice that did you???). Yes, it is different
form of ibogaine, in freebase format and I suppose you
are giving it over time and not all at once like last
time BUT IMO, it may be less necessary for the
addiction itself than it would be for an opiate
addiction.  The 1,700mg ibogaine AND 1,400mg other
ibogaine alkaloids would likely have a) synergy
together to be more potent than just 1.7gm and B, NOT
be 1.4gm of strictly other alkaloids - more like 1.4gm
other alkaloids and OTHER STUFF. Ibogaine is or can be
really rough, on the one hand larger and repeated
doses are more effective (no doubt), on the other hand
risk and unpleasant side effects increase with the
dose. Opiate addicte tend to have less visions than
non-opiate addicts, so your patient is more likely to
have more visions anyway, not that it matters much,
just saying.
You can (of course) start a tad lower in a more
traditional dose range (acknowleding it is a different
form of iboga) and bump it up a bit if necessary - an
option, not a suggestion. Keep in mind that peoples
reaction to ibogaine is all over the place, some are
very sensitive, others are not.

How were you planning on giving it, all at once with a
tester dose or split up like the last time?

You are the one at the "front line" on this one, you
are the one using this form of iboga (16X freebase
extract), you are the one to evaluate the patient...
That said your dosage seems a bit on the high side to
me - but again, I am unfamiliar with that particular
flavor of iboga, just that it appears to be about
3/5ths as strong as ibogaine HCL, that roughly 25-30gm
of quality root bark is about the same as 1gm of
ibogaine HCL (though different), at 16X concentration
1gm of extract fits right in that 3/5ths - TO ME, FROM
FAR, FAR AWAY for which I can't see for myself...
Certainly, "more will be revealed" to you on how to
treat patients as well as this particular iboga
extract (eg, maybe it doesn't translate to quite
3/5ths as strong).

Good luck

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Abbotsford: 604-607-1111 Tim Felger <tfleger@...> About 100 marchers who refused to pay to march.

Albany: Terry Phelan 518-436-7098

Albuquerque: Rob Taylor (505) 565-4150 or Rich Haley <writch@...>  Between 500 and 1000 participants in '02, no arrests

Amherst: Angela Panaccione panaccio@... 413-545-1122

Amsterdam: +31(0)20-6107807 +31(0)6-16314682 http://www.legalize.net http://www.legalize.org

Arlington: Paula Matson 817-299-8447

Athens:

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Baton Rouge: Robinptilley@... (225)667-9270

Battle Creek: "Jay Statzer" <jstatzer@...> 616-697-4521

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Berlin: Martin Muencheberg <martin@...> 0049-30-29490201 http://www.hanfparade.de 200 participants, 2,000 spectators in '02.

Berne: Swiss Hanf Koordination Sekretariat + 41-31-398-1444

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Birmingham: Grow More Weed Campaign, PO Box 9121, Birmingham

B138AU. 01212561303. (Mark Badger) Fax: 0121 256 1302. email:

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Boone: Stan Chamberlain jc48534@...  828 266 7587   ASU Box 7947, Boone NC 28608

Boston: Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition\NORML P.O. Box

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Boulder:  Ralph Shnelvar  ralph@... 303-546-6125 or Fred Smith 303-449-2390 <smithmf@...>

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Burlington: Denny Lane / Brendan Kinney, Vermont Libertarian

Party & VT-NORML dennylane@... / chair@... (802)

496-2387 http://vtnorml.org/MMM 802-496-2387 POB 537, Waitesfield, Vt 05673 or matt hogg

<mhogg@... (802) 865-9410. 1,000 in attendence in '02, no arrests.

Capetown: "greggoodwin" <greggoodwin@...> or "Marcus \(Home\)" <mt3825@...> 100 people, mostly Rasta's, in '02.

Charlotte: Ragan Tolbert OnThatLevel@...

Chicago: Caren Thomas, WCHDB, 2501 N. Lincoln, PMB#157; Chicago,

IL 60614; 773-381-9330 - cell - 847-344-9394 email  or 773-363-2942

chicagomarch2002@... -or- windycityhemp420@...

http://www.windycityhemp.org

Chico: 530-345-1997 <chicodank@...> or http://www.pot-party.com or adrian aguilar ode2thewalls@... (530)898-2150 or voicemail pgr 530-571-2071 Approx. 420 participants in '02.

Christchurch: Blair Anderson <blair@...> Mild Green Media Centre ph: ++64 3 389-4065 Website pages.quicksilver.net.nz/blair Newsforum news://http://www.reddfish.co.nz/alcp 500 participants in '02.

Cincinnati: the Happy Hemptress <hemptress@...> 513-684-HEMP

Cleveland: John <OCannabisSociety@...> (216)521-9333 http://www.timesoft.com/ncnorml 2,000 participants. No arrests.

Cologne: gow!Club CannaCom e.V. /redAktion: 0221 562-6347

"Vinnie" <info@...> http://www.grow.de Info booth by grow! w. JES, akzept &

VfD drew interest...

Colorado Springs: Bob Melamede <rmelamed@...> or Mstrmanic@... Stephan Ballasch Continuous presence of a few hundred people in the park in '02.

Columbus: Russ Selkirk, Sean Luse OSU-SSDP  <>osussdp@...   614-291-1026 or Ken Schweickart 614-265-VOTE <>dpeo@...  650 participants, no arrests.

Concord: (603)682-9077 nhorml@... or http://www.nhorml.org.org 30 people in '02, no cops.

Copenhagen: Klaus Tuxen hampenyt@...  http://www.hampepartiet.dk or Zid Dhartha mr_azid@...  http://www.christiania.org/ (+0045) 32 95 65 07 org: Hampepartiet ( The party For HEMP)  http://www.hampepartiet.dk address: F.H.B. hampens plads Christiania, 1407 Kbh. K.150 on march, 500 at smoke-in in '02.

Daingerfield: johnny s. chambliss  rollinxoxo@... p.o. box 484, ore city, texas 75683

Darwin: mick lambe pariahnt@... http://napnt.tripod.com 30 marchers, 35 police, but no arrests due media spotlite.

DeKalb: "Adam Timm" <itsmeuwant2c@...>

Denver: Ken Gorman 303-935-6534 or ralph@... 303-546-6125

Des Moines: iowanorml@... (515) 288-5798
iowanorml.home.mchsi.com/ http://commonlink.com/~olsen/ ,

mojo.calyx.net/~olsen/ ,  http://iowanorml.org/

http://www.druglibrary.org/olsen/index.html ; or Terry Mitchell

(515) 789-4442; 608 Dallas St., Dexter, Iowa 50070. 300 marchers, police friendly.

Detroit: "Professor Hemp" <newagecitizen@...> 313-563-3192 or "jude

joseph" acididea@... 313 438 1668

http://www.geocities.com/legalizemichigan/detroit.htm 90 to 120 participants exposed to Ibogaine message.

Dover: "Richard J. Schimelfenig" <rschimel@...> Delaware Cannabis Society c/o Richard J.

Schimelfenig, 3504 Winterhaven Drive, Newark, DE 19702, (302)

456-9402 299 demonstrators, 8,000 spectators, cops watched and did nothing in '02.

Dublin: "Butler, Philip" <phillty2@...> +353 1 4163707 or

<jday@...> http://www.cannabisireland.com/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group//ie-cannabis/ 1,000 people in "02.

Duesseldorf: Marlon Werkhausen <marlon@...>

http://www.gesellschaftsprobleme.de phone: 049-172-7591795.

100 participants, good atmosphere.

Durban: <ezpz.co.za> or <ezpz@...> +27 31 2016 359

PHONE AND FAX. http://www.ezpz.co.za Post net Suite 136, Private
Bag X 04, DALBRIDGE, 4014, SOUTH AFRICA Justin Ballot, 134 Clark

Road, Durban 4001, South Africa

Edinburgh: "Linda Hendry"<linda@...> UK -

0131 667-6488

Eugene: Kris Millegan <Hempsters@...> 800-556-2012

http://www.ctrl.org/mmm     600-800 folks in '02. One arrest.

Fairbanks: Timothy 907-474-9007

Feldkirch: <kontakt@...> 3. Hempfest Organized by

Legalize! ÷sterreich and Burgerinitiative Cannabis (Citizens'

Initiative Cannabis)

Flensburg: Peter Bluhm <peter-bluhm@...> phone: Irene:

04632-871771 Peter: 0461-13620

Flint: Rev. A.S."Happy" Wright <happy_hempster@...> 989

872 8005 http://www.geocities.com/legalizemichigan/flint.htm 100 participants in '02.

Ft. Lauderdale: Sean LaPierre 954-584-8979 4750 N.W. 10th Court (Apt. 314), Plantation, FL 33313 email: imagic music@...  200 participants, 500 spectators, no arrests.

Ft Wayne:  NickStreet@...  (260) 496-8542

Ft. Worth: "Chet Frank" <chet56@...> 5600 North beach St., Fort Worth TX 76137

Garberville : 707 923 4488 "Paul Encimer" <encimer@...>

Box 162, Piercy CA 95587; or "jeri" <jeri@...>

Halifax: 902 865-8606 Michael Patriquin <mpat@...>

HempWorks, 93 Orchard Dr, Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia B4E 3B3

Hamburg: Martina Katzsch <hanftv@...> ++49 40 4394493

Kulturhaus Eppendorf  about 70 people in '02.

Hayward: Rebecca Oliver  mil_mari_march@....  510.481.5349 617 grant ave, slz, ca 94580

Event Location : Hayward BART Organization : Loose Confederation of Med. Mari Users Rally @ BART station & march in the San Francisco parade, as soon as they get it together--concert? maybe.

Hearst:  "Les Neron" <lesneron@...> 1-705-362-8402  Robert Neron(Federal Exemptee)

Box:1346, Hearst Ontario P0L 1N0

Helsinki : Finnish Cannabis Association http://www.sky.org sky@... Finnish Cannabis Association,

Sorvaajankatu 9 A, 00810 Helsinki, Finland 800 participants in '02.

Hilo: Roger Christie <pakaloha@...> (808) 961-0488
http://www.thc-ministry.org 200 in '02.

Houston: Dean Farrell <fdb@...> (281)752-9198.

http://www.cultural-baggage.com c/o Dean Becker, 11215 Oak
Spring, Houston, TX 77043 Total attendance was about 5 hundred in '02. Narc infiltrators mar event.

Hull: Carl Wagner phone: +44 01482494789   5 Victoria Square,

Ella Street, Hull HU5 3AL, U.K. 3-400 on March grew to 1,000 in jam in Pearson Park. Cops backed down after threatening arrest because of media frenzy.

Huntsville: Angel Starlin 256-858-0543, cell 655-6109 or "Acorn" 256-489-2607 or <mikecrockett256@...>

1267-A jupiter court, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35808.

Indianapolis: Neal Smith, <inorml@...>, 317-335-6023

Voice Mail, 3601 N. Pennsylvania, Indianapolis, IN 46205

http://www.inorml.org 175 participants at peak in '02.

Ithaca: Adam Hirsch <ah222@...>, 111 Dryden Rd(Apt 9C),

Ithaca, NY 14850. (607) 227-0302   200 marchers in quiet protest in '02.

Jefferson City: Al Minta (417)885-3993

http://www.cannabisrevival.com/ cannabisal@... address: 1653

N. Patterson (Apt A), Springfield, MO 65803 or Columbia

NORML/Jeremy & Amanda 573-815-9821 400 participants over the day in '02.

Jerusalem: Joseph  NeedelR@... (011 972) 55-344-859

Kansas City: <mohemp@...> David 816-678-7447, 'its a

beautiful day' 3918 broadway, kansas city mo. 64111... 816 931
6169.

Kent: 330-673-3060 Matthew S. Donowick 237 1/2 E. Summit st.,
Kent, OH 44242 <TennJedJr@...> 45 people, event overshadowed by Kent remembrance in '02.

Knoxville: Aerow Albrook <sparx17@...> Matt Barker  316 Russfield Dr., Knoxville, TN  37922

Lansing: Kathy Kennedy 517-628-3915 or e-mail: "kathy kennedy"

<prohibitionx@...>
http://www.geocities.com/legalizemichigan/lansing.htm 300 participants in '02.

Leipzig: C.U. Rolf http://www.feinkost13.org tel 03412131477 or

"veejaykay" <veejaykay@...> rolfdereinzigename@...,
lxc@... j–rg klepsch, simildenstr.12, 04277

Leipzig-germany  Parade w. 1000-1500 participants and

10 loudspeaker trucks, following the route of the famous 1989

demonstrations that brought down the wall, swelling to 2000 people who braved pouring rain at main train station. One arrest.

Lexington: Gatewood Gailbrath 859-259-1522  gatewood@...

Limburg: Batlle@... (Valentin Batlle) 11.05.2002, 08:00 AM to 04:00 PM Limburg City Europaplatz M.M.M-Event with Music (Söllner, Joint Venture ...) Valentin Batlle, Hanf Aktivist

Little Rock: Jamie Collins <k_kar420@...> (501) 663-4216

1516 Fairpark Blvd., Little Rock, Ark. 72204 45 marchers at State Capitol, not one arrest.

Ljubljana: borut.delfabbro@... #352; ou-Lj,

Kersnikova 4, 1000 Ljubljana or  Mojca Štraus  mojca@... 0038641786490  Vinski vrh5a, 3240 Šmarje pri jelšah, Ljubljana, Slovenia www.konoplja.org  http://www.sou.uni-lj.si/

Rally Concert

London: International Cannabis Coalition (UK), PO Box 2243,

London, W1A 1YF, UK. Chris: 020 7637 7467. Fax: 0870 0548646. E

Mail: may2001@... http://www.cannabiscoalition.org.htm 10,000 on the march, 30,000 at the festival; no police prolems.

Los Angeles: Sister Somayah 323-232-0935 http://www.geocities.com/sistersomayah/events.htm

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sister-somayah 175 participants, S. Central.

Madison: Ben Masel <bmasel@...> weedstock.com 40 to 120 participants.

Manchester: Cannabis Coalition (Manchester), 57 Church Street,

Smithfield Buildings, Manchester, M4. Tel: 0161 834 1130. email: Gingrach@... 600 marchers in '02.

Melbourne: Kevin Aplin FL CAN (321)-726-6656. Jodi James -

Coalition Advocating Medical Marijuana 321-253-3673. 200 in parade, total media coverage; one obstruction of justice citation for filming a cop ticketing some one for an open container.

Mexico City: +5300 5774 email: helmcke@... or volgn@... or"Tato"  foigras2002@... "Camello"  cosmocamello@...  "Asoc. Mexicana de Estudios Sobre el Cannabis" <amecamexico@...> Leopoldo Rivera

Rivera/AsociaciÛn Mexicana de Estudios sobre el Cannabis,

Amapola # 35, col. Jardines del Molinito, Naucalpan, Estado de
MÈxico. CP. 53530 MEXICO or Adolfo Prieto 1003, Col. del Valle,

C.P. 03100, Mexico, D.F. or Samuel Martínez Ramírez

Av. Azcapotzalco #193-4 Col. Clavería Mexico D.F.
 www.vivecondrogas.com, www.amecamexico.org, www.hemp.com.mx Almost 300 people in '02.

Miami: Glenn Allen, 42c s.e.12th st. Dania, Fl 33004, 954-929-7025 aka "Nelg Nella" <spacehippie@...>  A smoke out/drum circle in Peacock Park with lots of good bud.

Milwaukee: "Dominic Salmaan" <cannabisliberation@...>

414-469-0899. 1525 E. Royall (Apt # 14), Milw., WI 563202. Over 100 people marched for 3 1/2 hrs. in '02. No police problems.

Minneapolis: Grassroots Party or Chris Wright <TCW@...> 612-522-5374. 400 folks, no arrests in '02.

Missoula: Angela Goodhope <sisterearth420@...> (406) 829-1703 Approx. 420 participants in '02.

Montpelier: Rama Schneider <2001@...> (802) 433-5441

address: 1614 Gilbert Road, Williamstown, VT 05679

http://www.ramabahama.net Several people handed out literature in '02.

 
Montreal: Marc-Boris St-Maurice <blocpot@...>

(514)528.1768 3,000 marched 4 1/2 miles; no cops in '02.

Moscow: http://www.cures.by.ru  d-form@...

Nashville: "Howie & Marivuana Leinoff" <torml@...> <mailto:marivuana@...>or marivuana@... (615)ACT-HIGH. <http://www.marivuana.com>http://www.marivuana.com <>http://www.punkenstein.com  150 marchers, no arrests; first tv coverage in '02.

Norfolk:

Newark: "Richard J. Schimelfenig" <rschimel@...> Delaware Cannabis Society c/o Richard J.

Schimelfenig, 3504 Winterhaven Drive, Newark, DE 19702, (302) 456-9402

New Orleans : Daisy 504-957-HERB hemp.rox.com    email:<NewOrleansMarch@...>

New Paltz: newpaltznorml@... NORML / SSDP PO Box 775, New

Paltz, NY 12561 500 marchers, well over 2,000 at concert in '02.

New York City: Dana 212-677-7180 <dana@...> 7,000 participants in '02. 148 arrests.

Nimbin: Max Stone of the Australian Cannabis Law Reform

Movement" aclrm@... ph: 61 0266 891842

http://www.nimbinaustralia.com http://www.bigbongburgerbar.com/webshow/ 24,000 participants in '02. No arrests.

Normal:  Nearly  1,000 participants in '02. Zach Thomas and Miriam Sterlin, Mobilizing Activists and Students for Hemp (MASH)   Phone # :    309-275-6112/309-2756110 http://www.mashaction.org e-mail:  mash@...

Nuernberg: Emanuel Kotzian  phone: 0049-(0) 172- 818 217 8  agentur sowjet - info@... -  450 people marched in the rain in '02.

Oberlin: Patty Hallman <sbysc@...> (440)774-4544) c/o

Stitch by Stitch & Curiousities, 31 South Main Street, Oberlin,

OH 44074
 
Omaha: Paul Tripp, paultrip@..., (402)598-6180 12216 Poppleton Plz. #238, Omaha, NE, 68144   Over 30 participants in '02.

Orlando: Kacie Grange Hiphiplady32@... (407)895-3492

Oslo: <mmm@...> normal.no/mmm Torkel Bj¯rnson, NORMAL,

Hjelmsgt 3, N0-0158 Oslo, Norway 3000+ participants. No arrests.

Ottawa: "deadmanseedco" <deadmanseedco@...> 613-749-3014

Don Appleby or Rick Reimer at 613-756-2961 or Rob Brown at

613-756-5892 Crowds in the hundreds, almost no arrests.

Paducah: Paula (270)362-9849 <pioneer@...>, Cher

Ford-McCullough <bitchcrafts@...> 65 Cabin Lane,

Gilbertsvile, Ky. 42044 or Brian McCullough

< bpmc@...> (270) 362-8186 50 marchers, 90 at rally, one undercover in '02.

Paradise: Virgil Hales 530-877-5814

Paris: FARId GHEHIOUECHE 06 148 156 79  farid@... or CAM-RD 9, passage Dagorno 75020 PARIS

Tel : 00 33 (1) 40 09 69 75 Fax : 00 33 (1) 44 93 93 57

Like in 2001 and 2002, for MMM 2003 there will be rallies around France (Montpellier, Lyon, Rennes, Marseille, Lille, Annecy,...) and in Paris, the nation wide gathering in Bastille place 3:00 PM.

Parkersburg: "Cindy Wimer" <indianbud@...> "Mountaineers for Medical Marijuana" 304-428-1726

Patterson: David Germolus 209-892-6640  angelwater260@...  420 hoffman ct.,  Patterson, california

Philadelphia: <phillyweed420@...> or "chuck palmer"

<chuckp@...> 610-279-6358  100 participants, no arrests in '02.

Phoenix: donovan criss  doncriss@... 602-486-6145 1635 w. grovers av. phoenix,az 85023 or rex 602-618-4521 2222 w beardsly rd #1119 phoenix,az 85027

 
Pilsen: http://www.exist.cz "pavla kozakova" <exist@...>

200 people and one sound system in central park in '02. No arrests.

Pittsburg:

Pordenone: Anna Cavezzali & Ivan Romano <lallice@...>, Via Firenze 5, 33080 Porcia, PN, Italy

++3282488420 ++43428098

Portland: (503) 239-6110 MMM 2002 Committee c/o Oregon NORML

(OrNORML) http://www.ornorml.org PO Box 86443, Portland, OR
97286 Madeline Martinez yerbanena@... or Steven M.

Cooper Volunteer Coordinator ornorml.volunteer@...  Grew from 200 people, no arrests.

Prague: Michael "xChaos" Polak <xchaos@...> Tel: +420 603 872631 / +420 2 33358050  http://www.legalizace.cz 1-2,000 participants in '02, with hundreds more in nearby park. No marijuana related arrests in Prague (police just arrested offender, who broke police car window, but this was after MMM officially ended).

Providence:  Tom <psilocyberspore@...> (401) 737-7057  http://members.cox.net/psilocyberspore Just 6 people in '02.

Raleigh-Durham: Bryan T. Moore <btm42@...> 614 Carolina

Ave. Raleigh, NC 27606-1606 (919) 816-0609 or "Jeff Badalucco"
<nc_ca@...> (919)834-2816 238 Pecan St., Raleigh, NC

27603 200 souls braved pouring rain in '02. Capitol cops well-behaved, but city cops tried to intimidate.

Rapid City: Bob Newland <newland@...> 877-687-5297,
605-255-4032 website: http://www.sodaknorml.org/  300 marchers in '02.

Reno: Michelle 775-287-1594

Richmond: "Roy B. Scherer" <rscherer@...> (804)

355-7612, or campus libs at <Huclberie1@....> About 100 attendees; march was 4 miles.

Rio de Janeiro: +55 - 21 - 9885 9162 mmmbr2002@... or  "Luiz Paulo" <lpgb@...> 500 participants in '02.

Rome: "Segreteria Forte Prenestino" <segreteria@...> or Michela Gesualdo

<mgesuald@ilmanifesto> 10-15,000 participants in '02.

Rosario: +54 - 341-4201291 or +54 - 341- 4642699 E-mail: raddud@... Corrientes 1307, 2000 - Rosario- ARGENTINA Nearly 400 participants in '02.

 

Salem: 503.363-4588 Medical Cannabis Resource Center, 1695 Fairgrounds Rd.,Salem, Oregon   97303

<mailto:MercyCenter@...>MercyCenter@... March and Rally plans TBA-- probably high noon around state capital building

 

Salt Lake City: Dr. Ken Larsen (801) 533-8658 <kencan@...> 856

E. 100th St. South (#2), Salt Lake City, UT 84102 or Andy

Morrill (801)334-8122 <rambis4@...> http://www.thc2002.org

http://www.personalchoice.org A. Reed Morrill, 1663 Historic

25th Street,Ogden, Utah 84401 300 noisy marchers, no arrests.

San Diego: San Diego A.C.T. (Association for Cannabis

Therapeutics) c/o T.Villodas,901"F"street#413,San Diego,

Ca.92101 email: Ed zepplin <edzepp@...> or Donna 619-302

3041 or 619-223-1050 (land line) 619-302-3041 (mobile)

http://www.cannabisfreedom.org Approximately 50-75 attendees.

NO POLICE! NO PROBLEMS!

San Francisco: Hemp Evolution/Clark Sullivan "freeman sullivan" <feemansulllivan@...> or c.libertine@... or LAMPS 415-487-0561 4,000 participants in '02, no arrests.

Santa Clara: "Lisa" <angelisa51@...>

San Marcos: Joe Ptak: 512.754.0264 Email:

earthfirstswt@... Postal: 213 Ramsay St.; #107, San

Marcos, TX; 78666

Santa Cruz: DdC <dendecannabist@...> or Jason Brodsky

<theherbalist@...> or Bryan Gilstein
<shelbyrose7@...> (831-502-3865) Bryan Gilstein, UCSC, 600

Kresge Ct, Santa Cruz CA 95064 discussion list:

SCMJMarch@...  400 participants, no arrests.

Sao Paulo: Victor maolvni@... 30620225  rua tirica 345 Cabeca: podiscreuza@... : 35678903: rua japao 876 maolvni@... About 600 people .. There was no use and no

possession of marijuana so the cops couldn´t do anything.

Seminole: semptest5@... "http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/fl3touring/stpete.html"

Sioux City: clint boatman <clint815@...>    5305 Stone Ave, Sioux City, Ia 51106

Sioux Falls:  Bob Newland <newland@...> 877-687-5297,

605-255-4032 website: http://www.sodaknorml.org/

Sofia: Chris Pantchev Xpu100 <hri100@...>

Soltau: Sven <vandreike@...>, 05191-975296

50 people, one police activity.

Springfield: Joe Setzer (417) 877-6832 <theosopher420@...>137 Hackberry Lane,  Seymour, MO 65746

St. Louis: 314-567-8522 <gstlnorml@...> or St. Louis Area NORML , PO Box 220243,

St. Louis, MO 63122.   http://www.mo-norml.org 600 marched to the Arch for cannabis reform.

Stuart: "chad cooke" <chadcooke50@...>  chad cooke 561-213-7307 719-a northview drive,

jupiter,florida. 33458

Thunder Bay: Doug Thompson <docclone@...> 807-475-7436 75 participants, no cops, no media.

Tampa: Anthony154154@... Anthony Lorenzo 1-888-210-0425 toll free pager Over 100 participants in '02.

Tel Aviv: Boaz Wachtel -- wachtel@... Tel:972-54-573679

http://www.ale-yarok.org.il PO Box 2983, Even Yehuda, 40500

Israel  -- 4,000 participants in '02.

Tokyo: Takao Bakuya (Cannabist) info@... +81-3-3706-6885 http://www.cannabist.org 800 participants in '02.

Toronto: Larry Duprey (416)540-7829 fax(416)242-2635 or Toronto Area Association / Marijuana Party of Canada, 132 Dundas St. East, Toronto,On M5B 1E2 (416)367-3459  3-6,000 participants in '02

<http://www.canadiancannabisawards.ca>www.canadiancannabisawards.ca

<http://www.cannabisclub.ca>www.cannabisclub.ca

Traverse City: Melody Karr <fiddlefoot420@...>

(231)885-2993 PO Box 524 Mesick, MI 49668. or 10954 Birch Road

Mesick MI 49668. 70 marchers, hundreds of spectators in '02.

http://www.geocities.com/legalizemichigan/traversecity.htm

Trondheim: <mmm@...> normal.no/mmm Line Arstad, NORMAL,

Hjelmsgt 3, N0-0355 Oslo, Norway 200 participants in '02.

Tucson: mary mackenzie <mmackenzie2@...> (520)323-2947 http://www.hometown.aol.com/marcher420/myhomepage/pepe.html or 3400 east speedway, #118, tucson, arizona 85716 Over 200 participants in '02.

Turku: Vihreet Pantterit http://www.vihreetpantterit.org info@... 300 participants in '02. 10 counter-demonstrators.

Ukiah: Verge Belanger "v belanger" <contactverge@...>

Tommy Gunn, 528 North State St. #1, Ukiah, Ca. 95482 300 participants in '02.

Upper Lake, Ca.: Linda & Eddy Lepp"linda senti"

<lisenti@...> 707-275-8879 Signed up 131 new patients in '02.

Vancouver: David Malmo-Levine, <dagreenmachine@...> BC

Marijuana Party Bookstore and Internet Broadcasting Center, 307

West Hastings Tel. 604 682-1172 http://www.cannabisculture.com 2,000 marchers in '02.

Vermilion: Sonny Morris 967-6069 sonny44089@...  309 devonshire More than 100 people partied in the park, no problems in '02.

Vienna: 5. Hanffeuer, Bushdoctor <martin@...>

http://www.bushdoctor.at Phone: +43 (01) 524 04 40, Fax: +43

(01) 524 04 24, Kirchengasse 19, A-1070, Vienna, Austria"

Walton: Dave Baughman 620-837-4496 <Davyblues1@...>

http://www.kan-sativa.com 124 S. Walton Ave., Walton, Kansas

67151 Around 50 participants in '02.

Warszawa, mazowsze:  Adam Wojtasiewicz  aw@... +48503692715 ul. Mickiewicza 72/15 01-650 Warszawa Poland

Washington, D.C.:Toni Keane <taporter84@...> http://violate_wave.tripod.com/MMM.html

Wellington Ben Knight <Legalise@...> NORML NZ , PO

Box 27-315, Wellington +64 25 377509 http://www.norml.org.nz

Wichita: Debby Moore, CEOHemp Industries of Kansas 2742 E. 2nd Wichita, Kansas, 67214  (316) 681 1743 debby@... Website:  http://www.hempforus.com Last year about thrity people met and marched through downtown Wichita. I will plan a cookout with speakers, but

will certainly discourage any smoking of the herb cannabis.

Winnepeg: Chris Buors, <chris_buors@...> mail to 430

Winterton ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R2K 1K4 500 rallied at the Parliament Bldg in '02.

Winston-Salem: Queen Selassie (336) 661-0684 4469 Indiana Ave,

Winston-Salem, N.C. 27105 25 people stood under a pavilion in the rain.

Worcester: C.J. & Judi Bunn, 413-245-3675 #9 Maybrook Rd,
Holland, MA 01521 More than 100 people, no problems, in '02.

Zurich: Swiss Hanf Koordination Sekretariat + 41-31-398-144

<infor@...>  Barbecue-Party in the Culture Centre in Seebach/Zurich

CHanf++ GmbH, Zweierstrasse 124, CH-8003 Zürich

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We are still taking submissions for our final design for next year's poster--and we are establishing a VIRTUAL POSTER GALLERY to give every city who can print locally a choice.

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If you want to be moved above this line and listed for next year, just let us know.

If you want to help bring them up to critical mass, just contact them.

***!!!MMM2002 Cities Not Yet Confirmed for Global Cannabis March 2003!!!***

Anchorage: Scot Dunnachie 907-278-4367 <freehempinak@...>

2603 Spenard Rd, Anchorage, AK 99503 http://www.freehempinak.org

Ashland: "Amber Leiter" <amleiter@...>

419-289-8810 , Amber Leiter, 165 Ronald Ave. Apt. I, Ashland,

Ohio 419-207-8834

Augusta: Roger Leisner/Radio Free Maine.
<rleisner04330@...> http://www.radiofreemaine.com

Bologna: mar. million march / association livello 57 ++39

051-271066<m4s@...> Via Muggia #9, 40100 Bologna

http://www.radiocentrale.it or http://www.radiogap.net

Calgary: Ken Kirk e-mail: marijuanaparty.ofalberta@...

780-430-8440

Carbondale: Liz Strebe 618-351-0397 202 E. College (Apt 1), Carbondale, IL 62901

Charleston:  Amanda Kushner Amanda2bad@... 304-746-0777   969 Jarrell Dr., Charleston, wv 25312 Rally Concert

Chesapeake: Barbra 373-9027  bkquamen@... Chesapeake, Virginia

Dallas: Fletch 214-566-2460 <phletch41@...> 6008 E.

Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, Tx. 75206 60 or so marchers in '02.

Dauphin: Shroom menace217@... Dauphin, Manitoba Smoke-in, followed by walk to support legalization

Duisburg: Dirk &Co <cafe-zentral@...>

Dunedin: Duncan Eddy <duncaneddy@...> NORML NZ, phone:

027 4719 139 200 tokers on the Octagon in '02.

Eaton: Andy Fudge fudgeie@... 210 eaton lewisburg rd apt#61 Rally 12 noon -- lots of kick ass specialties

Edmonton, Alberta: Ken Kirk e-mail:

marijuanaparty.ofalberta@... 780-430-8440 or "Ross Z"

<ganja_23@...>

Ellwangen: Sven Semmler <sven@...>

Fairbanks, Alaska: Frank Turney 907-452-3777 or Chuck Rollins

Jr. <chuck@...>

Frankenthal: helmut holtzheimer <movemus@...>

Freiburg: <info@...>, http://www.drogenpolitik.org

Verein fuer Drogenpolitik e.V. Info stall from 11:00h-17:00h.

corner Kaiser-Joseph-Strasse - Schiffstrasse

Fresno: Glass Packers <glasspackers@...> Eric Burns

Hamilton: Contact aksh1@... 50 participants, 4 questioned and released without charges.

Homer, Alaska - contact Julie Cesarini, P.O. Box 812, Homer AK

99603, 907 235-6040.

Jacksonville: James Johnson  (904)245-2876  chefboyrdee69@...    659 Apeberry Lane, Jacksonville, Florida

Johannesburg: Gordon Maene <Gordon@...> work: (

011)805 6763 cell phone: 082 552 6393

Juneau: contact  Brad Parfitt latebrad@...

Kelowna, B.C.: Teresa Taylor, CCC <luna@...>

taylor1.virtualave.net (250) 442-2741 or (250) 442-5166 Fax
(250) 442-5167 or Amanda/hempshop (250)770-8171

Kailua-Kona: Gretel Zapata of Free Mary Jane

<freemaryjanehawaii@...> Tel# 808.328.9251 voice#

808.331.5418 81-1085c Capt. Cook RD Capt. Cook HI 96726 or PO

box 746 Honaunau HI

Krakow: Marek Warmuz (+48)501-468-018 "quepassa"

<quepassa@...>

Ladysmith: Terry & Wendy, (250)-245-3595, <tandwp1@...>

Las Vegas: Ray Facundo <raybones80@...>, 1750 Santa
Margarita, Apt 122, Las Vegas, NV 89146 (702)-222-3560

Leadville: Ken Cary (719-486-2215. 114 W 6th # 9, Leadville, CO

80461

Lille: FARId GHEHIOUECHE <gfarid@...> Tel/fax : 01 44 93 93

57; Mobile: 06 14 81 56 79

Liverpool: Will Graham <willg@...> tel (inc.

international code): 0044 151 727 1458

Luxemburg (LU) <info@...>, Tel: 00352 26 53 08 95,

http://www.act4cannabis.lu/ They are planning a press conference

and handing out leaflets. Mailing address:LIFE, 53, Val des

Aulnes, L-3811 Schifflange

Lyon: FARId GHEHIOUECHE <gfarid@...> Tel/fax : 01 44 93 93
57; Mobile: 06 14 81 56 79   Location:   14h Croix Rousse Place

Marburg: Gr¸ne Hilfe Hessen, c/o Jo, Tel/Fax: 06631/801512

Location: Cafe Am Gr¸n 70 guests attended.

Marseilles: FARId GHEHIOUECHE <gfarid@...> Tel/fax : 01 44 93 93

57; Mobile: 06 14 81 56 79

Memphis: Lanie 731-855-7527

Montpellier at Le Bikini Location: 16h Comedie Place

Munich: mmm-muenchen@...

Nantes: FARId GHEHIOUECHE <gfarid@...> Tel/fax : 01 44 93 93
57; Mobile: 06 14 81 56 79

Napa: Bruce Trask 707-253-9295 1020 Soscol Ferry Rd, Napa, CA

94558

New Haven: Lucas Davenport <hardreboot@...> 203-752-2462

Palm Springs: Lanny Swerdlow mappnow@... or

<marijuanamarch@...> pager: 760-836-8166; ph:

760-799-2055.

Recklinghausen: Jossi <janjos@...>

Regina: Daniel Johnson <amduscias@...>

normlsask.cjb.net/

Rennes at l'Ubu. Jean Charles PETITJEAN, BARACANNA (COCAR), 105,

rue St HÈlier, 35000 Rennes. TÈl : 33 (0)2 23 35 15 69 Fax : 33

(0)2 23 35 01 33 E-Mail : baracanna@... SIRET : 432

785 822 00029 APE : 913 E ouvert mercredi de 14h30 ý 19h30

jeudi, vendredi et samedi de 10h ý 20h They will offer hemp

seeds to people at a rally in front of the mayor's house.

San Juan: Christian Fernandez <c_fernh@...> Box 839

Gurabo, PR 00778

San Luis Obispo: "Rusty Stuart" <nzane@...> 1722 Nacimiento

Lake Dr, Paso Robles, CA 93446 805-237-7303 or 805-237-7306 And

Jo-D: 805.937.0034

Saskatoon: Jeremiah Whipp (306)230-0951 -- 1800 Main St (Apt

42), Saskatoon, Sask. S7H4B3.

Stafford: Simon  wrxmanuk@... +447816485762  Concert @ stafford town square

Stockton: mikaela/free the weed  912-884-6144 veganarchy16@... veganarchy16@... http://www.hipforums.com 322 lake dr, stockton, california

Stuttgart: <info@...>,

http://www.drogenpolitik.org Verein fuer Drogenpolitik e.V. Info

stall from 11:00h-17:00h. corner K–nigstrasse / B¸chsenstrasse

Tallahassee: (850)321-8311 ask for Matt <fsunorml@...>

Ricky Bradford FSU NORML c/o Oglesby, Union Student Activities

Office, FL 32306

Taos: Danielle Romero (505)770-5260 or Joanne Foreman

<jofo@...> 505-751-1102

Vega Alta: jose a hernandez <josefaruk1@...> location Park

Recreativo. Que Viva La Musica Coqui Coqui.

Vilnius: "Andrius Brazas" <brazhas@...>

http://www.hardcore 370 98 84714

Wolfenbuttel: <solid-wf@...> Info booth by ['solid] popular.

Yellow Springs: Devon Ronaldson <soulrebel@...> 937 769

1764 c/o Student mailr oom, 795 livermore st., yellow springs OH

45387

Zagreb: "Sergio Stifanic" <fine_time909@...> GALOVICEVA

10, 10000 ZAGREB Phone: ++385 1 2330667                

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From: eco man <tents444@...>

Subject: Please subscribe to new MMM email list. Public archive still

open.

Please subscribe to new MMM email list. Public archive still open.

The public MMM email list at Yahoo Groups now requires people to subscribe

in order to post messages to the list and the public archive. For a few

weeks I set it up so that non-members could also send in email messages to

the list. That was to help people send in MMM rally reports. It worked.

The archive also got some spam too. That was deleted. But people should

keep sending in MMM-related stuff. Just subscribe first.

The MMM message archive itself is still public and accessible to anybody:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction

*MMM (Million Marijuana March) and Global Cannabis Action. Marches and

rallies, the first Saturday in May of each year. Worldwide (since 1999).

May 3 2003, May 4 2002. May 5, 2001. May 6, 2000. May 1, 1999. Over 200

cities so far ... and counting!!! Other multi-city cannabis and drug

reform events are covered, too. Email list public archive for event info,

ideas, MMM 2002 rally reports, photo attachments, links, HTML web pages,

etc.. Also, Dana Beal's most recent messages include the latest,

continually-revised, compilation of MMM 2003 cities, contacts, and rally

info. After subscribing to this Yahoo Group email list, please use

cannabisaction@yahoogroups.com  for sending in messages. On the homepage
there are links to archived messages, and to web pages with even more MMM

links, info, and rally report compilations online. Homepage:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction

MMM Global Cannabis Action. Million Marijuana March. Annual rallies and

marches in over 200 cities. Worldwide since 1999. The first Saturday in

May. Cannabis Liberation Day. LINKS, event navigators, alphabetical city

contact lists, mailing lists and archives, flyers and posters, rally

report compilations, media coverage, MMM history, etc..

This page was last revised Wednesday, June 12, 2002 09:28 AM -0400. This

page is at
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/mmmlinks.htm  and

http://corporatism.tripod.com/mmmlinks.htm  and

http://members.fortunecity.com/multi19/mmmlinks.htm


MMM-Cannabis Event NAVIGATORS, city lists.

Please send in MMM city info and updates to Dana Beal

dana@... and also use the web form and contact links at the

Event Navigator page here:

http://www.millionmarijuanamarch.org/navigator.php

MMM 2003 city lists. Freddie Freak's frequently-updated list of cities -

many of which are clickable. Freddie's city list is not a contact list,

nor does it have MMM 2002 rally participant numbers. For the very-latest,

complete, MMM city and contact list for the upcoming MMM 2003, combined

with last year's MMM 2002 rally numbers for each city, you need to go to

Dana Beal's latest email messages in the MMM Cannabis Action email list

and public archive.
http://home.c2i.net/freddiefreak/N/potnytt_2003/mmm2003int/mmm_2003.htm

and
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction

*MMM EVENT NAVIGATOR. Global Cannabis Action. Find a march, rally, forum,
concert or other event anywhere in the world with the Million Marijuana

March Event Navigator! This page lists the names of nearly all of the MMM

cities worldwide on one page. In alphabetical order. With the state and

country names also. Click any city in the alphabetical list to see the

contact and rally info for that city. This is a great web page.

Alphabetical city list:

http://www.millionmarijuanamarch.org/navigator.php

*MMM 2002, Cannabis  Liberation Day, Million Marijuana March. Clickable,

all-on-one-page,  alphabetical, 200+ city list is frozen in place from

around May 4 2002.

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/mmm2002.htm   and

http://corporatism.tripod.com/mmm2002.htm   and

http://members.fortunecity.com/multi19/mmm2002.htm

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1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 MMM-Cannabis Rally REPORTS.

Please send in personal or published MMM rally reports to Dana Beal

dana@...  and media reports to CannabisNews.com at

submissions@... where FoM may compile them at:
http://freedomtoexhale.com/million.htm

*2002 MMM. Freddie Freak (of Norway) has a compilation of links to MMM

2002 rally reports worldwide. You can also click his homepage page link

below, and then click the MMM 2002 link there:

http://freddiefreak.com

*2002 MMM. The schmoo.co.uk website has a rally report compilation:

http://www.schmoo.co.uk/world.htm

*2002 MMM rally reports. Also, Public Archive for MMM-related list

messages.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction

*2001 MMM. global cannabis connections. Rally reports worldwide.

 http://www.schmoo.co.uk/cannabis/world.htm

*2001 MMM. Worldwide Wrap-up of the "2001 Space Odyssey."

http://www.hightimes.com/News/2001_06/MMMWRAP.html

*2000 MMM. Alphabetical rally reports. March - May, 2000. MMM. A16. J4J3.

Drug war protests in around 100 cities worldwide.
 -- May 6. MMM. Million Marijuana March, Cannabis 2000. 100 cities.

 -- April 15. A16 prison industrial complex rally. 600 arrests. Washington

DC.
 -- March 2000. J4J3. Journey for Justice 3 in Florida. 3rd J4J medical

cannabis wheelchair trek.

 -- Alphabetical (by city) link list of reports, photos, audio, video for

the above rallies in the year 2000.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/links.htm and

http://corporatism.tripod.com/links.htm

*1999 MMM. London and around the world. Rally reports.
http://www.schmoo.co.uk/cannabis/london.htm

*1999 MMM. Million Marijuana March. FoM (of CannabisNews.com) compilation
of rally reports for cities worldwide.

http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/million.htm

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MMM-Cannabis and drug reform email LISTS and ARCHIVES.

*MMM (Million Marijuana March) and Global Cannabis Action. Marches and

rallies, the first Saturday in May of each year. Worldwide (since 1999).

May 3 2003, May 4 2002. May 5, 2001. May 6, 2000. May 1, 1999. Over 200

cities so far ... and counting!!! Other multi-city cannabis and drug

reform events are covered, too. Email list public archive for event info,

ideas, MMM 2002 rally reports, photo attachments, links, HTML web pages,

etc.. Also, Dana Beal's most recent messages include the latest,

continually-revised, compilation of MMM 2003 cities, contacts, and rally
info. After subscribing to this Yahoo Group email list, please use

cannabisaction@yahoogroups.com  for sending in messages. On the homepage
there are links to archived messages, and to web pages with even more MMM

links, info, and rally report compilations online. Homepage:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction

*MMM-Cannabis organizing list. Million Marijuana March. Global cannabis

rallies on the first Saturday of May. May 3 2003, May 4 2002. May 5, 2001.

May 6, 2000. May 1, 1999. Over 200 cities so far. The latest, updated,

city and contact list is regularly sent here. Anybody can join this Yahoo

Group for free. Any subscriber can post messages. Click below for info,

and to sign up. The email names and email addresses of subscribers are not

visible to anybody, except temporarily when a subscriber sends email to

the list. There is no archive.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mayday

*Santa Cruz Billion Marijuana March email list and archive. "A local forum

for Santa Cruz, San Jose, San Francisco, Marin, Watsonville, Carmel,

etc... to share ideas, plan, and enjoy life while preparing for this

year's and more upcoming Billion Million Marijuana Marches here in Santa

Cruz California."
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCMJMarch/

*Email lists. Drug war, cannabis, drug reform, progressive news in

general. Egroups, Yahoo Groups, Usenet, newsgroups, mailing lists,

Listserv, Majordomo, etc.. Archives, too.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/lists.htm  and

http://corporatism.tripod.com/lists.htm

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More MMM LINKS and RELATED INFO.

*For FLYERS and POSTERS  (by mail or download), info, MMM-Cannabis

history, reports, etc., go to Cures-not-Wars.org  and schmoo.co.uk  and

CannabisCoalition.org
http://www.cures-not-wars.org  and

http://www.schmoo.co.uk/cannabis  and
http://www.cannabiscoalition.org

Million Marijuana March. The .org and .com sites are completely different.
 
http://MillionMarijuanaMarch.org  and

http://www.MillionMarijuanaMarch.org
http://MillionMarijuanaMarch.com  and

http://www.MillionMarijuanaMarch.com

*Old MMM 2002 city list used for distribution to others.

http://corporatism.tripod.com/mmm2002pr.htm  and
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/mmm2002pr.htm   and

http://members.fortunecity.com/multi19/mmm2002pr.htm

You are here:

*MMM Global Cannabis Action. Million Marijuana March. Annual rallies and

marches in over 200 cities. Worldwide since 1999. The first Saturday in

May. Cannabis Liberation Day. LINKS, alphabetical city contact lists,

event navigators, mailing lists and archives, flyers and posters, rally

report compilations, media coverage, MMM history, etc..

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/mmmlinks.htm   and

http://corporatism.tripod.com/mmmlinks.htm   and
http://members.fortunecity.com/multi19/mmmlinks.htm

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