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From: Dana Beal <dana@...>
Date: May 7, 2007 12:04 PM
Subject: WWMM 2007 # 22: Sign up for 2008!; Reports from Moscow, Bulgaria, Toronto, Portland, Bakerfield, Arcata...
...
Important: Sign up your city NOW
for 2008!
Get your city on the
globalmarijuanamarch.com and
worldwidemarijuanamarch.org web sites &
on the FIRST PRINTING of the poster for International Marijuana Day,
May 3, 2008!
Right now we have 17 cities on the
List for 2008:
Antwerp
Belgrade
Boulder
Cordoba
Darwin
Ft.
Collins
Hachita
Helsinki
Madrid
Moscow
Nashville
Omaha
Paris
Portland
Rosario
Saskatoon
Vancouver
If you're on the current list for
May 5, 2007, check out your listing on Worldwidemarijuanamarch.org or
on the list at the end of this email, and then email confirmation that
you DEFINITELY want to do it again next year plus any changes in your
email, phone or postal address.
...
Please email where & when your event took place, how many
people and how much media coverage you had, along with any
arrests--together with confirmation you intend to do it again May 3,
2008, and how your plans for next year are different from what you
just did.
For updated website, go to
http://www.worldwidelmarijuanamarch.com
There is also some international MMM networking going on at
this CannabisCulture.com message forum:
*****!!!Worldwidew Marijuana
March--May 4, 5, 6, 2007: Reports!!!*****
Russia
Moscow police detain 14 marijuana march activists
17:13
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05/ 05/ 2007
MOSCOW, May 5 (RIA Novosti) - Police in Moscow said they had detained 14 people for attempts to hold a cannabis culture parade in the city center Saturday.
"The detainees
attempted to stage an unauthorized event, and were promoting
narcotics," a spokesperson for Moscow's Interior Department said,
adding that administrative cases could be opened against them.
According to the Russian Interior Ministry's chief communications officer, Valery Gribankin, police had credible information that participants would use the rally to peddle drugs to members of the public.
Moscow's security chief, Nikolai Kulikov, said Friday the municipal government had rejected a request to allow "legalize marijuana" parades in the city this weekend and that any such rallies would be dispersed as unauthorized.
The parades have been intended as part of the Global Marijuana March, held every May since 1999 in more than 400 cities across the world.
According to the Russian Interior Ministry's chief communications officer, Valery Gribankin, police had credible information that participants would use the rally to peddle drugs to members of the public.
Moscow's security chief, Nikolai Kulikov, said Friday the municipal government had rejected a request to allow "legalize marijuana" parades in the city this weekend and that any such rallies would be dispersed as unauthorized.
The parades have been intended as part of the Global Marijuana March, held every May since 1999 in more than 400 cities across the world.
Attempts to stage events
promoting cannabis culture were made in Moscow in previous years, but
all such actions were cracked down on by authorities.
From:
pieman@...
Subject: smoke-in in
bulgaria
Cannabis consumers march worldwide 4
Rain dampens local pro-pot rally on Common
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ANDREA MACDONALD
A small group of people took to the Halifax Common yesterday, hoping to re-ignite debate over Canada's medical-marijuana program.
The rally was part of the Global Marijuana March, in which medical-marijuana patients, advocates and cannabis consumers gathered in more than 200 cities worldwide. Heavy rains put a damper on the Halifax rally, but organizers remained hopeful they could change current cannabis laws.
Maritimers Unite for Medical Marijuana Society says Health Canada is gouging chronically ill Canadians by marking up medical marijuana by 1,500 per cent. They say people living with HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and other conditions can't afford the product. Most exemption holders live on lower, fixed incomes, according to MUMM, and medical marijuana is essential for their well-being.
Patients unable to get exemptions risk being charged and convicted, they further allege.
MUMM chairwoman Debbie Stutz-Giffin, 49, said at yesterday's rally that all levels of government need to look at the program. She had to quit her job shortly after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis about nine years ago.
Pain, muscle spasms
Stutz-Giffin said she tried a variety of pharmaceuticals to cope with the pain and muscle spasms. One of them was supposed to slow the progression of the MS; instead, it caused a rash covering 80 per cent of her body and took more than a year to heal completely. She also ended up with a severe gastritis attack that upset her entire digestive system, she says.
Her body reacted to all of the pharmaceuticals, to the point where her system can no longer tolerate them at all. "Marijuana is the only thing that gives me excellent symptom relief and quality of life at the same time."
Brian, 23, who did not want to give his last name, attended the rally because he feels it's hypocritical that alcohol is legal while pot is not.
Megane, 18, concurred. "Some people agree with it, some people don't. But I agree with it - it's part of life," she said. "Everybody does it; every person I know does it."
Chummy Anthony, who has run in provincial and federal elections for the Marijuana Party, called current policy a war against the disabled.
"I don't think it's fair that Canadian citizens should be treated like criminals, because their medicine happens to be medical marijuana."
A few people smoked dope openly during the event, but police made no arrests.
amacdonald@...
POT RALLY MELLOWS OUT
By NATHANIEL BANE and KAILI McDONNOUGH
May 6, 2007 -- Chanting, "We smoke pot because we like it a lot," about 500 people gathered in Manhattan yesterday to demand marijuana be legalized - but were a bit slow getting out of bed.
The New York leg of the Global Marijuana March, held in more than 200 cities, kicked off in Washington Square Park more than an hour after the scheduled 11 a.m. start time.
Several high-profile drug campaigners spoke, including Bronx-born Ed Rosenthal, who is fighting ongoing court battles in California over the medical use of the drug.
By NATHANIEL BANE and KAILI McDONNOUGH
May 6, 2007 -- Chanting, "We smoke pot because we like it a lot," about 500 people gathered in Manhattan yesterday to demand marijuana be legalized - but were a bit slow getting out of bed.
The New York leg of the Global Marijuana March, held in more than 200 cities, kicked off in Washington Square Park more than an hour after the scheduled 11 a.m. start time.
Several high-profile drug campaigners spoke, including Bronx-born Ed Rosenthal, who is fighting ongoing court battles in California over the medical use of the drug.
A strong police presence was
on hand, but no arrests were reported.
Queen's Park rally goes all
to pot
Police keep back as crowd lights up
May 06, 2007 04:30 Am
JACK LAKEY
STAFF REPORTER
Marijuana is still illegal in Canada, but you wouldn't have known it at Queen's Park yesterday.
That smoky haze above the park just north of the Legislature was from the thousands of people who sparked up joints as part of the Toronto Freedom Festival and Global Marijuana March, "a celebration of all things marijuana," as one organizer described it.
The park was jammed with tokers who gathered to make a collective case for the legalization of pot, under the watch of Toronto police, who ringed the periphery and herded some marchers through downtown streets, but otherwise let the crowd blast off and didn't arrest anyone.
A police news release prior to the event said they expected a crowd of 10,000 to 12,000, which may have underestimated the actual attendance. Officers at the scene didn't want to guess at the crowd size.
It was a spirited affair, but to call it a protest would be an overstatement. The event was so laid-back that most of those who jammed the park seemed unaware of the 2 p.m. march through the downtown core.
Jay Cleary, one of the organizers of the bands that played throughout the day, announced from the stage that "we're here to smoke our brains out and have a good time," which prompted a smattering of applause.
He thanked the city for allowing the event, and police for tolerating it, noting the festival has been held nine years in a row without any arrests.
Most of the crowd appeared to be middle-class kids in their late teens or early 20s. There was scarcely a burned-out hippie in the bunch.
Retailers peddling hemp products from tents were busy, but the food vendors did a roaring business.
Inside the CALM (Cannabis as Living Medicine) tent, there were posters of a smiling woman above the slogan, "I smoke responsibly. You can too."
When asked how to smoke responsibly, a red-eyed guy behind a table giggled and said, "Uh, you know, don't smoke and drive, I guess."
A gaggle of teenage girls were smoking a joint while walking along Bloor St. "It's a nice day for a walk, and for once, I don't have to sneak around to do it," one of them said.
Activists march to advocate legalizing cannabis
by Cerena Johnson, 5/6/2007
Approximately 20 people gathered in front of Humboldt State University's main gates Saturday morning before marching to The Arcata Plaza to promote the legalization of cannabis.
The rally was organized by HSU's chapter of NORML, or the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
The event was scheduled to coincide with a worldwide day of protests as part of the 2007 Global Marijuana March.
Many of the demonstrators present felt that too much money and resources are being wasted on enforcing marijuana laws, diverting attention away from other issues.
"There are a lot more really important issues to deal with," said Gabe Shames, an HSU student and legislative member of NORML.
Shames gave an example of the shutting down of a homeless shelter.
Other demonstrators advocated the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, and the use of hemp products as an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional construction products and paper-making processes.
Some said cannabis could be used to feed the hungry, providing a source of omega nutrients.
Jason Robo, president of HSU's NORML, said California currently provides a large amount of funding to the prison industrial complex and that the California State University system loses federal funding when marijuana laws are enforced on campuses.
Robo said the drug war is racist, disproportionately affecting a large number of minorities, and takes funding away from other areas, such as education.
"It's not productive to our economy," he said.
Nathan Lou, an HSU botany major who also studies cannabis, said the protest was a gathering of everyone who has a similar mind-set about cannabis and the reasons it should be legalized.
Lou said it is unfortunate to see the health and well-being of the planet being sacrificed when an environmentally friendly product like marijuana is available, yet remains illegal.
"Not only is it right,
it's necessary for evolution," he said.
From:
pieman@...
Subject: 147 pics of
portland march
From:
bloom@...
Subject: Thousands rally
for marijuana 'round the world
http://www.celebstoner.com/content/view/185/34/
This report will appear at hightimes.com tmrw...
bloom
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