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Medical Cannabis Links
Oregon State Medical Marijuana program (OMMP). The state agency charged with running OMMA
- the Oregon Medical Marijauna Act. Contact them in order to to get and fill out the Application
for Registration in the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act Program.
Contact info: Oregon Health Division (OHD) * 800 NE Oregon St., Portland, OR 97232 *
Call (503) 731-4002, ext. 233 and ask a representative of the Oregon Health Division for an OMMA
application packet - or - write to OHD, P.O. Box 14450, Portland, OR 97293-0450 and they'll send you one.
Or visit their site: http://www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/oaps/mm/welcome.htm
and download forms from there.
Oregon Medical Marijuana Act (OMMA) webpage, by Rick Bayer, MD.
A guide to OMMA and medical cannabis in general. (Lnk)
visit: www.omma1998.org
- Advocates & Business; Info and Help - local Medical Cannabis links & orgs
American Alliance for Medical Cannabis (AAMC). Medical Cannabis research. Also functions as a Patient advocacy and support
organization.
Contact info: AAMC Oregon * P.O. Box 47, Arch Cape, OR 97102-0047 *
or visit: http://home.pacifier.com/~alive/aamcoregon.htm
Contigo-Conmigo. "With you-with me" functions as an educational & advocacy organization
for nurses, M.D.s, and other medical professionals, as well as the general public.
Contact info: 39234 Hwy 99W, Monmouth, Oregon 97361 * or visit their website at:
http://www.or-coast.net/contigo/
... Where you'll find many fine features such as the
Oregon Medical Marijuana Guide,
a guide to OMMA and medical cannabis in general.
Mercy Center. Advocates & Activists for the OMMP (Oregon Medical Marijuana Program) and
Medical Cannabis in general. Information and what patient resources they can muster.
Contact info - call for meeting times and places: 503.363-4588 -or-
visit: http://www.mercycenters.org
Oregon Green Free. Patient & Caregiver Resource Center.
Contact info: 11918 SE Division St. #122, Portland, OR 97266 * call: 1-503-760-2671 *
email: ogf@oregongreenfree.com
*
or visit: http://www.oregongreenfree.com/
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------- National & International Medical Cannabis links -------
Americans for Safe Access (ASA) . is an aggressive grassroots campaign working to push the Bush administration off its
anti-medical marijuana crusade and allow states the right to choose and govern medical marijuana laws.
They serve as a catalyst for
committed grassroots activists to work effectively with drug policy reform groups and supportive local officials, and to unify medical
marijuana advocates, patients, and caregivers around a focused national strategy.
They aim to draw national attention to the struggle
and build a nationwide network of local activists committed to pushing back destructive DEA policies through action.
ASA's stand
on federal interference with medical marijuana state laws is one of zero-tolerance.
ASA uses a variety of tactics including citizen
lobbying, community outreach, phone-in days, petition drives, public protest, media events and nonviolent direct action in order to
raise awareness and demand political change.
Contact info: 1678 Shattuck Ave. #317, Berkeley, CA 94709 USA *
Phone: 510-486-8083 * Fax: 510-486-8090 *
or visit: www.safeaccessnow.org
Cannabis Medicine Internationale (IACM).
A scientific society advocating
the improvement of the legal situation for the use of the hemp
plant and its pharmacologically most important active compounds,
through promotion of research and dissemination of information.
Contact info: Arnimstrasse 1A, 50825 Cologne, Germany * Phone: +49-221-9543 9229 *
Fax: +49-221-1300591 * E-mail: info@cannabis-med.org
* or visit: http://www.acmed.org/
Coalition for Medical Cannabis. Stop The Federal Assault On Patients And Providers!
The US Justice Department is pressing forward with an aggressive campaign to prosecute medical
marijuana offenders in defiance of California's medical marijuana law (Prop 215) and efforts by local
officials to support legal medicine for patients.
Targets have included prominent medical marijuana patients groups, caregivers, and individual
patients attempting to grow medicine for themselves.
Among them have been highly regarded patients' groups such as the Los Angeles Cannabis Resource
Center and Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM) in Santa Cruz, which supplied medicine to
seriously and terminally ill patients with full support from local officials.
Since Sept. 11, 2001, the government has prosecuted more persons for medical marijuana than terrorism
in California (according to a survey of cases by California NORML, on the web
at: www.canorml.org/news/fedmmjcases.html.
A growing number have been sentenced to federal prison for growing marijuana in accordance with what
they believed to be the law.
Speak out! Make your voice heard on this important issue. John Ashcroft's Justice Dept.
is forcing hundreds of seriously ill patients in California to turn to the streets and illegal market
in order to obtain their medicine, while providers face long prison terms for their compassion.
Contact your Congressperson
and let them know how you want an end to the Federal assault on medical marijuana.
The Coalition for Medical Cannabis includes:
American Alliance for Medical Cannabis,
Americans for Safe Access,
Angel Wings Patient OutReach, Inc.,
California NORML,
CannabisMD,
Cannabis Action Network,
Cannabis Consumers Campaign,
Change The Climate,
DRCNet,
Drug Policy Alliance,
DrugSense,
Green Aid,
Human Rights in the Drug War, and
Patients Out of Time
and is organized by CSDP, Common Sense for Drug Policy.
Contact info:
See www.MedicalMJ.org for more information about the reform
reaction to the federal onslaught. One of the more famous targets is ...
Ed Rosenthal, noted marijuana author and activist.
Ed was found guilty in US District Court in San Francisco of cultivating marijuana.
After the trial, jurors were angered to discover that Ed had been growing that marijuana for Bay Area
patients' groups and had been deputized by the City of Oakland to do so -- information which had been
withheld from them at the request of the US Attorney. For more details on this
visit: www.green-aid.com/edrosenthal.htm
To order Rosenthal's amazing grow books and his newest book about making powerful hashish and other concentrated pot products,
go to: www.quicktrading.com
GW Pharmaceuticals Inc.. A pharmaceutical company developing a
portfolio of prescription medicines derived from cannabis to meet patient needs in a wide
range of therapeutic indications.
Contact info: Porton Down Science Park, Salisbury, Wilts, SP4 0JQ, United Kingdom *
Tel: 01980 557000 * Fax: 01980 557111 * Email: info@gwpharm.com *
or visit: http://www.gwpharm.com/
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Oregon NORML.
Oregon state chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of
Marijuana Laws.
Contact info: PO Box 86443, Portland, OR 97286 * 503.239.6110 *
or visit: www.ornorml.org
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NORML the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
Contact: 1600 K Street, NW, Suite 501, Washington, DC 20006-2832 * Phone: (202) 483-5500
* Fax: (202) 483-0057 *
Email National NORML at: norml@norml.org *
Email The NORML Foundation: foundation@norml.org *
Media Requests: normlmedia@earthlink.net *
Chapter Inquiries: chapters@norml.org *
Membership/Donation Questions: support@norml.org *
Product Questions: products@norml.org *
or visit: http://www.norml.org
Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) is the nation's leading organization working to end the war on
drugs and promote new drug policies based on science, compassion, health and human rights.
Contact: D.P.A., 925 15th Street NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20005 * phone: (202) 216-0035 *
fax: (202) 216-0803 * or visit: www.drugpolicy.org
Drug Sense (DS) exists to provide accurate information relevant to drug policy in order to
heighten awareness of the extreme damage being caused to our nation and the world by our current
flawed and failed "War on Drugs."
DrugSense and its largest project MAP combine to form a 501 c3 non-profit corporation
whos aim is to inform the public of the existence of rational alternatives to the drug
war, and to help organize citizens to bring about needed reforms.
To further those objectives, and in recognition of the critical role played by the media and the
public, they:
- Call attention to factual errors and excesses of policy as reported by the working press
and broadcast news organizations.
- Promote debate and discussion by encouraging citizens to communicate their views directly to the
media and the public.
- Provide on-line and technical support for a wide range of reform organizations, large and
small, including but not limited to providing free email chat lists, news information feeds, and
web site creation and support. See their site map
for a list of the organizations they support (like this one!).
- Create and maintain a growing, easily searched,
database of
current news and opinion articles as a research and educational tool.
They believe that public policy has nothing to fear from the truth.
Effective policies require a clear understanding of their results.
They believe that prohibition is a system which unleashes powerful forces, most notably the illegal
drug markets, that inevitably make the underlying drug problem worse while adding a series of costly
unintended side effects, including damage to the very values upon which free nations have been
founded.
They believe that a public well informed about the death, disease and social blight produced by
current US drug policy must inevitably seek to reform it.
Contact them at: DrugSense, 14252 Culver Drive #328
Irvine, CA, 92604-0326 * phone: (800) 266-5759 *
or visit: www.drugsense.org
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP). Is made up of current and former members of law
enforcement who support drug regulation rather than prohibition.
Contact: Jack A. Cole, Executive Director at 781-393-6985
-or: jackacole@leap.cc *
mail to: LEAP, Educational Fund, 27 Austin Road, Medford, MA 02155 *
or visit: www.leap.cc
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).
is a membership-based non-profit research and educational organization.
They assist scientists to design, fund, obtain approval for and report on studies into the risks and benefits
of MDMA, psychedelic drugs and marijuana.
MAPS' mission is to sponsor scientific research designed to develop psychedelics and marijuana into FDA-approved prescription
medicines, and to educate the public honestly about the risks and benefits of these drugs.
Visit their site and read their strategy statement for more information.
Contact: 2105 Robinson Avenue Sarasota, FL, USA 34232 *
tel: 941-924-6277 * fax: 941-924-6265 *
or visit: www.maps.org
Marijuana Policy Project (MPP). Works to minimize the harm associated with marijuana -
- both the consumption of marijuana, and the laws that are intended to prohibit such use. To this end,
MPP focuses on removing criminal penalties for marijuana use, with a particular emphasis on making
marijuana medically available to seriously ill people who have the approval of their doctors.
Contact: MPP Foundation, P.O Box 77492, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC 20013 *
Fax: 202-232-0442 * or visit: www.mpp.org
Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP). Is a non-violent youth oriented organization that neither
encourages nor condemns drug use. Rather, they seek to reduce the harms caused by drug abuse
and drug policies.
Contact: 1623 Connecticut Ave., NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC, 20009
* Phone: 202-293-4414 * Fax: 202-293-8344 * email: ssdp@ssdp.org *
or visit: http://www.ssdp.org/
Educators for Sensible Drug Policy . Current and former members of the education
profession who support drug regulation rather than prohibition. Objectives include -
1. Abolishing the HEA amendment, 2. Seeking alternatives to D.A.R.E. in our schools,
3. Eliminating student drug testing of any sort within our schools.
Contact: Adam Jones at: msubnorml@yahoo.com -or- Richard Lake, Escanaba, MI * (906) 789-1093
or visit: www.efsdp.org
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Media links
Alternatives Magazine.
Alternatives works (and plays) with the ideals and activism of our emerging culture and
provides a forum to express and/or locate the holistic ideas, goods and services that
support a life well lived.
Alternatives is published quarterly, March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1.
It is distributed free of charge everywhere you'd expect it to be as well as on the world
wide web. Deadlines to submit ads for our are February 1, May 1, August 1, and November 1.
Alternatives . . . subverting the dominant paradigm one relationship at a time.
Contact:
PO Box 1086 Salem, OR 97308-1086 * 1.888.308.6207 (toll free) * 503.315.8277 (Salem area) *
503.315.8260 (fax) *
email: info@alternativesmagazine.com *
or visit: www.alternativesmagazine.com
Drug War Facts (DrugWarFacts.org).
The drug war lies on a foundation of myth. Learn the truth.
Get the facts about medical marijuana, prisons, drug treatment, syringe exchange, and more.
DrugWarFacts.org is your premier information source, offering uptodate information with full
citations to aid in further research.
Individual sections as well as full edition available electronically at:
www.drugwarfacts.org
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Contact Jack; Phones: (818) 988-6210 office,
(818) 988-3319 fax * E-mail:jack@jackherer.com
* mail to: 5632 Van Nuys Blvd. #310, Van Nuys, CA 91401 *
or visit: www.jackherer.com
Media Awareness Project (MAPinc).
DrugSense and its largest project MAP combine to to provide accurate information relevant to drug
policy in order to heighten awareness of the extreme damage being caused to our nation and the
world by our current flawed and failed "War on Drugs."
Contact: Mark Greer, DrugSense * 14252 Culver Drive #328, Irvine, CA, 92604-0326 *
(800) 266-5759 * email: greer@drugsense.org
* or visit: www.mapinc.org
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