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AZ4NORML: June 18 Newsletter & Meeting Reminder

Join us tomorrow, Saturday June 19th for the monthly meeting of AZ4NORML. We meet at 3PM at the Ward 6 Council Offices at 3202 E. 1st Street. The council offices are 1 Block East of Country Club Rd and 1 Block South of Speedway Blvd in Tucson. New Members are welcome!

Thank you to our volunteers and visitors to our booth at 2nd Saturdays downtown last weekend. We met and spoke to many members of the community who stopped by our booth and showed their support for sensible marijuana policies. We raised over $190 to continue our outreach to the community.

Several members of the public have visited our website and donated money through our Google Checkout system. Thank you all who have donated time, money, or goods and services for our raffles. AZ4NORML is an extremely busy chapter and we work tirelessly to stop the arrests of over 10 Tucsonans each day for marijuana violations. Please visit our website and check to see how you can help!

The AZ4NORML summer forums are continuing! Our June forum will be “Cooking with Medical Marijuana” hosted by AZ4NORML’s Michelle Graye. This informative and entertaining event will be Wednesday, June 30th at 630PM at the River Center Library on the Northeast corner of Craycroft and River. Please come early to get the best seats and don’t miss the special video premeire Michelle and Pima College film students have put together on making Cannabutter.

Our AZ4NORML band is meeting every Monday through the summer! If you have some musical talent and would like to participate and have fun, please contact us at music@az4norml.org.

Police have killed another innocent person in their freedom ending quest to rid America of marijuana. Check out this article and much more below.

News & Information

-NEWS- Cops kill father-to-be in botched marijuana raid. also Feds arrest 2200 people on drug charges, the war on drugs is almost won! Check out this article entitled “Drug Lords

-VIDEO- Watch some videos from the recent NORML Aspen Legal Conference. Check out the reading of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Check out Bill Panzer and NORML’s “Radical” Russ Belville playing “I’m Growing Marijuana in My Backyard” And finally, please check out some more music from the conference. You can also listen to many of the excellent speakers at the conference (Thank you Russ!).

-VIDEO- Watch AZ4NORML’s Tom Maza and Marc Haberman discuss the medical benefits of marijuana at our first of the summer series on marijuana.

-NEWS- Do permissive marijuana laws lead to more marijuana usage? Statistics show they don’t! Also, another NPR article goes on to discuss Medicinal Marijuana: Patient-driven.

-NEWS- Canadian Marc Emery is still in prison here in the US for selling seeds. Please consider sending Marc some mail, prison mail is very restricted so please read the guidelines and also please read Marc’s blog. Marc helped Arizona pass its first medical marijuana law in 1996. Marc also was placed in solitary confirnement for recording his blog! Listen to that blog here. Here is a great article on Marc Emery at the LA Times.

-NEWS- California woman flies on a private jet to Ohio with bodyguards, a secretary, and…. over 500 pounds of marijuana.

-VIDEO- Seniors support medical marijuana. Watch a documentary about the elderly in prison.

-NEWS- Huge, Legal Marijuana Farm Study Surprises Industry and Officials

-NEWS- FAMM, Families Against Mandatory Minimums has issued their Spring 2010 newsletter, this is an excellent organization that deserves our support.

-INFO- Did you know shopping on line can earn a donation to MPP (Marijuana Policy Project) It can! Just link through IGive and donations will be automatically sent to MPP whenever you make an eligible purchase.

-NEWS- Is Marijuana growing in Union Square Park? Some say yes!

-BLOG- Check out the history of medical marijuana laws and how many of them were ignored or invalidated by our politicians.

Jon C. Gettel
Director
AZ4NORML
3400 E. Speedway Ste 118
Tucson, Arizona 85716
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Cooking with Medical Marijuana

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AZ4NORML: June 06 Newsletter and Information

There is exciting news this week. The Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project has had the signatures qualified and medical marijuana will appear on the ballot in November 2010. We were hoping to announce the proposition number, but that has not been assigned yet. The Arizona Medical Marijuana Act is carefully regulated and will provide access to medical marijuana for several severe conditions and more conditions can be added later. Many people ask us, “If we have voted for medical marijuana twice before, which we have, what will stop the state government from ignoring the will of the people again?”. There are a few reasons why this time is different. For the first time, we have a federal government that has started to accept medical marijuana. In the past, the drug czar and many other government officials were flown out to oppose these initiatives, we do not expect that to happen again. Also, Arizona voters have passed an initiative previously that prevents the state legislators from overriding a citizens initiative, they cannot change it negatively or make it more restrictive without tremendous difficulty. Please support this initiative and join AZ4NORML as we continue to educate voters about medical marijuana.

On Saturday, June 12 we will be fundraising at 2nd Saturdays, Downtown. This monthly event brings together artists, musicians, vendors of all kinds, delicious food and much more. Please drop by and say hello.

Saturday, June 19th at 3PM is the June meeting of AZ4NORML. We meet at the Ward 6 Council Offices at 3202 E. 1st Street, 1 block South of Speedway and 1 block East of Country Club. New members are welcome. Please bring a food donation for local charities. Reply to this email with any questions.

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-VIDEO- AZ4NORML has uploaded lots of recent video clips to our YouTube page. The media coverage has been good, with generally positive reporting.

-OPINION- The Arizona Daily Star editorial on June 04, 2010 reads “Will third time be the charm for medical pot?”

-VIDEO- Watch NORML’s Deputy Director, Paul Armentano on Fox News Freedom Watch.

-NEWS- Hemp Expo in California was a huge success and organizers plan for bigger and better next year. County Sheriff Clay Parker says “We’re happy its over!”

-NEWS- California study shows how the City of Oakland could make $2 million a year with medical marijuana.

-NEWS- Tucson has signed up to participate in next year’s Marijuana march on April 20, 2011! Stay tuned to the website for all the details. Phoenix has launched a new website and next year’s march on May 07th, 2011 will be bigger than ever. Check it out at www.phoenixmarch.org

-VIDEO- Judge Jim Gray speaks about the drug war.

-VIDEO- Watch Dr. Andrew Weil speak about “The Future of Psychedelic and Medical Marijuana Research

-STUDY- Study: Marijuana Doesn’t Affect Driving Performance

-BLOG- Marc Emery has been blogging from Federal Prison. This well known activist, writer, and politician was arrested in Canada by the DEA for charges that wouldn’t even be a crime in Canada. Marc paid his taxes but was punished for speaking out against a failed US policy.

-INFO- The Art & Diane Linkletter Story: A father’s mistaken crusade.

Jon C. Gettel
Director
AZ4NORML
3400 E. Speedway Ste 118
Tucson, Arizona 85716

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May 20th Newsletter and Information

Good Afternoon,

It was disappointing to hear that Canada’s conservative government has signed off on the extradition of Marc Emery. As you may remember Marc Emery was arrested during the Bush administration and at the time, DEA Administrator Karen Tandy said [the arrest] was a significant blow to the marijuana legalization movement and although Marc contributed thousands of dollars to the movement throughout the years, the medical and legalization movement will not stop. As long as people are being arrested, lives ruined, and property destroyed, we will fight against this oppression. Marc stood for freedom and we must stand for Marc. Check out how Canadian activists shut down Conservative Parliament Members Offices here.

Please join us at the Marc Emery extradition protest at PDQ Records on the SE corner of Grant and Dodge in Tucson this Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 3PM. Come earlier to help us setup and create signs and banners. Please visit http://bit.ly/bFMmnS to find out more details. A huge thank you to PDQ Records for helping with this event. Do more to help Marc by visiting here.

Phoenix NORML is sponsoring a Free Marc Emery Rally  at 420PM on Saturday, May 22th in Phoenix. Join concerned citizens around Arizona as they protest this injustice done to Marc by the Bush Administration and continues to this day. Please remember to bring signs, mega phones, and your loud voice as members in Phoenix protest at the Canadian Consulate. Help make signs tomorrow, May 21st at 4PM at Steele Indian School Park at 3rd and Indian School inside the covered walkway area. Make a difference for Marc and visit here.

Thank you to everyone who visited our table at the Tucson Volunteer Fair. AZ4NORML tabled next to 80 other nonprofits from around Southern Arizona. We had about 60 people sign up for more information from us. We had several people offer donations to help us increase our presence in the community.

AZ4NORML will be sponsoring a medical marijuana healthcare forum on May 26th from 6PM “ 8PM at St. Frances Cabrini Church at 3201 E. Presidio Rd in Tucson. If you are interested in speaking at one of our summer forum panels, please reply to this email. The forum will be open to the public and will be a discussion of the benefits of medical marijuana and why we should pass the medical marijuana bill in November.

The next AZ4NORML leadership committee meeting will be Wednesday, May 26th at 3PM, please join us to help steer the direction of AZ4NORML in the future. Please contact us at lead@az4norml.com for more information.

The next general meeting of AZ4NORML will be on Saturday, June 19th at 3PM at the Ward 6 Council Offices in Tucson. The meeting is held at Ward 6 Council Offices which are located at 3202 E. 1st Street in Tucson near the intersection of Country Club Rd and Speedway Blvd. Please check our website at www.az4norml.org for more information. New members are welcome. Please bring a canned food donation for local charities which will be collected at the meeting.

ACTIONS and NEWS

[NEWS] Canadian Justice Minister signs the extradition order for Marc Emery. Read more: http://bit.ly/c4QbQx and http://bit.ly/bkZ4QS and take action!

[VIDEO] Watch a horrific video as police shoot family dogs for a small amount of marijuana. Charges of child abuse, but not for cops who use guns violently in front of children, but for parents who use a little marijuana. Take care in watching this video, but know that it happens all the time: http://bit.ly/dwrTpi Help NORML end these violent unnecessary raids: http://bit.ly/9CUJpb

[NEWS] Learn more about LEAP member Dean Becker and The Drug Truth Network: http://bit.ly/am8wF6

[NEWS] New York Knicks forward Wilson Chandler arrested for marijuana possession in Queens, New York. News that he played for two months with a broken nose and ankle problems surely means it was medical marijuana. Prohibition is alive in New York.

[NEWS] Can Marijuana Ease PTSD? A Debate Brews. [NOTE: AZ4NORML knows of several medical marijuana patients who use the herb to combat serious effects of PTSD]

[NEWS] 29-year-old blind woman who suffers from cerebral palsy and epilepsy and her mother file suit against Dana Point, California, the town that wants to close the only medical marijuana dispensary in the area.

[NEWS] Marijuana Fuels a New Kitchen Culture. Chef and Author Anthony Bourdain says Everybody smokes [marijuana] after work 

[NEWS] Marijuana dispensary owner tries citizen ™s arrest, and is busted again.

[VIDEO] The Drug War Has Accomplished NO Goals. Video from CNN News Room.

[VIDEO] SAFER: 5 Years of Marijuana Reform With Attitude.

[VIDEO] Henry Hemp  shows us a marijuana garden in flower.

[VIDEO] Montel Williams Reveals the Truth About Marijuana.

[NEWS] The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Gone to Pot. Video here.

[NEWS] Greenway University Secures $2 Million in venture Capital and Private Investments for a Medical marijuana Business.

Highest Regards,

Jon Gettel

Director

AZ4NORML

www.az4norml.org

www.myspace.com/tucsonnorml

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http://www.youtube.com/user/AZ4NORML

AZ4NORML: May 10th Newsletter and Information

Greetings AZ4NORML Friends, Donors, Supporters and Activists,

We have a great week of events this week, please take a look at the details below and join us to help fight marijuana prohibition in Tucson and in Arizona.  We are also getting ready to start our summer fundraising and raffle and we already have some great donations.  If you can, please donate something to our raffle and get your tickets soon at one of our events.

Thank you to everyone who visited and volunteered at our booth at the Tucson Folk Festival.   The Tucson Kitchen Musician’s Association put on a fantastic event weekend! The weather was nice and many people came out to enjoy the great music, gather information from social justice organizations, and purchase art and music from local artists.  Check out AZ4NORML.org for great pictures from the weekend.

On Tuesday, May 11th at 1PM, AZ4NORML’s Hemp Committee meets!   This is a group of committed members who work to design our signs, costumes, fabrics, tents, displays, and any other items we use in our important community outreach.  If you have any paint, supplies, money or anything to donate, please reply to this email.  New members are welcome, no artistic skills are needed but artists and artistry are welcomed.   The meeting will be held at 1206  N. Jones Blvd in Tucson.

On Wednesday May 12th at 7AM at the Arizona Inn in Tucson, Project Vote Smart will be hosting a debate with Ethan Nadelmann (Director and Founder of the Drug Policy Alliance ) and John Leavitt (Assistant Chief of The Tucson Police Department and 27 year veteran of the force).  The debate topic will be “The War on Drugs Has Been a Failure.  As a Beginning to Reform Marijuana Should be Legalized”.   Asst. Chief Leavitt is a strong prohibitionist and Mr. Nadelmann is an accomplished reform advocate, this promises to be an exciting debate.  The cost is $35 and you must RSVP to kate@votesmart.org.  Reply to this email to get more information or to car pool.   You cannot miss this event, it promises to be a great debate!

The next general meeting of AZ4NORML will be on Saturday, May 15th at 3PM at the Ward 6 Council Offices in Tucson.  This is going to be a very interesting meeting, Andrew Myers, director of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project, will be speaking about the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act that will be on the ballot in November 2010. Please bring your questions and join us at this important meeting.  The meeting location is the Ward 6 Council Offices which are located at 3202 E. 1st Street in Tucson near the intersection of Country Club Rd and Speedway Blvd.  Please check our website at www.az4norml.org for more information.  New members are welcome.  Please bring a canned food donation for local charities which will be collected at the meeting.

The next AZ4NORML leadership committee meeting will be Wednesday, May 12th  at 3PM, please join us to help steer the direction of AZ4NORML in the future.  Please contact us at lead@az4norml.com for more information.

Phoenix NORML is sponsoring a “Free Marc Emery Rally” at 11AM on Tuesday May 11th in Phoenix.  Join concerned citizens around Arizona as they protest this injustice done to Marc by the Bush Administration and continues to this day.  Please remember to bring signs, mega phones, and your loud voice as we join all four corners at 24th Street and Camelback and converge on the Southeast corner and march South to the Canadian Consulate.

Our AZ4NORML music group will be meeting Monday, May 17th at 1PM, and every Monday this year.  Help us make great pro-cannabis music and come have fun.    All musical skills are accepted and new members are welcome.  Please email music@az4norml.com for more information.

We are looking to do a medical marijuana healthcare forum on May 26 or 27th.  If you are a healthcare professional, nutritionist, naturopath, or pharmacist please contact us by replying to this email.   This event will be open to the public and will be a discussion of the benefits of medical marijuana and why we should pass the medical marijuana bill in November.   We need a central location to host this discussion although we may confirm space at the local library.  Stay tuned to az4norml.org or the newsletter for all the details.

ACTIONS and NEWS

[NEWS]  Canadian Justice Minister signs the extradition order for Marc Emery.   Read more: http://bit.ly/c4QbQx and  http://bit.ly/bkZ4QS and take action!

[VIDEO]  Watch a horrific video as police shoot family dogs for a small amount of marijuana.  Charges of child abuse, but not for cops who use guns violently in front of children, but for parents who use a little marijuana.  Take care in watching this video, but know that it happens all the time:  http://bit.ly/dwrTpi Help NORML end these violent unnecessary raids:  http://bit.ly/9CUJpb

[AUDIO]  Check out the “Pothead Pundits” radio show:   http://bit.ly/9OONZK

[VIDEO]  Take a look at some medical marijuana products at a Long Beach Dispensary:  http://bit.ly/cFpOZ3

[NEWS]  “Mom’s for Marijuana”  made a statement this Mother’s Day!   http://bit.ly/bS7G6z

[NEWS]  Los Angeles moves to close 400 dispensaries.  Closing small businesses?  Putting people out of work?  Removing tax revenue?  Gov’t at work!

http://bit.ly/9xQNGP .  Check out the letter sent to business owners:  http://bit.ly/bpmZ9U

[NEWS]   Obama’s first National Drug Control Policy:  The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.  Read about it here:  http://bit.ly/cfuNL3

[NEWS]  The “Coalition for a Safer Detroit”  turns in twice as many signatures needed to decriminalize marijuana in Detroit!

[VIDEO]  US Government admits they deal Heroin yet terrorize American families for marijuana.   http://bit.ly/b0pcLC

[NEWS]  California could make $120 million a year in tax revenue if Cannabis was taxed the same as other herbs and supplements.  Support Tax Cannabis 2010

[NEWS]   A great use of our tax dollars:  A 74 year old woman arrested on a 30-year-old marijuana charge:   http://bit.ly/bmwSil

Highest Regards,

Jon Gettel

Director

AZ4NORML

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AZ4NORML: April 23rd Newsletter and Information

Greetings AZ4NORML Friends, Donors, Supporters and Activists,

 

Thank you all for participating and supporting AZ4NORML and the 4/20 Worldwide Marijuana March in Tucson.   This was the 12th annual march and the support was incredible.  Dana Beal founded the Worldwide Marijuana March in 1999 through his Cures Not Wars movement and it has expanded to over 300 cities worldwide and Tucson has participated the last 12 years.  If you have any photos or videos that you would like to share from the march, please send them over.  Also, check out the media page at www.az4norml.org for all the latest submitted pictures and video.   Several media organizations attended  the march, you can read the story and check out the great pictures that appeared in the Tucson Sentinel at http://bit.ly/b4YKv1.  ABC affiliate KGUN9 had a very one sided story against our movement, check out that story and video at http://bit.ly/bb9VAx.  If you are as unhappy with that report as I am, please send a nicely written email to Steve Nunez at snunez@kgun9.com.   You can also watch Fox 11 KMSB’s coverage of the march at http://bit.ly/9jzcw0.  On 4/20  AZ4NORML members Michelle, Tom, and Garrett participated in the Global Art Project for Peace with the theme “Hemp Can Save Our Planet”, the art piece was well received and you can view pictures of it on the AZ4NORML website, the piece is now on its way to Hopewell Junction, New York.

 

On 4/20 at 6PM We drew the prizes for our spring raffle and Nicole B won the $250 cash prize.  Nicole plans to use the money to attend the upcoming Cheech and Chong show in Phoenix on April 24th!  Congratulations Nicole and to all our other winners, the raffle raised over $600 for AZ4NORML.  Stay tuned for the summer raffle and a great custom made stained glass piece will be donated to that raffle.  If you have any goods or services to donate to this cause, please reply to this email.

 

Our next event is The Tucson Folk Festival on May 01st and 2nd at El Presidio Park and we need volunteers for this two day event, training is available.  This is a great chance to be behind the booth with AZ4NORML and help educate the public about the upcoming medical marijuana vote and hemp in Arizona.  We have shifts available all day on both days, please join us for our 2nd annual participation in this great musical event.  On May 01st the event is open from 12 noon to 10PM, setup will be from 9AM-1130AM and on Sunday, May 02nd the event is open from 11AM-9PM, setup will be from 9AM-11AM and we need help with tear down from 7PM-830PM.   Please donate some time to help AZ4NORML get the message out there!

 

On Saturday, May 01st   from 2PM – 4PM in Peoria, Arizona the Worldwide Marijuana March will take place up North!  Check out http://bit.ly/bxYDBA for all the details.  That evening the march will continue in Phoenix at 6PM with a  candlelight vigil for medical marijuana patients, check out http://bit.ly/c3GxPV , if you would like to volunteer to assist with security during the evening vigil and march please attend a meeting at 7PM April 26th at Two Hippies Mushroom Burger at 7th St. and Indian School.

 

There is a very exciting opportunity coming up.   On Wednesday May 12th at 7AM at the Arizona Inn in Tucson, Project Vote Smart will be hosting a debate with Ethan Nadelmann (Director and Founder of the Drug Policy Alliance ) andJohn Leavitt (Assistant Chief of The Tucson Police Department and 27 year veteran of the force).  The debate topic will be “The War on Drugs Has Been a Failure.  As a Beginning to Reform Marijuana Should be Legalized”.   Asst. Chief Leavitt is a strong prohibitionist and Mr. Nadelmann is an accomplished reform advocate, this promises to be an exciting debate.  The cost is $35 and you must RSVP to kate@votesmart.org.  Reply to this email to get more information or to car pool.

 

The next AZ4NORML leadership committee meeting will be Wednesday, April 28th  at 3PM, please join us to help steer the direction of AZ4NORML in the future.  Please contact us at lead@az4norml.com for more information.

 

Our AZ4NORML music group will be meeting Monday, April 26th  at 1PM, and every Monday this year.  Help us make great pro-cannabis music and come have fun.    All musical skills are accepted and new members are welcome.  Please email music@az4norml.com for more information.

 

The next general meeting of AZ4NORML will be on Saturday, May 15th   at 3PM at the Ward 6 Council Offices in Tucson.  The offices are located at 3202 E. 1st Street in Tucson near the intersection of Country Club Rd and Speedway Blvd.  Please check our website at www.az4norml.org for more information. New members welcome.  Please bring a canned food donation for local charities which will be collected at the meeting.

 

ACTIONS and NEWS

 

[VIDEO]  Check out ASU NORML’s 4/20 rally as Marc Victor and Barry Hess speak to the crowd.   Marc Victor is amazing, as usual.  We love Marc!

 

[ACTION]  Check out the new Flex Your Rights video (10 Rules for Dealing with the Police) and read the write up in the Washington Post. Also, read more about it here.

 

[NEWS]  Latest poll find majority of West Coast Voters, Californians, back marijuana legalization.   Also, read the comments to this widely read blog.

 

[ACTION] “420: Put Down That Joint and Pick Up A Pen” by Norm Stamper of LEAP

 

[VIDEO]  Check out the new CNBC series, Marijuana and Money.   This is an extensive multi-media report.  Marijuana in America, Marijuana: By the Numbers , Top Marijuana Travel Destinations, Marijuana: Tools of the Trade, and A Gallery of Medical Marijuana

 

[BLOG]  Read about “Successful Pot Smokers: Let’s Make A List”  Also, check out the comments below.  Do you have any to add?

 

[VIDEO]  3 Reasons to Legalize Marijuana Now

 

[NEWS]  Dr. Drew Pinsky advocates framing people for drugs?  Check out http://huff.to/8YXPQS .  Sign the Facebook petition telling Dr. Drew this is unacceptable

 

[INFO] 420 Magazine has redone their website.  Check out the obituary for Jack Herer

 

[NEWS] Medical Marijuana Business is on Fire

 

[NEWS]  “Pot enthusiasts gather at California cannabis expo”

 

[ACTION]  “Urge the Department of Education to Respect Medical Marijuana”

 

[NEWS]  “Pot Busts Leave Everyone Up In Smoke”  Take a look at the biggest pot busts in history

 

[BLOG]  Check out the 4/20 Photo Contest on www.celebstoner.com. Also The Top 10 Stoner Starlets.

 

[BLOG]  Origins of 420: What Matters, And What Doesn’t

 

[NEWS] The Price of The Drug War:   $48.7 billion in 2008 – Cost of drug prohibition., $6.2 billion in 2007 – Imprison drug offenders., $1.4 billion in 2009 – Lost California revenue

 

[NEWS]  Jeffrey Kennedy, a medical marijuana patient in Florida was arrested with plants.  He is seriously ill and facing even more serious charges.  If you can help Jeffrey in some way, please contact him atkennedyjeffrey@bellsouth.net

 

[NEWS]   Hemp, From Hippie to Hip

 

[VIDEO]  Check out the AZ4NORML “Marijuana Men” at U of A Spring Fling  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZANTFNnaw34

 

 

Highest Regards,

 

 

Jon Gettel

Director

AZ4NORML

www.az4norml.org

www.myspace.com/tucsonnorml

www.facebook.com/az4norml

www.twitter.com/az4norml

http://www.youtube.com/user/AZ4NORML

Tucson’s World Wide Marijuana March

Celebrate 4/20 Tomorrow with AZ4NORML, Cheba Hut, and great live music!

Tomorrow, Tuesday April 20th at 3PM AZ4NORML and supporters throughout the state will begin to assemble at Broadway and Plumer in Tucson, 3 blocks East of Broadway and Campbell Ave.  We will then march West on Broadway and North on Campbell to Cheba Hut where  Planet Jam, Top Dead Center, Key Ingredients of African Soul, The Rowdies, and the AZ4NORML band will  play with music beginning at 4:20PM on the patio behind Cheba Hut.  Cheba Hut will have great deals on their delicious food all day, a Nug eating contest and a dunk tank to dunk your favorite Cheba Hut owners and staff!  We will have the AZ4NORML fundraising tent open with lots of great 4/20 merchandise, commemorative t-shirts available for $20, and a drawing for our spring raffle and $250 cash prize. Get your tickets at the AZ4NORML tent at Cheba Hut!  Drawing at 6PM, need not be present to win.

Here’s a link to the march route.

We are excited to spend the day with all of you, peacefully protesting against marijuana prohibition.  Please bring the whole family, no alcohol will be served at this event.  When buying food at Cheba Hut, tell them AZ4NORML sent you and we will receive a donation.  All proceeds benefit the AZ4NORML nonprofit operating fund.

If you are volunteering to help with the march, check in at the AZ4NORML tent at Cheba Hut at 2PM or meet us at the staging area at the closed Hollywood Video store at Broadway and Plumer between  2:45PM and 3:00PM.    If you would like to help with the Cheba Hut tent during the day or evening, please come to the tent to help between 10AM – 7PM, call Jon 247-3457 for more information.

AZ4NORML

3400 E. Speedway Ste 118

Tucson, Arizona 85716

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Meeting Announcement, 4/20 March and other news

Good Evening AZ4NORML friends and supporters,

Tomorrow, April 17th is the April General Meeting and new members are welcome.  We will be discussing the upcoming 4/20 march and concert as well as the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act that will be on the ballot in November.  The meeting begins at 3PM at the Ward 6 Council Offices at 3202 E. 1st Street in Tucson near Speedway Blvd and Country Club Rd.  Please bring nonperishable food to donate to local charities if you can.   If you need a chapter t-shirt or anything else tomorrow, please reply to this email and we can bring it to the meeting.

Tuesday April 20th at 3PM AZ4NORML and supporters throughout the state will begin to assemble at Broadway and Plumer in Tucson, East of Broadway and Tucson Blvd.  We will then march West on Broadway and North on Campbell to Cheba Hut where the AZ4NORML band will play and Planet Jam, Top Dead Center, and The Rowdies will also play, music beginning at 4:20PM on the patio behind Cheba Hut.  Cheba Hut will have great deals on their delicious food all day, there will also be a dunk tank to dunk your favorite Cheba Hut owners!  We will have the AZ4NORML fundraising tent open with lots of great 4/20 merchandise and commemorative t-shirts available.

It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of the Emperor of Hemp, Jack Herer at age 70.  Jack suffered a serious heart attack while speaking at Portland’s HempStalk festival last year and really suffered a number of health problems the last few months.  He will be greatly missed and is survived by his beautiful wife, Jeannie.  Read more about Jack’s life here and here and here.

The Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project has turned in over 250,000 carefully checked signatures this week, only  153,000 valid signatures are needed to place the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act on the ballot.  AZ4NORML leadership was interviewed by Bud Foster of KOLD 13 and those videos will be on the AZ4NORML website soon.  You can watch other media coverage of this historic event at the following links:

Medical Marijuana Question Could Go to Voters

Medical Marijuana Signatures Turned In

More than enough signatures to get medical marijuana on November ballot

There is a great article on Alternet.org this week entitled “Don’t Just Smoke a Joint on 4/20 – Take Action Against Marijuana Prohibition”.   Please check out this article and help us work to change this misguided and destructive war on marijuana.

Best Regards,

Jon

Director

AZ4NORML

3400 E. Speedway Ste 118

Tucson, Arizona 85716

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Tucson’s World Wide Marijuana March

420march

Tucson’s World Wide Marijuana March

Tucson's World Wide Marijuana March

Beginning at Broadway and Plumer at 3:30 PM