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Action
Alerts:
Hemp
Food,
Global
Legalization,
Maryland
Medical
Marijuana
4/11/03
DEA HEMP TASTE TEST, ROUND
TWO: On March 21, 2003, the Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA]
announced its final rule on hemp food products, purporting to ban the sale
of all hemp food products on April 21, 2003. The DEA's rule is currently
being challenged by the hemp industry in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals,
and hopefully will be Stayed.
In the meantime, please join
Vote Hemp, Hemp Industries Association, Organic Consumers Association,
Students for Sensible Drug Policy and other organizations around the country
for nationwide hemp food picnics outside DEA branches on noon, 4/21.
At lunchtime, concerned citizens will set up tables with hemp products
and information on the absurdity of prohibiting hemp foods. Hemp
food products will be provided free of charge to interested organizers.
Contact Nadine Bloch at (301) 891-3680 or [email protected]
to get involved, and visit http://www.VoteHemp.com
to send a letter to Congress.
GLOBAL ANTI-PROHIBITION
RESOLUTION: Thousands of people including more than 200 legislators
worldwide have signed an appeal initiated by the International Antiprohibitionist
League, and launched from the European Parliament last fall, calling for
a global end to prohibition and revision of the UN anti-drug treaties to
permit signatory nations to enact legalization systems. The UN's
anti-drug summit is taking place right now in Vienna, so please visit http://www.antiprohibitionist.org
to add your signature today!
MARYLAND: Both
chambers of the state legislature have passed a medical marijuana bill
-- it doesn't do everything reformers want, but is a good step -- and the
bill is now on Gov. Ehrlich's desk awaiting his signature or veto.
Ehrlich supported medical marijuana as a member of Congress, but is being
pressured by the drug czar, not to sign the bill. Please call Gov.
Ehrlich at (410) 974-3591 and urge him to sign the medical marijuana bill
into law and not to back down to the White House on this issue.
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Issue #282, 4/11/03
HEA Reform: Day of Action on Campuses Nationwide, Press Conference in Washington, ABA and Join Together Join the Fight | Save the Children, Screw the Rest of Us: RAVE Act, Measure to Limit Judicial Sentencing Discretion Pass House and Senate | Coca Battles Heat Up in Peru: Strikes, Street Battles, March to Lima Underway | US Prisoner Number Hits Two Million | Columbia, Missouri, Marijuana Reform Initiative Prompts Progress in Defeat | Action Alerts: Hemp Food, Global Legalization, Maryland Medical Marijuana | The Week Online Still Needs Your Help! | Newsbrief: Brazilian Cabinet Member Calls for Drug Decriminalization | Newsbrief: Medical Marijuana "Truth in Trials Act" Introduced | Newsbrief: New Jersey Doubles "Club Drug" Penalties | Newsbrief: Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Michigan Welfare Drug-Test Requirement | Newsbrief: Ohio Appeals Court Rules Mom's Marijuana Use Not Adequate Reason for State to Seize Kids | Newsbrief: Wayne State Passes HEA Reform Resolution in Advance of SSDP National Day of Action | Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cops Story | Web Scan: IAL report, Southern Prison Expansion, Huffington on Tulia, Journal of Neuroscience on MedMj, Reason on Stepnoski | The Reformer's Calendar
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