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Join us! Admission to Seattle Hempfest is free!

The event spans three Seattle waterfront parks: Elliott Bay Park (North Entrance), Myrtle Edwards Park, and Olympic Sculpture Park (South Entrance).

To beat the crowds, use the north entrance by crossing the Amgen Pedestrian Bridge off of W Prospect Street. It has an elevator and is wheelchair accessible, placing the avid attendee just north of Seattle Hempfest's north entrance. There is very little parking at W Prospect Street. So your best bet is to walk, bike, or take a metro bus to that location. For example, take metro bus 18 to north entrance, and 15 to south entrance. Between downtown Seattle and Leary Way. There are many other Metro buses routes that can drop you at either entrance too. Downtown Seattle has several parking garages. Bicycles should enter through the North entrance in Elliot Bay Park to utilize the bike racks. Attaching bikes to the fence at Olympic Sculpture Park is not allowed.

Park Rules:

• No Pets (Dogs, Cats, Birds, etc.) Please do not leave your pets in your car!
• No Alcohol
• No Narcotics
• No Weapons
• No Camping
• No Unauthorized Vending
• Note: It is an enhanced felony to sell marijuana, marijuana food, or other drugs in a city park

For more information, see http://hempfest.org/drupal/attendees

You may have seen it off-Broadway, or caught a glimpse on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, but here’s your chance to see the critically acclaimed Marijuana-logues, live at Washington D.C.’s Harmon Center for the Arts.

Written by Arj Barker, Doug Benson, and Tony Camin, The Marijuana-logues played at the legendary Actor’s Playhouse in West Village from March 18, 2004, to March 27, 2005. Told from all points of view, from hazy to high-brow, the show sets marijuana center-stage, delving into fact and fiction, myths and misnomers alike. Performers will riff on the rites and rituals of marijuana and regale the crowd with the highs and lows of the plant, demonstrating that the stories that surround marijuana are as varied as those who indulge.

General admission tickets are $20 each and can be obtained at the Harmon Center box office, by phone at (202) 547-1122, or online at marijuanalogues.com/tour/. And don’t forget to stop by the MPP table while you’re there.

Here’s a sampling of what’s to offer:

"The Marijuana-Logues light up NYC! Emitting an air that is slightly subversive and laughter-inducing ... fast moving ... this talented and complementary trio breathes new life into pot humor. Inventive writing, irresistibly funny ... tongue firmly planted in cheek." — Associated Press

"It's a rare example of hipster comedy that truly gets the last laugh." — New York Press

"Side-splittingly funny. Leave your stereotype of the half-baked stoner at home; these guys are very alert and have their material down like clockwork, providing hit after hit of funny send-ups, commentary and anecdotes." — TalkinBroadway.com

Thanks, hope to see you there!

The Coalition for Medical Marijuana--New Jersey (CMMNJ) is proud to announce that a medical marijuana stakeholders meeting will be held in conjunction with the national patient advocacy organization, Americans for Safe Access (ASA).  Medical marijuana patients, their families, advocates, potential alternative treatment center owners, and health care professionals should attend the meeting.

Steph Sherer, Executive Director of ASA, will be the featured presenter at the stakeholders meeting.  Steph is an international leader and expert in medical cannabis advocacy who aids in drafting legislation and advises governments around the globe. She has been a guest lecturer at University of California, Berkeley and George Washington University, DC.

CMMNJ has worked with ASA as a resource throughout the medical marijuana legislative effort in New Jersey.  Now that the Garden State has passed a compassionate use law it is vital for local advocates to learn from seasoned experts how to proceed forward. New Jersey’s medical cannabis patients and volunteers can also be an important part of the national discussion about safe access.

ASA has ambitious national, regional and local Goals and Objectives for providing medical marijuana to patients. The stakeholders meeting will look at the following topics:

1. Creating the political playing field necessary to pass federal, state, and local legislation.
2. Implementing medical cannabis laws with methods that meet the needs of patients.
3. Passing meaningful legislation that creates safe and legal access in additional states.

Also presenting on the status and details of New Jersey’s medical marijuana law will be CMMNJ’s Ken Wolski RN and Chris Goldstein.  Jahan Marcu, a cannabinoid researcher from Temple University School of Medicine will discuss his work on cannabinoids eliminating cancer tumors.

The cost to attend the all-day conference is $20. There is limited seating. To secure a place at this important meeting, send a check made out to "CMMNJ" to 219 Woodside Ave, Trenton, NJ 08618. Or, pay through PayPal at www.cmmnj.org make sure to put “Stakeholders Meeting” in the note.

A benefit dinner with CMMNJ’s volunteers, Board members and ASA’s Steph Sherer will also take place on Friday night, 8/20/10 at 7:00 PM for $100.00. A separate payment is required for dinner reservations.

Media passes are available. A brief press conference will be held.