After years of submitting entries to High Times Magazine I finally got an entry into the “Pot 40”. Our logo for Northern Wisconsin NORML is #20 in the new February 2014 issue!!!
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Lobbyist and NORML advocates outside the district, the sign says do not apply, your membership card is no good…. signs, signs, everywhere signs…. signs point this legislator receiving a low grade in the 2020 Smoke the Vote: Candidate Scorecard and Voter Guide.
Republican assembly representative Scott Allen from Waukesha has not co-sponsored any legislation on marijuana reform since elected in 2014. He did call for more “research” in took the time to circulate a letter among his co-workers, so that counts for something?
During 2019, the Assembly Republicans prefiled a bill for the 2020 legislative session to create a medical marijuana program in Wisconsin (Assembly Bill 750) which he failed to co-sponsor.
August 2019: We should point out that Rep. Allen is opposed to legalizing recreational marijuana, but believes there might be some room for expanded research into the use of cannabis for medical purposes. “For decades, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been the agency which oversees scientific processes into the safety and efficacy of medicines,” said Rep. Allen. “Now policymakers are being asked to preempt that process and legalize a drug for medicinal or recreational use. We need more information. The FDA and federal law enforcement can serve as conduits in gathering relevant data. Congress needs to take action to expedite relevant research.”
August 2019 Representative Scott Allen (R-Waukesha) began circulating a letter to colleagues in the Wisconsin state legislature asking federal officials to streamline medical research and collect data surrounding cannabis and marijuana
We meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month. Our next meeting is on Thursday, January 12, which is our first meeting of 2012. Check our calendar of events for updates, things to bring to the meeting, to confirm agendas and to look for upcoming events.
From 4:20pm to 5:30pm we enjoy fellowship as an informal group of supporters gathering together prior to our meeting. We meet at the Harmony Cafe in Appleton, which has food and beverages available for sale.
At 5:30pm we begin our general meeting, which is accepted to last until 7:00pm, sometimes finishing early, but we have the room reserved up till 8pm in case we need to go longer.
Meetings are open to the general public and you need not a be a member to attend. Meetings are also broadcast over the Internet via Google + Hangouts.
We have been rewarding active activists with rewards and giveaways.
Membership is the key to being a strong chapter and we are currently looking for field directors to work with the Treasurer and fundraising team on specific projects, please contact us at NorthernWiNORML@gmail.com if interested in assisting with this or any project.
He put the ACT into activism and we recognize his accomplishments and look forward to working with this field activist on future projects.
To recap a job well done, he had success in collecting nearly 100 signatures in over a dozen districts of known opposition. This is an amazing job and we thank him for his efforts.
Here are some of the highlights, signature totals and districts:
Chilton (29 signatures)
Manitowoc (26 signatures)
and Whitelaw (2 signatures)
Senator Devin LeMahieu SenateDistrict 9 (R – Oostburg) – Senator LeMahieu is a member of Senate Committee on Health and Human Services which is holding up the medical marijuana bill in committee by not allowing a public hearing and advancing the bill so that it can be schedule for a floor vote.
If you are unsure of who represents you at the Wisconsin Senate or Assembly level, please call us direct at 920-931-4207 or use the legislator look up database: https://maps.legis.wisconsin.gov/. Please contact your elected officials and urge them and their colleagues to allow these bills public hearings and floor votes!
We will keep you posted when Winnebago County will have a meeting on this referendum. It will first need to pass through the Legislative Committee meeting, and if it passes, go to the County Board as a whole to ratify it on the ballot. It may be a Zoom meeting.
Share this with your partners and constituents of Winnebago County! Here is link to all the contact information regarding the Winnebago County Board supervisors. Write and or call them offering support: https://www.co.winnebago.wi.us/county-board
Question: Cannabis Should: (Please select only one of the alternatives below or your vote will be invalid)
_______(a) Be legal for recreational use for adults 21 years of age and older, and legal for medical use, taxed and regulated similar to alcohol. ______(b) Be legal for medical purposes only. ______(c) Remain a criminally illegal drug as provided under current law. ______(d) None of the above.
If you live in Winnebago County but do not want to contact your county board member directly, you can still help by signing the petition below. The board members of our chapter that live in Winnebago County will deliver the petition and continue to work on your behalf for the support of marijuana reform.
Your July 20 Guest Column about people hating tax and the marijuana advocates want to be taxed caught my eye. Americans sure do hate tax, but our greed can make us overlook the need for government to be funded. Study the USA Alcohol Prohibition.
As for pot advocates wanting to be taxed … maybe they just want to not be jailed and have their lives ruined by SWAT Teams killing their caged pets and family members during raids. Maybe they are sick of laws based on 1930s era reefer madness lies. Maybe they have an illness which can be treated well with marijuana, such as MS, glaucoma, PTSD, many nerve pain disorders, cancer treatment side effects, etc. Maybe they are just sick of our police here and in Mexico being killed by the failed policy of prohibition. Prohibition supports crime and the corporations of big pharma, alcohol, prisons (huge lobby groups!).
I worked as a RN for over two decades in locked Detox/Rehab and can say no one has died from pot overdose, it is safer than alcohol (I use neither). It has many medical uses and shows promise for some cancer treatments also. The biggest danger from marijuana might be THC; Trigger Happy Cop. I am not advocating for people to use drugs of any kind, but after 40 years and a trillion dollars just maybe we should rethink our war on drugs. Groups like “Students for Sensible Drug Policy”, “NORML Women’s Alliance”, “Law Enforcement Against Prohibition” and many conservative politicians are looking for ways to reduce the harm/costs caused by the war on drugs. I know if I lived in California I’d vote for the tax and regulate bill next November … sad part is our DEA is still doing raids in legal medical marijuana states, and the DEA is keeping American farmers from growing hemp, which could produce enough fuel on only 6% of US farm land to stop all oil imports and reduce corn/meat prices!
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