Northern Wisconsin NORML meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month for food, fellowship and public meeting. The next meeting will be held on Thursday, November 8th, 2012. Check the calendar of events often for updates, items to bring to the meeting and to confirm agendas.
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 goes until 6:30pm, sometimes finishing early, but we have the room reserved up till 8pm in case we need to go longer. Meetings are also broadcast over the Internet via Google + Hangouts. The chapter will post a link on the Northern Wisconsin NORML Official Facebook Page once we are live.
Membership is the key to being a strong chapter and we are currently looking for field directors in Northern counties of Wisconsin to work with the Treasurer and fundraising team on specific projects, please contact us at NorthernWiNORML@gmail.com if interested in assisting. If you live in or would like to work in the Vilas, Oneida, Iron, Ashland, Forest, Florence or Sawyer Counties, please include the name of the county in the subject line of your email.
Meetings are open to the general public and you need not a be a member to attend.
10 years? Senator Roger Roth…..come on, even for you this is lame. Our organization has a printed publication entitled “Recent Research on Medical Marijuana: Emerging Clinical Applications For Cannabis & Cannabinoids A Review of the Recent Scientific Literature, 2000 — 2017. Your office is aware of this. Here is the link if anyone wants to share this with him and his quote below. He never returned our request for an appointment, his district office was always locked and empty. We put information under his door and left cards, notes, messages, rallied outside his office and even made the main stream media Fox 11 News. He declined to be interviewed by them I guess also…. LAME!
Here is his office number in Madison, maybe you will have better luck: Telephone: (608) 266-0718. His email is: Sen.Roth@legis.wisconsin.gov
The slippery slope to legalization is also factually untrue. I will personally debate Senator Roger Roth on that portion of his statement anytime, anywhere.
Wisconsin Senate President Roger Roth said he believes there’s not enough medical evidence yet to support legalization, and that allowing doctors to prescribe the substance for people with medical needs could open the door to recreational marijuana legalization for which the state is not ready.
“We still don’t know the health effects of long-term use,” said Roth, R-Appleton. “I believe we’d need eight to 10 years of data to understand the impacts. … I don’t support it, and I don’t believe the support is there” in the Senate.
There is more support in the Senate then he thinks and that is why Republican Leadership keep saying those words. Bipartisan issues will bring support from both sides and leave Senator Roth vulnerable within his own party.
Support is certainly there, though, among voters in the 16 Wisconsin counties and two cities that had advisory referendums about potential legalization on their ballots Tuesday. Voters in each case strongly supported at least some form of marijuana legalization.
Referendum highlights
Support for allowing Wisconsin doctors to prescribe medical marijuana was strong Tuesday in the communities who asked specifically about legalizing medical use.
The counties of Brown, Clark, Forest, Kenosha, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Marquette, Portage, Sauk, and the city of Waukesha all supported the measure by three-to-one or better. The exception: Clark County, where the margin still was better than two to one.
In the seven communities that asked about legalizing recreational use — some communities had multiple questions on the ballot — at least three-fifths of voters said “yes” in six. Those are Dane, La Crosse, Milwaukee, Racine and Rock counties, and the city of Racine.
The exception, Eau Claire County, was the only one to ask voters to choose one of three options; 54 percent said marijuana should be legal for recreational use, while 31 percent said it should be legal by prescription and 15 percent said it should be illegal.
Attend this event and meet Northern Wisconsin NORML Executive Director Kris Teegardin and get updates on current cannabis news and legislation in Wisconsin.
Pick up petition forms and drop of signed forms. You still have time to print your own forms and bring them signed back to the meeting. Print a few off and have friends, family and co-workers sign them. Deliver them to the chapter leaders at the meeting!
Help grow the chapter by volunteering to help create future events in this area of the state.
We are seeking regional leaders at the city and county level around the Fox Valley. Ever wonder what happens to petitions/forms after they get signed? Those interested in processing and delivering petitions while lobbying elected officials should always reach out to us.
Open conversation about approaching county boards and city councils about 1) adopting local decriminalization proposed by the state 2) declare a resolution supporting marijuana reform 3) balancing marijuana reform back on the ballot locally for November 2020.
Open to general public! No membership or donation is required to attend.
NORML Alia has been active in supporting reform and has donated to NORML, participated in past events, initiated signature drives, distributed Activist Kits for donations and now has decided to dedicate some additional time and resources to the chapter during the 2012 campaign to help push the Wisconsin Medical Cannabis Act through committee and allow our legislators to vote on the issue. We need to know where these legislators stand on medical cannabis, we need to you to contact them. NORML Alia is here to help, even on her birthday.
While in the field, NORML Alia is canvasing and collecting signatures in target districts, she will also be distributing information, fliers, activist kits and collecting donations. She will also be sharing with you some stories in the field and her insights on activism as a blog author for Northern Wisconsin NORML. While not always being able to attend the monthly meeting in Appleton, her activism is greatly appreciated.
Please help celebrate her activism and her birthday by donating to Northern Wisconsin NORML TODAY! With your donations and the help from activists like NORML Alia, we are creating a sustainable movement in the Fox Valley, Northern and Central Wisconsin. If you are interested in becoming an Field Activist Team Member, please do not hesitate to contact us at anytime.
Thank You!
Use the National NORML Emailer System to locate and send your legislator a pre-written support letter: http://www.capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=57993501
Return any forms to a meeting or contact NorthernWiNORML@gmail.com to arrange a Field Activist Team Member to pick up your signature forms, donations and answer any questions you should have, or better yet invite Northern Wisconsin NORML to speak to your organization, business or table at your event.
Come share in the laughter and fun at the Blazin’ BBQ!
Only $5 at the gate gets you access to:
-Live Music provided by artists from: Commuter Exit, Living Dread, members from SLM and Recalcitrant, as well as DJ Dan K and surprise guests… bring an instrument for the acoustic jam if you like too.
-Sign support letters for Wisconsin’s medical cannabis Bill and have input on the drafting of this piece of legislation with you State Reps.
-Support the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011 – HR 2306 with letters for your Federal Representatives.
-Support the States’ Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act – HR 1983 with letters for your Federal Representatives.
-Support The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2011 – HR 1831 with letters for your Federal Representatives.
-Activist information, speeches and information on how WI can change Wisconsin’s Cannabis laws
-Games
-Blazing Man
Free (meat or veggie) burgers, hot dogs, brats, grilled chicken, lemonade and/or water with admission. Bring you own beverage of choice if you choice.
And much more!
Bring huli-hoops, your dancing shoes, instruments for jam circles, random BBQ items of your choice if you’d like something different or to share, don’t forget smiles, and your activist spirit! Wisconsin’s newly emerging leader in cannabis reform welcomes you to network through our mutual support for the end of adult cannabis prohibition.
At this time there are several issues that require your involvement to make change and happen. The next Jacki Ric0kert Medical Cannabis Bill, (6th consecutive Wisconsin Medical Cannabis Bill) is being discussed at a drafting, sponsoring and co-sponsoring level. Wisconsin’s State Legislature Representatives need your direct input on this Bill. Please share your thoughts and support for this Bill, and ask them to Sponsor or Co-Sponsor it if they are not already! You can do so easily at this event with our simple form letters, (space provided for your comments.)
Also please send a letter to your Federal Representative regarding HR 2306, the Ending Federal Prohibition Act of 2011, sponsored by Congressman and Presidential Candidate Ron Paul, and Congressman Barry Frank. This Bill desperately needs to receive a hearing to move forward and is stalled presently. We need your letters of support to urge your elected officials to support this necessary piece of Legislation.
Yes WI Can-nibis!! Be the change Wisconsin! Join us in support of the end of cannabis prohibition for adults recreation-ally, all medical patients, industrial applications, religious and other natural uses for cannabis.
As part of our membership kick off, if you would like to join SE Wisconsin NORML at this event, you become a yearly member for a small donation of $10.00 (a $25 value), of which $5 from your door fee is applied towards your membership!!! That’s right, for only $10 total, you can enjoy food, music and cannabis reform in Wisconsin, as well as join Wisconsin’s emerging leader in cannabis reform, SE Wisconsin NORML!
Note: Marijuana/cannabis is illegal in Wisconsin. This private event is organized for supporters of the reform of cannabis laws to help raise money for legalizing cannabis via the State and Federal Government primarily. Obviously, do not bring illegal drugs. We reserve the right to deny access to anyone, at any time, at our discretion. Please remain chill and enjoy yourselves! Thanks for supporting the end of cannabis prohibition!
Northern Wisconsin NORML reported a great turnout for the July meeting and the crowd spurred on chapter leaders to conduct a signature drive with a reward awaiting for the winner at the next meeting. Recent trips to Appleton and Oshkosh to provide some activist training and provide field directors with the tools to be effective has been paying off. Individual chapter leaders in Appleton and Oshkosh are asking for your help. They plan to discuss plans to make initiatives more local and need your help in directing efforts at the county and city level. Non members of NORML are welcome and encouraged to attend meetings. Supporters can printing their own signature forms that support ending federal marijuana prohibition (HR 2306) and turn them in at the meeting on Wednesday, August 17th.
As stated, local field directors with NORML are working on gathering support for initiatives in the City of Oshkosh and City of Appleton, as well as the general Outagamie and Winnebago County area. If interested in more information, please email NorthernWINORML@gmail.com with the subject line of Oshkosh or Appleton or contact us directly.
www.NorthernWINORML.com
When: Wed August 17th, 2011 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Where: Harmony Cafe, 223 E College Ave, Appleton Wisconsin 54941
What: Awareness Meeting for Appleton, Fox Valley, Green Bay and Oshkosh NORML supporters.
During July 19th Pot Book Giveaway, Northern Wisconsin NORML also threw down a whole bunch of other marijuana support gear during our meeting at the Appleton Public Library. Congratulations to our winners of The Pot Book: A Complete Guide to Cannabis, Satan’s Smoke (now known as The Case Of U.S. v. Yerbas) and Treating Yourself Magazines. The response was outstanding and we collected tons signatures in support of HR 1831 (Industrial Hemp), HR 1983 (Medical Marijuana Patients Rights) and HR 2306 (Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition).
We also threw done something else, a challenge that Appleton area activists accepted. Among the support gear available, we have a wide variety of T-Shirts that activists appreciate…..and someone is going to win one! The activist which brings back the most completed and signed signature forms for HR 2306 – The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act back to our next meeting on August 17th at the Harmony Cafe in downtown Appleton takes their pick of out of our “Green Line” of T-shirts. And as attendees of the last NORML meeting in Appleton know, we are generous to those who show and plan to include another give away of a variety of our merchandise stash. Wait…there is more…we will be giving away another copy of The Pot Book to someone just for showing up….so we hope to see you there!
La Crosse Decriminalizes Small Amount of Marijuana Possession. Yes? No? Maybe so? A double veto by Mayor is overridden by La Crosse City Council. In 2010 a similar news event circulated, then in June the ordinance passed, but was veto’d again by Mayor Harter. The veto in November 2010 almost had the same override result, but not quite. The main Alderman behind the push was quoted in June saying:
“I’ll let somebody else do it,” Olson said. “I gave it my chance,” Olson told the Tribune.
Glad to see Alderman Olson and the City Council stuck to it.
Last night (July 14th, 2011) the La Crosse Common Council voted 14 to 3 to decriminalize marijuana for first-time offenders who are caught with seven grams of marijuana or less. The new ordinance goes into effect July 24.
The news video from WEAU.com can found found at
With a new City of La Crosse marijuana ordinance that takes effect July 24, people who are caught with seven grams of marijuana or less for the first time, could receive a ticket instead of being arrested.
“We think it sends a wrong message that it could soften attitudes about marijuana and we know when attitudes are softened, use increases,” said La Crosse Police Chief Ed Kondracki.
Chief Kondracki says juvenile arrests for marijuana use are up 50% this year. With the new ordinance, Kondracki says police officers will determine whether a ticket or arrest is appropriate on a case- to-case basis.
City council member Chris Olson, who introduced the ordinance, says getting a ticket gives people a change to change their ways.
“For a DUI, basically, they get a second chance and I think marijuana should be the same situation,” Olson said.
“I don’t think that it will change habits,” said City of La Crosse resident Jana Carter. “I think that it will kinda give the mentality that there’s more of a sense of a freedom to do it and that’s dangerous.”
But Charles Gittens says, “It’s the right thing to do because our courts are clogged up a little bit too much the way it is.”
Chief Kondracki says he just wants it to be clear that even with the new ordinance, marijuana is illegal not only in the city, but in the state.
“It is a dangerous drug and we have to be careful that we still engage in our prevention efforts,” Chief Kondracki said.
The chief says there is no set dollar amount to a ticket for possession of small amounts of marijuana yet. He says the city council will work with the municipal court judge to determine an appropriate fine.
The La Crosse Common Council tonight overrode Mayor Matt Harter’s veto of an ordinance that would make first-time possession of small amounts of marijuana a municipal rather than criminal offense.
Harter said last month he vetoed the measure for a second time because the public still perceives the ordinance as showing tolerance for drug use.
District 3 council member Chris Olson’s measure allows law enforcement to cite first-time possession of up to 7 grams of marijuana and drug paraphernalia as a municipal offense rather than misdemeanor.
Olson argued tonight the citations would generate additional revenue for the city and provide “a first-time offender a second chance.” He criticized police Chief Ed Kondracki for saying he would not ask his officers to enforce the ordinance.
“We shouldn’t be setting policy being dictated by an individual,” Olson said.
Capt. Rob Abraham later said Olson was mistaken on the chief’s position — the department will allow officers to use the ordinance at their own discretion. He did note the La Crosse County Sheriff’s Department has yet to cite anyone under a similar ordinance.
Harter’s veto of a similar measure in November ended up two votes shy of an override.
The council also overrode all of Harter’s vetoes on filling nine vacant positions.
Gary Storck, the Madison NORML Examiner also pointed out important information about decriminalization throughout the state:
While La Crosse has resisted marijuana decriminalization, other locations in Wisconsin including Madison and Eau Claire have had it since the 1970s. A change in state law from the 1990s allows counties and municipalities to make amounts less than 25 grams a civil infraction. The state is now covered by a patchwork of state law and local decrim ordinances, some allowing up to 25 grams, others capped at much less. Dane County adopted a new policy in March 2007 that all amounts under 25 grams had to be processed as a local or county ordinance violation.
Phillip Smith of StopTheDrugWar.com also covered the news from Wisconsin, reporting in part:
But a police spokesman later said that Olson was mistaken and that the department would allow officers to issue citations under the ordinance if they wished. The spokesman also noted that the La Crosse County Sheriff’s Department has yet to cite anyone under a similar county ordinance, instead charging them under state law.
La Crosse isn’t the first Wisconsin locality to decriminalize pot possession. Madison, the state capital, did in 1977, and Milwaukee, the state’s largest city, did in 1997.
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