Northern Wisconsin NORML

Apr11

Chapter Co-Founder helps make the WI/MN Libertarian Convention a little more NORML

by NORMLRich on April 11th, 2012 at 11:33 PM

For Immediate Release
Contact: Rich Martin, Executive Director Northern Wisconsin NORML
920-931-4207 or email at Rich@NorthernWiNORML.org
www.NorthernWiNORML.org

Printable: Press Release PDF

Marijuana Reform to be topic at Wisconsin / Minnesota Joint State Libertarian Convention

Northern Wisconsin NORML and Minnesota NORML are working together to bring hemp cannabis awareness to the Minnesota / Wisconsin State Libertarian Convention to be held on April 14th in Eau Claire. Spearhead by local activist Jay Selthofner, the two organizations will be conducting “joint tabling efforts” during the WI/MN joint state convention.

This will be an “open media day”. All who attend will be free to record the proceedings and speakers, and post them online as they wish. (An exception will be the morning business sessions, which will be at the presiding state Chair’s discretion.)

It’s an unprecedented opportunity for Minnesotans and Wisconsinites to meet a knockout lineup of Libertarian speakers. They will include Wisconsinites Ken Van Doren (Ron Paul Campaign), Max Kane (Farm Activist) and local citizen activist Jay Selthofner (NORML) as issue based speakers.

The convention will feature Governor Gary Johnson, a front-runner for the Libertarian presidential nomination, and keynote speakers Walter Block and Sharon Harris.

This Joint State Convention with Wisconsin and Minnesota Libertarians will be on Saturday April 14th in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The public is welcome. For more information and complete schedule of the convention, please visit www.lpmn.org and www.lpwi.org.

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Apr11

Wisconsin Medical Society may adopt new medical marijuana guidelines

by NorthernWINORML.org on April 11th, 2012 at 11:27 PM

Many readers are learning about ordinance 23.20 in Madison, the medical marijuana referendum in Dane County that passed in 2010 and the 961.32 exemption in the Wisconsin Unif0rmed Controlled Substances Act and are fired up!

Reports from Wisconsin NORML and Madison NORML Examiner Gary Storck indicate that the Wisconsin Medical Society may adopt the American Medical Associations recently changed (2009) guideline/position on marijuana. The vote has a chance of landing on April 20th, 2012 during the annual meeting held at Madison’s Monona Terrace Convention Center on April 20-21.

It looks like the past couple years of protesting, letters to the editors, attending the controlled substance board meetings and individual lobbying efforts paid off. Good work team!

The following is the AMA guidelines:

“CSAPH REPORT 3 – USE OF CANNABIS FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES The Council on Science and Public Health recommends that the following statement be adopted in lieu of Resolutions 910 (I-08), 921 (I-08), and 229 (A-09) and the remainder of the report be filed. Our American Medical Association (AMA) urges that marijuana’s status as a federal Schedule I controlled substance be reviewed with the goal of facilitating the conduct of clinical research and development of cannabinoid-based medicines. This should not be viewed as an endorsement of state-based medical cannabis programs, the legalization of marijuana, or that scientific evidence on the therapeutic use of cannabis meets the current standards for a prescription drug product. (New HOD Policy)”

Source: Examiner.com Wisconsin Medical Society plans vote on AMA MMJ resolution at annual meeting – Madison norml | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/norml-in-madison/wisconsin-medical-society-plans-vote-on-ama-mmj-resolution-at-annual-meeting#ixzz1rnU6HK00