Action Alerts – Northern WI NORML (2010

So Long, and Thanks for all the Activism

ByJessica Struzik Posted on10/27/2023 1:07 PM10/27/2023 1:55 PM Updated on10/27/2023 1:55 PM

Hello Friends, We would like to announce that after 13 years, we have decided to close our NORML chapter. There are a variety of reasons for this, but one of those reasons is that for the past 13 years, we have also been running the Wisconsin Cannabis Activist Network, and this is where we have…

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Citizen Input need for City of Oshkosh Decriminalization

ByJay Selthofner Posted on08/12/2021 2:42 PM

On the Agenda, lower the fine to $75 for marijuana possession. We all know that activists collected enough thousands of valid signatures from City of Oshkosh residents to lower the fine to $25, they actually did that twice. Thank you and RIP Mark Kelderman for the past work and continuing to inspire activism yet today….

Action Alerts | Legislation

2021-22 Recreational / Medical Marijuana Bill open for co-sponsorship

ByJay Selthofner Posted on08/11/2021 2:39 PM03/25/2022 4:40 PM Updated on03/25/2022 4:40 PM

Wisconsin is ready to grow our future by legalizing cannabis. What LRB-4361 (Senate Bill 545) will help build safe communities and a healthy future. Agricultural business will bloom and the economic benefits will be felt by Wisconsinites as the state legalizes cannabis. The legislation is currently being circulated for co-sponsorship. Who Over 60% of Wisconsinites…

Action Alerts | Legislation

Oppose Senate Bill 440 – Increased Penalties for Butane Hash Oil

ByJay Selthofner Posted on07/16/2021 12:52 PM03/25/2022 4:42 PM Updated on03/25/2022 4:42 PM

For a full read up on the authors and co-sponsors of this bill, please read Jay’s Blog entitled Republicans mount attack against cannabis extracts. The basics of this bill are an increase in penalty for manufacturing, sales and possession of butane hash oil (BHO).

Action Alerts | Legislation

Support The MORE Act: Federal Cannabis Reform

ByJay Selthofner Posted on06/27/2021 2:11 PM03/25/2022 4:41 PM Updated on03/25/2022 4:41 PM

In the previous Congressional session, members of the House of Representatives made history by passing the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act to repeal the federal prohibition and criminalization of marijuana. The bill has a history of bipartisan support. House members approved similar legislation last year by a bipartisan vote of 228-164. In Wisconsin,…

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Milwaukee Marijuana Initiative Info and Sign Up

ByEric Marsch Posted on05/07/2021 1:33 PM

From Bayview to Sherman Park, we all want our families to be whole and our communities to be vibrant. But far too often — at cookouts and at ball fields, near our community centers and on our blocks — Milwaukee police lean on outdated cannabis laws to stop, harass and arrest Black and Brown people,…

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The People’s Voice Act

ByJay Selthofner Posted on04/10/2021 11:38 PM

According to the non-partisan Legislative Reference Bureau, less than half of the bills introduced in the last legislative session received a public hearing. LRB 2481/1 was introduced by authors Senator Melissa Agard (D-Madison) and Assembly Representative Gary Hebl (D-Sun Prairie) labeled “The People’s Voice Act” is currently being circulated for co-sponsorship. The bill would give petitioning power…

Action Alerts | Legislation

Decriminalize Marijuana – AB 130 / SB 164

ByJay Selthofner Posted on04/10/2021 7:55 PM03/25/2022 4:41 PM Updated on03/25/2022 4:41 PM

Assembly Bill 130 / Senate Bill 164. From 2009-2018, 161,016 arrests were made for simple possession of marijuana. Comparatively, there were 19,190 arrests made for possession with intent to deliver. The burden placed on local resources, from police focus, man-hours for arrests, paper work, and court appearances, to the court system dockets and public defender costs, would…

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Make Marijuana a Priority in Wisconsin

ByJay Selthofner Posted on04/10/2021 7:00 PM03/25/2022 4:41 PM Updated on03/25/2022 4:41 PM

Make Marijuana a Priority in Wisconsin. As a resident of Wisconsin, we need you to help our state lawmakers move swiftly to end the failed policy of marijuana prohibition and criminalization. Session after session legislation stalls in committees and Wisconsin falls further behind on the issue. Never in modern history has there existed greater public…

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Petition to form The Wisconsin Cannabis Caucus

ByJay Selthofner Posted on04/01/2021 4:20 AM

Petition to form The Wisconsin Cannabis Caucus Wisconsin needs elected officials who sponsored the various bills throughout past sessions, and the newly elected legislators supporting reform on the campaign trail, to work together towards sensible cannabis reform in a bi-partisan nature. With public support for reforming marijuana laws at an all time high, we request…