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Welcome to the Action page for the MCRC.    About this page ... This is our page our Action Items. Our goal is to bring about change and establish safeguards for the future. The objective is the empowerment of the people through their votes and general activism. It's our strategy to get the people involved in this and all issues. Tired of all this hassle? Make a change, take action. End the War! Advocacy and Activism. Legislation; Candidates and Initiatives. Action Items Help educate your circle of support about OMMA and the beneficial properties of marijuana and cannabis in general. Help with the implementation of the OMMP. For legal info - State laws, rules, statues, legal decisions, etc. - click > here <. --- How can I help implement OMMA? --- As an Individual … As a Patient - remember YOU represent the cause; Don't flaunt your medical marijuana usage. While you should feel free to talk openly about the therapeutic benefits of cannabis for yourself - and proudly display your banners, which give you an opportunity to educate - you should also be considerate and always discrete in obtaining and consuming your medicine. Medicating should be personal and you should handle it as you would any other medicine. This especially includes educating family and friends, most notably children. Situations where people may mistakenly consume (ie- unmarked brownies) or otherwise be affected by some aspect (ie- second-hand smoke) must be expected and proactively managed. As a Patient/Caregiver - tell everyone your anecdotal experience (what happen to your own body, or that of someone you cared for, in your own words) when medical marijuana was utilized as opposed to other drugs. Help educate your circle of support about OMMA and the medical properties of marijuana and in general. As a Concerned Citizen - Educate yourself fully and ACT. Research, network, follow up and learn as much as you can so you can effectively share the information with others that think they are opposed. Stay in the loop and be aware of legislative, organizational or business activities that may effect yourself and/or those you care about. Constantly write to legislators, media, businesses and organizations and let them know the good news. ATTENTION! Employed OMMP Cardholders and Those Who Give a Damn About Them, Click here for details on actions organized by the good folks at Contigo-Conmigo.   Patients, Be Aware Your Rights to Drive Click here for details on Sentencing hearing for Patient for DUI / MJ, judged impaired because it's "pot".

A Smokin' GlassWare Party Attention patients who use "glass" pipes for medical cannabis delivery devices.  A GlassWare Party is happenin' Sat., Jan. 28th at the Mercy Center from High Noon to 4:20pm.   SORRY, but this is a cardholders only event.  Click here for details. MERCY Poster Party! Make posters for special events of the cause in general, such as the Global Marijuana Marches.   Sat., April 23 and 30, Hihgh noon in Salem.  Click here for details. also Information on Cannabis and ... Conditions AIDS Anxiety Arthritis Bipolar Cancer Crohns Depression Epilepsy Fibromyalgia Glaucoma Multiple Sclerosis Pregnancy PTSD Seizures ... plus Information on Cannabis for ... Doctors Nurses also Information on Cannabis by ... Region Alaska Arizona California Colorado Florida Hawaii Illinois Indiana Maine Maryland Michigan Montana Nevada Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania Wash. St. Wisconsin Texas Australia Canada England Hemp Bill Hearing! Happened Wednesday, April 6, 3pm in Oregon State Senate.   Also Pro and Anti medical marijuana bills, click here for more on the story.

( skip to End )  |   ( next )  |   Taking Action ...  |     ( prev )  |   ( go to Top )  What do we hope to accomplish ... how? Why? Some of their immediate objectives are to inform & educate about the therapeutic benefits as well as the true medical facts about cannabis; support the rights of patients & doctors in the OMMP; promote a healthier environment through hemp and empower groups and actions that broadcast information & news about the harm, waste and abuse caused by can prohibition in general. The basic strategy will be to join and initiate events & actions; to research and spread news & info - to be the media outlet for the movement! MCRC wants to be in a position to help or even launch initiative and similar activities; to make available basic legal help for all cannabis users; to promote hemp for a healthier environment; to be a part of the community. Patients and doctors in OMMP will be able to network and share information about their conditions and how to obtain & apply their medicine - growing tips, cooking recipes, which strains work best, etc. MCRC hopes to educate doctors and patients in general on their rights as well as the truth on the medical effects - beneficial and otherwise. Though open only a short time and with sketchy volunteer staff hours, MCRC has had our first case where a Patient went and educated his doctor and got him to change his mind. A Patient with a doctor for the past eight years came in to our place and told us his story, how his doctor wouldn’t sign. We educated the patient, patient educated doctor and doctor signed. “he was so relieved, so grateful, he had tears in his eyes” said an involved volunteer. “This is what we are all about”. Through the above actions, MCRC intends to build a volunteer base for constant recruitment & administration of the organization for the future. Through marketing and communications they hope to coordinate with business and organizations to make a lasting, positive change in the community. Check them out, be a part of it. Many thanks to R. House Furniture for their generous support (next door to our office at 1695 Fairgrounds Rd., Salem, 97303. Call: 503.363-0596). Stay tuned for our next event -or- opportunity for contact -and/or- action.

OMMA 2 is also known as the Dispensary Bill for a key objective it is attempting to meet - creating access to medicine for Patients. Cannabis is safe effective medicine and the current law often leaves them out of luck and in pain. This new initiative will fix this and many of the other problems patients have encountered with OMMA, the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act, in its present form. Not only does it try to do what’s best for the people, it also wants to make things easier for the authorities as well. It would remove the problem of differentiating between the 4 "mature" plants allowed and any others on the premises. The full initiative text is available online at: http://www.voterpower.org/news/initiative.html

Additional information about OMMA 2 can be found in archived editions of the electronic newsletter at:

http://www.voterpower.org/flash/news.html

• REGISTERING VOTERS. People signing Petitions must be registered to vote. You can register as often as you want. When in doubt, register again.
• A person can register and vote if over 18 (at time of election) and resident of state. Note! FELONs can register and vote in Oregon even while on probation or parole. The only exception is when in jail or prison.
• If someone has their hands full, you can fill out the Voters Registration form for them EXCEPT for the Name and Date. Make sure the person registering Signs and Dates the form.
• Once they have registered, it is best that they wait ten days and then sign. Some people have tried forward-dating their signature on the petition, while others have tried backdating the form - these are not good methods. They can take a petition with them and mail it back (get their friends to sign, too) or you can let them no where to catch up with us again. They should also find location information through all our media.
• PETITIONERs. When generating copies or printing off the website, make sure the paper is correct weight (20lb, 24/60lb or 70lb) and that copies are legible. The petition side should be clear, aligned and full size. The cover page side should be legible, aligned in the middle. They should be on one sheet, each on one side. The top of the cover page should line up with the left-hand side of the petition when you flip the page over. NOTE: Oregon election laws require petitioners to carry a complete copy of the text of the initiative they are representing. Copies of the Life with Dignity initiative text are available from the same place signature gatherers can get petition sheets.
• Make sure you have a copy of the text with you. Contact Voter Power for a copy >
• Make sure they are registered. Make sure they sign only once per election cycle. Make sure that sign in their county. If they sign for the wrong county, cross it off.
• If someone has their hands full, you can fill out the Voters Registration form for them EXCEPT for the Signature and Date. Make sure the person registering Signs and Dates the petition.

Voters in Oregon should not sign using a P.O. Box. It makes it harder to confirm, when necessary. Explain to signers and try to get them to write down the same address where they are registered to vote -- their current address -- and if necessary, to fill out a voter registration card (which you should have with you) if they have changed addresses since last registering.

• THE "FRED MEYER" SITUATION. There was a case decided where it was ruled that a store could tell petitioners where to go (!) IF IN DOUBT, GO AHEAD and try. They can’t arrest you without warning.
• Select your spot and start petitioning. Be polite and unobtrusive as possible. Don’t argue or pursue and NEVER shout.
• If approached my management, try to address concerns, find parameters and work out solutions. If all else, just find another spot. You can’t gather signatures while in jail or otherwise uselessly debating with the ignorant!

( skip to End )  |   ( next )  |   Events ...  |     ( prev )  |   ( go to Top )  Ongoing Event Action Items Event action items to copy, volunteer or just plain plan for in general. Opportunities to express, uplift and network with like minds. Stay tuned for the next event -or- opportunity for contact -and/or- action. Hemp Stalk 2005 First Annual Cannabis Convention The Hemp and Cannabis Foundation is Proud To Present: an educational event combining Information, Speakers and Entertainment. Music, Mirth and Merriment!   There will be Bio-Diesel cars and vehicles such as buses on site, to demonstrate the fuel works and the clean burning nature of the fuel.   Click here for details.   HempFest! The Oregon Hempfest will be held next year on July 14-15-16, 2006 at Washington-Jefferson Park, not far from the Willamette River and the city center of Eugene, Oregon.   Click here for details. Want change?   To make a difference?   Get Org'd at the DPRC! You'll be glad you did.

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