MI-NORML

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  • MI-NORML

  • 21 / Male
  • Michigan, US
  • Last Login: 7/11/2009

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Status and Mood

  • MI-NORML needs YOU to contact your reps! Do it?
    Mood: (none) (none)
    at 2:51 PM Jul 6
  • MI-NORML wants you to join AND get others involved, too! The 2010 elections could be big...
    at 3:34 PM Jun 30
  • MI-NORML is back to advocating for cannabis freedom after a great weekend!
    Mood: (none) (none)
    at 3:32 PM Jun 28
  • MI-NORML is back to advocating for cannabis freedom!
    Mood: (none) (none)
    at 3:32 PM Jun 28
  • MI-NORML is sending Reps and excited about this weekend's meeting!
    at 3:58 PM Jun 24

Interests

  • General

    We need your help. At Michigan NORML, we rely on our members to fund our efforts to reform Michigan's marijuana laws. Become a member of Michigan NORML for just $15 and you'll receive our quarterly printed newsletter and a free one-year membership in National NORML! Plus, you'll be eligible to participate in our members-only e-mail discussion list.

    Join now via PayPal at: www.MINORML.org/join.html

    Join via mail/printable form: Download Membership Form

    Donations:
    In addition to membership dues, we also rely on private donations to fund our work. You can donate by sending a check payable to:
    Michigan NORML
    PO Box 640
    Eastpointe, MI, 48021-0640

    You can also donate online with your credit card by visiting www.minorml.org. (Please note that donations are not tax-deductible.)

    1. Educate Yourself
    Learn as much as possible about cannabis, its prohibition, the history, and certainly current opinions for AND against legalization. Read books like Jack Herer's The Emperor Wears No Clothes! or even High Times' Pot Smoker's Handbook. Just learn as much as you can about all aspects of the cause, that way you can better...

    2. Educate Others
    Pass along what you know to who you know. Dissemination of knowledge is arguably the most effective tool in our cause for legalization. The biggest problem we have is fighting the ignorance surrounding current cannabis beliefs: people just don't know the truth from what they've been told by the government, their teachers, parents, etc. Spread the word!

    3. Contact Your Congress-people
    Email, write, phone, telegram...whatever! Just let your elected representatives, both State and Federal, know how you feel. Do it with respect and civility for better results. You may only get a generic "thanks for your opinions" reply, but that means you just need to keep contacting them. After all, they are YOUR representative; they depend on YOUR vote. (Message this myspace if you'd like help drafting a letter or getting contact info.)

    4. Join MI-NORML and/or other groups
    Try to get involved with any cannabis advocacy groups that you can. Even though being a member sometimes means a (small) yearly contribution, your enthusiasm for the cause won't be turned away because of financial short-comings. But even more importantly you will join others in the cause and you know, power by numbers!

    5. Have Hope and Perseverence
    Times are always a-changin'. Presidents and Mayors are now openly admitting prior cannabis use without damage to their "image". Just keep thinking, "In my lifetime. In MY lifetime..." We all know cannabis can be enjoyed safely and responsibly, and one day our laws will reflect that knowledge.

  • Movies


    Former Executive Director of Michigan NORML, Tim Beck,
    giving testimony on HB 5470 to the Committee on Government
    Operations. Tuesday, November 28, 2006.
  • Television

    National NORML 2009 Ad contest winner:
  • Books

    Support Michigan NORML!


    Purchase a copy
    of Dean Kuipers's new book about the Rainbow Farm tragedy.
  • Heroes

Blurbs

About me:

MI-NORML is the Michigan chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and a registered non-profit organization. We have been working to reform Michigan's marijuana laws since 2001. There are 24 local MI-NORML chapters (list found below) and over 400 members throughout the State.
Our web site is www.minorml.org

MI-NORML advocates for the legalization of responsible cannabis use by adults.
We promote basic guidelines for such use:

Principles of Responsible Cannabis Use
* Adults Only
* No Driving
* Set and Setting
* Resist Abuse
* Respect Rights of Others

I. Adults Only
Cannabis consumption is for adults only. It is irresponsible to provide cannabis to children.

Many things and activities are suitable for young people, but others absolutely are not. Children do not drive cars, enter into contracts, or marry, and they must not use drugs. As it is unrealistic to demand lifetime abstinence from cars, contracts and marriage, however, it is unrealistic to expect lifetime abstinence from all intoxicants, including alcohol. Rather, our expectation and hope for young people is that they grow up to be responsible adults. Our obligation to them is to demonstrate what that means.

II. No Driving
The responsible cannabis consumer does not operate a motor vehicle or other dangerous machinery while impaired by cannabis, nor (like other responsible citizens) while impaired by any other substance or condition, including some medicines and fatigue.

Although cannabis is said by most experts to be safer than alcohol and many prescription drugs with motorists, responsible cannabis consumers never operate motor vehicles in an impaired condition. Public safety demands not only that impaired drivers be taken off the road, but that objective measures of impairment be developed and used, rather than chemical testing.

III. Set and Setting
The responsible cannabis user will carefully consider his/her set and setting, regulating use accordingly.

"Set" refers to the consumer's values, attitudes, experience and personality, and "setting" means the consumer's physical and social circumstances. The responsible cannabis consumer will be vigilant as to conditions -- time, place, mood, etc. -- and does not hesitate to say "no" when those conditions are not conducive to a safe, pleasant and/or productive experience.

IV. Resist Abuse
Use of cannabis, to the extent that it impairs health, personal development or achievement, is abuse, to be resisted by responsible cannabis users.

Abuse means harm. Some cannabis use is harmful; most is not. That which is harmful should be discouraged; that which is not need not be. Wars have been waged in the name of eradicating "drug abuse", but instead of focusing on abuse, enforcement measures have been diluted by targeting all drug use, whether abusive or not. If marijuana abuse is to be targeted, it is essential that clear standards be developed to identify it.

V. Respect Rights of Others
The responsible cannabis user does not violate the rights of others, observes accepted standards of courtesy and public propriety, and respects the preferences of those who wish to avoid cannabis entirely.

No one may violate the rights of others, and no substance use excuses any such violation. Regardless of the legal status of cannabis, responsible users will adhere to emerging tobacco smoking protocols in public and private places.

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Who I'd like to meet:


Starting a Chapter:
If there is not already a chapter in your area, or at your school, we encourage you to start one. Step-by-step directions for starting a chapter, as well as example by-laws, guidelines for running a chapter, and other useful documents, can all be found in our Chapter Information Packet. If you have any questions or need any help along the way, please do not hesitate to contact us. And remember, this is your NORML!

Comments

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  • Jul 9 2009 6:59 PM

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    Thanks for the add!!! Keep on fighting for the cause!!!! Peace

  • Jul 8 2009 6:54 PM


  • Jul 6 2009 8:06 PM

    CHRONIC-les update (v 1.0.1) now available on the App Store! New info includes: history, medical mj, tips for dealing w/ police & so much more! LEGALIZE IT!!!  CHRONIC-les for the iPhone and iPod Touch!
  • Jul 2 2009 5:26 PM

    Danks for the add!

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  • Jun 23 2009 2:31 AM

    THANKZ 4 THE ADD!
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  • Jun 19 2009 8:02 PM

    Party in July and we are going....why not?


  • Jun 18 2009 8:07 PM

    Thanks MI for the add.

     
    I'LL SMOKE TO THAT!!
  • Jun 12 2009 5:35 AM


     

    THX FOR FRIENDSHIP...
  • Jun 11 2009 7:35 AM

    so the usual, then.
  • Jun 11 2009 4:26 AM

    Saying High!
  • Jun 11 2009 1:39 AM

    sup
  • Jun 8 2009 6:07 PM

    I absolutely love the new page!!! A change was definitely needed. (Although Everett did a fantastic job with it previously).

    We all need to keep fighting. We took a huge step this year with the passing of proposal 1, but our work is far from over. We still need to keep working on fighting for the rights of every individual who chooses to use the herb for whatever reason they may have.

    Good to see a new look.

    One Love MINORML!
  • May 22 2009 3:19 PM

    Meeting and Benefit Auction for Upper Peninsula NORML
    National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws

    JUNE 1st
    6 to 7pm: Monthly UP NORML Meeting
    Open to the Public
    Topics to be covered: Medical Marijuana application process, Presentation on your Rights to Privacy, Question & Answer’s & More

    7 to 8pm: Benefit Auction! (lots of goodies!)

    Mueller Township Hall
    1805 W Quarry Rd, Gulliver, MI
    (2 miles east of Gulliver on US-2, turn south on Quarry Rd, hall is on the right just past the fire station.)

    Contact:
    Jerry Glasscock
    UP NORML Executive Director
    upnorml@yahoo.com

    Nellie Eve
    UP NORML Communications Director
    nellieeve@gmail.com

    Visit our website at upnorml.org
  • May 17 2009 8:14 PM

    JessiKa Violet
    Thanks for the friendship! -JessiKa xox
  • May 18 2009 6:23 AM

    thank you for adding me as a friend. peace.
  • Apr 27 2009 10:02 PM

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  • Apr 28 2009 10:25 AM

    thanks 4 the add
  • Apr 29 2009 12:21 AM

    Sorry about that last bulletin and the myspace pages I hit up!!! My bad... Here's one link to all those links, but please there are five different petitions to sign!! So be sure you sign them all!!!! Then the last link is to the change site, it's a great site to get the word out there!! It's also a petition but it's nice to get all the pro marijuana people on each networking site possible!! Don't forget to also email your states reps, and the white house every week if you can! We need them to hear us!! I've been going around promoting this I hope it get's bigger!! I want everyone possible to email the White House.... Try to use facts, and make it as formal as you can! I'm not Shakespeare, but I do know that we need to come off smarter than they try to make us out to be!!! We are people to and deserve the same rights as an alcoholic!!! I hate alcohol, alcohol is everything that's wrong with society!! WAY WAY WAY MORE THAN ANY OTHER DRUG TOO!!! More people die, and there are way more broken families do to alcohol use!!!



    http://www.mpp.org/federal-action/


    http://criminaljustice.change.org/actions/view/stop_marijuana_arrests

  • Apr 30 2009 3:55 AM

    what up what up...swervin by to say HI.......
  • Apr 22 2009 8:42 PM

    The morning is nigh
    Its time to get high
    Last time tonight
    Sleep will come with no fight
    Load the green in this blunt
    Please don't make it a runt

    What is so wrong with Mary Jay?
    Is it so bad to feel like a sun ray?
    All nice and feelin' fine and dandy
    Takes away worry; makes me hunger candy
    They say its a drug thats bad
    If you believe that, you've been had

    Was that blunt hit by a blight?
    If we're gonna get high, lets do this right!
    Heres my green, continue to roll
    After we're done, we'll smoke my bowl
    Tie it off, damn that is big
    Its really in nice fig

    Socially alcohol is okay
    Although it makes people pass away
    But marijuana is a "killer" drug
    But it causes no graves to be dug
    Cigarettes kill thousands of users
    Even when they're not abusers

    What you may have heard is slanted
    Because this "drug", was actually planted
    Unlike cigarettes, it contains no chem
    All natural baby, tell that to the rest of them.

    If everyone smoked a blunt the world would be a better place.
  • Apr 24 2009 5:57 PM

    Thank You for Your Support. It is deeply Appreciated

    Proud to have you as our Friend


  • Apr 20 2009 5:30 PM

    happy 420 michigan
  • Apr 20 2009 3:25 AM

    One TV channel is dedicating monday (4/20) evening to all marijuana programming!

    full schedule on page 1 of www.theweeklyweed.com----the free, online marijuana newspaper!


    Sign up on our mailing list & we’ll send a fresh issue to your inbox every week!


    …and we still have a dedicated page for medical marijuana news as well as one for hemp news every week!
    Peace, Ronnie.
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