Wisconsin Medical Marijuana Legislation

[WisconsinNORML]

What is meant by "The bill more than likely will not end up with the proposed 12 plants per patient, 5 patients per caregiver"? Does that mean less than 12 plants per patient or does that mean no home cultivation at all?

Somewhere in between. Depends what Tim Carpenter can be talked into.

Last I heard they were saying the caregiver language would be out but the personal cultivation wouldn't. And that was unacceptable because even Jacki Rickert wouldn't be covered because she would be unable to get to the dispensary or grow her own.

Will find out more at the Madison NORML meeting at the Wil-Mar center at 953 Jenifer st (Jenifer & Brearly) Monday March 22 at 7pm.

 

[WisconsinNORML]

http://bit.ly/9BIvTB

With now only 33 days remaining to pass the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act as of this writing, efforts to move this critical piece of health care legislation are escalating.

Click the link for the whole article...

 

[EatMoGrass]

What exactly happens at the Madison Norml meetings? I live less than 15 minutes from Willy street. Last week I finally told my doctor about my use of organic cannabis for pain. He agreed that eating organic cannabis is much safer than the Oxycontin I have been prescribed for 9 years. Organic cannabis has allowed me to reduce my use of Oxycontin by 80%. It feels great finally knowing my doctor is ok with me using cannabis for my chronic pain.

 

[EatMoGrass]

My problem with the low number of plants allowed per patient is that larger plants are required to obtain reasonable yields of medicine. Larger plants are much harder for disabled patients to work on as they become very heavy with size. Disabled patients may find it easier to grow more small plants as opposed to fewer large plants. Also selecting the correct strains for maximum health benefits would be much much more difficult with these restrictions on plant numbers.

 

[WisconsinNORML]

Madison NORML meetings have become not only an update meeting, but a strategy meeting because of the urgency.

Generally speaking, if you can help out in this effort, we offer suggestions on how, bring lit, have discussion on where we are with the bill, etc...Also if you have ideas on how to get support or funds to run the TV ad, we urge you to run with your idea with our support.

See below for the March 27th statewide events:
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March 27th, Wisconsin protests Wal-mart and supports the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act.

Locations confirmed:
Berlin
Eau Claire
Platteville
Green Bay
Madison West Town
Dodgeville on 3/20 & 3/27
Wisconsin Rapids

Locations in planning, probably participating:
Milwaukee
Muskego
Waterton
Jefferson
working on Appleton
Oshkosh
Burlington
Kenosha or Racine
Fox Valley
Wisconsin Dells

See Facebook AB554 page for updates:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Madis...nts-for-Assembly-Bill-554/216201587992?ref=mf

 

[WisconsinNORML]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRB1ppPRJ0M

Wisconsin NORML and IMMLY will work together to air the above ad in key districts around the state as early as this week. The more money we can get, the more air time and better time slots we can get.

Please donate if you can at http://www.winorml.org or http://www.immly.org or also scroll to the bottom of madisonnorml.org and look for the PO Box if you want to send cash or check.
Pledge $35 for a premium time slot and $10 for a non-premium.


Upcoming event reminder:
Mon, Mar 22, 2010: Madison NORML meeting http://www.madisonnorml.org

Tue, March 23, 2010: Statewide Day of Prayer for Compassion http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10150099890885034#!/event.php?eid=10150099890885034&index=1

 

[WisconsinNORML]

Two more about the March 23rd day of compassion at the WI capitol and all around the state/country.

http://idpi.us/list/IDPIMar2010.htm

Media Advisory
Is My Medicine Legal YET?
Wisconsin NORML
Contact: Gary Storck (608) 301-5665

Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Statewide Day of Prayer for Compassion
12pm-1pm: Prayer for Compassion Ceremony
Wisconsin State Capitol
State St. Steps landing outside Capitol
Informational tabling, first floor rotunda, 1-3pm

Madison: When a friend or loved one is fighting illness, we pray for
them. The collective consciousness of prayer can be a unifying and
healing force for those struggling with a medical condition and the
people who care about them.

Just as prayer can be a therapy in healing and dealing with chronic
illness, so can medical cannabis. At the 8 hours plus Dec. 15 combined
Health Committee Hearings at the Capitol for AN445/SB368 the Jacki
Rickert Medical Marijuana Act, many patients testified how both cannabis
and their faith got them through their personal ordeals.

With the JRMMA now needing the support of a majority of state
legislators to become reality, it seems appropriate to call a Statewide
Day of Prayer for Compassion and ask state residents, who are far ahead
of their elected representatives in supporting the JRMMA, to pray for
passage of this bill.

This day is for whatever way you pray, meditate, seek guidance whatever.
It is non denominational and interdenominational. You just need to focus
your thoughts on compassion and the legislature listening to people's
need for medical cannabis.

Medical cannabis is not a new idea in Wisconsin. It has been languishing
the legislature for decades. The sick and dying, seniors, disabled and
now veterans in shocking numbers, need this medicine. No medical
marijuana bill has progressed as far as the JRMMA, and we cannot let
this historic moment to pass without passing it and protecting some of
our most vulnerable citizens.

Please join us in for the Statewide Day of Prayer for Compassion, all
day on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 and at the Capitol from 12-1pm for the
ceremony and 1-3pm for our tables and exhibits. The Prayer for
Compassion Ceremony from 12-1 will include speakers including state and
local clergy, medical cannabis patient/advocates and others.

More information: Is My Medicine Legal YET? IMMLY.org & JRMMA.org,
Wisconsin NORML WINORML.org, MadisonNORML.org.

 

[WisconsinNORML]

Just as an FYI to those going to the Wal-Mart protests:
Wisconsin Private property - no free speech, but there is no crime unless when they ask you to leave you don't.
However, a public sidewalk or space where a sidewalk should be does have free speech.

best sign wins a prize

 

[WisconsinNORML]

March 27th, Wisconsin protests Wal-mart and supports the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act.

Locations confirmed:
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Oshkosh
Appleton
Wisconsin Rapids
Platteville
Berlin
Milwaukee
Madison/West Towne.
Dodgeville on 3/20 & 3/27

Locations in planning, probably participating:
Muskego
Waterton
Jefferson
Oshkosh
Burlington
Kenosha or Racine
Fox Valley
Wisconsin Dells

See Facebook AB554 page for updates:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Madis...nts-for-Assembly-Bill-554/216201587992?ref=mf

 

[ThisBuds4You]

Wow, this is all great info. I hope the ICMAG members in WI are hard at work, I'm pulling for you guys!!!

-
TB4U

 

[CANNACO-OP]

Wisconsin is full or hard working folks and maybe a few that hardly work, but for the most part the people are good. Thanks for the updates. Canna

 

[WisconsinNORML]

March 24 Day of Prayer for Compassion coverage:

Madison NORML Examiner: http://bit.ly/c9cAn0

http://badgerherald.com/news/2010/03/24/medical_marijuana_be.php

http://www.wsaw.com/news/headlines/89002512.html?ref=512

http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12191503

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/loc...cle_f3133072-36b7-11df-aa7f-001cc4c03286.html

http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=28588

http://www.fox21online.com/news/medical-marijuana-supporters-hold-prayer-vigil-wisconsin-capitol

http://bit.ly/a6Nkkg - scroll to: Medical marijuana supporters hold prayer vigil or listen to audio: http://clipcast.wpr.org:8080/ramgen/wpr/news/news100324gh.rm



PYO Fliers for upcoming events:
March 31 UW-Whitewater Marijuana Decrim forum: http://madisonnorml.org/docs/uwwXTHC.doc

April 1st Lodi THC Tour 5-7pm Lodi Public Library's meeting room: http://madisonnorml.org/photos/THC Expo LODI.JPG

(no flier) Sat, April 3, 2010: THC Tour Plymouth, WI 12-2:30 Plymouth Public Library http://www.plymouthgov.com/Library/

April 3rd WI NORML Benefit at the Miramar Theater in Milwaukee: http://madisonnorml.org/docs/IMMLYWINORMLApril 3.odt

More at http://www.madisonnorml.org/PYOcenter.html

OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS:

Sat, May 1, 2010: International Marijuana March, Noon State St. steps, 1PM Parade to Mifflin St. Block Party

Sat, April 10, 2010: Silver Spur Saloon just outside of Appleton, Awareness Event and concert: Organik Entertainment presents Brok'n Arrow and Baghdad Scuba Review.

Sat, April 10, 2010: 1-4PM THC Tour, Appleton, WI library http://www.apl.org/

Sat, April 10, 2010: Gary Storck speaks at the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin Convention. Olympia Resort in Oconomowoc, WI


CALL YOUR LEGISLATORS! http://www.legis.wisconsin.gov/w3asp/waml/waml.aspx ASK THEM IF THEY SUPPORT THE BILL, IF SO THANK THEM, IF NOT ASK THEM TO DO SO AND ASSURE THEM THEY WILL NOT BE RE-ELECTED IF THEY DON'T.

 

[WisconsinNORML]

http://www.madisonnorml.org/blog/archives/000565.php
Contact WI Medical Society to protest patient harassment by SMS

Posted by Gary Storck
Thursday, March 25, 2010

For many years, the State Medical Society has been opposing medical
cannabis legislation in Wisconsin. On Tuesday March 23, at an
informational picket staged by IMMLY, Madison NORML and WI NORML at the
SMS offices downtown, we were confronted, provoked and harassed upon
arrival by SMS employees behaving like thugs. We were photographed,
threatened, and had our personal spaces violated. This is how the SMS
responds to seniors, veterans, sick, disabled and dying patients who
take issue with their misguided and harmful position on medical
cannabis. Please read the post below and contact the SMS to protest
their position and mistreatment of patients peacefully picketing their
office.

Contact WI Medical Society to protest patient harassment by SMS

Our March 23 informational picket of the Wisconsin State Medical Society
was intended to be a way to educate SMS board members attending a
meeting. Our small group of medical marijuana patients and supporters
went to the SMS as injured parties to protest the opposition of the SMS
to AB554/SB368, WI medical cannabis legislation. Patients, including 2
in wheelchairs, suffering from PTSD, fibromyalgia, AIDS, heart disease,
glaucoma and other debilitating conditions do not go looking for
confrontations.

But it was a confrontation waiting for us. Two low level SMS employees
immediately tried to intimidate us, crossing into public space and
getting in the faces of a vet with severe PTSD and others. He was rude,
arrogant, and was clearly trying to provoke us. His sidekick went to far
as to photograph and film us as well as the license plates of vehicles
legally parked on public streets.

The public face of the SMS to those who come to air real grievances is
threatening goons! An organization that cared if there were a dialogue
could have instead sent a non threatening employee to initiate one.
Clearly, the SMS is an organization used to getting its way in spite of
what the public believes, and as they have successfully fended off
medical marijuana with the help of Capitol political allies for decades
now, clearly they feel threatened even by patients in wheelchairs who
disagree with them.

The Dec. 15 public hearing revealed the vast downside of the legal
prescription drugs that built the SMS HQ on the lake. The SMS must feel
very threatened by the competition cannabis offers to their toxic drugs.
So, they lobby to keep having patients who dare to try cannabis as an
alternative being fair game for targeting by law enforcement and arrest
and jail. Clearly, the SMS feels jail is a safer alternative than the
cannabis plant. And, their "welcome" of Tuesday's informational picket
shows they would rather provoke a fight than discuss what their position
means to Wisconsin seniors, vets, sick, disabled and dying.

Call The State Medical society and let them know what you think of their
threatening and harassing of peaceful protesters on Tuesday March 23!

Please contact the Wisconsin State Medical Society

Susan L. Turney, MD, CEO/EVP
Wisconsin Medical Society
330 E. Lakeside Street
PO Box 1109
Madison, WI 53701-1109
Main Phone: 866.442.3800 (toll-free)
Main Fax: 608.442.3802
http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/
Email: [email protected]

 

[WisconsinNORML]

Article: Medical Marijuana rallies in a dozen Wisconsin locations Saturday March 27 - More on tap next week http://bit.ly/8Y4K0x

 

[WisconsinNORML]

March 26, 2010
Lawmaker letter to constituent shows how Medical Society used as shield to oppose MMJ

Posted by Gary Storck
Friday, March 26, 2010

Despite an 8 hour plus hearing as well as reams of studies emailed and delivered to her door, patient and advocate calls, letters, emails and office visits, State Sen. Mary Lazich is still spouting reefer madness hysteria as well as using the State Medical Society (SMS) as a shield to justify her opposition to something supported by 80% of Wisconsinites.

From: Sen.Lazich
Subject: Jackie Rickert Medical Marijuana Act

Dear X,

Thank you for your email about legalizing marijuana. I am so very sorry to about your back pain.

In an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel a spokesman for the State Medical Society, Michael H. Miller, said, "marijuana is not a benign drug. Addiction to marijuana can and does occur." Miller, himself, recommended to the legislature, "wait until the science catches up" before changing any laws on marijuana.

The State Medical Society (SMS) of Wisconsin recommends that adequate and well-controlled studies of smoked marijuana be conducted in patients who have serious conditions, such as AIDS wasting syndrome, emesis induced by chemotherapy, and multiple sclerosis. The SMS contends that smoked marijuana should not be used for therapeutic reasons without scientific data regarding its safety and efficacy for specific indications.

Studies have found that marijuana contains toxins and carcinogens, cancer causing chemicals that stay in the body for several months after usage. Studies have also found that marijuana use contributes to bronchitis, emphysema, bronchial asthma, and has a profound impact on the lungs, heart rate, blood pressure, and brain activity. The studies have also found that brain function impairment, including loss of memory and deteriorated learning skills, is greater for those who are heavier and/or long-term marijuana users. Smoking is one of the leading causes of cancer and deaths in the United States. At a time that health care costs and lung cancer are skyrocketing, experts believe we should not loosen the laws on marijuana until the scientific evidence of marijuana’s potential risks and benefits are evaluated.

Marijuana and medical marijuana merits additional research and attention. Experts believe the issue needs to be explored on the social level, as well as the clinical level, and collaboration between the state and federal government is necessary for any legitimate policy decisions.

Again, thank you for your e-mail. I hope this information is helpful. If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or advice for me, please contact me.

Sincerely,

Mary Lazich
Wisconsin State Senator
Wisconsin State Capitol
Room 109 South
Post Office Box 7882
Madison, Wisconsin 53702
Phone: (608)266-5400
Toll Free: (800)334-1442
Fax: (608)267-6790
Email: [email protected]
On the internet: www.SenatorLazich.com
Blog: http://www.newberlinnow.com/blogs/communityblogs/conserv_speaking.html

 

[GrassRoots]

Was up in your beautiful state again camping over this weekend, everyone I ran into was so friendly. I really hope this bill goes through and I will continue to write to your legislators urging the passage of the bill. If it passes, I plan to move there (from IL). GO WISCONSIN!

 

[WisconsinNORML]

For immediate release: Friday, April 2, 2010

Wisconsin NORML
WINORML.org
Contact Gary Storck 608-241-8922

RELEASE: Wisconsin NORML to begin airing television ad supporting state
medical cannabis bill AB554

MADISON - Gary Storck, President of the Wisconsin chapter of the
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) announced
today that the group's television ad supporting AB554/SB368 the Jacki
Rickert Medical Marijuana Act (JRMMA), will begin airing this weekend in
parts of Wisconsin.

"Thanks to some generous donations from $1 on up, Wisconsin NORML will
begin airing a tv ad showing the faces of Wisconsin patients who can
benefit from this compassionate exemption", said Storck. "Wisconsin
residents who believe its time to protect patients using medical
cannabis from arrest and jail need to contact their state legislators
now or the issue will have to wait until the 2011-2012 session. Many
patients will not live that long. We hope the ad will inspire citizens
to urge the JRMMA be passed, This Bill, This Time!"

Storck, who appears at the beginning and end of the 30-second commercial
is a longtime Wisconsin medical cannabis patient and advocate as well as
the director of communications for the Wisconsin medical cannabis
advocacy group, "is My Medicine Legal YET?" (IMMLY).

The ad was created for the group by Steve Swain of No-Koast Productions.
"There's no better feeling than helping others who deserve it, but
couldn't help themselves," Swain noted.

To view the ad visit JRMMA.org. For more information contact Gary Storck
at 608-241-8922. For more information visit WINORML.org, IMMLY.org,
JRMMA.org and MadisonNORML.org.

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Upcoming Events:
Sat, April 3, 2010: THC Tour Plymouth, WI 12-2:30 Plymouth Public Library http://www.plymouthgov.com/Library/

April 3rd WI NORML Benefit at the Miramar Theater in Milwaukee: http://madisonnorml.org/docs/IMMLYWINORMLApril%203.odt


Sat, April 10, 2010: Silver Spur Saloon just outside of Appleton, Awareness Event and concert: Organik Entertainment presents Brok'n Arrow and Baghdad Scuba Review.

Sat, April 10, 2010: 1-4PM THC Tour, Appleton, WI library Welcome to the Appleton Public Library Home Page

Sat, April 10, 2010: Gary Storck speaks at the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin Convention. Olympia Resort in Oconomowoc, WI

Sat, May 1, 2010: International Marijuana March, Noon State St. steps, 1PM Parade to Mifflin St. Block Party


Donations towards more television ads can be given at winorml.org or send a check to Madison NORML at PO Box 3132, Madison, WI 53704-0132.

 

[Chewwy]

WI Radio Network: Medical marijuana bill burns out
http://www.wrn.com/2010/04/medical-marijuana-bill-burns-out/

Medical marijuana bill burns out

by WRN Contributor on April 2, 2010

in Health & Medicine, Legislature

It looks like Wisconsin will not be joining the list of states that have
legalized medical marijuana.

With the legislative session set to end this month, state Senator Jon
Erpenbach (D-Waunakee) says the chances of the bill coming up for a vote
are not looking good and he doubts it will pass.

He says it's unfortunate, because many people outside the Capitol have
offered strong support for the measure. However, Erpenbach says concerns
from law enforcement and many medical experts have cast doubt on the
legislation.

Erpenbach says he's continuing to work on some sort of resolution that
could be taken up, but "it's not looking real good right now."


FUCK!!!

 

[arrg]

 

[CANNACO-OP]

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