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MI NORML
Fall Quarter State
Meeting
Sunday
November 9th,
1:30pm
East Bay Lodge
(Houghton Lake)
125 12th Street
Prudenville, MI
48651
(989) 366-5910
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Victory
Celebration
Immediately follows
Fall Quarter State Meeting
East Bay Lodge owner and our host, Randy Krause, has graciously offered MI NORML the exclusive use of his East Bay Lodge located on the shores of Houghton Lake, Sunday, Nov 9th, along with special rates for members.
$45/room Sat, Nov 8
$20/room Sun, Nov 9
call for reservations
(989) 366-5910
All MI NORML members and their guests are encouraged to join us in Houghton Lake to celebrate a historic victory as Michigan becomes the 13th state to protect medical marijuana patients.
. Although we were not affiliated with the campaign, we certainly supported it's ends and many of our members have been working diligently to ensure its passage.
After two years of hard work, we all deserve to take a moment, let our hair down, relax and enjoy each other's company.
Celebration begins immediately after 4th quarter state meeting with the after glow sure to continue long into the night.
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Sept 2008
Your VOTE Counts!
Make your voice heard. You can complain all that you want but if you don't vote, then it's just so much whining. The road to taking back our own government begins at the ballot box.
Those who don't want you to vote include:
Incumbent Politicians
Law Enforcement & Prison Guard Unions
Big Pharma/ Big Oil / Big Money
The multi-million dollar "Drug Rehabilitation" Industry
Prohibitionists & Drug War Cheerleaders
And all those others who financially benefit from Marijuana Prohibition
So, who's side are you on?
(the deadline has passed to register to vote in the
Nov 4, 2008 election)
Medical Marijuana question will appear on Nov. 2008
MI ballot as Proposal 1
Read Proposal 1 ballot language here
Read the entire text of Proposal 1, the Michigan Medical
Marijuana Act here
Vote YES on Proposal 1
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POLL: MICHIGAN VOTERS LEAN TOWARD APPROVAL OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA, STEM CELL RESEARCH
Detroit News, Thu, 25 Sep 2008
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080925/POLITICS01/809250467/1409/METRO
A majority of Michiganians is inclined to legalize
marijuana for sick people, but a second statewide ballot
proposal to relax restrictions on stem cell research in
Michigan is a closer contest -- and the advertising
blitz has just begun on that measure.
The latest Detroit News-WXYZ Action News poll found that
the voters, by a 59-37 margin, favor the ballot proposal
to allow terminally and seriously ill people to legally
use marijuana if a doctor certified the drug could ease
their suffering.
The statewide poll was conducted for The News, WXYZ and
three outstate television stations from Saturday to
Monday by Lansing's EPIC-MRA. It showed that the
biggest backers were women ( 63 percent support ), Metro
Detroiters ( 60 percent ) and Democrats ( 68 percent ).
Among men, the proposal garnered 51 percent support and
49 percent of Republicans favored it.
If Proposal 1 is approved by voters in November,
Michigan would become the 13th state to legalize medical
marijuana. Supporters estimate that as many as 50,000
Michigan residents would legally qualify for medical
marijuana to treat a host of "debilitating" medical
problems such as cancer, HIV /AIDS, hepatitis C,
Alzheimer's disease, Crohn's disease and chronic
diseases or their treatments that produce wasting
syndrome, severe pain, sever nausea, seizures or muscle
spasms, such as those caused by multiple sclerosis.
"I'm all for it," said poll participant Jeff Bergel, a
52-year-old wholesale representative and father of two
from Walled Lake.
"I lost a brother-in-law to brain cancer last year and I
think marijuana could have helped make his more
comfortable. My dad has glaucoma and I understand it
could help him as well." .....snip.......
....." Law enforcement groups are near unanimous in
their opposition to medical marijuana, saying it's part
of a broader agenda to legalize marijuana for everyone.
But there doesn't appear to be any group ready to spend
money on an ad campaign to defeat the measure.
Michael Opland, a 64-year-old father of three from
Harrison Township, said he supports medical marijuana,
although he believes a lot of people would get the
marijuana even though their medical conditions wouldn't
warrant it.
"A certain number of people would probably take
advantage of the law," he said. "But it's worth it to
get marijuana to people who really need it."
.....snip.........
Copyright: 2008 The Detroit News
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Michigan Democratic Party endorses Medical Marijuana
On Feb 24th, at their annual state convention, the Michigan Democratic Party endorsed by unanimous acclimation a resolution stipulating,
"that licensed medical doctors should not be criminally punished for recommending the medical use of marijuana to seriously ill people, and seriously ill people should not be subject to criminal sanctions for using marijuana if the patient’s physician has told the patient that such use is likely to be beneficial."
Considering the fact that the Democratic Party controls both the State House of Representatives and the Governor's Office, this exciting development signals a major sea change in the political climate in Michigan and gives much reason to be optimistic that common sense marijuana reform will soon follow in Lansing.
The full text of the resolution may be viewed here: