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Message #152126 posted by onlinepotwebmaster (Info) June 08, 2006 17:02:02 ET
In Reply to: its all bullshit posted by peacespud (Info) June 08, 2006 15:13:34 ET
I have always supported the Cross country bike ride, & will continue to support the bike ride until it completes its journey, Its still posted on my events page http://www.onlinepot.org/misc/events.htm
Just last week I sent out one of MY Newsletter after finnding a Newspaper article of them arriving in Cororado, Because up into then they had been getting ZERO Print News made on them, Nothing had come thru MAP on them at all on their "entire trip" even the starting of the trip had recived ZERO print news tru MAP, So when I found this Printed News Story I Imeditaly Sent It out on my Neswletter to support them. Here is the cut & Paste of the Newsletter & Date of it.
From: "OLP Newsletter " <olpwebmaster@diskhaven.com> Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
Subject: Pedaling for pot
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 14:48:07 -0700 (PDT)
High Ho Everyone;
I hope todays OLP Newsletter finds everyone safe & feeling reasonable
well today. & I hope that you will get some knowledege & helpful
information out of what I have choosen to send out today in the newsletter.
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Pedaling for pot
BY GRIGS CRAWFORD Colorado Daily Staff
Sunday, May 21, 2006 9:35 PM MDT
Bicycling members of Americans for Safe Access (ASA) will be blazing
through the Boulder area today in part of their Journey for Justice,
advocating the right of patients and doctors to use medical marijuana.
The group left Folly Beach, South Carolina on April 7, hoping to smoke
across the country and reach San Francisco on June 1.
“We want to see legislation pass where medical marijuana is no longer
illegal,” said Mark Pedersen, ASA's traveling coordinator. Over the
phone while heading west on Highway 24 through Kansas last Friday,
Pedersen added, “We're proving we're not going to quit until this becomes
a blatant public issue.”
The goal after reaching California is to have enough finances to go
back to Washington and lobby for pro-medical marijuana legislation.
“We've gotten a number of endorsements from lawmakers,” said
Pedersen, not discussing specific names. “Some have done so much as to
invite us into their homes.”
On their ride, ASA is following with a petition truck, collecting
thousands of signatures of support. At points along the way, the travelers
have stayed at camp sites, met with local chapters of supportive groups,
video-interviewed different patients and gained endorsements from
lawmakers.
“Through five and a half states, law enforcement people have been in
full support and signed our vehicle,” said Pedersen.
Pedersen is driving the truck with food and supplies. Riding alongside
is Ken Locke, a fellow medical patient who began using marijuana to
prevent seizures caused by a head injury. Pedersen uses marijuana to ease
migraines.
“We know we're putting our health in jeopardy by making this trip,”
said Pedersen. Since it would be illegal to take their medical supplies
with them, the riders have other people bringing them marijuana. The
group has already been raided once unsuccessfully by police and
drug-sniffing dogs in Kansas.
The toughest stretch so far on the journey was running out of money in
Topeka. With the help of individuals pulling money together, they were
able to continue down the road and spread their message.
“We want our chronically ill not to be persecuted. They are being
stripped of the only medication that helps,” said Pedersen. “People
are saying ‘Hell yes, this legislation should have passed a long time
ago.'”
Bo Shaffer, treasurer of the Boulder chapter of the National
Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), will be hosting the riders
at his Boulder County home for part of their eight-day stay in
Colorado.
“We're sending a message to lawmakers,” said Shaffer, who is also a
Libertarian candidate for sheriff. “Let's get away from calling this
an illegal drug. Let's call it what it really is-a medicine.”
Amendment 20-which passed on the ballot in November of 2000-legalized
medical marijuana in Colorado. But Shaffer still sees the current
process as inefficient.
“It's in limbo in a way. On the advice of a doctor you can go to the
state and they will issue a certificate; but what is someone supposed
to do past that?” said Shaffer. “To a certain extent, it's
quasi-illegal.”
As for legalizing marijuana for recreational use, Shaffer said we need
to legalize drugs and let people take responsibility, like with
alcohol.
“It's not the government's job to determine what you put in your
body,” said Shaffer.
Boulder Sheriff Joe Pelle said he is personally opposed to medical
marijuana, but was unaware of ASA's travel through Boulder and had no
comment on the bicycle ride itself.
“I know that medical marijuana is allowed in the state of
Colorado,” said Steve Prentup, director of the Boulder County Drug Task Force.
“So be it. I don't know what their purpose is.”
THe ONLY trouble that I have had with them , Is I had order a T-shirt from them about a week before the event started to show my support, & after a Month they never sent it :( I emailed them 3 times, & Got NO results on getting the item that I had purchased to show me support for their great trip! So at that Point I had PayPal intervene on my behave to get my shirt or a refund, PayPal asked them if they had sent the shirt, They said NO, & PayPal froze they account for about 1 week, & Issued me a refund, At that time they did ship me a shirt that was 3 sizes smaller then what I had ordered, with a confirmed delivery recipt, once that came PayPay reopend their account, But since I had all ready been given a refund for my money vie PayPal I emailed them & asked for a mailing address so that I could return the T-shirt to them so that they could sell it to some one else, & was stold that I could just keep the t-shirt, CR has seen this email with both sides of the conversation, & can veryify this.
I contiune to support the bike ride untill they reach their finnaly destination :) Despite the screw up with the T-shirt, Becuase "The Cause Always Comes First & Formost"
Chris/OLP
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