~ Agenda ~

January 2011: Introduce model legislation to Arkansas legislators, align support to adopt and implement during the 2011 Arkansas General Assembly.

January 12 & 13, 2011: "Medicinal Cannabis Educational Roundhouse: Putting it in Perspective," Arkansas State Capitol Rotunda, Little Rock, 9am/2pm both days, information for legislators, physicians, law enforcement officials and the general public, free admission. This is OUR great opportunity to make a unified voice heard by our state legislators. Read more on this in the arNORML article, below.

ONGOINIG: Contact OUR state legislators. Click here for a PDF provided by the Arkansas Citizens First Congress, listing contact info for 2011 Arkansas Legislators.

Tell them that you as a citizen of Arkansas respectfully demand that medical cannabis legislation be enacted during the 2011 General Assembly

Please post any comments made to you by any legislators to our Facebook page or email directly to a4mc@gmx.com

Never doubt the a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. ~Margaret Mead

To support this effort:

NEW!!!
'Annual Deaths' handout bullet-points pertinent facts about medicinal cannabis.
PDF to print or email.

Become a 'walking billboard' for the Medicinal Cannabis Educational Roundhouse -- BUY A T-SHIRT PROMOTING THE EVENT!!!

Print and post or forward by email a PDF flyer promoting the Medical Cannabis Educational Roundhouse.

Print and handout business cards promoting the Medicinal Cannabis Educational Roundhouse with A4MC contact info.

Print and snail mail or forward by email this PDF copy of the MEDICINAL CANNABIS ACT OF 2011 to your elected officials with your endorsement!!!

Print and snail mail or forward by email this PDF copy of "Medical Marijuana: A Note of Caution -- First, do no harm" by Dr. Lester Grinspoon, to your elected officials with your endorsement!!!

~ CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ~

To find out who represents you in the Arkansas House of Representatives, look here.

To find out which Arkansas Senator represents you, look  here.

To find information about your county and municipal officials, look here.

~ CONTACT YOUR FRIENDS ~

Call 5 friends and tell them about this citizen-initiative. Encourage each friend contact their legislators about enacting Medicinal Cannabis legislation in Arkansas -and- to call 5 of their friends to get them to do the same. We will succeed in direct proportion YOUR personal support:

• Start a  'med-cannabis caucus' in your neighborhood.

• Meet with your friends once a month to discuss this issue.

• Start a letter writing campaign to your local newspaper.

• Go as a 'small group' to meet with your elected officials and hand them Dr. Grinspoon's paper and the A4MC model legislation.

WORK TOGETHER!!!

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ~ Margaret Mead

REPRINTED FROM arNORML.ORG
Just Call Five!

Arkansans For Medical Cannabis http://www.gozarks.com/a4mc/ are mounting a drive to enact legislation which frees Arkansans to access cannabis as a medicinal therapy without fear of arrest or prosecution. They deserve the full and active support of ArkNorml.

According to the THE ARKANSAS MEDICINAL CANNABIS ACT OF 2011 a person who has been medically qualified by a Health Care Practitioner as authorized under ACA 17-95-201-208, will be authorized to cultivate and/or possess and/or transport a combined total of no more than 12 ounces of harvested, dried, culled and screened Cannabis plant material, no more than 6 maturing female Cannabis plants. The full text is at http://www.gozarks.com/pdf/med_cannabis_act_2011_060610.pdf .

In January, they will introduce model legislation to Arkansas Legislators for passage during the 2011 Arkansas General Assembly. And since Norml emphasizes lobbying, helping them offers us a great opportunity to do our best.

On January 12 & 13, 2011 we will be participating in their Medicinal Cannabis Educational Roundhouse at Arkansas State Capitol Rotunda, in Little Rock, from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM both days. We will have a table there with information for legislators, physicians, law enforcement officials and the general public. If you can, please come and help man the table. We ask you to dress in business informal to work the table and avoid any marijuana symbol T-shirts etc. Though you can support them by buying their very cool limited-edition Sven Swenson T-shirt and wear that. This is dress to impress for legislators and physicians. We will not be promoting Marijuana Legalization, this is strictly about Medical Cannabis. This event is free so invite your friends to come as well.

But if you can't make it, there is something very important you can do. We ask you to make a mere 7 phone calls. Call or meet your state representative and your state senator and urge them to support this legislation. Then call five of your friends, tell them to call their state representative and their state senator urging them to support this legislation, and then to call five of their friends the way you called them. Your 5 calls become 25 which become 125 which become 625 and on.

If you don't know who your Representative is, go to http://www.arkansashouse.org/about-the-house/district-map . If you don't know who your Senator is go to http://www.state.ar.us/senate/senators.php .

All the information you'll need is at http://www.gozarks.com/a4mc/ . There are PDFs that contain the artwork for hand bills, business cards, letters from prominent doctors and more.

The message is simple. Ask your legislator to vote Yes on the bill. Tell them that you are one of their constituents. Tell them that it provides pain relief for people suffing spinal cord injuries and other illnesses and speeds rehabilitation. Tell them that it alleviates suffering without the side effects of narcotics. Tell them that it allows patients who need to use narcotic pain reliever to use less. Tell them that the taxes we pay should be used for education and health, not arresting people. People can't pay taxes when they are locked up.

Don't be afraid to ask your friends and relatives to help. You are not doing this so that you can enjoy cannabis. You are doing this to alleviate the suffering of others with a proven, safe and effective medical treatment. To ask others to support this does not imply that they need to support legalization in general. This is an issue of compassion, not an issue of indulgence. You need not lay low. The people of A4MC include retired nurses and Lt. Colonels who served our country in Desert Storm. This is a respectable issue.

Next Meeting of arNORML
Thursday, January 20, 2011 6:30pm
Little Rock Public Library, 100 S. Rock St. Little Rock
First floor west meeting room
(click 'next meeting', above, for inclement weather and current meeting updates)