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2008 Harvest Fest Oct. 3d, 4th & 5th. Save the Dates.

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The "Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival" has been held every year since 1970 in Madison WI. The 38th Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival is scheduled for October 3, 4 and 5, 2008.The Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival, aka "Harvest Fest", is sponsored by Madison NORML, Wisconsin NORML, Is My Medicine Legal YET?, -Wisconsin Hemp Order, University of Wisconsin-Madison Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), the Drug Policy Forum of Wisconsin and Weedstock.com.

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"The Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act" did not progress out of committee, and is dead for the session. Please help campaign for and elect progressive elected representatives and be sure to vote this fall.

In the 2007-2008 sesion, State Representatives Frank Boyle (D-Superior) and Mark Pocan (D-Madison) introduced the "The Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act" seeking to protect Wisconsin Medical Marijuana patients from State prosecution.

Ten years ago in September 1997, Rickert led 15 medical marijuana patients on a 210-mile wheelchair "Journey for Justice" from Mondovi to Madison, which reached the Capitol on Sept. 18, 1997. The 1997 Journey for Justice was dedicated to the memory of Jacki's late physician, William E. Wright, of Mondovi, who gained approval for her participation in a federal medical marijuana program only to see George Bush the elder close it to new patients in 1992.

Please Contact your Assembly Representative and State Senator, and ask them support medical cannabis. To contact your state legislators, call the State Legislative Hotline Toll-free at: 1-800-362-9472. You can send a pre-written letter via this link , but personal letters or phone calls are better.

Read about last week's press conference announcing the bill at Wisconsin Radio Network

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Check out this event: IMMLY/ Madison NORML Spring medical cannabis silen

Hosted By: Madison NORML and Is My Medicine Legal YET?When: Thursday Mar 13, 2008 at 7:00 PMWhere: Glass Nickel Pizza (downstairs)2916 Atwood Ave.Madison, Wisconsin|50 53704United StatesDescription:Ma...
Posted by Madison HempFest on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:57:00 PST

Picketing Bill Clinton: Where’s Jacki’s Medicine?"

by Ben MaselJust back from Bill Clinton's appearance at the historic Stock Pavilion on the University of Wisconsin Campus. When Gary Storck and I approached, we were directed across the street by the ...
Posted by Madison HempFest on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:54:00 PST

3 Medical Marijuana events in Madison this week

On Wednesday, Nov. 14 the Wisconsin State Senate's Healthand Human Services Committee will hold an informational Hearing on Medical Marijuana at 10AM in Room 411 South of the State Capitol.One of the ...
Posted by Madison HempFest on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:59:00 PST

WI NORML VP Ben Masel on radio tonight

Just taped for Broadcast on 92.1 The Mic, Madison's Air America station, at 7 pm Central tonight. 15 minutes on Agricultural Hemp, 15 on Wisconsin's Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act, 15 biographica...
Posted by Madison HempFest on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:30:00 PST

Check out this event: Reinventing Hemp

Hosted By: Ben MaselWhen: Thursday Oct 18, 2007 at 7:00 PMWhere: The "Old White Schoolhouse"Blackburn St. (Rt 23)Ripon, WI 54971United StatesDescription:Ben Masel Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Madison HempFest on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:18:00 PST