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Community meetings listed below.

ASA local meetings

Activist Groups to support

County offices to get a California state medical marijuana Patient ID card.

Activities Calendar

Sept. 11, TaxCannabis2010 Volunteer_Meeting, Los Angeles, CA. OULA/PIDC, 470 S. San Vicente, LA. Learn how to get involved with the upcoming initiative campaign. For more info, see taxcannabis2010.com. 7 PM.

Sept. 14, TaxCannabis2010 Volunteer Meeting, Oakland, CA. Oaksterdam University, 1776 Broadway. See above. 7 PM.

Sept. 12-13, Portland Hempstalk, OR. Kelly Point Park. Music by John Trudell and Bad Dog, Los Marijuanos, Herbivores, and more. Speakers, vendors, food. See hempstalk.org for details.

Sept. 19, 4th Annual LA Co. Med MJ Expo and Patients Festival, LA, CA. Full day of music featuring the Blusetta Band, Los Marijuanos, speakers, exhibitors, entertainment, West Hollywood Park Auditorium, 647 N. San Vicente Bl. For info, contact Richard Eastman at 323-474-4602., 11 AM to 9 PM.

Sept. 19, Boston Freedom Rally, MA Boston Common, High Noon

Sept. 23-26, 38th Annual NORML National     Conference , 'Yes We Cannabis,' San Francisco, CA. Register Now at norml.org/conference, 888-67-NORML.

Sept. 26, NORML Benefit Party, SF, CA Terra Gallery, 511 Harrison St. Banquet, art,     performances, treats and surprises. Tickets at Harborside Health Center, 1840 Embarcadero, Oakland. harborsidehealthcenter.org

Sept. 26, WammFest VI - Love Grows Here, Santa Cruz, CA. San Lorenzo Park Duck Pond, wammfest.org, 831-425-0580. Noon to 5 PM.

Oct. 2-4, Women's Visionary Congress: Consciousness, Healing and Social Justice, Laytonville, CA. Black Oak Ranch. For info, call 831-252-0023, or see visionarycongress.org

Oct 2-3, Fifth IACM Conference, Germany Conference on Cannabinoids in Medicine; Int. Assn for Cannabis as Medicine's 2009 meeting, Holiday Inn, Cologne. cannabis-med.org

Oct. 1-4, 39th Annual Great Midwest Harvest Fest, Madison, WI, madisonnorml.org

Oct. 11-12, 16th Annual Hemp Industries Assn. Convention & AGM, Washington, DC. Following the Green Festival. See thehia.org/convention for details.

Nov. 7, Harvest Dance, Sebastopol CA, 11th annual expo, kids' space, educational classes, workshops, a medicine tent all day and the Dance 6 pm to midnight. 707-823-4206. $20. peaceinmedicine.org

Nov. 11 - 14, The International Drug Policy Reform Confer_ence, Albuquerque NM. Convention Center. reformconference.org

Nov. 14, 19th Annual Humboldt Hempfest, Redway, CA. Mateel Community Center. All day. Volunteers needed. 707-986-7759

Dec. 3-5, NORML_Legal Seminar, Key West, FL. Pier House Resort and Carribean Spa. For info, call (202) 483-5500 or see norml.org

Jan. 13, MPP's 15th Anniversary Benefit, DC; Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill. For details, see mpp.org/anniversary or call 202-467-5747

April 15-17, 2010, Sixth National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics, Warwick, RI. CME accredited, Patients Out of Time sponsored. See medicalcannabis.com

April 17-18, International Cannabis and Hemp Expo, San Francisco, CA. Cow Palace in Daly City. For info, intche.org or call 408-314-6297

April 23-25, THC Expo - Hemp Products & Art Show, LA, CA. Los Angeles Convention Center. See hempiremedia.net for details.

May 1 or 8, World Wide Marijuana March; For cities, see worldwidemarijuanamarch.com

Regular Local Meetings

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ASA local chapters: See separate listing below.

East Bay NORML, third Thurs/mo. 7:30 PM (after Measure Z Oversight Com.), Odam U Student Union, 1915 Broadway, Oakland. canorml@canorml.org

El Dorado Co. American Alliance for Medical Cannabis, fourth Sat/mo., 2:15-4:20, Garden Valley Grange, 4940 Marshall Rd., 530-621-2874

Marijuana Anti-Prohibition Project Palm Springs/ Coachella Valley Area MAPP first Sat / mo. 3 PM, 266 N. Palm Canyon Dr., Palm Springs. Lanny 760-799-2955

Western Inland Empire Area MAPP/ASA, first Wed / mo., 7:30 PM, THCF Medical Clinic, 647 Main St. Riverside, CA 92501. Also hosts Friday evening seminars on Anti-Aging and Medical benefits of cannabis, 8 PM. 951-782-9898

High Desert Area MAPP/ ASA, third Wed/mo. 6:30 p.m. Castle Inn, 1388 N. Golden Slipper near Landers 92285. Lanny 760-799-2055

Oakland Cannabis Regulation and Revenue Oversight Committee third Thurs/ month, 6 PM, City Council Chambers, City Hall to discuss the future of cannabis rules. Time for public comment. Pre-meet at Bulldog Coffeeshop.

Orange County NORML meets in Fullerton call 1-877-OC NORML for info., ocnorml.org

Santa Barbara UCSB NORML meets every Wed 7:00 PM, South Hall 1431, UCSB, normlucsb.org

SF Axis of Love Every Tues 4pm, 223a Ninth St. at Howard, SF. axisoflovesf@gmail.com

Americans for Safe Access local chapter meetings

East Bay ASA meets fourth Wed each month at ASA headquarters in Oakland. Contact Rebecca, Rebecca@americansforsafeaccess.org.

Fresno ASA meets second Mon/ month at location to be announced (TBA) Contact Diana, fresnocagal@sbcglobal.net

Humboldt County ASA meets third Thurs/mo. LindaAnne asa-humboldt@sbcglobal.net

LA ASA third Sat, 1 PM, Patient ID Center, 470 S. San Vicente Bl., LA 90048, Don@americansforsafeaccess.org

Mendocino ASA second Sat / month. Time and location TBA. suzeking111@yahoo.com

Orange County ASA second Wed / month. Contact Bill at: OCLawyer@aol.com

Sacramento ASA first Tues / month and AA affiliate, Compassionate Coalition in Sacramento, 7–8pm. ASA contact Lanette 916-924-3455 or cannacare@earthlink.net.

San Diego ASA second Thurs / month. Location TBA. Dion at 4cccp@cox.net.

San Francisco ASA second & fourth Tues 7:30-9pm, Bowers Pizza on 11th St, SF, subject to change. Contact Alex: aaaFranco@yahoo.com

Sonoma ASA first Thursday / month, 5-7pm at Dept of Public Health, South City View Room 625. Fifth St (Between Mendocino Ave & Humboldt St.) Santa Rosa. Note DPH is closed after 5pm; meet in classroom facing the sidewalk, knock on glass door if it is not already open. Contact sarah@safeaccessnow.org

California Medical Marijuana State ID Card Contacts and price

If your county is not on this list, contact MPP’s California organizer, Aaron Smith at 866-287-6792 or asmith@mpp.org.

Alameda 510-444-6111 $103 • Alpine 530-694-2146 $116 • Amador 209-223-6407 $113 • Butte 530-538-7700 $111.15 • Calaveras 209-754-6460 $45 • Contra Costa 925-313-6740 $128 • Del Norte 707-464-3191 $68/123** • El Dorado 530-621-6500 $114 • Fresno 559-445-3200 $107.00 • Glenn 530-934-6588 $174 • Humboldt 866-597-1574 $141 • Imperial 760-482-4438 $111 • Inyo 760-872-4245 $100 • Kern 661-868-1220 $153 • Kings 559-582-3211 $225 • Lake 707-263-1090 $123 • Lassen 530-251-8183 $150 • Los Angeles 866-621-2204 $153 • Marin 415-499-3288 $113 • Mendocino 707-472-2784 $123 • Merced 209-381-1015 $225 • Monterey 831-755-5013 x 24 $116 • Napa 707-253-4506 $116.74 • Nevada 530- 265-1450 $130 • Orange 714-480-6717 $150 • Placer 530-886-1870 $125 • Plumas 530-283-6330 $110 • Riverside 888-358-7932 $153 • Sacramento 916-875-5345 $166 • San Benito 831-636-4011 $93 • San Bernardino 800-782-4264 $166 • San Diego 619-692-5723 $166 • San Francisco 415-206-5555 $103 • San Joaquin 209-468-3404 $141 • San Luis Obispo 808-781-4811 $131 • San Mateo 650-573-2371 $98 • Santa Barbara 805-681-5150 $161 • Santa Clara 408-423-0745 $113 • Santa Cruz 831-454-4000 • Shasta 530-245-6426 $106 • Sierra 530-993-6701 $106 • Siskiyou 530-841-2134 $156 • Sonoma 707-565-4442 $133 • Stanislaus 209-558-7000 $184 • Tehama 530-527-8491 $125.75 • Trinity 530-623-8209 $110 • Tuolumne 209-533-7401 $126 • Tulare 559-733-6123 x217 $344 • Ventura 805-981-5301 $191 • Yolo 530-666-8645 $134 • Yuba 530-749-6366 $126

Political organizations to support

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Americans for Safe Access www.safeaccessnow.org / A patient support network. 510-251-1856

Axis of Love SF/ Activist Resource Center Patients organizing for their rights and access 223 A 9th St, SF, 415-240-5247

BEDPC Black and Brown Equitable Drug Policies Coalition, Redstone Building, Suite #209, 2940 16th Street, SF. 24 hr bilingual Spanish Hotline: 415-595-8251, street actions, support groups, incident reporting, advocacy

California NORML canorml.org/Advocacy, directories, lobbying, research, news, alerts, 415-563-5858

Cannabis Action Network cannabisactionnetwork.org/1605 Ashby Ave, Berkeley. 510-486-8083

Cannabis Consumers Campaign cannabisconsumers.org/ Come out of the closet to stand up for equal rights.

Civil Liberties Monitoring Project civilliberties.org/ monitors police eradication abuses, etc, to protect civil rights in the CA northcoast, 707-923-4646

Community Action Coalition 115 N. State Street #1 Ukiah, 707-467-3888

Drug Reform Coordination Network stopthedrugwar.org/ drcnet.org, global support network for drug policy reformers with weekly analysis

Drug Policy Alliance drugpolicy.org/ DPA works on drug policies based on science, compassion, health, human rights and a just society free from prohibition.

Drug Policy Forum of CA Listserve for Cal cannabis / drug war issues. To sign up: drugsense.org/dpfca/list.htm

DrugSense drugsense.org/ Daily compilation of related news excerpts.

Drug Truth Network drugtruth.net/ Radio shows: Cultural Baggage and 4:20 Drug War News, interviews

Drug War Facts drugwarfacts.org/ Just the facts.

Families Against Mandatory Minimums famm.org/ Advocates an end to harsh, unjust sentencing laws and prisoners/families affected by them

Family Council on Drug Awareness fcda.org/ Accurate information on effects of drugs and drug policies. Down_loadable PDFs to print and hand out.

Green Aid Marijuana Legal Def. & Education Fund, Inc. green-aid.com/

Harm Reduction Coalition harmreduction.org/ works to reduce drug-related harm by programs such as clean needle exchange.

Hemp Industries Association hempindustries.org/ The HIA is a non-profit trade group representing hemp companies, researchers, supporters.

Human_Rights and the Drug War hr95.org/ Photo display of Drug War POWs, analyzes human rights abuses

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition leap.cc/ Current and former members of law enforcement who support drug regulation rather than prohibition.

Legal Services for Prisoners w/ Children prisonerswithchildren.org/ Advocates for the human rights and empowerment of incarcerated parents, children, family members and people at risk for incarceration.

Marijuana Policy Project MPP mpp.org/ national membership org. focuses on removing criminal penalties through initiatives and legislation

Mendo Medical Marijuana Advisory Board mmmab.net/ coalition with a Northern CA network, PO Box 2555 Mendocino 95410. info@mmmab.net.

Medical Marijuana of America medicalmarijuanaofamerica.com, directory, court reports, POW stories and contacts.

Medical Marijuana Patients Union PO Box 2059 Ft Bragg 95437, 707-964-9377. pebblestrippet@sbcglobal.net. Patients' Rights Network; Highway litter pick-up service.

Media Awareness Project mapinc.org/ Have your voice heard; MAP has helped generate millions of letters to the editor. Help gather news for their clearing house.

Mothers Against Misuse and Abuse

MAPS maps.org/ Multidis_ciplinary Association on Psychedelic Studies, studies on cannabis, psychedelics, 10424 Love Creek Rd., Ben Lomond, CA 95005, 831-336-4325

NORML norml.org/ National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. The original membership activist group; info, legal referrals and annual convention. 202-483-5500

November Coalition november.org/ National support group for Drug War POWs. Publishes The Razor Wire.

Oregon Green Free oregongreenfree.net. Free OMMP info.

Oregon NORML ornorml.org

Patient Advocacy Network panorg.blogspot.com.

Safer saferchoice.org/ Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation. PO Box 40332, Denver CO 80204, mason@saferchoice.org

Sensible Colorado, Denver sensiblecolorado.org / non-profit resource for patients and those interested in reforming laws. 720-890-4247

Students for a Sensible Drug Policy ssdp.org/ Students seeking to reduce the harms caused by drug abuse and drug policies.

VoteHemp votehemp.com/ Industrial, horticultural hemp.

Voter Power, Oregon voterpower.org, 503-224-3051, Portland. 541-245-6634, Medford