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Online activism made easy

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Written by Mary Jane Borden
How to reform drug policy using DrugSense / MAP DrugSense is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides accurate information about drug policy, offers wide-raging services from an archive of news articles to web hosting, to promotion of broadcast media events. Everyone interested in drug policy issues should be aware of the helpful services it offers, including the Media Awareness Project, or MAP. One frequently requested topic is Help: how to find and use the myriad resources available on DrugSense Websites. Below are a number of useful topics, which can be used to explore the many, versatile, and interactive components available to assist activists in adding their voice to the growing chorus calling for reform.
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Written by Chris Conrad
Get involved, contact information of key reform groups.
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Summary of California Marijuana Laws

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Written by Chris Conrad
As a public service, Oaksterdam News provides the following brief summary of California’s current marijuana laws. • Health and Safety code 11357 -- Having less than 28.5g (an ounce) of marijuana is a $100 fine; hashish or larger amounts are $500 fines, plus possible jail time. • 11358 -- Prison for cultivation or processing cannabis, or diversion for first time personal garden • 11359 -- Prison for intent to distribute • 11360 -- Prison for sales, furnishing or transportation, $100 fine for furnishing less than 28.5g • 11361 -- Prison for involving a minor • 11362.5 -- Exemption to 11357 and 11358 for qualified people with a physician’s approval • 11362.7 -- Voluntary medical ID cards, limited immunity from 11357, 11358 for up to eight ounces of bud and six mature plants, limited immunity from HS 11570, 11359, 11360, and 11366 • 11362.8 -- Prison for violating ID card program • 11366 -- Maintaining a place where cannabis is sold or cultivated (also 11366a, 11570) • Vehicle Code 23222 -- Transportation of less than 28.5g. For more information, please go online to www.chrisconrad.com.

Tell our City officials to implement Measure Z

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Oakland City Hall and Council
1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
(between 14th and 15th at Clay St.)

Jane Brunner, District 1, 510-238-7001
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Pat Kernighan, District 2, 510-238 7002
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Nancy Nadel, District 3, 510-238-7003
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Jean Quan, District 4, 510-238-7004
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Desley Brooks, District 6, 510-238-7006
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Larry Reid, District 7, 510-238-7007
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Henry Chang, At-Large, 510-238-7008
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Jerry Brown, Mayor, 510-238-3141
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