Organizations

ASA's Summary of Medical Marijuana Media - Week of 1/12/07 VERMONT: Law’s Revision to Help More Patients COLORADO: Caregiver Couple Challenge Law IMPLEMENTATION: States Face Challenges Providing Access

Application Deadline: Friday, January 27, 2007 The responsibility of the Outreach Director is to expand SSDP's base by providing support to students starting chapters, as well as to promote SSDP on college campuses in an attempt to recruit new students to start chapters. Additionally, the Outreach Director must work with the Field Director to track and maintain information on all of the organization's chapters. To that end, the Outreach Director will:

[Courtesy of our friends at Prison Art Gallery] Establish a Prison Art Gallery in your city or town by selecting a portion of our huge collection for display and sale there. As you may know from visiting our Prison Art Gallery in Washington, DC, we have a popular establishment with a huge inventory of Prison Art from across America. Not only do we get buyers from among locals and visitors to Washington (who often become regular donors and supporters of our nonprofit organization), but we get grants from art and social justice agencies. The favorable media attention we have received form newspapers, magazines, radio and TV has been extensive. All this can now be yours if you choose to partner with us to establish a Prison Art Gallery in your town or city. We have the prison art and expertise you need to get started, and the cost to do so is surprisingly low. Use your existing wall space or acqure new space.

[This post comes courtesy of our friends at November Coalition Foundation] Hello Friends: Below is a sample letter that can be sent to members of the Board of Appeals (Texas) on behalf on Ty Brown as presented by the Save Mr. Brown.com group:

POSITION AVAILABLE: Communications Associate Justice Policy Institute Washington, DC www.justicepolicy.org About the organization: The Justice Policy Institute is one of the nation’s leading non-profit research and public policy organizations dedicated to ending society’s reliance on incarceration and promoting effective and just solutions to social problems. JPI is located in Washington, D.C. and works with advocacy organizations, citizens and policymakers across the country to promote progressive criminal and juvenile justice reforms. Please review our work at www.justicepolicy.org before applying.

[An announcement from the Center for Constitutional Rights] Dear friends, We are happy to report that the Court of Appeals has accepted all the “friend of the court” briefs filed last week in support of our case. Thanks so much to all of you who signed on in support of this important fight. The briefs are all available at out website, at http://www.ccr-ny.org/v2/legal/justice/justiceArticle.asp?ObjID=pJCQ7otMZ0&Content=360 . We encourage you to read them and share them with others, as they present compelling evidence and argument against the State’s discriminatory and un-just actions.

For Immediate Release: December 18, 2006 Media Contact: Dr. Sharon Stancliff Medical Director Harm Reduction Coalition (917) 653-3104 [email protected] Harm Reduction Experts Urge Feds To Stem Overdose Epidemic

Start Date and Duration: The position begins in early 2007 (no later than April) and will terminate after the January 2008 primary in New Hampshire. Location: This position is based in New Hampshire.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 5, 2006 Contact: Chris Goldstein or Allen St. Pierre, tel: 202-483-5500, e-mail: [email protected] NORML's Daily Podcast Celebrates 6 Months; Over 100 Episodes Online

Drug Truth Network Update: Cultural Baggage, Century of Lies, 4:20 Drug War NEWS Half Hour Programs, Live Fridays... at 90.1 FM in Houston & on the web at www.kpft.org. Cultural Baggage for 12/01/06 Eric Sterling of Criminal Justice Police Foundation + Terry Nelson & Howard Wooldridge of LEAP, Poppygate, Drug War Facts MP3