San Bernardino Sheriffs Bigoted Highway Robbers
The San Bernadino Sheriff’s office has gone off the deep end of reefer madness with their recent busts of mainly Asian cannabis cultivators and the highway robbery of armored vehicles carrying over $1 million of cash from cannabis dispensaries.
Aided and abetted by the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, they refuse to recognize the will of the voters of California AND San Bernardino County who voted in favor of cannabis legalization when they approved Prop. 64 in 2016.
SB County Sheriff’s committed highway robbery three times when they looted Empyreal Logistics armored vehicles in November and December 2021 and January 2022 that were transporting money from cannabis dispensaries. The theft totaled more than $1 million which was then transferred to the FBI so the Justice Division might pursue forfeiture using federal legislation. SB County could receive as much as 80% of the cash from the Justice Division’s “equitable sharing” program. The earnings of state-licensed marijuana suppliers usually are not liable to forfeiture under California legislation hence the reason why SB Sheriff’s turned the money over to the feds and not the state.
Continuing their malicious program to undermine California’s Prop. 64, SB Sheriff’s office undertook a series of raids from Feb. 7 to Feb. 13. Utilizing 16 search warrants for properties in Hesperia, Oro Grande, Twentynine Palms, Wonder Valley, Landers, Adelanto, Helendale, and Lucerne Valley, they arrested 17 people.
Totaling more than the combined racial make-up of everyone else arrested, 10 of the 17 people arrested were Asian. This lopsided number of Asians targeted by SB Sheriff’s officers’ is outrageous. Do Asians really cultivate more marijuana then white, black and Native Americans combined?
This targeting of Asians is no coincidence. Is it anti-Asian bigotry? If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it’s a duck.
For a chest-thumping article on the SB Co. Sheriff’s office despicable actions busting the cannabis cultivators that lists the names of the people arrested and their locations CLICK HERE. For the low-down on the armored vehicle robbery of over $1 million dollars of cannabis cash, CLICK HERE.
San Bernardino County, which spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in a losing lawsuit to over turn Prop. 64 in 2017, continues to do everything it can to deny its citizen the benefits of Prop. 64 even though the majority of voters in SB County voted in favor of Prop. 64. Rather then allow people who have property in areas zoned for agriculture to legally cultivate cannabis, the County arrests them for doing what is allowed in next door Riverside County. Furthermore, the SB BOS turns a blind eye to the Sheriff’s office subverting the will of the people by robbing legitimate dispensaries of their cash using federal law as a runaround state law.
We will be discussing SB County’s refusal to enact Prop. 64 and the malicious and racist enforcement actions of the SB County Sheriff’s office along with taking a look at the role law enforcement continues to play in undermining cannabis legalization at the next virtual zoom MAPP meeting on Sunday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Our featured speaker is Diane Goldstein, a 21-year veteran of law enforcement who served as the first female lieutenant for the Redondo Beach CA police department. She is the Executive Director of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership, a group of criminal justice professionals that work advancing justice and public safety solutions. Goldstein is a guest columnist for many media organizations, and is recognized as an expert on criminal justice and drug policy.
I will be sending out a newsletter next Sunday with more information on this meeting including the zoom link so you can attend this most enlightening seminar along with any additional information I have received regarding both the highway robbery of the armored vehicles and the arrest of the cannabis cultivators.
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So You Want to be a Cannabis Entrepreneur?
Handling $$$ in the Cannabis Business and other topics at Sunday, Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. Zoom MAPP meet
Want to lean the intricacies of managing a thriving cannabis business – the easy part is growing the cannabis and selling it to clients. The difficult and trickiest part is how to manage the money that you receive and spend so as to not run afoul of the law. At the Sunday, Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. Zoom MAPP meeting, you will have the opportunity to learn about this and so much more from our special guest Ian Rassman. From being the Operations Manager for the International Olympics Committee to currently developing compliant banking and payment solutions for the cannabis industry, Ian Rassmussen has an exemplary vitae.
As the Executive Director of Los Angeles NORML, one of the oldest chapters in the country of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, Ian is well-versed in the legal conundrums faced by cannabis consumers and businesses. Whether cannabis activist or cannabis entrepreneurial consultant, Ian’s perspective on what is happening in the cannabis world is eye-opening if not eye-popping.
As the featured speaker at the Sunday, Feb. 6 Zoom virtual MAPP meeting, Ian will provide an insider’s insights at to what is happening in the commercial cannabis industry. He will take a specific look at the over-regulated and underdeveloped cannabis industry in Los Angeles which provides insights to what is happening throughout California from the supersaturated cannabis dispensaries in the Coachella Valley’s green triangle of Desert Hot Springs,
Palm Springs and Cathedral City to the refusal of most cities and counties to allow any development at all.
Ian will also speak about his pet project which is the enacting of the provisions of SB34, the Dennis Peron and Brownie Mary act, which allows cannabis businesses to provide free cannabis or cannabis products to medicinal cannabis patients or their primary caregivers.
After Ian’s presentation there will be ample time to ask the questions and get the answers you will need to know if you have any interest in the cannabis business whether as a perspective entrepreneur, customer or just because the cannabis business is fascinating.
Here is the info to join the Sunday, Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. Zoom meeting.
Zoom Meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88351112795?pwd=TXI3bXh5a0xyaTZEakxxUlg0WVNhUT09
Meeting ID: 883 5111 2795
Passcode: 746468
Join by phone: 669 900 9128
Meeting ID: 883 5111 2795
Passcode: 746468
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For the Friends of Al Olthof
For the friends of Al Olthof
Celebration of Life Memorial
Sunday, January 16 at 2 p.m.
There will be a memorial observance for Al Olthof at the Beatnik Café in Joshua Tree on Sunday, January 16 at 2 p.m. Al died on December 24 at his home in 29 Palms. The coroner determined that his death was due to natural causes.
Al was a long-time local medical marijuana and cannabis law reform activist and a staunch supporter of MAPP. He was an excellent videographer and directed almost 100 Marijuana Compassion and Common Sense TV shows for MAPP that were cablecast throughout the Inland Empire and for a six month period in Los Angeles County as well. Al’s work as a video chronicler went far beyond cannabis as he attended and made recordings and documentaries of many High Desert events at the Beatnik Café and elsewhere as well as documenting many of the events and programs of the Palm Springs Chapter of Veterans for Peace. Many of Al’s videos produced under the name of Ruby Dunes can be found on youtube.com.
Tom Swann, Executive Director of Palm Springs Chapter of Veterans for Peace will be presenting a commerative and others in attendance are encouraged to do so as well. Coffee and other beverages will be provided and if you would like to bring a food item to share, that would be much appreciated.
Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend Al’s Celebration of Life Memorial on Sunday, January 16 at 2 p.m. at the Beatnik Café, 61568 29 Palms Hwy, Joshua Tree, CA 92252. Due to the fact that many elderly people will be attending, please note that we ask that only people who are vaccinated attend the event and that masks are required to be worn. For more information contact Lanny at 760-799-2055 or at [email protected].
Invitation to meet cannabis cultivation guru Ed Rosenthal
Meet Cannabis Cultivation Guru and Legendary Legalization Activist Ed Rosenthal
I would like to extend an invitation from the Marijuana Anti-Prohibition Project, an Inland Empire based medical marijuana patient support group and law reform organization I founded back in December 1999, to attend their Sunday, Jan. at 7:30 p.m. ZOOM meeting to hear and learn from one of our movement's most famous and infamous proponents Ed Rosenthal.
Ed is a leading cannabis horticulture expert, educator and legalization activist. Reverently given the nickname, “Guru of Ganja” by High Times Magazine, Ed has propelled the effort to legalize marijuana as well as leading the movement to grow your own cannabis. He is the author and editor of more than a dozen books on marijuana cultivation and social policy, including his latest, “Cannabis Grower’s Handbook.”. For more info on Ed's extensive selection of cannabis cultivation books CLICK HERE.
If you have ever thought about growing your own, you will not want to miss this opportunity to learn from one of the leading experts and most knowledgeable educator on the subject of cannabis cultivation. If you have been growing your own, this is your chance to get some answers to those vexing questions that will make your cannabis grow reach the zenith of perfection as there will be plenty of time for your questions. If you don't want to grow your own and/or learn how to grow bigger and better, you shouldn't miss your opportunity to meet and hear from one of the movements most respected and colorful pioneers
Mark your calendar for the MAPP Zoom meeting with Ed Rosenthal on Sunday, January 2 at 7:30 p.m. Zoom-in and phone-in meeting information below.
Lanny Swerdlow is inviting you to a meeting with Cannabis Cultivator Guru Ed Rosenthal
Sunday, Jan 2, 2022 at 7:30 PM PST
Join Zoom Meeting at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84111591152?pwd=ODJEOFp6b0pTbVZkUHlrMitlZWprUT09
Meeting ID: 841 1159 1152
Passcode: 918536
To join by phone call: 1 669 900 9128
Meeting ID: 841 1159 1152
Passcode: 918536
Looking forward to seeing you at this most worthwhile meeting.
MAPP meet features cannabis cultivation guru Ed Rosenthal
Over the last few months, I have received calls and emails asking about when I will start sending out email newsletters and re-start the MAPP meetings. I have been derelict in getting this done as I have been working as an RN at COVID vaccination centers and it has been keeping me very busy with lots of overtime. However, I have now set the time aside to get it done and I am delighted that this long overdue email newsletter is to let you know that I have gotten it done.
When MAPP first started meeting in December 1999, the meetings were always held on the first Sunday of every month and now that we are in our 21st year, I thought going back to the original day would be very fitting. Only this time instead of meeting at 3 p.m. at the Cathedral City Public Library or other venue, we will be meeting at 7:30 p.m. and we will be meeting virtually utilizing ZOOM making it easy, convenient and accessible for all.
This will allow us to have speakers both famous and infamous. For our first meeting which will be on Sunday, January 2 at 7:30 p.m. I am so proud to announce that our speaker will be both famous and infamous – one of the premiere proponents and educators of cannabis cultivation, Ed Rosenthal.
Ed is a leading cannabis horticulture expert, educator and legalization activist. Reverently given the nickname, “Guru of Ganja” by High Times Magazine, Ed has propelled the effort to legalize marijuana as well as leading the movement to grow your own cannabis. He is the author and editor of more than a dozen books on marijuana cultivation and social policy, including his latest, “Cannabis Grower’s Handbook.”. For more info on Ed's extensive selection of cannabis cultivation books CLICK HERE.
If you have ever thought about growing your own, you will not want to miss this opportunity to learn from one of the leading experts and most knowledgeable educator on the subject of cannabis cultivation. If you have been growing your own, this is your chance to get some answers to those vexing questions that will make your cannabis grow reach the zenith of perfection as there will be plenty of time for your questions. If you don't want to grow your own and/or learn how to grow bigger and better, you shouldn't miss your opportunity to meet and hear from one of the movements most respected and colorful pioneers.
Mark your calendar for the MAPP meeting with Ed Rosenthal on Sunday, January 2 at 7:30 p.m. Zoom-in and phone-in meeting information below.
Lanny Swerdlow is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: MAPP meeting with Ed Rosenthal - Cannabis Cultivator Guru
Time: Jan 2, 2022 07:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84111591152?pwd=ODJEOFp6b0pTbVZkUHlrMitlZWprUT09
Meeting ID: 841 1159 1152
Passcode: 918536
To join by phone call: 1 669 900 9128
Meeting ID: 841 1159 1152
Passcode: 918536
Looking forward to seeing you at this most worthwhile meeting.
Just before the clock strikes midnight on December 31, raise your left leg so that you will start off the year on the right foot.
Then continue 2022 on the right foot by joining MAPP’s 420 Club and donating $4.20 every month to keep us going throughout 2022.
From working to establish reasonable and realistic regulations for cannabis businesses to protecting cannabis consumers from losing their jobs for using legal cannabis, MAPP is here. Please help us be there for you.
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MAPP Receives Veterans Award
MAPP TO RECEIVE AWARD FROM VETERANS GROUP
You are invited to attend the Veterans for Peace Memorial Day ceremonies and award luncheon on Monday, May 31
I am proud to announce that the Marijuana Anti-Prohibition Project has been selected to receive the Veterans for Peace “Outstanding Organization of the Year Award.” From working with VA Hospitals to lobbying local, state and national officials, MAPP has worked diligently over the years to facilitate safe and easy access for cannabis for our veterans.
At the award ceremonies we will be announcing the start-up of our program to provide free cannabis to veterans. Beginning in mid-June, we will be working with Veterans for Peace to enroll eligible veterans, Bloom Networks to provide free cannabis and the 420Bank to distribute free cannabis to veterans who benefit from its use. We will be signing veterans up for the program at the event.
Below is a special invitation from Tom Hernandez, President of Veterans for Peace, inviting all MAPP supporters to attend the Memorial Day Ceremonies on Monday May 31, 2021 at 10:00 AM to be held at Desert Memorial Park, 31-705 Da Vall Drive, Cathedral City followed by the 15th Annual MEMORIAL DAY AWARDS LUNCHEON from 12:00 Noon to 2:00 p.m. at Nicolino’s Italian Restaurant, 35-325 Date Palm Drive, Suite 111, Cathedral City CA.
In addition to MAPP’s recognition, awards will also be presented to Bishop Paul Breton and Palm Springs City Council member Lisa Middleton. Please see Tom’s special invitation below.
A Special Invitation to the Supporters of the Marijuana Anti-Prohibition Project
by Tom Hernandez
Veteran, United States Marine Corps President, Veterans for Peace
On behalf of our veterans, I want to cordially invite you to attend our 15th annual Memorial Day Awards Luncheon on Monday May 31 at 12 Noon in Cathedral City. This year we are so pleased to present the “Outstanding Organization of the Year Award” to MAPP. Several years ago we honored Lanny Swerdlow and now we are honoring the fine organization he leads. We want you to please attend this luncheon and receive the recognition you deserve.
For many years our government that was created to protect our liberty waged a war against people who used cannabis. As military veterans we know how horrific a war is especially when it is against our own citizens. The war on cannabis launched by late President Richard Nixon that lasts even until today in many states is a disgrace.
What is remarkable is that MAPP courageously and with great perseverance launched a strong tide of resistance against the war on cannabis. You educated both elected officials and the public to realize this war was wrong. You transformed people’s attitudes and behaviors. You made it legal and safe to use cannabis. You are true patriots who have changed our country for the better.
As a military veteran with PTSD, I have to thank you for making it legal and safe for me to use cannabis to effectively treat my medical condition. Thousands if not millions of veterans like me are so grateful for your endurance and hard work to help us receive the medical benefits of cannabis. The benefits of cannabis would not be a reality for many veterans if MAPP had quit the cause at the first obstacle. You overcame numerous stubborn hurdles and roadblocks and you won for all of us.
VFP salutes MAPP. Our luncheon is very affordable with a sliding scale for low-income residents. Please come to our luncheon and receive the appreciation and gratefulness we want to bestow upon you. Thank You.
Tom Swann Hernandez
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Kicking Butt in SB County to Allow Cannabis Businesses
It’s Time to Kick the Butts of the San Bernardino Co. Board of Supervisors to Allow Cannabis Businesses
Riverside County has allowed cannabis businesses to open as permitted under Prop. 64. It’s time for San Bernardino County to end their reefer madness and enter the 21st century and allow cannabis businesses too.
It can be done and we are going to discuss just how it can be done on a Zoom meeting on Tuesday, April 13 at 6:30 p.m. that is open to all. Here is what we will be discussing:
- A letter and phone campaign to every San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors’ member asking that San Bernardino follow in the footsteps of Riverside County and enact an ordinance that will regulate and license cannabis businesses including cultivation, manufacture, distribution (sales) and on-site consumption lounges.
- Organize a meeting with each member of the SBBOS to secure their support to direct the Planning Commission to develop an ordinance that will allow cannabis businesses in San Bernardino County.
- Determine what actions can be taken to elect SBBOS members who will support allowing cannabis businesses by “unelecting” any SBBOS member who refuses to take action to allow cannabis businesses. This will include getting political activist-oriented' individuals to run against them and joining a coalition of organizations that can get them elected.
Joining us on the meeting will be cannabis activists and political experts that can provide the blueprints that will be make us an effective force. Put it on your calendar now. Forward this email to all your cannabis consuming friends and family member and ask them to join in on the Zoom conference.
Note: You can attend this meeting on your computer and also by phone. See the information below for the Zoom weblink and for phone numbers to call.
Topic: Allowing Cannabis Businesses in San Bernardino County
Time: Apr 13, 2021 06:30 PM PST
Meeting ID: 863 1366 8684
Join Zoom Meeting at the following weblink:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86313668684
No computer? Phone in at 1-669-900-9128
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New Speaker - LA's Dopest Attorney at Sat. March 6 virtual MAPP meet
Allison Margolin Featured Guest at the 1 p.m. Saturday March 6 virtual MAPP meet
Due to an unexpected scheduling conflict, previously scheduled attorney Bruce Margolin cannot be the featured speaker at the 1 p.m. virtual MAPP meeting on Saturday, March 6. I am thrilled to announce that we have a new guest speaker who just happens to be his daughter, Allison Margolin. Billing herself as LA’s Dopest Attorney, the sophisticated debonair millennial has been recognized by Thomson Reuters as a SuperLawyer, the only cannabis attorney in the United States with this distinction.
At the Saturday virtual MAPP meeting, Allison will be taking an enlightened look at the current status of licensing in California with a special emphasis on what is happening in the IE as well as a rundown on the rapidly changing status of cannabis on the federal level. Should be a very interesting meeting. Best of all there will be plenty of time for attendees of Saturday’s virtual meeting to ask her questions and get her unique, nuanced and learned response.
The Saturday, March 6 virtual MAPP meeting at 1 p.m. is free and done entirely on the phone – no need for a computer, internet connection, camera and all the other Internet paraphernalia needed to attend a virtual meeting. The MAPP virtual meeting is truly a come as you are event. To hear and speak with attorney Allison Margolin this Saturday, March 6 at 1 p.m. call 701-802-5390 and enter the access code 2545046#.
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Cannabis Legalization - WARP speed ahead + Veterans MAPP meet
Cannabis Headed for Legalization at
WARP SPEED
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced on New Year’s Eve that his office has expunged almost a half-million cannabis-related arrest records and has issued pardons for almost 10,000 low-level cannabis related offenses. What a marvelous way to start 2021 – the year that will see federal cannabis prohibition come to an end.
The actions by the Governor of Illinois are not an isolated event. Pardons and expungements are happening throughout the county as more and more states legalize cannabis.
In 2011, the year before Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize cannabis, there were 757,969 arrests for marijuana. In 2019, there were 545,602, a decrease of almost 30%, but that is still more then all the arrests made for violent crimes. We still have a long way to go, but the numbers will continue to drop as more states embrace legalization.
Ending the arrest, prosecution and imprisonment of millions of Americans for cannabis offenses is one of the major reasons I, and so many others, strongly supported and continue to support legalization efforts even though they are far from perfect.
With four more states legalizing cannabis in the 2020 elections, the light at the end of the tunnel continues to get brighter and brighter. The 2020 elections have brought us to the precipice of truly “freeing the weed” as with the Dems in control of the Senate there really is a really real chance that federal cannabis prohibition will come to an end this year.
The Senate's new majority leader, Chuck Schumer, has said, "Cannabis is now Schedule 1—which is to the point of absurdity to say marijuana is more dangerous than crack cocaine. It's crazy. So we decriminalize it, we deschedule it, and we incentivize and invest in states and local governments to create expungement programs."
The House passed the MORE act in Dec. 2020 which deschedules cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act bringing about the end to federal cannabis prohibition. It will now go to the Senate where Schumer, unlike former Republican Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnel, will allow it to come up for a vote. It will pass because almost all Democrats and a significant number of Republican Senators support it. From there it goes to the desk of President Biden.
Biden is in favor of decriminalization and not legalization, but that’s OK as the MORE Act doesn’t actually legalize cannabis - it just takes the feds out of the picture by no longer criminalizing it. By taking the feds out of the picture, it allows the states to make the decision on whether cannabis should be legal within their borders or not. That is a position that Biden has publicly supported many times during the 2020 election. Further I imagine Biden will also sign it since our new VP, Kamala Harris, was THE chief sponsor of the MORE Act in the Senate.
One thing that is not mentioned often about the importance of ending federal cannabis prohibition is recognizing that whatever the United States does has a profound impact the world over. This is especially significant for those Asian and Middle East countries that are still executing people for cannabis crimes. The imprimatur of the U.S. on cannabis legalization will eventually lead to an end of their hideous actions towards their own citizens.
With federal cannabis prohibition ended, each individual state will decide to either legalize or keep criminal marijuana. Unfortunately, those that chose to legalize can set up whatever Rube Goldberg system of legalization they want to. It is now up to those who live in states where cannabis is still illegal to see to it that cannabis is legalized and when it is legalized, make sure that the legalization system that is set up is not so complex that it would be easier to open up a nuclear power plant then open a dispensary.
In California, state and local elected officials will no longer be able to cite its illegality under federal law as a reason they cannot allow the implementation of Prop. 64 and the cultivation, manufacture and distribution of cannabis in their jurisdictions.
With state and local governments suffering massive loss of tax revenues due to the COVID19 pandemic, elected officials are desperately looking for new sources of revenue. Nothing changes minds faster than $$$. The lure of replacing some of those lost tax dollars with cannabis dollars will transform the mind of even the most reefer madness addled politician. It certainly has changed the minds of many California voters as 33 cities and counties that had formerly prohibited cannabis businesses passed ordinances during the November elections allowing them.
Although I thoroughly believe cannabis should be treated like caffeinated beverages, it is likely to have a byzantine system of complex and opaque regulations that makes the system regulating alcohol and tobacco seem like a Libertarian’s dream.
I know people complain that marijuana is not alcohol and not tobacco and that its regulation should not be so stringent. I only wish cannabis would be regulated like alcohol and tobacco.
If cannabis was as easily available and as cheaply available as alcohol and tobacco is, we would be ecstatic. Imagine walking down to your neighborhood convenience store to get your cannabis. Imagine going to big grocery stores and big box stores and they are all selling cannabis in competition with each other.
Some might even offer cannabis as a loss leader to get you into the store knowing that you are very likely to purchase other items to enjoy your cannabis with.
My goal for cannabis legalization has always been when I can go to Costco and buy my cannabis. At Costco, it will be reasonably priced and good quality, although you will have to purchase a kilogram at a time. But that’s ok as it will come broken into packages of a dozen different strains which probably means there will be a drawer at home full of packages of that one strain you don’t like.
Most importantly, especially from the affordability angle, is that farmers will be able to grow cannabis like any other agricultural crop. When they are able to do that and grow hundreds and thousands of acres of cannabis, prices will come tumbling down to levels that the taxes will be, like a lot of alcohol products and almost all tobacco products, the biggest part of the purchase price. Cannabis selling for $25 a pound, before taxes, would be an entirely reasonable price providing a fair profit for growers, manufacturers and distributors. After all, what other agricultural crop sells for $25 a pound – especially in its natural unprocessed state?
With the end of federal prohibition, we have the opportunity to make this happen, but this cannabis nirvana is not going to be served up to us on a silver platter. We have to be active to shape the coming changes to cannabis accessibility.
I know many of you are concerned about big businesses and conglomerates taking over the cannabis industry. It is a legitimate concern and they will be there with big bucks representing their business interests, but who will be representing yours?. Who is going to be lobbying your city councils and county boards if you don't?
That's where you come in. You need to be involved - you need to contact your local officials to see to it that when cannabis comes to town, it comes in a way that benefits the consumer. Call them, email them and most importantly go to the City Council and County Board of Supervisors meetings and let them know how the ordinances allowing cannabis business and home cultivation should be written. I have seen it time and time again - when enough citizens show up at these meetings - they listen and then they act to get done what needs to be done so they will vote for them in the next election.
We need to coordinate and work with other cannabis organizations on the state level to make sure state regulations and taxes don’t financially strangle but rather promote consumers access to cannabis. We need to go to Sacramento and lobby our state Assembly members and Senators to make the needed changes to Prop. 64 so that we do indeed have cannabis nirvana in California.
More and more cities and counties are opting to allow the cannabis business provisions of Prop. 64 to take effect. Even more will join in when federal prohibition comes to an end. I know many of you want to see cannabis cultivation, manufacture and distribution take place in your local communities along with reasonable home cultivation regulations. I am here to help you with that, so contact me if you are ready to roll up your sleeves to make cannabis safely, reliably, legally, locally and AFFORDABLY accessible.
A Holistic Outreach to Veterans at Sat. Feb. 6 MAPP Virtual Meeting
Two veterans’ organization that promote the use of cannabis as part of their programs providing health services to veterans will be featured at the 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 virtual MAPP meeting.
A Future for Veterans Foundation is developing a program called SPACE (Safe, Predictable, Affordable, Collegiate Environments) to empower veterans in the development of their mental and physical well being by providing housing, education, job assistance and peer support counseling to military veterans.
Veterans Walk and Talk is a community of veterans who advocate for outdoor and psychedelic therapy utilizing exercise, cannabis, psychedelics and community to enable veterans to take control of their health journey.
Alex De La Campa, the founder of A Future for Veterans Foundation will discuss how his organization ensures that charities like Veterans Walk and Talk and Operation Evac have a fiscal 501c3 sponsor for their hikes and peer support groups. His presentation will include information on veterans' transitional housing programs as well as their work with the tech community in the development of AI to facilitate veteran reintegration.
A veteran of Afghanistan having served in the Army Infantry, Colin Wells is the founder of Veterans Walk and Talk. Formed in 2016, there are now VWAT chapters all over the country. Facilitating psychedelic and cannabis medicines for VWAT members, he will be discussing their cannabis related programs that employ and empower veterans in the legal cannabis space, enhance wellness programs and relate personal anecdotes that illuminate how cannabis benefits veterans on many different levels.
Luna Stower, CEO/Founder of Luna Stower Marketing, LLC will share her experience as a liaison helping to provide cannabis to veterans utilizing SB34 and Prop. 64 via the Bloom Network's Compassion Program, Fiorello Brands' partnership with A Future for Vets and Jetty Extracts Shelter Project for Cancer Patients.
The Saturday, Feb. 6 virtual MAPP meeting at 1 p.m. is free and done entirely on the phone – no need for a computer, internet connection, camera and all the other Internet paraphernalia needed to attend a virtual meeting. The MAPP virtual meeting is truly come as you are. To hear and speak with Alex, Collin and Luna this Sat. Feb. 6 at 1 p.m. call 701-802-5390 and enter the access code 2545046#.
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