hemp-talk

Stay connected to the movement. Hemp-talk is a discussion list about cannabis, hemp, and drug policy activism in Washington State. Created in 1996, it's been connecting activists in our state for over ten years.

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The Cannabis Defense Coalition is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit cooperative focused on Washington State cannabis activism. Subscribe to the cdc-alerts list to get email updates on medical marijuana trials and other activist information. This list has no discussion whatsoever, and received 2-4 messages per month.

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Other Drug Policy Lists

• Media Awareness Project - MAP tracks published news related to drug policy, an amazingly useful service
• DRCNet Mailing Lists - DRCTalk is one of the older, more trafficked drug policy lists
• November Coalition List - Focusing on drug war prisoners and their families
• mmj-list - From CannabisMD.org, focused specifically on medical marijuana

A hotbed of cannabis activism, Washington State is home to many organizations working to bring about rational drug policy. Here are some things to get involved with:

Cannabis Defense Coalition has been very active lately. They focus on courtroom observation and medical marijuana activism.

The ACLU-WA Drug Policy Project created the Marijuana: It's Time for a Conversation campaign, among other things.

Initiative 75, passed in 2003, deprioritized marijuana law enforcement in Seattle. A final report (2mb pdf) on the law was produced by the city.

The November Coalition, based in Colville, is a national reform group and works with prisoners and families.

SpoCannabis is a medical marijuana activist group in Spokane.

King Co. Bar Association Drug Policy Project has done amazing work educating the "suits" about the failure of our prohibition model of drug policy, and the need for a regulatory model of drug policy.

Seattle Hempfest is the third weekend in August on Seattle's waterfront.

Olympia Hempfest is a week after Seattle's big bash.