BENEFIT party Oct 1 for REPEAL CANNABIS PROHIBITION ACT; Pioneers: Michelle Aldrich, Jim Squatter

BENEFIT party Oct 1 for REPEAL CANNABIS PROHIBITION ACT of 2012; Pioneers: Michelle Aldrich, Jim Squatter
http://drfranklucido.blogspot.com/2011/08/benefit-party-oct-1-for-repeal-cannabis.html

In this issue:
1. Saturday October 1, 2011 7pm-Midnite
Benefit party for:
REPEAL CANNABIS PROHIBITION ACT of 2012 (RCPA 2012)

2. PIONEERS of MEDICAL CANNABIS
Two of the earliest supporters of RCPA of 2012, whose support means the world to us:
-Michelle Aldrich
-Jim Squatter
More on them below.


1. Saturday October 1, 2011 7pm-Midnite
Benefit party for:
REPEAL CANNABIS PROHIBITION ACT of 2012 (RCPA 2012)
SF East Bay Location given on RSVP.

I have no doubt that once it gets on the ballot, RCPA 2012 WILL WIN voter approval in 2012.
But we need YOUR help in getting it there.
You will be a part of history!

The RCPA 2012:
-REPEALS all criminal prohibitions on cannabis related conduct for adults
-MANDATES strict rules against contributing to the delinquency of minors and driving while impaired.
-MAINTAINS medical rights for patients
-VESTS the California Department of Public Health with the regulation of commercial cannabis (above 3 pounds and 100 square feet canopy)


HOW TO ASSURE A SPACE AT THIS BENEFIT PARTY:
a. BEST option (because WE know that YOU want this to succeed, don't you?!!)
Please send checks NOW payable to: Sensible California:
Sensible California
PO Box 282
Santa Rosa, CA 95402

The next options allow you to RSVP, but your entry to the party will be guaranteed on donating in advance, and space is limited.
b. RSVP on Facebook "event" page at:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=161434150603948

c. You can also make pledges and RSVP
by email: info@DrLucido.com
or by phone: (707) 520-4205


We will have a campaign website up and running soon, but WE NEED FUNDS NOW.
Be one of the first 150 donors of $25 or more to be assured entry to the benefit party October 1.
Our sliding scale for the Oct 1 benefit get-together is $25-$1,000
(and upwards for those who have the means). The sliding scale can be lower
for true activists who have the time to seriously volunteer for this historic campaign.


We will be looking for people who can donate time, skills, or money to this historic race over the next 15 months.
The first part will be the hardest, and most telling: the signature drive.
We estimate we will need $1.25 million dollars for the signature gathering stage and lots of grass roots volunteers,
In order to show the bigger money donors that we Californians are ready to Repeal Cannabis Prohibition!

The FULL TEXT of the initiative, and the press release from last week can be found on my previous blog


2. PIONEERS of MEDICAL CANNABIS
Two of the earliest supporters of RCPA of 2012, whose support means the world to us:
-Michelle Aldrich
-Jim Squatter

MICHELLE ALDRICH
Michelle and her husband Mike Aldrich have been cannabis pioneers since way before Prop 215 in 1996.
but I will focus on Michelle today, because she gave us some of the earliest feedback (both kudos and suggestions) on RCPA of 2012 about two weeks ago:
"I do like it. Yes, it is simple, just the way it should be. I have one question about ..."
Her support and feedback made me feel especially good because of the esteem in which I hold her.
Michelle and Mike were instrumental in getting the first EVER marijuana initiative on the California State ballot, (or on ANY ballot!!) in 1972. That initiative was coincidentally also called "Prop 19".
She is Currently
• Member at San Francisco Medical Cannabis Task Force
• Member Board of Advisors at Patients Out of Time
• Treasurer at California NORML and has been with CaNORML since 1978
• Past-President, Co-Founder at AIDS Prevention Action Network
• She was Vice President at Amorphia in the 1970's, which made Acapulco Gold rolling papers. (Apparently, the assets of that company became the funding for the 1972 election initiative, and the organizational structure contributed to founding NORML).
AND she and Mike have been my friends for these 15 years since the passage of Prop 215 in 1996.

JIM SQUATTER
Jim made our day when he emailed back:
" I think it's just about perfect. In fact one of the best efforts I've ever seen in written form for potential legislation".
It turns out that ALL FIVE of the co-proponents of the RCPA of 2012 know Jim!
Now that I think about it, Pebbles and I are activists first, so of course we would know Jim. The other 3, Joe Rogoway, Bill Panzer, and Omar Figueroa are all attorneys. Real actionists (Activists with the emphasis on "actions") tend to know lawyers and other activists.
I have known Jim since 1991, when I first went out to the Nevada Test Site (NTS), for the civil disobedience at the gates of the NTS. He knows first-hand about living collectively, being part of Seeds of Peace when I met him, and knows Prop 215, SB420, and not-for-profit collectives backwards and forwards.
He also knows about performing civil disobedience when necessary.
My experiences at the Test Site, with the likes of Jim, and other activists, like Dan Ellsberg, led me to activism/actionism, and the experiences I wrote about on my blog 1/17/11;
Civil disobedience vs civil obedience: when is each appropriate
Crossing the line, and knowing where the line is.
http://drfranklucido.blogspot.com/2011/01/civil-disobedience-vs-civil-obedience.html
Jim has been my friend since 1991, and legend has it that he taught Michelle Shocked how to squat.



Thanks!
Dr Frank Lucido, Berkeley, California
Co-proponent, Repeal Cannabis Prohibition Act 2012
Family Practice since 1979
Medical Cannabis Consultation
Expert Witness
Berkeley Ca
510.848.0958 (by appointment only)
www.DrFrankLucido.com
(formerly MedicalBoardWatch.com)
www.AIMLegal.org
www.DrFrankLucido.blogspot.com
Michigan office: 877-787-6900
(24 hr message line)


ps: New Primary Care Patient introductory rate now extended until October, 2011
http://drfranklucido.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-primary-care-patient-special-as-of.html
We are not on any insurances; a deal-breaker for some,
but the uninsured think we're a good deal.
NOTE: our Primary Care patients also get a steep reduction in their Medical Cannabis Evaluation fee.
Your Family Doctor in Berkeley since 1979!


DrFrank will also meet with any physicians who would like to be part of AIMLegal.org and take my certification training.
http://aimlegal.blogspot.com/
http://aimlegal.org/
http://www.drfranklucido.com/pages/aimlegal.org-expert-witness-locator.php

REPEAL CANNABIS PROHIBITION Act of 2012 Initiative filed 8/19/11 in Sacramento

REPEAL CANNABIS PROHIBITION Act of 2012 Initiative filed 8/19/11 in Sacramento

Press release, text, and what you can do to help!

In this issue:
1. REPEAL CANNABIS PROHIBITION Act of 2012, (RCPA of 2012) Initiative filed Friday 8/19/11 in Sacramento
Press release and full text below. The entire initiative is only 753 words!

2. Save the Date for our first benefit for the RCPA of 2012:
Saturday October 1, 2011, 7pm- Midnite
East Bay Location "to be announced"
We will be looking for people who can donate time, skills, or money to this historic race over the next 15 months.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Committee Contact: Joe Rogoway Esq.
Co-Proponent, Repeal Cannabis Prohibition Act of 2012
The Committee to Repeal Cannabis Prohibition
PO Box 282
Santa Rosa, CA 95402
(707) 520-4205
joerogoway@cannabislawinstitute.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Repeal-Cannabis-Prohibition/256264247726059

Re: “Repeal Cannabis Prohibition Act of 2012” filed in Sacramento, California

SACRAMENTO CA, August 19, 2011—In a historic moment of cannabis policy reform, the Repeal Cannabis Prohibition Act of 2012 is now filed with the California Attorney General for title and summary. We are working to place this measure on the November 2012 ballot.

The RCPA 2012 repeals all criminal prohibitions on cannabis related conduct for adults while mandating strict rules against contributing to the delinquency of minors and driving while impaired. This is all accomplished while maintaining medical rights for patients and vesting the California Department of Public Health with the regulation of commercial cannabis.

The most recent polling shows that 55% of Americans support marijuana legalization (http://www.angus-reid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/2011.08.09_Drugs_USA.pdf) . In this era of fiscal pragmatism and social responsibility, the Repeal Cannabis Prohibition Act of 2012 will once again make this Golden State green.

Co-proponents Joe Rogoway Esq., Frank H. Lucido M.D., PebblesTrippet, William Panzer Esq., and Omar Figueroa Esq. comprise The Committee to Repeal Cannabis Prohibition and can be contacted at (707) 520-4205.

Additional Information can be found at:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Repeal-Cannabis-Prohibition/256264247726059

http://www.economist.com/node/18118857?story_id=18118857

http://www.angus-reid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/2011.08.09_Drugs_USA.pdf

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Full text:

Repeal Cannabis Prohibition Act of 2012

This initiative measure is submitted to the People of the State of California in accordance with the provisions of Article II, Section 8 of the Constitution.

This initiative measure adds Chapter 6.7, entitled “Repeal of Cannabis Prohibition,” to Division 10 of the Health and Safety Code.

PROPOSED LAW

SECTION 1. Sections 11420, 11421, 11422, 11423, 11424, 11425, 11426, 11427, and 11428 are added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

11420(a). This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Repeal Cannabis Prohibition Act of 2012.

(b)(1) The People of the State of California hereby find and declare that the purposes of the Repeal Cannabis Prohibition Act of 2012 are as follows:

(A) To ensure that adults have the right to obtain and use cannabis.

(B) To ensure that adults who participate in cannabis related activities are not subject to criminal arrest, prosecution, or sanction.

(C) To make cannabis available for scientific, medical, industrial, and research purposes.

(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede legislation prohibiting persons from driving impaired, nor to condone the diversion of cannabis to minors.

(c) “Cannabis” means “marijuana” as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 11018 and “concentrated cannabis” as defined in Section 11006.5.

11421(a). The following statutes are hereby repealed from the Health and Safety Code: Section 11054(d)(13), Section 11054(d)(20), Section 11357, Section 11358, Section 11359, Section 11360, and Section 11361. Section 23222(b) of the California Vehicle Code is hereby repealed. Cannabis related activities are hereby removed from the prohibitions contained within Health and Safety Code Sections 11364.7, 11365, 11366, 11366.5, 11379.6 and 11570.

(b). The repeal of Health and Safety Code section 11360, as related to sales only, will be effectuated within 180 days of passage of the Act in order to allow the California Department of Public Health the opportunity to enact commercial cannabis regulations.

11422. It shall not be a crime or public offense for an adult to use, possess, share, cultivate, transport, process, distribute, sell or otherwise engage in cannabis related activities.

11423(a). The California Department of Public Health shall oversee the regulatory system for the commercial cultivation, manufacturing, processing, testing, transportation, distribution, and sales of cannabis. This shall include promulgation of regulations to control, license, permit, or otherwise authorize the commercial cultivation, manufacturing, processing, testing, transportation, distribution and sales of cannabis. These regulations shall include appropriate controls on the licensed premises for commercial cultivation, sales and on-premises consumption of cannabis including limits on zoning and land use, locations, size, hours of operation, occupancy, protection of adjoining and nearby properties, and other environmental and public health controls. These regulations may not include bans of the conduct permitted by this Act.

(b) Any regulations created by the California Department of Public Health may not impede on the individual rights set forth in this Act. Any taxes, regulations, fines and fees imposed pursuant to this section shall not be imposed on personal amounts of cannabis below 3 pounds of processed cannabis and 100 sq. ft. of cannabis plant canopy provided that the processed cannabis was not sold or purchased pursuant to subdivision (a).

(c) The California Department of Public Health may regulate the smoking of cannabis in public and where minors are present.

11424. This Act, and all state implementations of this Act, shall preempt enactments of local jurisdictions with the exception that local jurisdictions may enhance the rights and protections of persons involved in cannabis related activities beyond what is delineated by the state or this Act.

11425. This Act shall not adversely affect the individual and group medical rights and protections afforded by California Health and Safety Code §11362.5 through §11362.83.

11426. Cannabis related conduct that contributes to the delinquency of a minor shall remain punishable by Penal Code section 272. Driving while impaired by cannabis shall remain punishable by Vehicle Code Sections 23103, 23152(a) and 23153. Impairment occurs when a person's mental or physical abilities are so impaired that he or she is no longer able to drive a vehicle with the caution of a sober person, using ordinary care, under similar circumstances.

11427. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable.

11428. The provisions of this Act shall become effective November 7, 2012.

Save the Date for our first benefit for the RCPA of 2012:
Saturday October 1, 2011, 7pm- Midnite
East Bay Location "to be announced"

We will be looking for people who can donate time, skills, or money to this historic race over the next 15 months. The first part will be the hardest, and most telling: the signature drive.
We estimate we will need $1.25 million dollars for the signature gathering drive and lots of grass roots volunteers, to show the bigger money people that we Californians are ready to Repeal Cannabis Prohibition!

We will have a campaign website up and running soon, but we need funds NOW
I suggest our sliding scale for this first benefit get-together should be $25.00-$1,000.00 (and upwards for those who have the means). The sliding scale can be lower for those who have the time to seriously volunteer for this historic campaign. Are you ready for the next 15 months leading up to the November 6, 2012 election? I am, and I'm excited!

Untile we get the campaign website up and running, we'll take initial pledges/RSVP's by email at:
info@DrLucido.com
or
call my office at 510-848-0958 ext 0, speak to Melissa or Shante

Excitement is building!

Initiative Fever: Catch it! (with apologies to Major League Baseball!)

Frank H. Lucido MD
Family Practice since 1979
Medical Cannabis Consultation
Expert Witness
Berkeley Ca
510.848.0958 (by appointment only)
www.DrFrankLucido.com
(formerly MedicalBoardWatch.com)
www.AIMLegal.org
www.DrFrankLucido.blogspot.com
Michigan office: 877-787-6900
(24 hr message line)

ps: New Primary Care Patient introductory rate now extended until October, 2011
http://drfranklucido.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-primary-care-patient-special-as-of.html
We are not on any insurances; a deal-breaker for some,
but the uninsured think we're a good deal.
NOTE: our Primary Care patients also get a steep reduction in their Medical Cannabis Evaluation fee.
Your Family Doctor in Berkeley since 1979!


DrFrank will also meet with any physicians who would like to be part of AIMLegal.org and take my certification training.
http://aimlegal.blogspot.com/
http://aimlegal.org/
http://www.drfranklucido.com/pages/aimlegal.org-expert-witness-locator.php