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MassCann Annual Picnic & Cookout June 23 at Hopkinton State Park

Calling all party animals! MassCann invites all members to converge on

Hopkinton State Park on Saturday, June 23, from noon to 4 pm

for the annual MassCann Members' Picnic & Cookout. We will surpass

the forest gnomes and elves in our merriment and oneness

with nature. Bring food and drink to share. Did we leave anything out?

Directions to Hopkinton State Park:

Take Rte. I-495 (north or south) to exit 21A, Main Street, Hopkinton.

Travel on Main St. till the 3rd traffic light in the heart of downtown Hopkinton.

Turn left, traveling North on Route 85 (Cedar Street).

Proceed approximately 2 miles to the Hopkinton State Park

entrance on the righ.

(Do not enter the Field Office on the left.).

The way to Hopkinton State Park

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Petitioning in Middlesex & Essex

Working on organizing the Massachusetts 6th Congressional District Cannabis Club on facebook. If you live in or near the district and will volunteer some time to help, join the club. If you have friends who live in the district urge them to join The Club.
We have 21 scheduled election day events between April 28 and June 5 where we need petitioners and more opportunities to be scheduled! http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/352995691418537/events/. E-mail or call me with your questions. Steven S. Epstein, Esq. 978-758-6231.
There are 22 elections already scheduled during the petitioning period that present the excellent opportunity, with adequate numbers of petitioners, to collect thousands of needed signatures at a rate greater than 19 signatures an hour per person. Please let me know by e-mail off list or telephone 978-758-6231 where and when you can help.

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Ask a politician their position on ending the prohibition on cultivation and commerce in cannabis

"Everybody knows what politicians want when it comes to marijuana: to change the subject."
Richard M. Evans, Attorney, Northampton, Mass.
In This Prohibition Saga, Obama Plays Herbert Hoover
MetroWest Daily News, December 4, 2011.

In 2012 resolve to not let them change the subject!

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The Drug Policy Forum of Massachusetts, in partnership with MASS CANN/NORML is seeking volunteers to help qualify Public Policy Questions (PPQs) for this year’s election. Public Policy Questions (PPQs) are non binding initiatives that allow voters to tell their elected officials how they feel about certain issues. The PPQ's that we are seeking to qualify will read: "Shall the state senator from this district be instructed to vote in favor of legislation that would allow the state to regulate and tax marijuana inthe same manner as alcohol?"

We need your help to put this question on the ballot. All it takes is signatures from registered voters to qualify a PPQ and we need your help to get those signatures. We are seeking to qualify this PPQ in the senate districts covering Somerville and Cambridge, and that is where we will be petitioning.

Each signature gives 80 people the chance to say that they support the legalization of marijuana in an official vote. Can you imagine giving 800+ people a chance to make that statement for every hour you volunteer? That is what you will be doing when you volunteer with us. This is a powerful opportunity to make real progress towards cannabis legalization. If you have any time to volunteer over the next two months, please email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call me at 413-658-7257 and I will bring you on board. Together we will make a difference.
Alex Arsenault, Drug Policy Forum of Massachusetts

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Legalization and Medical Bills filed in Massachusetts

Bad bills filed.

The Initiative Petition for An Act for the Humanitarian Medical Use of Marijuana is bill number H. 3885. It has been referred to the Mr. Sánchez' Committee on Public Health Mr. Sánchez' Committee
BE VOCAL.

WRITE your state Senator and Representative and request that they support H. 3885 and "An Act to regulate and tax the cannabis industry" HOUSE BILL NO. 01371. It has been referred to the Joint Committee on the Judiciary.

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