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Oregon NORMLs Cannabis Caf opened in Portland at 4:20 PM on Nov. 13, the first of its kind inthe United States.

The response has been overwhelming, says Madeline Martinez, Executive Director of Oregon

NORML. We are excited to be able to provide a safe place for patients to medicate that is out of pub-lic view within the guidelines of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act (OMMA). There needed to be aplace where people can socialize and network, much like our meetings, said Martinez. Many pa-tients travel to Portland for medical care and treatment and otherwise they have no place to use theirmedicine during their long and exhausting trips.

Since the cafe opened at Rumpspankers, 700 NE Dekum St, Portland, stories have appeared in mostmajor Oregon newspapers and TV stations. Martinez was on OPBs Think Out Loudtalk show andattended a neighborhood association meeting to reassure them that the lounge will be a positive ad-dition to the community.

Beyond local coverage, news of the cannabis caf was covered by USA Today, Reuters, the New YorkTimes, Democracy Now and the Huffington Post, to name a few. A Google search even shows the

Reuters article has posted on a website called Visit Bulgaria!

Members must be registrants of the Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) and members of OregonNORML to gain entrance. The entry fee is $25 to cover the first month of membership and an entrypass. Basic membership to Oregon NORML is $35.00 per year and is available at the door.

Kudos go out to Madeline and her family for handling the huge job of the daily management of thecaf and to all of you who have shown your support by volunteering your time to make this happen.

Oregon NORMLs Cannabis Caf

Receives International Coverage

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This years awards celebrated out ninth year of the Oregon Medical Can-nabis Awards (OMCA). Many who participate have been with us year af-ter year. Despite storm warnings and weather scares throughout thestate, the event saw a steady stream throughout the day and a full ban-quet in the evening.

The highlight of the day was the Danny Danko grow seminar. He pre-sented a wealth of information to all who attended. The three-hourseminar focused on all aspects of cannabis cultivation geared to the Ore-gon Medical Marijuana Program participant.

The banquet featured John Trudell, a Santee Sioux activist, artist, actorand more, as keynote speaker. His speech gave us all pause to reflect onour individual and collective importance to the cannabis movement.

The big surprises this year were the award winners. This years top threeentrants have not been in the top three before. First place went to PurpleUrkel. Second place was awarded to Afgani Bull Rider, and third placewent to Limon. You can get the full list of how each strain placed atwww.ornorml.org.

Winners, please help us out and make clones of all the entries availableat future Oregon NORML cardholder meetings. We appreciate all ofyou!

2009 Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards

Madeline MartinezExecutive Director

PO Box 16057Portland, Oregon

97292-0057

Phone: (503) 239-6110Web: www.ornorml.org

EditorAnna Diaz

Upcoming Events

Medical Marijuana

Cardholders Meetings2nd & 4th Saturdays

For OMMP Cardholders only

Noon at the Village Ballroom

700 NE Dekum

Portland, OR 97211

General Membership

Meeting

DateTBA

Good Neighbor Pizzeria

800 NE Dekum

Portland,OR 97211

Global Cannabis March

May 1, 2010

Pioneer Courthouse Square

March at High Noon

Seattle HempfestAugust 21-22, 2010

Myrtle Edwards Park

Seattle, W

Portland Hempstalk

September 11-12, 2010

Location TBA

Portland, OR

Send a postcard and ask your state representatives to support legislationthat would tax and regulate the sale of cannabis to adults as one way to

boost our economy.

To find out who your representatives are, you can find out on the internetat http://www.leg.state.or.us/findlegsltr/.

If you would rather, you can call the switchboard at1-800-332-2313 or503-986-1187in Salem and outside of Oregon. Give them your zipcode, and they will tell you who represents you. You can leave messagesfor your legislators there.

Write to Your Representatives Today!

#1Purple Urkel #2Afgani Bull Rider #3Limon