Houston NORML

420 Fests

The Jet Lounge is April 18, 19, and 20 at 1515 Pease with Cap N Jack, Sculpting Atrocity, Black Hole Caravan, Avenger, The Buxleys, Awake at Dawn, Corn Hole Dukes, Torsectomy, Ten Ton Hammer, Four O Clock, Porifera, Irene, Five Eyes Wide, Lost Mind, HTown Image, Sal Mex, Calling Chase, More Cowbell, Texas, Jimson Jolly, Tragedy, Bigga Staar with Black Sheep, ION, Hatred, Heavy Stoned, Anguish In Exhile, Deep 6, Alligator Assasins, Witness the Fall, Lao Tzu and Zone of Inhibition.

At the Last Concert Cafe on Saturday, April 24th we will have the after party at 1403 Nance with the bands Los Vertigos, Light as Ether, Alligator Assasins, Something Called Nothing, The Corn Hole Dukes, The Criminal Kind and Sean Reefer.

Merry Christmas from Sativa Claus

And a High New Year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_DJaVzdBro

Houston NORML Art Car - Canabis to the rescue

The video is not embedding like it should so here is the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnJOBa8e3Uc

420 Fest 4/18/09 - Update***

Please note new date and place.

420 is coming early this year as Houston NORML kicks off 420 weekend on April 18th at the Last Concert Cafe. The drug war has been all over the news and marijuana policy has been on the forefront.

Want to know what you can do to help end marijuana prohibition? With guest speakers including Dean Becker of Cultural Baggage, Buford and Bindu from Drugs, Crime and Politics you can find out how. info tables, the Hempstorian museum, multiple stages with Houstons hottest artists including Bigga Staar, Frizzbee, Dee Rail, Morning Becomes, Guy Shwartz, Sean Reefer, DJ O, Shun J, DJ Grim Reefer and more. Spoken word artists including Lady Pariah and door prizes.

That's Saturday April 18th at the Last Concert Cafe.

1403 Nance

Houston, Tx

Fall Newsletter

Through rain, sleet and Hurricane Ike the newsletter makes it through. Be sure to check out the fall newsletter with lots of useful information to give to your local elected representatives.

http://houstonnorml.org/resources/houstonnormlnewsletterfall2008.pdf

The Summer Newsletter Is Out!

One hundred copies of The Cannabis Catylist have been printed and are scheduled to be distributed throughout the city.

Meeting Tomorrow

Be sure to come on out for the meeting this as we have our elections...

So far for nominees we have are

Tami - President

Jim - Vice President

John - Treasurer

Kim - Secretary

Summer 2008 Newsletter

Our summer edition of the newsletter is out so be sure to check it out. Find out what we have been doing this spring. We'll have some hard copies at the meeting so you can pass them out to friends and kind minded individuals as well as those that need a bit more convincing:)

Houston NORML Summer 2008 Newsletter

2008 420 Fest

Come on out to the Last Concert Cafe on 4/19/08 for our 7th annual 420 Fest membership drive and fundraiser.

This year we will be having National NORML board member and host of "Weekday Legal" attorney Norm Kent. Dean Becker of the Cultural Baggage show will be MCing a night of activism and celebration.

The musical guests we have lined up in Liquidious, The New Jack Hippies, Kozmic Pearl, Lonestar Ponstar, Opie Hendrix and Sean Reefer with his Resin Valley Boys.

We'll also have arts and crafts from local merchants as well as door prizes and raffles to items autographed by Tommy Chong and NFL great Mark Stepnoski.

Doors open at 6pm so come on out to find out what you can do to help change marijuana laws in Texas. The Last Concert Cafe is located at 1403 Nance St just north of Downtown.

Resolution for 2008 primaries

For those voting in the Democrat or Republican primaries on 3/4/08 please bring this to your precinct convention on that night.

Resolution endorsing medical marijuana

Whereas, A large majority of Americans and Texans support allowing the use of marijuana as a medicine under appropriate medical supervision.

Whereas, The American College of Physicians (ACP) - the nation's largest organization of doctors of internal medicine with 124,000 members - strongly supported such use in February of 2008

WHEREAS, the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 categorized marijuana as a Schedule I substance making it unavailable for medical use; and,

WHEREAS, twelve states have laws that permit use of medicinal marijuana/cannabis; and,

WHEREAS, marijuana/cannabis has a wide margin of safety for use under medical supervision and is effective for numerous conditions; therefore be it

RESOLVED that the Democratic/Republican Party of Texas supports and/or encourages the following:

1. Research in controlled investigational trials on the therapeutic efficacy of marijuana/cannabis, including alternative methods of administration.

2. The right of patients to have safe access to therapeutic marijuana/cannabis under appropriate medical supervision.

3. The ability of health care providers to discuss and/or recommend the medicinal use of marijuana without the threat of intimidation or penalization.

4. Legislation to remove criminal penalties including arrest and imprisonment for bona fide patients and providers of therapeutic marijuana/cannabis.

5. Federal and state legislation to exclude marijuana/cannabis from classification as a Schedule I drug.

6. The education of medical professionals regarding current, evidence-based therapeutic use of marijuana/cannabis.