| Senate Bill 658, which is aimed to tax and regulate marijuana in Maryland, is set for a hearing on February 25th and we need your help! We want you to come to Annapolis with us dressed to impress and show your support for legalization in Maryland. This is going to take ALL of us to make this happen. We need to show our representatives that we have had enough and it’s time for change. Again, please DRESS UP nicely and bring government-issued identification (driver’s license, state-issued ID, passport, etc.) as you will be inside a government hearing. Legislators will take note. Also, wear something green to show your support (no pot leaves, please). 
For anyone wondering what’s actually in Senate Bill 658, here is a summary of this year’s Senate Bill 658/House Bill 880, the Marijuana Control Act of 2014:http://www.wbaltv.com/blob/view/-/23965132/data/1/-/hsq2hu/-/Proposed-Marijuana-Bill.pdf For anyone who wants to read the COMPLETE text of the Marijuana Control Act of 2014, you can here: |
Maryland Marijuana Legalization today
25 FebLibertarian calendar for the rest of July
19 JulWashington, D.C.
Thursday
The Korean War, Sixty Years On: Whither the U.S.-South Korean Alliance and Relations with North Korea
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It’s that time again, we are hosting another NORML night at the Town Tavern in Adams Morgan (DC) on Friday, July 19th!
With a $5 donation to NORML at the door, you will receive mixed rail and domestic bottle drinks specials for $3 from 6-9 pm. We will have trivia and raffle drawings with chances to win special NORML merchandise! You will also get the opportunity to meet the nation’s leading marijuana law reform activists, including NORML’s Executive Director, Allen St. Pierre, Founder Keith Stroup, NORML Women’s Alliance Founder, Sabrina Fendrick, Communications Director Erik Altieri, and Membership Coordinator Jil Staszewski.This is a great opportunity to meet like minded people in the area so please share this event with other activists who might like to join! ***NOTE: We encourage our guests to please be responsible and sensible, and to utilize public transportation. If a cab is needed, you may contact the Yellow Cab Company of DC: (202) 546-7900. Additional contact information will be provided at the event.*** |
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Join the DC-area staff of Reason and Radley Balko, author of “Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces,” at H.R. 57 in Washington, DC on Monday, July 22 from 6:30pm – 8:30pm. We’ll be celebrating the release of “Rise of the Warrior Cop” at H.R. 57, D.C.’s only non-profit center for the preservation of jazz and blues with live music from The Cold Stares. Balko will be on hand to discuss his new book and answer your questions.
What: Book Party with Radley Balko, author of “Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces”
When: Monday, July 22 from 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Where: H.R. 57, 1007 H St. NEQuestions? Please contact cynthia.bell@reason.org.
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Join America’s Future Foundation and Young Britons’ Foundation in a Transatlantic Toast to Liberty! Meet liberty-minded colleagues from Britain during their annual visit.
Catch up with AFF friends new and old
Young Britons Foundation is the leading organization promoting the ideas of liberty to students and young people in the UK. Each summer, it brings a delegation of its student leaders to the U.S. In proper fashion, we would like to bring us together on common ground and drink to our common ideals. Come and make a transatlantic toast to liberty!
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Do you think you’re smart stuff? Who coined the term “creative destruction?” Leonard Read published what famous essay in the December 1958 edition of “The Freeman?” Which amendment protects Americans from the forced quartering of soldiers?
Do you know the answers? Test your knowledge against your friends at Liberty on the Rocks trivia night!
Happy hour will start at 6:00 PM and trivia will start at 7:00 PM. Teams will consist of 3-6 players. $5 cost per team to play. If you don’t have a team, we will help to form teams that night! You can be 18+ years old to play, and 21+ to drink.Winning team will receive a $50 Visa gift card!
It’s time to get competitive so form your teams wisely and start brushing up!
Mackey’s is conveniently located on 1823 L St, just a couple of blocks from Farragut West (blue and orange) and Farragut North (red) metro.
Drink specials: $3 Miller and Coors light; $4 Sam Adams, Heineken, Yeungling, Leinenkugel, Anchor Steam, Dos Equis, Amstel; $4 rail, house white and red wine. Happy hour prices for selected appetizers.
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Hunter Patterson, Libertarian Stand Up
The Big Hunt
1345 Connecticut Avenue NW
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Nationwide
August 4
Being planned
Sue Udry
Executive Director
Defending Dissent Foundation
Northern Virginia NORML tonight
6 Jun-
Northern Virginia NORML
Bailey’s
4238 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VAOur guest speaker for June is criminal defense attorney and NORML supporter Chris Leibig. The Law Office of Christopher Leibig has been consistently recognized as a top criminal defense law firm throughout the DC area and Virginia. The firm handles primarily serious felony cases in state and federal court. Chris has represented hundreds of clients charged with drug offenses, and appeared regularly in state and federal courts on these matters. He is a member of the Legal Committee for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and on the Board of Directors for the Virginia chapter of that organization. In 2007, Chris handled the first so-called “marijuana kingpin” case in Virginia history. The Virginia Drug Kingpin statute, Va. Code 18.2-248 (H)(2), carries a mandatory life sentence for a defendant who is the leader or organizer of a drug operation of a certain size. After nearly two years of litigation, the defendant in that case was sentenced to less than three years to serve. Chris has also written published articles and spoken to groups about defense of marijuana and other drug cases.
So it’s time to get involved! Bring a friend or two! Spread the word – all are welcome. The meeting is open to the public.
NoVa NORML meets
7 Feb-
Thursday, February 7, 2013
7:30pm until 9:30pm
TBD in Northern Virginia- Plan ahead!! Our guest speaker in February will be
- Howard Wooldridge of Citizens Opposing Prohibition.
- Howard spent 18 years as a cop in Michigan before he
- began promoting an end to the War on Drugs. In 2002
- he and four colleagues founded Law Enforcement Against
- Prohibition, serving on the Board of Directors from
- 2002 – 2008. Howard has testified before state committees
- in Annapolis, Richmond and Austin. He represented LEAP in
- Washington, DC from 2005-2009. His organization provides
- the only full-time law enforcement/police voice in the US
- Congress in opposition to Drug Prohibition. COP is unique,
- as it makes presentations to every Congressional office
- every year, including ours.
So it’s time to get involved! Bring a friend or two. Exact
- location of the meeting will be announced as the date draws
- nearer. Fellowship will begin at 7:30pm, meeting is from
- 8-9pm, then we have plenty of time to socialize. Lots of
- Cannabis-friendly folks to meet with and get involved in
- moving Virginia in the right direction. All are welcome!!
- Invite your friends!
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