Over the coming months we will be putting increasing pressure on various constituencies to support the immediate implementation of the MERP Model for Marijuana Re-Legalization.
The most important of these constituencies will include:
* President Barrack Hussein Obama
* Federal Representatives in both the House and Senate
* Moneyed Drug Reform Organizations such as NORML, DPA, MPP etc.
* Celebrities within and outside of the Marijuana Reform Movement
You can help in this process by contacting the House and Senate members, from your State, and having them answer the questions posed in the following article:
The form letter instructs your representatives to send a copy of the answers to "MERP Headquarters" where the information will be tabulated and made available to the MERP Movement Activists. We will then be using this information to eliminate, from Congress, all representatives that do not support the immediate implementation of the MERP Model.
Current Support Status for MERP Note" The date, next to each name, identifies the approximate date that each individual expressed support for the MERP Model.
The most coveted support for the MERP Model, to date, comes from John Sinclair, who knows, first hand, the draconian nature of US Marijuana Policy. Because of his highly public support for Marijuana Re-Legalization, in the late 1960's, he was arrested -- and put in jail for 10 years -- for the mere possession of 2 Marijuana Cigarettes. Thankfully John Lennon, from the Beatles, threw a benefit for John Sinclair which contributed to his eventual release as a political prisoner in the War on Marijuana consumers.
With this in mind I was absolutely elated by the email John Sinclair sent me on March 19th, 2009, endorsing the MERP Model:
Bruce,
"I see that you're starting to get some play here & there on the MERP Model, keep up the good work and don't let anyone discourage you. It's time to end this War on Drugs at last. Not that I support it, but the events in Mexico show what happens when you have a War on Drugs and the other side SHOWS UP TO FIGHT. They've just been pushing people around in the States under this rubric for 40 years and it's time to stop!"
John Sinclair March 19th, 2009
And believe me, no one is going to discourage me from making sure Marijuana is Re-Legalized in a way that best benefits both individual consumers and society in general. And that would be through full implementation of the MERP Model.
Another coveted supported is Ron Kiczenski who sent President Clinton a 1/4 pound of Marijuana in the mid-90's to challenge the constitutionality of the Marijuana laws. And as the grass root activists are becoming more aware, of this movement toward a "Government Marijuana Dispensary Model," support for MERP is growing like a wild fire. Ron can be credited with increasing the upper limit for personal cultivation from 100 plants to unlimited numbers under the MERP Model. I made this change after he argued that 100 plants would not be sufficient for growing Cannabis for food, tinctures and additional agricultural and personal applications.
Krystle is Editor and Webmaster for "NeuroSoup" which focuses on entheogenic plants and Meditation. Here is how Krystle describes her support for the MERP Model in a recent video that she did on the MERP Model:
"I'd prefer the MERP Plan to get passed because then we can all grow it. I think it is our inalienable right to grow Marijuana and use it if we want to. And I don't think we should have to pay taxes for it."
Marijuana Legalization via the MERP Plan
Krystle Cole was also gracious enough to also write an article critiquing the MERP Model. To be fair Krystle supports any model for Marijuana Re-Legalization that prevents additional arrests of American Citizens. I am of the same mind as I have supported the Medical Marijuana Initiative in 2007 which led to the passage of Medical Marijuana with over 60% support in the 2008 elections. We both also supports the legalization of MDMA, (e.g., Ecstasy), via prescriptions. Frankly, I think all adults should be able to grow all of the plant entheogenic without government interference and I'm quite sure she is also agreeable to that.
I am so damn happy today I can barely contain myself. A few weeks ago I sent Jodie and Marc Emery a letter asking if they would support the MERP Model for Marijuana Re-Legalization. Today Jodie and Marc Emery granted support to the MERP Model for Marijuana Re-Legalization with the following words:
"With respect to the battle to end prohibition/the war on drugs, we support anything that sees fewer people go to jail or prison.
In regards to government control, we oppose it in every regard, but know that short of violent revolution there is no way to remove government control of people's lives at this time.
So our immediate goal is to support anything that reduces imprisonment of cannabis and drug users/producers/distributors. Our secondary goal is to prevent expanding government control over everyday life."
Jodie Emery (08/05/2009)
The MERP Model will most definitely prevent fewer people from going to jail or prison for consuming or cultivating Marijuana. In fact many people are unaware that both the Medical Marijuana Model and the various "Tax and Regulate" Models will not actually stop the arrest of Marijuana consumers and cultivators, In fact the number of arrests in Northern California, which was the first Medical Marijuana State, continues to climb. MERP, on the other hand will completely eliminate any additional people going to jail or prison as well as grant clemency to all non-violent Marijuana citizens currently in jail or prison.
Tim Felger is an activist from Canada who came on board with MERP at the end of August. Like myself Tim has concerns about the movement towards a Global Government controlled by Multi-National Corporations. And of course the control of Marijuana is just a small piece to the bigger puzzle. I highly recommend that you visit his website through the link above.
Joseph Pietri joined the ranks of MERP supporters after this brief discussion on FaceBook on September 8, 2009:
Bruce Cain: MERP does not allow the taxation of ANY amount of self-cultivated Marijuana but would allow commercial taxation.
What worries me about your position is this quote:
"Its time for the government to admit its mistakes and stop lying to its people. Marijuana is part of our culture and will always be. Marijuana should be totally legal and regulated. The taxes from its sale should go to support rehab clinics for our hard drug addicts. Our farmers should be allowed to grow hemp again."
MERP does not allow tax, regulation or interference over self-cultivation. Can you live with that?
Joseph Pietri: Yes
Pietri has been intimately involved in Marijuana advocacy for literally decades. In his book "King of Nepal" he looks at Marijuana from before Nixon began the war against Cannabis in the 1960's:
In 1973, Richard Nixon, and his recently established DEA, paid the King of Nepal (the late King Birendra) $50+ million dollars to make marijuana and hashish illegal in Nepal.
Over night he created a criminal society, he made an ordinary thing extra ordinary and a huge black market for hard drugs was created American foreign drug policy and marijuana prohibition has lead to hard core drug addiction in Southeast Asia.
Nepalese Royal Family involvement in the Heroin trade. High Adventure hashish smuggling through the kingdom of Nepal, Pakistan and India.
The second edition is 225 pages, includes four new chapters and 87 illustrations. Traces the 40 year career of the author in the Cannabis trade. http://www.kingofnepal.net
Recently he has been warning about some of the more repugnant practices of the "Cannabusiness" community including the sale of feminized Dutch seeds that inevitably exhibit hermaphroditic properties making them essentially useless for cultivation.
In the following article Pietri documents how the Marijuana reform movement has been infiltrated by a bunch of greedy business people that have put their short term interests above the greater good that will result when everyone is, once again, able to grow their own Marijuana:
I guess I am the only one speaking out trying to protect patients and stoner’s alike. Let’s see now Grobot raided by DEA, I was banned in LA, my publisher bankrupted in Germany by Cervantes, we have been attacked repeatedly, we are in a war it’s the Ice Wars. Who is losing, patients and stoner’s alike that are being marketed by mis-information and fleeced of there $ until they wise up.
The seed companies are putting out garbage seeds that they call 100% female, when actually it is a chemically engineered seed that hermies so you can’t clone it or breed it. The Dutch want to make you seed junkies, one seed one plant.
We have lived under prohibition since 1937 or longer in some of the states in US, it was a way to ban people of color and minorities, now that very scene bans one its elders for speaking out!
The Medical scene in the states is all about self-interest not patients. They are in the way of legalization because like the Dutch they have a niche were as only they can buy and sell cannabis legally. It’s funny to hear Paul Stanford of THCF talk about taxation and regulation of medical marijuana, not about total legalization, after all his foundations brings in five million a year registering and re-registering patients on yearly basis, if it were legal he’d be out of business. The clinics in California sign up patients, who give their grow rights to clinics, for the privilege of buying at $350-450 an ounce, the clinic then give you a free eighth or quarter. Whoop De Do!
I highly recommend that you read this entire article to begin to understand the War that is occurring silently within the Marijuana Legalization Movement. In a nutshell this is a war between "Cannabusiness" people that want to monopolize the production of Marijuana and us "Neo Hippies" that understand that this plant belongs to all of us, and should therefore be grown by all of us. It is a war that we must win and I am so thankful to have activists such as Pietri on our side.
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Unfortunately groups such as NORML, DPA, MPP appear to be ignoring the MERP Model option while giving either explicit or tacit support to the "Government Marijuana Dispensary Model." What the activist community is quickly beginning to understand, is that under this model the government will essentially monopolize Marijuana cultivation and those that dare to "grow their own," will find themselves in prison. Activists are understandably feeling betrayed that these organizations, which they believed were working toward personal cultivation, are doing nothing of the sort.
The most succinct way that I have summarized this to date is as follows:
"Doesn't it seem ironic that the same government that was busting you for smoking Marijuana now wants to effectively become your Marijuana dealer?
And doesn't it also bother you that these organizations -- that are masquerading as "Marijuana Reform Organizations" -- would support such garbage? I have two words for letting them get away with such a thing. No Way!"
Bruce W. Cain Editor of "New Age Citizen" Author of "New Agenda for America" Author of "The MERP Model for Marijuana Re-Legalization" Write-In Candidate for the 2012 Presidency
I would be ecstatic if these "moneyed" drug reform organizations would, at least, allow the discussion of the MERP Model as an alternative model for Re-Legalization. But I'm not holding my breath and I won't be discouraged by their current disdain for the MERP model. Frankly many of the organizations are controlled by George Soros, who many of us believe to be a major force behind the implementation of this "Government Marijuana Dispensary Model." Sorry, but the activism community is not going to settle for ANY model that prohibits us from "growing our own" in any amount we wish to grow. And that means without taxation, regulation, or other forms of government interference.
It is clear the President Obama is vehemently opposed to the MERP Model and appears to be leaning towards support of what I have called the "Government Marijuana Dispensary Model." This does not serve the greater good of society and will not deliver in two important areas:
* It will not take enough money out of the "black market" Marijuana economy to destroy the Mexican Drug Cartels.
* It will not allow medical users access to free (or cheap) Marijuana: which can only be guaranteed by making Marijuana cultivation a sacred, inalienable right, as is the case under the MERP Model.
We have just begun to ask for support from our Federal House and Senate members. So far I have just recently sent letters to my representatives from Michigan: John Dingle, Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow (06/15/2009). As I said earlier, you can help with this process by contacting your representatives using the form letter in the following document:
Eventually all of this information will be abstracted into a database so that voters can quickly see how their Representatives stand on the MERP Model. And we will be encouraging all voters to end the incumbency of any representative that does not support and sponsor Congressional action to immediately implement the MERP Model.
It is my belief that -- with your help -- we can implement MERP as early as 2009. How long it will take is dependent on the numbers of supporters and the ferocity of their individual activism. So if you want to see the full potential of Marijuana -- for Medicinal, Agricultural, Industrial, Environmental and Recreational application -- then please set aside some time to push the MERP Movement forward.
Unlike many of the moneyed organizations, I am not trying to make a career out of this. I just want to get is done so I can focus on the other 9 planks of the "New Agenda for America." So please do whatever you can to help get this done.
Yours in Peace and Freedom,
Bruce W. Cain
Websites Supporting the MERP Model If you have a website, Face Book, MySpace page and would like to get on this list just send you website address after pasting a graphic (with embedded link) to "MERP Headquarters" and we will be happy to add you to the list. Currently the only graphic available is this
:
Marijuana Nation (06/01/2009) This web just went live in June 2009 and has explicitly supported the MERP Model. Great site for blogging and interacting with other activists. www.marijuananation.ning.com
The Legalise Cannabis Alliance UK (08/23/2009) Alun Buffry wrote at 5:43am on August 23rd, 2009 "The Legalise Cannabis Alliance supports this cause" http://www.lca-uk.org/node/27
Please send the link to activists throughout the planet. The translation bar should allow this to be read in any language. The 5-Point Strategy for Marijuana Re-Legalization should be easy to implement in any country throughout the planet. I encourage all groups celebrating the Global Marijuana March to make the immediate implementation of the MERP Model a primary focus of the event.
Call President Obama and your Representatives and demand:
(1) Immediate clemency for Marc Emery and
(2) Immediate implementation of the MERP Model through an Emergency
Session of Congress, similar to what was used to pass the TARP Bailout
on October 3rd, 2008
President:
U.S. Senate switchboard:
202-224-3121
U.S. House switchboard:
(202) 225-3121
The President:
Comments: 202-456-1111.
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
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