Please go to the following page for the web enhanced version of this eLetter which contains easier navigation and additional graphics. The easiest way to navigate is by clicking on the "Contents" hyperlinks and then using the "back" button, on your browser, to get back to the "Contents" section of the eLetter:
http://www.newagecitizen.com/eLetter030205.htm
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark.
The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. - Plato
(1) Promoting the Marijuana Re-Legalization Policy (MRP) Project
(2) Promoting the 32nd Annual Hash Bash, April 5th, in Ann Arbor, Michigan
(3) Promoting the first International 420 Protest on Sunday, April 20th, 2003 to put an end to President Bushs War on Marijuana
(4) Promoting the 2003 Million Marijuana March (MMM) on Saturday May 3rd, 2003
New Age Citizen Multi-Media CD: The Complete Writings of Professor Hemp (only $24.95)
The first edition of the NAC eZine New Age Citizen is finally available
* Comment
* Michigan Events
* National/International Events
* Adding fellow activists to the NAC eLetter:
************************************************************************
Welcome. It has been a little over 2 months since the last eLetter so I hope no one accuses me of sending too many of these. My goal for 2003 is to send at least one eLetter each month and never to go beyond one eLetter each week.
On Friday, (01/31/2003), Ed Rosenthal, the popular author of "Ask Ed" and many books on Marijuana cultivation, was convicted by a jury, in federal court, and could potentially receive 85 years in prison when he is sentenced this June. We at NAC want to put the blame right where it belongs -- at the feet of President Bush and Congress. Both are ignoring the wishes of the 80% of Americans who want adults to have access to Medical Marijuana. We are intent on building consensus, amongst drug reform organizations, that Marijuana Re-Legalization for Adults is an achievable goal if we all work together. While "incremental" measures (e.g., Medical Marijuana) certainly have merit, we are asking that endorsement of the "Marijuana Re-Legalization Policy (MRP)" become a new litmis test for "serious" drug reform organizations. We want to achieve Marijuana Re-Legalization within the next decade, not the next millenium. And we want it done in a way that both gauruntees the preservation of our liberties and satisfies the deepest wishes of the activist community, who have worked so very hard over the past decades.
To this end we are promoting the First International "420" Protest Against the Bush War on Marijuana on Sunday April 20, 2003 at 4:20 PM, everywhere. At the very least we expect activists to individually observe "420" by driving with their headlamps on all day and to beep their car horns at 4:20 PM. If we really get lucky we will get national news coverage which will depict the protesters as directly calling for an end to Bush's War on Marijuana. To print a flyer and to obtain more info on getting involved individually or as a group please go to the following page:
http://www.newagecitizen.com/420.htm
Just for fun. If you have a fast internet connection (e.g. a DSL connection) and want to see what Professor Hemp looks like, what he sounds like and how badly he plays guitar . . . check out the following link:
http://www.newagecitizen.com/PHemp911Video.htm
This is my first attempt at adding video clips to the website.
The focus of New Age Citizen, over the next 6 months, will be directed towards the following major projects:
I would like to start getting feedback from the activist community on MRP. So please go to the following page to read the overview:
http://www.newagecitizen.com/editorial_on_the_marijuana_re.htm
Here is a the encapsulated description of the "Marijuana Re-Legalization Policy" (MRP):
"The most important aspect to any reform in Cannabis law needs to minimally allow non-commercial cultivation, by adults above the age of 18, to be done without any form of government taxation or interference."
The MRP Project will encompass all of the activities required to gain acceptance and implementation of the policy into law. The first phase of the project is to get feedback from both activists and the general public. This will be followed by getting feedback from some of the more noted activists and drug reform organizations.
If you would like to provide feedback, on your impressions "Marijuana Re-Legalization Policy" (MRP), please send to "newagecitizenx@comcast.net" and just type "MRP" into the subject field. I will be sharing these viewpoints in future eLetters and at the NAC website.
Please go to the following page to get more information:
http://www.newagecitizen.com/HashBash.htm
www.hashbash.com
We will be contacting hundreds of drug reform organizations in the coming weeks to get the word out on this "happening." This letter is being sent out to all of the MMM organizers who we hope will find the time to promote and participate in this event.
The purpose of this event is to demand that President Bush and Congress both adopt the Marijuana Re-Legalization Policy (MRP) and grant immediate clemency to Ed Rosenthal and all of the Medical Marijuana Growers that have been swept up in Bush's Medical Marijuana Inquisition.
We are calling on individuals and groups to show symbolic support Re-Legalization on 04/20 by engaging in at least 5 minutes of spontaneous civil disobedience at 4:20 PM. This can include, but is not limited to: (1) toggling headlamps on and off; (2) beeping horns; (3) doing chinese fire drills at traffic stops; (4) gathering at DEA offices, City Halls and outside of Police Stations. The structure of this event should allow both groups and individuals to participate with the least amount of inconvenience. Downloadable flyers and event submission is already set up at the following page:
http://www.newagecitizen.com/420.htm
The Million Marijuana March is an International Event that protests Cannabis Prohibition. The event has been ongoing for a number of years and is simultaneously celebrated in over 100 sites around the globe.
Please go to the following page to read the overview and find a MMM event in your State or Country:
http://www.newagecitizen.com/MillionMarMarch.htm
Our goal for 2003 is to receive 3,000 donations of $24.95 or greater during the course of the year. In March we will begin posting a graph which shows our progress towards this goal. If you believe that Marijuana should be Re-Legalized for Adults throughout the planet, then we encourage you to support our efforts. These 3,000 donations will include merchandise purchased from the "Cannabis Re-Legalization Emporium" as well as "pure" donations. Thanks for your support!
I'd rather give you something, than merely ask for donations. But, in either case, we really could use your financial support. In order to pursue these drug reform projects it is essential that NAC builds up it's "peace chest." So please consider one or more of these options if you are in a financial position to contribute
 | This is the main screen of the "New Age Citizen" Multi-Media CD: "The Complete Writings of Professor Hemp" (only $24.95) |
I am proud to announce that the first Multi-Media CD "The Complete Writings of Professor Hemp" is available for only $24.95. The videos, essays and other materials should provide a comprehensive understanding of Professor Hemp's ideas on subjects such as Re-Legalization, Drug Reform, Jury Nullification and many other topics. Also included are essays by other luminaries within the Drug Reform community. The entire 10 years collection of "New Age Citizen" Magazine is contained on this CD, as well as many other bonus materials.
 | The first edition of the NAC eZine "New Age Citizen" is finally available (#001, February 2003). For a 1 year membership, to "New Age Citizen", you will receive next 12 issues (only $24.95). Click here for ordering information:
|
The first edition of the NAC eZine, "New Age Citizen", is finally available (#001, February 2003). The initial cover story is titled: "Hope, Dope, And Marijuana: The Utter Stupidity, Irrelevance And Cruelty Of The Bush Administration's War On Cannabis". To order that magazine go to the NAC Emporium page and follow the instructions. Once your order is processed a *.pdf file will be sent to you e-mail address, as an attachment, for the next 12 months. You can then open it up in Adobe Acrobat (freely available from this website) and either read it or print off a copy or two. Are hope is that you share the magazine with friends who do not currently have easy access to the web. Purchase of an annual subscription will also make you a official member of "New Age Citizen" for the next year.
Go to the following page for details on this and other NAC products:
http://www.newagecitizen.com/NacEmporium.htm
As Bush pushes us forward towards a war with Iraq's Hussein it is truly time to consider which path we, as American's want to choose. Unfortunately, anything he says has to be taken with a bucket of salt. After all, with all the lies he has promulgated about "Drugs and Terrorism" he is looking more and more like the boy who cried wolf (or Hussein in this case). It is getting increasingly difficult to believe anything he says, leaving us to guess at his ultimate objectives. Regardless of what happens in Iraq I fervently believe that ending the Drug War has the most long-term potential for defunding and destabilizing terrorism. Consider that Afghanistan is the largest of producer of opium in the world. Now is not the time to be led, like a horse with blinders, by a president who has betrayed our trust on numerous occasions in the wake of "911."
I encourage everyone to check out the National/International Events calendar to see if there are events you can get involved with. Meanwhile, I am busy with a number of exciting Michigan Drug Policy events and hope that activists, in the greater Detroit Metro area, can attend.
I am also looking for constructive criticism of the "Marijuana Re-Legalization Policy" which will be taking up more of my time over the next year. Please read the introductory notes, at the NAC homepage, and let me know your thoughts. I'd rather remove the weaknesses before moving forward.
To see the latest on what is going on in Michigan go to the Michigan Events Calendar
http://www.newagecitizen.com/CalendarofPraEvents.htm
To see what else is going on outside of Michigan go to the National Events Calendar
http://www.newagecitizen.com/NacEvents.htm
If you would like to sign one of your friends up to receive the Free NAC eLetter just go to the following hyperlink and fill out the form:
http://www.newagecitizen.com/EmailListSignUp.htm
If you no longer want to receive these eLetters just send us a reply with "Unsubscribe" in the Subject and an optional reason in the body. If you are changing Internet Server Providers please let us know the eMail address that is to expire along with your new eMail address.
That's all for this eLetter.
Yours in Freedom
Professor Hemp
Webmaster and Editor of the "New Age Citizen" eLetter, eZine and Website"
www.newagecitizen.com
P.O. Box 419
Dearborn Hts, MI 48127
(313)563-3192