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Oregon NORML Cannabis Caf� Grand Opening

Fri, Nov 13, 2009 12:49 pm

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Riding on the wave of President Obama’s memo to end DEA interference in states’ medical marijuana laws and an unprecedented response from the media, Oregon NORML’s Cannabis Café opens at 4:20pm on November 13, 2009 at Rumpspankers, 700 NE Dekum St, Portland, OR 97211.

A special preview of the café and press conference will be held at 2:00pm. This will be the only time that anyone from the public will be allowed inside. All media are welcome to attend, and special guests will be included by invitation only.

“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 public view within the guidelines of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act (OMMA).

Many patients travel to Portland for medical care and treatment and have no place they can go to use their medicine during those often exhausting and intensive trips. "Do they go out into an alley and hide in the back of their car?" Martinez said. "There needs to be a place, much like our meetings, where people can socialize and network."

In the week since the announcement of the café’s opening, stories have appeared in most major Oregon newspapers and television stations. Martinez appeared on OPB’s Think Out Loud talk show and attended the local neighborhood association meeting to reassure the public that the café will be operated at the highest of standards and strives to be a positive addition to the area.

Members must be registrants of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) and members of Oregon NORML to gain entrance to the café. For the Grand Opening, the entry fee will be $25.00, which covers the first month of membership and an all-day entry pass. Basic membership to Oregon NORML is $35.00 per year and will be available at the door.

Please contact Oregon NORML for more information on the message line 503-239-6110. Details and information will also be available at www.ornorml.org as they become available.

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Nov 19 2009, 1:42 pm

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to mauibud

Nov 17 2009, 5:04 pm

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mauibud

Nov 17 2009, 3:25 pm

Why the hate? My goodness I wonder what the inside of you looks like. From some of these postings the impression is that they're not from the peace love pot smokers the hippies were into. I thought pot made you mellow out. Portland is one of the nicest cities, people and place, that I've been to. I'm all for freedom of expression and press, and I guess that's what you're taking advantage of, but like John Lennon said "if you go carrying pictures of minds that hate all I can tell you is brother you have to wait". If you want your world to be better, then maybe you could consider the idea that your words can contribute to creating your reality. My world isn't so groovy either, homeless, jobless, broke and with PTSD broken, but I can still wonder at the universe and be grateful I'm not in Somalia or some other place where people cut your limbs off and murder babies and rape men women and children. Light up and lighten up

anonymous

Nov 17 2009, 1:42 pm

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Rhombi

Nov 16 2009, 10:41 pm

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Bud Man

Nov 16 2009, 3:05 pm

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Nov 16 2009, 12:21 pm

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Nov 16 2009, 12:20 pm

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DAS
i kill Hollywood

anonymous

Nov 16 2009, 12:18 pm

the Nazi's owe or else
i hate Jews
the Nazi's don't
their niggers

anonymous

Nov 16 2009, 12:07 pm

Nazi's = anti-degeneracy

Reality Check

Nov 16 2009, 8:40 am

Federal Judge David Carter has set a court date of Jan.26th
conserning the eligibility of Obama to be President .
Of course Obama's people tried to get the whole thing dismissed but the Judge said its a legit question that needs to be answered .
I agree with him .

Dr Roxo

Nov 16 2009, 2:19 am

I will just say I am happy and I support the Marijuana cafe, but I still freaking can't stand Obama and I hope he will be voted out of office in 2012!

Agnes

Nov 15 2009, 8:59 pm

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Nov 15 2009, 6:52 pm

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Nov 15 2009, 1:48 pm

the zions cut and paste the recordings...

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Nov 15 2009, 12:20 pm

you people give pot smokers a bad name use your brain stop bickering like babies.

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Nov 15 2009, 9:54 am

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Do you blame the weatherman for reporting bad weather ? Of course you do .............

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Real World Wisdom

Nov 15 2009, 7:40 am

Better hope Obama's Health Care bait and switch doesn't get enough votes to become a reality as it will render all of this moot ...
Who will you blame then ? Thats correct , all you people who voted him into office ...you fools !

hey gstlab

Nov 14 2009, 3:55 pm

I agree, but I have a feeling they are still on our side, so don't fret. Its better news than hearing about another pharmacy opening up to dispense death

gstlab3

Nov 14 2009, 3:21 pm

RUMPSPANKERS?

WHAT ARE WE DEALING WITH? WHO ARE WE DEALING WITH?
WHY DOES THE NAME "RUMPSPANKERS" NOT SURPRISE ME?

IF WE AS A GROUP WHO DEMAND EQUAL TREATMENT AND RESPECT ON MEDICAL GROUNDS AND WITH REGUARDING ACCESS TO MARIJUANA SCIENTIFIC BACKING.,TO HAVE TO PROVE OUR POINT." "WHY DO WE INSIST ON MAINTAINING THIS "BURNED OUT STONER" IMAGE?!?!"

THAT CAME OUT KIND OF FUCKED UP., BUT DO YOU SEE ME POINT?
WE NEED TO CHANGE THIS REBELIOUS TEENAGE IMAGE INTO THAT OF ONE OF RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING AND TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH.,
WE ARE DEALING WITH HUMAN SUFFERING AND MORTALITY.,AND IF YOU MUST., ADD THE FREEDOMS THAT ARE AND HAVE BEEN INFRINGED UPON AND THE RIGHT TO JUST "GET HIGH" THAT IS FINE TOO.

Julie

Nov 14 2009, 11:03 am

I am proud to live in Oregon. It's about time we let go of fear and face what's possible!

indeed

Nov 14 2009, 10:16 am

it opened on my birthday...to bad i dont live in oregon!

Cmon!

Nov 14 2009, 9:00 am

Ok it's time to stop fighting on these update walls, enjoy the good news there is now a cannanbis cafe in Oregon, you should be celebrating not bitch fighting!

tinfoil hat smokes meth/crack

Nov 14 2009, 8:33 am

the tinfoilhat moron dosen't care about smoking a joint...he smokes crystal meth mixed with crack. Isn't that obvious in his insane rantings?

anonymous

Nov 14 2009, 8:09 am

what the fuck is all this bickering? where is the love? all of you should man up and smoke a joint together and then try to call eachother out. fuck man spread love not hate

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Nov 14 2009, 7:48 am

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TINFOIL HAT RETARD CAN...

Nov 14 2009, 7:43 am

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illinois stoned

Nov 14 2009, 4:38 am

i wish illinois wasnt such a piece of shit state . . . . republican assholes with your old faces n white hair and thick wallets. . . . legalize!!!!! i love bud

Fuck Kushman hes a idiot

Nov 14 2009, 1:27 am

your demociders and famous and no one take it seriouly, and how about all those 100's of years of research and development in technology, all been sold to the enemies for money...treason and your country IS FULL OF IT..sucks to be american...the proofs in the blood, radiations+, and the hearing devices every human has in them and was disclosed to them and not me, the Border America satys to me theirs no such technology and where the prosicuters and judges and law clerks and everyone else knows and in court your say their no such technology when everyone in the courts and world know about these killing devices...Fuck You all, save lives and pay day or else...

anonymous

Nov 14 2009, 1:19 am

Kushman you should mind your business because it could be you, i do not have to answer to anyone, and prison, thats a not quit, insane, yes it will be...CIA don't go to prison...
get it Jew its holy and non of your fucking business...

anonymous

Nov 14 2009, 1:16 am

catholics are pussies
i hate catholics

Kushman

Nov 13 2009, 11:42 pm

OK "the worlds enemy #1" get help now for your mental illness. If you wait till you're in your 20's to get help it'll be real difficult to re-adjust and become somewhat normal again. Nobody takes your posts seriously and your are being nothing more than annoying and pitiful; however, making threats may get you more than you bargained for.

weapons of mass distuction

Nov 13 2009, 10:41 pm

i just got robbed

go figure

anonymous

Nov 13 2009, 9:25 pm

the queen of england paid 10 trillion dollars for the death of Diana and Bush Jr. and 50 cent killed micheal Jackson with contaminated pills....

i hate south america

Nov 13 2009, 8:06 pm

porn and rap your loosers, it must be your pig looser pimps the colombian pussies with no cocaine for sale....I kill all you dsiouth amereicans, all white people want to be black

Ashininia

Nov 13 2009, 6:35 pm

Woo-Hoo!!

Way to go Oregon, I love my Portland!!!
Or better known as POTland!!
XOXO

karma smoke

Nov 13 2009, 5:31 pm

what about new york ?

Real...High

Nov 13 2009, 4:44 pm

This was a great article.
Its sad all the comments are off topic and crazy.
I would give anything for my state to adopt these wonderful laws and allow me the right to smoke herb in a safe place, medical or not.
Good job Portland!!

Billy Currington-People are craz

Nov 13 2009, 3:35 pm

This old man and me were at the bar and we
Were havin' us some beers and swappin' I don't cares
Talkin' politics, blonde and red head chicks
Old dogs and new tricks and habits we ain't kicked

We talked about God's grace and all the hell we raised
Then I heard the ol' man say
God is great, beer is good and people are crazy

He said I fought two wars, been married and divorced
What brings you to Ohio? He said damned if I know
We talked an hour or two about every girl we knew
What all we put 'em through like two old boys will do

We pondered life an death, he lit a cigarette
He said these damn things will kill me yet
But God is great, beer is good and people are crazy

Last call it's 2 a.m., I said goodbye to him, I never talked to him again
Then one sunny day, I saw the old mans face
Front page obituary, he was a millionaire
He left his fortune to some guy he barely knew
His kids were mad as hell, but me I am doing well

And I dropped by today to just say thanks and pray
And I left a six pack right there on his grave
And I said God is great, beer is good and people are crazy

God is great, beer is good and people are crazy
God is great, beer is good and people are crazy

kerouac420

Nov 13 2009, 1:57 pm

stop smokin crack and coming on here and talkin bullshit

#1 enemy is #1 cocksucker

Nov 13 2009, 1:56 pm

we can only hope and pray that worlds enemy #1 chokes on a dick and dies one day. The sun will shine brighter and children will sing.

the worlds #1 loser...

Nov 13 2009, 1:51 pm

i hope the guy below me chokes on a dick and dies.

the worlds enemy #1

Nov 13 2009, 1:09 pm

i only murder rich white profesionals for democracy. Expect another 9/11 aftermath one day. Only kill white rich people...They are guilty democide. Watch and learn Hollywood you all have sex with looser cops like the DEA and border america, what would make anyone be a cop, you were all picked on in school, no girls ever like you, and these are the people porn and rap have sex with, i pitty their new fucks but it will not last forever Jenna Jameson, live by radiations, die by radiations, look a Jenna Jameson does she look like a lady to you??? Radiation bitch...Your lives will be cut short, the jews wanted me dead when i was born and my father when he was born, so whos the loosers, they hated me from birth, i have no future. I AM THE WINNER
YOU ALL LIVED TO DIE FOR THE FOUNDER OF DEMOCRACY!!!!!
YOUR THE BIGGEST LOOSERS THE STATE OF AMERICA AND SOUTH AMERICA ARE NOT TOO FARE BACK. BROWN NOSING MAGGOTS FROM SOUTH AMERICA...YOUR ALL LOOSERS FROM THE BEGINING....

Nov 13 2009, 12:58 pm

Porn and Rap are loosers, they have sex with cops!! why would anyone be a cop? their not liked. picked on and porn suck the shit out of them, porn you fucking wish, i will get you all hit for democracy