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How To Write To Congress

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Writing to Congress is the single best way to express your view on public policy. The average consumer has a surprising ability to influence legislation by crafting a well written missive and avoiding several common mistakes.

Why Personal Letters Beat Form Letters
Don't get suckered in by the quick and easy "Write to Congress!" form letters littering the internet. Form letters are not an expression of values; they are a show of organizational strength. If the NRA convinces five million people to send letters opposing gun control, it shows that the NRA can muster five million people to action, not that five million people necessarily care about gun laws. Congressional offices know this and generally disregard form letters.

So what happens when you send a letter?

Every office has its own procedures for tabulating constituent correspondence, but most will produce a report at the end of week breaking down how many letters were received by issue area, separating out form letters from letters sent by individual constituents.

Members treat each type of letter differently, but most look for individual letters as a barometer of their district's concerns. These are the letters that have the most influence, the ones we will show you how to write.

What Should Your Letter Say?
We adhere to the three paragraph rule: introduce yourself, introduce your issue, request action. Congressional offices have staffers whose days are spent solely on the mail, so make their lives easier by keeping letter succinct and to the point.
# Introduce Yourself: There is a two-prong test for determining your worth: 1) Are you a constituent? 2) Are you an important constituent? Feel free to puff up your chest. Are you a lifelong member of the district? Are you associated with community groups? Say so! Convince the reader that yours is a voice of experience and wisdom.
# Be specific: Don't just ask a Member to oppose mandatory binding arbitration agreements. Ask them to rush to the floor to support S.1782, The Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007.
# Marshall Facts: Your argument - and you are making an argument - must be supported by facts. Feel free to use facts gleaned from us or other sources, but don't copy and paste paragraphs of pre-written text from form letters. Personal experiences are particularly effective, and often moving. Share them!
# Be Exceedingly Polite, Please: Congress attracts haughty personalities. Staffers don't appreciate being spoken down to or insulted. You are trying to rally them to your cause, so be nice!
# Clearly State Your Request: Plainly tell your representative that you want them to support or oppose a certain bill. If you want a response, explicitly (but politely!) ask for one.

It should go without saying that your letter should follow all formal style guidelines, such as a return name and address, and should be free of spelling and grammatical errors.

Send Your Letter To The Right Place
Only write to your representatives. You have three: one Representative in the House, and two Senators. Do not send more than three letters. Some citizens try to get their voice heard by writing to all 435 members of the House. Congressional courtesy compels the 434 Members who do not represent the zealot to forward his letter to the one lucky Member who does. This angers the Member's staff greatly at the expense of any point you are trying to make.

The addresses for your Representatives and Senators are available online, but don't waste your time with an email. Letters carry significantly more weight. Send your letter to the Capitol, where the legislative staff is based, though it will take a while to arrive since all incoming Congressional mail is irradiated thanks to those still-unidentified Anthrax mailers.

For an even greater impact, send your letter care of the staffer covering the issue. These staffers - called Legislative Assistants - are the Member's eyes and ears on their assigned issue areas. Finding the staffer destined to read your letter is easy: call the Capitol switchboard (open 24 hours a day!) at (202) 224-3121, ask for your Member's office, and ask the person who answers for the name of the staffer handling the issue area or bill number. Once you get that name, address your letter like this:

Member Of Congress
c/o Staffer
Office Building/Number
Washington, DC 20515

What Should You Expect In Return?
Depends. There are 535 Congressional offices and each handles constituent correspondence differently. The vast majority respond to letters with either a form letter pre-written by a Legislative Assistant, or with a more personal response written by a Legislative Correspondent. Controversial issues that attract many letters normally receive a form letter response, while smaller issues or specific questions often receive the attention of a personalized response.

Conclusion
Members of Congress work for you. Without your votes, they won't stay in office. They go to great lengths to cultivate a positive relationship with you, their boss. Very few people take the time to write to a Member of Congress, so the few that do carry a disproportionate influence.

Fifteen minutes is well worth the time to influence a $2 trillion enterprise.

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Advocacy Groups Online

Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies

Center For Cognitive Liberty And Ethics

Criminal Justice Policy Foundation

Students For A Sensible Drug Policy

Transform Drug Policy Foundation

Center For Educational Research And Development

Drug Policy Alliance

DrugSense.org

The Media Awareness Project

The Beckley Foundation Drug Policy Programme

Families Against Mandatory Minimums

Harm Reduction Coalition

Marijuana Policy Project

Cures Not Wars

Drug Reform Coordination Network

National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws

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United States Advocacy Group Contact List

Advocates for Self-Government
3955 Pleasantdale Road, #106-A
Atlanta, GA 30340
Phone: (404)417-1304, (800)932-1776
Fax: (404)417-1305
Notes: The Advocates for Self-Government is a non-profit educational
organization. Our purpose is to present the freedom philosophy
honestly and persuasively to opinion-makers so that they can
encounter, evaluate, and when ready embrace the ideals of
self-government. Contributions are tax deductible under section 501(c)(3).
Last Contacted: July 1993

Alabama TEACH
Rt 3 Box 620
Blountsville, AL 35031
(Johnny Bynum)

Alaskans for Hemp Awareness
1013 E. Dimond Blvd. #227
Anchorage, AK 99515
Phone/Fax: (907) 248 HEMP
Internet: 73237.422@compuserve.com
(Len Karpinski)
Notes: Since 1990

Albert Hofmann Foundation
Notes: This organisation no longer accepts members and no longer
sells reference books. For psychedelic-related issues, please
refer to the entry for the Multidisciplinary Association for
Psychedelic Studies, below.
Last contact: May 95

Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics
PO Box 21210
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 483 8595
Notes: Working to reform laws which prevent medical access to cannabis.
Not to be confused with the UK organization of the same name.

American Anti-Prohibition League - HQ
3125 SE Belmont St.
Portland, Ore., 97214
Phone: (503) 235 4524
Fax: (503) 234 1330
E-mail: aal01@teleport.com
(Floyd Ferris Landrath)

American Cannabis Research Experiment
PO Box 3240
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Internet: jeg5s@uva.PCmail.virginia.edu

American Cannabis Society
PO Box 9208
Madison, WI 53715

American Civil Liberties Union
132 West 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 944 9800
Notes: While not explicitly a drug law reform group, the ACLU
promotes human rights and supports alternatives to current laws.

American Hemp Council
PO Box 71093
Los Angeles, CA 90071-0093
Phone: (213) 288 4152

American Medical Marijuana Movement
(San Francisco Headquarters)
3745 Seventeenth Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
Phone: (415) 864 1961

Americans Against Hemp Prohibition
P.O. Box 2062
Westminster, MD 21158
Phone: (410) 857 6484
Fax: (410) 346 7968

Ann Arbor NORML
PO Box 6014
Ann Arbor MI 48106
Phone: (313) 677 0099 [RB]
(Rich Birkett)

Antiochans for Hemp Awareness
Antioch College
Community Government
Yellow Springs, OH 45387
Phone: (513) 767 6427

Arizona NORML
703 W 12th Place
Tempe, AZ 85281

Arkansas NORML
PO Box 191031
Little Rock, AR 72219
Phone: (501) 562 3868 [GS]; (501) 371 0701 [WD]
(Glen Schwarz - President; Wayne Davis - Legal Sponsor)
Notes: Victory for Hemp!

AZ 4 NORML
PO Box 50434
Phoenix, AZ 85076
Phone/Fax: (602) 491 1139
BBS: (602) 921 2878 [Hemp Pipeline]
(William R. Green)

Beloit College Cannabis Club
700 College St.
Beloit, WI 53511
Internet: C/- Vincent Whitacre <whitacre@stu.beloit.edu>

Bill of Rights Society
PO Box 44485
P.C., CA 91412

Bryan / College Station NORML
PO Box 9077
College Station, TX 77842
Phone: (409) 268 HEMP
(Craig Edge)

Buffalo BACH
336 Esser Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14207
Phone: (716) 873 0255
(Marilyn Craig)

Business Alliance for Commerce in Hemp (BACH)
PO Box 71093
Los Angeles, CA 90071-0093
Phone: (213) 288 4152
(Chris Conrad)

California Marijuana Initiative
23342 Angeles Forest Hwy.
Palmdale, CA 93550

California F.E.A.R.
Phone: (714) 544 2577, (415) 380 9108 or (805) 496 2595.
Notes: Fights against unjust forfeiture laws. See entry under 'F.E.A.R.'

California NORML
2215R Market St. #278
San Francisco, CA 94114
Phone: (415) 563 5858
Internet: canorml@igc.apc.org

Cannabis Action Network (CAN WEST / National Headquarters)
2560 Bancroft Way #46
Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone: (510) 486 8083
Fax: Same
Internet: caninfo@ccnet.com
(Debby Goldsberry)
Notes: CAN is a grassroots organization working to educate and mobilize
concerned individuals to create change. We work with activists in every
area of the country to do national educational tours, regional
conferences, rallies and other events.
Last contact: Feb 95

Cannabis Action Network (CAN South / Southern Regional Office)
1025 Foucher
New Orleans, LA 70115
Phone: (504) 899 1960
(Kevin Aplin)
Notes: See above
Last contact: Feb 95

CARE
Art L.
PO Box 1612
Bellflower, CA 90706

Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 546 0200
Fax: (202) 546 0728

CCDS/BB
41 Sutter St., Suite 1688
San Fransisco, CA 94104

Central Valley NORML
4546 E. Ashlan Suite 3219
Fresno, CA 93726-2700
Internet: <kellyo@csufresno.edu> - CVNORML president,
other contact - <stinky@psnw.com>,
WWW: http://www.psnw.com/~stinky/cvnorml/
Note: Public meetings on the second Monday of each month at 7:00 PM at:
The Hemp Shack, 220 E. Olive Ave., Fresno, CA

Chico Cannabis Club
California State University,Chico
230-C Walnut St. #127
Chico, CA 95928
Phone: (916) 894-7044
Internet: gregbard@ecst.csuchico.edu
Contact: Greg Bard, President.
Notes: The CCC seeks to network with like-minded groups. Weekly
meeting time and place is CSUC, Butte 109 at 6PM, Tuesdays.

Christic Institute
8773 Venice Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90034
Phone: (310) 287 1556
Fax: (310) 287 1559
(Bill Davis)

Citizens Advocating the Protection of Privacy
12611 Research Blvd. #121
Austin, TX 78759
Phone (512) 448 4804
Notes: Specifically concerned with employer drug testing,
especially by Motorola and Texas Instruments.

Citizens Advocating the Protection of Privacy (Arizona)
Internet: CAPPAZ@delphi.com

Claremont Hemp Council
Platt Campus Center
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA 91711
Phone: (909) 398 4831 [CK]; (909) 624 3306 [MH]
Internet: cklausme@jarthur.claremont.edu
(Chris Klausmeier, Mark Hornaday)
Notes: Registered 5-college organization at Claremont Colleges.

Clergy for Enlightened Drug Policy
St Luke's Methodist Church
Wisconsin Ave. and Calvert St., NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: (202) 333 4949

Club de Hashischins
POB 313
Old Bridge, NJ 08857-0313
Internet: hash@whitebase.ukp.com

Colorado Hemp Initiative Project
P.O. Box 729
Nederland, CO 80466
Voice Mail: (303) 784-5632
Email: cohip@welcomehome.org
Web page: http://www.welcomehome.org/cohip.html
Notes: CO-HIP is dedicated to promoting the hemp plant as an alternative,
natural, renewable resource. CO-HIP is also dedicated to fighting the
erosion of civil rights caused by the "War on Drugs".
Last Contacted: July 96

Columbia University Harm Reduction Education Session (CUHRES)
203 Ferris Booth Hall
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027
Notes: An undergraduate discussion group addressing societal responses
towards "problem behavior," at-risk populations, possible ways of
"deinstitutionalizing" individuals.

Community for Creative Non-Violence
425 Second Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 393 1909

Community Improvement, Inc.
104 E. Fowler Ave, Suite 203
Tampa, FL 33612
Phone: (813) 931 8028

Cures Not Wars
9 Bleecker Street
New York City, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 677 7180 (answering machine)
Notes: Focussed on `harm reduction. Organizes the annual
`Stop the Drug War' rally and concert in New York's Washington
Square Park in May.

Dallas/Fort Worth NORML
PO Box 280586
Dallas, TX 75228-9186
Phone: (214) 502-4211
(Dana George)

Daytona Beach Hemp Awareness Council
PO Box 10384
Daytona Beach, FL 32120

Delaware Valley NORML
154 Uploand Ave
Horsham, PA 19044

Des Moines Area Greens
3512 156th Street
Waukee, Iowa 50263
Phone: (515) 987-4846
(Greg Nepstad)

Drug Expressive Art
1085 Broadway
Brooklyn, NY 11221
Phone: 718-455-6622
Fax: 718-455-8888
email: dea@drugsart.org
web page: http://www.drugsart.org/dea/
Notes: A non-profit organization producing and promoting activist art
dealing with drug use and legalization.

Drug Policy Forum of Texas
P.O.Box 22499
Houston, Tx 77227-2499
E-mail: dtwn02a@prodigy.com
Notes: The group meets regularly on the 4th Wednesday evening of each
month at the UT Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. At the moment
we're active only in Houston, but would like to add chapters in other cities
throughout Texas. The forum's president is Dr. G. Alan Robison. Those
interested in helping to form a chapter in Dallas should contact Bob Ramsey
by e-mailing: rmz@computek.net

Drug Policy Foundation
4455 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite B-500
Washington, DC 20008-2302
Phone: (202) 537 5005
Fax: (202) 537 3007
Internet: 76546.215@compuserve.com, DPLetter@aol.com
Notes: With donations of $25 or more you get a year's subscription to
The Drug Policy Letter.

Drug Policy Foundation (New York office)
888 Seventh Ave, Suite 1901
New York, NY 10106
Phone: (212) 887 0685
Fax: (212) 489 8455

Drug Reform Coordination Network (DRCNet)
(also Foundation for Drug Policy Awareness)
PO Box 381813
Cambridge, MA 02238-1813
Phone: (617) 648 2655
Fax: (617) 648 2713
Internet: drcnet@netcom.com, http://www.drcnet.org/
Notes: Publishes "The Activist Guide" monthly newsletter, and sends frequent
announcements to its "rapid response team" by post, e-mail and fax. Full
membership $25/year, $18 for newsletter only, $10 for rapid response team
only, all material free by e-mail. DRCNet seeks local-action
coordinators and volunteers for educational outreach and coalition
building activities.
Last contact: Mar 95

DU NORML
Student Government Office
DUC -- North
2055 East Evans
Denver, CO 80210
Phone: (303) 778 7574
(Todd Hall)

Duke-CAN
PO Box 92266
Durham, NC 27708
Internet: David Shaner Lebauer (President) <dsl4@acpub.duke.edu>

End Drug Crime
PO Box 1623
Albany, NY 12201
Phone: (51 434 3279

Families Against Destructive Drug Rehab (FADD)
4654 Dower Drive
Ellicott City, MD 21043

Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM)
1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 200-S
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 457 5790
Fax: (202) 457 8564
(Julie Stewart - President)
Notes: National grassroots network working to overturn mandatory sentencing.
In Oregon, contact is Lorraine Heller (292 5364).

Family Council on Drug Awareness
PO Box 71093
Los Angeles, CA 90071-0093
Phone: (213) 288 4152

Farmville BACH
c/o Peter Gillis
Longwood College
Farmville, VA 23909

F.E.A.R.
265 Miller Avenue
Mill Valley, CA 94941
Phone: (415) 388 8128
Internet: k.bergman@genie.geis.com
Notes: While not specifically a drug law reform organisation, FEAR
opposes the Civil Forfeiture laws which have been imposed in the
name of the "War on Drugs".
Last contact: Jan 95

Flint Hills NORML
SGS Union PO Box 70
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66502
Phone: (913) 532 5254
(Terry Weber)

Florida Legalization Organization
c/o Michael Geison
PO Box 350
LaCrosse, FL 32658-0350
(Mchael Geison)
Notes: Working to relegalize cannabis through public education, Voter
registration, and statewide hemp rallies.

Foundation for Drug Policy Awareness
(see Drug Reform Coordination Network)

Freedom Fighters of America
235 Park Ave. So., 5th Flr.
New York, NY 10003

Friends of Hemp
PO Box 981
Mars Hill, NC 28754
Phone: (704) 652 8919

Fully Informed Jury Association (1 - National HQ)
PO Box 59
Helmville, MT 59843
Phone/Fax: (406) 793 5550 or (800) TEL JURY
(Don Doig, Larry Dodge, Kathy Ballard)
Notes: Not explicitly a drug law reform group, the FIJA promotes
awareness of the rights of Juries to judge the law itself.

Fully Informed Jury Association (2)
4730 W Northern #1063
Glendale AZ 85301
Phone: (602) 930 1268

Fully Informed Jury Association of Iowa (Iowa FIJA)
John Hartog
PO Box 16223
Des Moines, Iowa 50316
Phone: (515) 262 4660

The Future of Freedom Foundation
PO Box 9752
Denver, CO 80209

Gainsville NORML / Florida Legalization Organization
PO Box 350
La Crosse, FL 32658-0350
(Michael Geison)

Georgia NORML (aka St Petersburg NORML)
PO Box 821
Lithia Springs, GA 30057
Phone: (404) 739 1870
(James Bell)

Grassroots Party of Minnesota
PO Box 6197
Minneapolis, MN 55406
Phone: (612) 722 4477
Fax: (612) 729 2048
(Steve Anderson)
Internet: grp@winternet.com, http://www.winternet.com/~grp
Notes: Minnesota's largest vote-getting 3rd party since its
inception in 1986.
Last contact: Aug 95

Green Panthers!
PO Box 31231
Cincinnati, OH 45231
Phone: (513) 522-6264
Fax: same
Internet: http://www.greenpanthers.org/
(Loey Glover, Terry Mitchell - National Coordinators)
Notes: We are the ONLY militant resistance to the War on Drugs.

GVSU NORML
Student Activities Office
Kirkhof Center
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI 49401
(Dave Speas)

Hager for Congress, c/o Libertarian Party
PO Box 636
Bloomington, IN 47402-636
Internet: hagerp@moose.cs.indiana.edu
Notes: Paul Hager is a candidate for the Libertarian Party,
and is pushing hemp law reform as a major element in his campaign.

Hawaii NORML
PO Box 2056
Pahoa, Hawaii 96778
Phone: (80 965 8600
Fax: (80 965 6242
(Roger Christie)

Help Eliminate Marijuana Prohibition
5632 Van Nuys Blvd.
Van Nuys, CA 91401

Hemp Advocates
PO Box 10176
South Bend, IN 46680

Hemp Coalition, The
PO Box 2382
Albany, NY 12220

Hemp Environmental Activists
PO Box 4935
East Lansing, MI 48826
Phone: (517) 484 8287
(Don Patterson)
Notes: We work for industrial uses of hemp, marijuana for medicine,
and personal privacy rights.

Hemp Hemp Hooray!
c/o Craig Howard
PO Box 1912
Mason City, IA 50401
Phone: (515) 696 5755

Hemp Renaissance
Marin County, California
Phone: (415) 721 1936
Internet: c/- pearl@crl.com

Hemptek Industries Inc
PO Box 27809
Dept HT-4C
San Diego, CA 92198-1809

HJA NORML
PO Box 11
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648-0011
(J.S. Vipond)

Hoosier Cannabis Relegalization Coalition
PO Box 5325
Bloomington, IN 47407
Internet: hagerp@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu
(Paul Hager or Dennis Withered)

Houston NORML
PO Box 1952
Bellaire, TX 77402
Phone: (713) 465 8418
(Rich Potthoff)

Human Environmental Mandate Proponents
1004 E. Preston St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: (410) 547 6706
Modem: (410) 685 2894
(Larry Monoghan)

Idaho BACH
3310 Driftwood Dr.
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814
Phone: (20 773 3974
(Tom Klein)

Indiana NORML, Inc.
3601 N. Pennsylvania St
Indianapolis, IN 46205
Phone: (317) 923 9391
Fax: (317) 924 2920
(Dana York, Steve Dillon)

Indianapolis NORML
3746 North College Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46218

Illinois Drug Ethics Alliance
PO Box 4205
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) FOR JOSH (367 5674)
Internet: Joshua Sloan <jsloan1@prairienet.org>
Notes: Pro-relegalization.

Illinois Marijuana Initiative / Illinois NORML
PO Box 2242
Darien, IL 60559
Phone: (70 836 8426
Internet: mmonningh@igc.apc.org, mrosing@igc.apc.org

Institute for HEMP
PO Box 65130
St. Paul, MN 55165
Phone: (612) 222 2628
Internet: insthemp@igc.apc.org
(John Birrenbach)

International Society for Individual Liberty
1800 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415) 864 0952
Fax: (415) 864 7506
Internet: 71034.2711@compuserve.com [71034,2711 via Compuserve]
(Vince Miller, Jim Elwood)
Notes: Promotes liberty in 80 countries. Produces literature series
including "Ending Our Drug Nightmare" and "Looting of America".

Iowa Grassroots Party / Ames NORML
PO Box 1136
Ames, IA 50014
Phone: (515) 233 6081
(Dr. Derrick Grimmer)
Notes: Iowa's largest vote-getting 3rd party since its inception in 1990.

Iowa NORML / Iowans for Medical Marijuana
Carl E. Olsen
PO Box 4091
Des Moines, IA 50333
Phone: (515) 262 6957
Fax: same
Internet: carlolsen@dsmnet.com, iowanorml@commonlink.com,
73043.414@compuserve.com, Carl_E._Olsen@commonlink.com,
http://www.calyx.com/~olsen/MEDICAL/IOWA/iowa.html
Note: Iowa NORML publishes a quarterly newsletter
Last contact: Aug 95

Island Group
1803 Mission St. Suite 175
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: (40 427-1942

Joint Effort
Brown University
Student Activities Office Box 46
Providence, RI 02912
Internet: <Daniel_Gold@Brown.edu> (until 1997)

Kalamazoo Cannabis Action Network
C/- Western Michigan University
Faunce Student Services Box 84
Kalamazoo, MI 49008

Lawrence, KS NORML
PO Box 442478
Lawrence, KS 66044
Phone: (913) 832-9074
Internet: David Almquist <lawnorml@databank.com>
Notes: We publicly protest the laws against hemp every Saturday night
and noon on Sundays in downtown Lawrence with an array of signs
including "Honk For Hemp".
Last contact: Jan 95

Legalize? SIG
PO Box 3240
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Internet: jeg5s@uva.PCmail.virginia.edu
Notes: This is a MENSA Special Interest Group, open only to MENSA members.

Libertarian Party
1528 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 543 1988 or (800) 682 1776
Notes: USA's 3rd largest political party, pro-legalization platform.

Libertarian Party of Iowa
PO Box 1041
Waterloo, Iowa 50704
Phone: (319) 235 2894
Fax: (319) 232 8407
(Randy Herod)

Lindesmith Center, The
888 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10026
Phone: (212} 887 0695
Internet: http://www.soros.org/lindesmith/tlcmain.html
Notes: A think tank on drug policy reform at the Open Society
Institute in New York City. We're in the process of developing
a site on the www which will include a fully-indexed, full-text
database of academic, research and policy articles on a wide range
of issues of interest to the drug policy reform movement.

Little Sisters of the Mother Herb
Route 1 Box 2142
Crewe, VA 23930
(Sandy Hayer)
Phone: (804) 645 1038

Lone Reefer, The
PO Box 515
Harmony, PA 16037
Phone: (412) 766 1842

Louisiana Cannabis Action Network
1025 Foucher
New Orleans, LA 70115
Phone: (504) 899 1960
Last update: Apr 95

Los Angeles NORML
8749 Holloway Drive
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Phone: (213) 652 8654
(Bruce Margolin)

Luna Information Services
6160 Packard Street
Los Angeles CA 90035-2581
Phone: (213) 655 5440x3
Internet: Lis1@cris.com
Notes: Offers the Pschedlic Drug Reprint Service with provides reprints of selected
scientific articles on drugs which can be quite useful to activists needing research to
refute anti-drug propaganda.

Maine Vocals
PO Box 189
Anson, ME 04911
(Don Christen)

Mankato State NORML
PO Box 3663
Mankato, MN 56002-3663
(Ed Kroce)
Notes: Active NORML chapter at a southern Minnesota university. Working
on informing the public, elected officials, and making marijuana
relegalization a public debate.

Marijuana Policy Project
PO Box 77492
Washington, DC 20013
Phone: (202) 462 5747
Fax: (202) 232 0442
Internet: MPProject@AOL.COM, http://www.mpp.org/
Notes: The MPP's mission is to provide the marijuana law-reform movement
with full-time, organized lobbying on the federal level. Membership
dues are $25 annually or $5 monthly. Members receive the bimonthly
newsletter, "Marijuana Policy Report."
Last contact: Aug 95

Marylanders for Drug Policy Reform
2499 Davidsonville Road
Gambrills, MD 21054
Phone: (410) 721-0129

Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition (MASS CANN)
1 Homestead Road
Marblehead, MA 01945-1122
Phone: (617) 944 2266 (CANN)
(Bill Downing, Steven Epstein)

Media Awareness Project (MAP)
P. O. Box 651
Porterville, CA 93258
E-Mail: 73164.760@compuserve.com
Internet: http://www.drcnet.org/map/
(Mark Greer)
Notes: The primary objective of MAP is to encourage honesty and
accuracy in reporting on Drug Policy topics and simultaneously to
educate on all aspects of Drug Policy Alternatives.

Medical Marijuana Restoration Association
3745 17th St.
San Francisco, CA 94114
Phone: (415) 864 1961
(Dennis Peron)

Michigan Hemp Coalition
PO Box 4935
East Lansing, MI 48826
Phone: (517) 484 8287
(Dan Patterson)
Notes: MHC is a coalition of all the hemp groups in Michigan.

Mid-South Tennessee NORML
PO Box 254
Pulaski, TN 38478
Phone: (615) 565 3898
(Kenny Breeding)

Milwaukee NORML
207 E Buffalo Street
PO Box 92251
Milwaukee WI 53202
Phone: (414) 273-HEMP
(Tom Scannell)

Minnesota NORML
PO Box 80522
Minneapolis, MN 55408
Phone: (612) 822 3396
Fax: (612) 777 4853
(Tim Davis)
Notes: Affiliate of national NORML, active in public outreach, lobbying,
and relegalization agitation.

Missouri NORML
15 N. 10th Street
Columbia, MO 65201
Phone: (314) 443 6866
Fax: (314) 443 1413
(Dan Viets)

Mood For A Day
POB 903
West Jordan, UT 84084
Phone: (801) 254 0278
Notes: Local hemp group, publishes a quarterly tabloid, "Regrowth", subs. $5

Mothers Against Misuse and Abuse (M.A.M.A.)
2255 State Road
Mosier, OR 97040
Internet: sburbank@orednet.org
Notes: Founded in 1982 - Approach based on personal
responsibility and informed decision making.
Last Contacted: July 96

Movement Support Network
Center for Constitutional Rights
666 Broadway, 7th Floor
New York NY 10012

Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, Inc. (MAPS)
1810 Tippah Avenue
Charlotte, NC 28205
Phone: (704) 358 9830
Fax: (704) 358 1650
Internet: info@maps.org
http://www.maps.org
Notes: A non-profit organisation of scientists and other researchers
interested in the study of psychedelic drugs and their effects.

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (NAMA)
435 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10010
Internet: clueless@interport.net, http://www.interport.net/~clueless/nama1.html
Notes: A group composed of methadone maintenance patients and
supporters of quality methadone maintenance treatment. A progressive
non-profit group dedicated to promoting quality MMT, easing regulation
of MMT, and fighting discrimination againts MMT patients.

National Drug Strategy Network
1899 L Street, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 835 9075
Fax: (202) 833 8561
Note: We publish "NewsBriefs," a monthly newsletter with news about
drug abuse, drug enforcement, and drug policy from around the world.

National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML)
1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1119
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 483 5500
Fax: (202) 483 0057
1-900: (900) 97 NORML [$2.95/minute]
Internet: natlnorml@aol.com
http://www.norml.org/
(Richard Cowen - Executive National Director)
Notes: Oldest and most active drug reform organization.

Nevada NORML
Sean B. Kind
4542 E. Tropicana Ave.
Box 142
Las Vegas, NV 89121
(702) 698-1500
Notes: Newly organized and eager to grow!

New Age Patriot
PO Box 419
Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
Phone: (313) 563 3192
(Bruce W. Cain)

New Jersey NORML
PO Box 680
Navesink, NJ 07752
Phone/Fax: (201) 827 4780 [(800) 742 2002 in New Jersey and Philadelphia]
(Ken Krug)

New Options Inc
PO Box 19324
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 822 0929

No More Drug War Foundation
PO Box 18780
Denver, CO 80218

NORML Green Bay
PO Box 22081
Green Bay, WI 54305
Phone: (414) 498 0648
(Bobbie Brien)
Notes: Working for the legalization of hemp/pot.

Northcoast Ohio NORML
PO Box 771154
Cleveland, OH 44107-0049
Phone: (216) 521 WEED
(John Hartman)
Internet: john4norml@aol.com
Notes: Promotes annual freedom festival to benefit NORML, conducts rallies,
offers legal referrals and drug test info. Meets the fourth Thursday of
every month at the Lakewood Public Library, 15425 Detroit Rd, Lakewood, OH.
The meetings start at 7pm and are open to the public.

North Idaho NORML
3310 Driftwood Drive
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814
Phone: (20 773 3974
(Tom Klein)

North Iowans for Cannabis Education (NICE)
PO Box 1912
Mason City, IA 50401
Phone: (515) 696 5755
(Craig Howard)
Notes: We found the "Grow Hemp for the War" poster.

NAUN
C/- NASSEN
55 Dock Street #112
Tacoma, WA 98402
Phone: (206) 272 4857
Fax: (206) 272 8415
(Dave Purchase)
Note: Injecting Drug User Group Network, promoting drug law reform,
harm reduction, education, outreach, and research.

Ohio Hempery
14 N. Court Street #327
Athens, OH 45701
Phone: (614) 593 5826, (800) BUY HEMP [Info Hotline]
(Donald Wirtschafter)
Notes: Sells a variety of legal hemp products, e.g. paper, linen, twine.

Ohio NORML
PO Box 36
New Plymouth, OH 45654
Phone: (614) 385 4167
(Cliff Barrows)

Ohio University NORML
415 Carriage Hill Drive
Athens, OH 45701
Phone: (614) 592 5118
(James Davis)

Oklahoma NORML
PO Box 12545
Oklahoma City, OK 73157
Phone: (405) 840 4367
(Michael Pearson)

Oklahoma Tulsa Chapter NORML
1023 West 23rd
Tulsa, OK 74107
Phone: (91 583 9041
(C. Rabon Martin)

Omaha Hemp Movement
3144 N. 57th Street
Omaha, NE 68104

PARTIE Party / Save Our Constitution!
PO Box 46853
Mt. Clemens, MI 48046
Phone: (313) 463 3486
(Marvin "Marvin Marvin" Surowitz)
Notes: People's Alliance to Reform, Transform, and Improve Everything

Partnership for a Free America
c/o Sameer Parekh
829 Paddock Lane
Libertyville, IL 60048-3743
Phone: (70 362 9659
Internet: pfa@ddsw1.MCS.COM

Partnership for a Lie Free Government
PO Box 29
Fairfield, KY 40020
(Chuck Porter)
Notes: Supports Gatewood Galbraith for governor, and all politicians who
will speak the truth.

Partnership for a Responsible America (Texas) [Part RATEX]
PO Box 926042
Houston, TX 77292
Phone: (713) 683 9639
(Richard Lee)

Partnership for a Responsible Drug Policy
792 8th St.
Lake Oswego, OR 97034
Phone: (503) 697 3974
(Anthony Taylor)

Patriots of Truth for United Earth, The
Bob and Peggy Ross
Po Box 262
Rose Lodge, OR 97372

Pay for Schools by Regulating Cannabis (PSRC)
PO Box 86741
Portland, OR 97286
Phone: (503) 229 0428
Notes: Voter-initated ballot to legalize and tax cannabis in Oregon.
Last contact: Mar 95

Penn State University NORML
529 South Pugh Street
State College, PA 16801
Phone: (814) 867 2266
(Robert Kampia)

Pittsburgh NORML
PO Box 4839
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Notes: Affiliated with Pennsylvania NORML.

Portland, Oregon Chapter NORML (PDX NORML)
4218 SE Glenwood
Portland, Oregon 97206
Phone: (503) 227 2478 voice mail, (503) 777 9088 home
Internet: pdxnorml@teleport.com
Contact: Terry Miller, Director
Notes: We are active collecting signatures for the Oregon Cannabis Tax
Act of 1997. Join us in the effort to have marijuana used as a funding
source for public schools through its sale to adults in the state liquor stores.

Pot o' Gold Newsletter
PO Box 5448
Evanston, IL 60204
Fax: (70 328 1922
Internet: pfraterdeus@igc.org

Progressive Economic Alliances Cultivating Energy
PO Box 623
Kula, Maui, HI 96790-0623
Phone/Fax: (80 878 3630

Project for a Calculated Transition
Green Haven Correctional Facility
Drawer B
Stormville, NY 12582

Quad Cities Hemp Coalition
Box 3592
Rock Island, IL 61201

Religious Coalition for a Moral Drug Policy
3421 M St. NW, Ste. 351
Washington, DC 20007

Rocky Mountain HEMP Network (also Green Democrats of Colorado)
1090 S Wadsworth Blvd #D
Lakewood, CO 80226-4308
Phone: (303) 838 1235

Saint Paul NORML
PO Box 2865
St Paul, MN 55102
Phone: (612) 776 5467

Saint Petersburg Association for Cannabis Emancipation (S.P.A.C.E.)
PO Box 505
St. Petersburg, FL 33737
Last update: Apr 95

San Diego NORML
4895 Guymon St.
San Diego, CA 92102
Phone: (619) 263 5733
(Joe Cravotta)

San Diego County NORML
PO Box 171396
San Diego, CA 92197
Phone: (619) 281 8586, (619) 571 0088
Internet: sdnorml@pro-harold.cts.com
(Charles Blue)

San Diego Hemp Council
Internet: sdhc@pro-harold.cts.com

Sanduski County NORML
PO Box 282
Freemont, OH 43420
Phone: (419) 334 8215
(Doug)

Santa Rosa Junior College Hemp Club
Address mail to:
Santa Rosa Junior College
Attn: Student Activities Office / Hemp Club
1501 Mendocino Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95401

Save Our Constitution (1)
PO Box 3079
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
Phone: (313) 746 9670

Save Our Constitution (2)
PO Box 4935
East Lansing, MI 48826

Save Our Liberties
187 Acalanes Dr. #14
Sunnyvale, CA 94086-5520
Phone: (415) 964 3655
Notes: Sells "End the Drug War" Stamps for envelopes (Not postage stamps).

SIUC NORML
Office of Student Development
Student Center, SIUC
Carbondale, IL 62901
Phone: (61 529 4821
(Drew Hendricks, Jerome Handler [anthroplogy] - Campus Advisor)
Notes: Campus-based education about civil rights aspects of marijuana issue.

Sonoma Civil Rights Action Project
PO Box 410
Cazadero, CA 95421
Phone: (707) 847 3642
(Carol Miller)

South Bend NORML
PO Box 10176
South Bend, IN 46680
Phone: (219) 233 6581 [SG]; (219) 287 9809 [PS]
(Sean Gloster, Pete Szaday)

Southern California NORML
PO Box 71093
Los Angeles CA 90071-0093
Phone: (213) 288 4152
(Lenny Shaw)

Southern Californians for Compassionate Use
730 Marine Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Internet: http://www.medicalmarijuana.org
Notes: Supports law reforms that would allow medical use of marijuana.

Stop Forfeiture of Children's Homes
PO Box 91
Waterbury, VT 05676
(Dr. Kathleen DePierro)

Students for Drug Policy Reform
University of Washington
HUB 207 Box 121 FM-25
Seattle, WA 98195

Students for the Legalization of Marijuana
(aka University of Illinois NORML)
PO Box 4205
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 352 4367
(Joshua Sloan)

Susquehanna Valley NORML
PO Box 10505
Harrisburg, PA 17105-0505
Phone: (717) 697 4255
(Casey)

SVA Freedom Fighters
209 E. 23rd St.
New York, NY 10010
Phone: (212) 679 7350 ext. 206
(Happy)

Texas Hemp Campaign (aka Texas NORML)
PO Box 13549
Austin, TX 78711
Phone: (512) 441 4099, (512) 837 4674
Internet: thc@hitex.austin.tx.us
(Joe Ptak)
Notes: Branches at Corpus - (512) 882 3009, Houston - (713) 683 9639,
and San Antonio - (512) 654 8720.

Therapeutic & Ecological Applications of Cannabis Hemp (TEACH)
PO Box 1297
Youngstown, FL 32466
(Robert Lawrence)

Tide Water NORML
PO Box 8861
Virginia Beach, VA 23450
Phone: (804) 425 9978
(Karen Trimper)

TN NORML
RR 1 Box 47A
Goodspring, TN 38460-9801

Tree Free EcoPaper
121 S.W. Salmon, Suite 1100
Portland, OR 97204
Phone: (1-800) 775 0225
Internet: treefreeeco@igc.apc.org
Notes: Wholesale suppliers of hemp paper and hemp pulp. Samples and
analysis certificates available.

Truth In Marijuana Education (TIME)
PO Box 7036
Chico, CA 95927
Phone: (916) 345 1154
(Ed Ostler)
Notes: Not for profit, hemp info. publisher/distributor. Note that
_High Times_ gives the address as PO Box 2036, Zip code 95972 - this
may be incorrect.

Tucson Hemp Coalition
Box 78093
Tucson, AZ 85703-8093

UB NORML
SUNY at Buffalo Student Association
111 Talbert Hall
Amherst, NY 14260

UMSOM (aka Michigan NORML)
11280 McKinley
Taylor, MI 48180
Phone: (313) 287 9077
(Chuck Kyle)

Union County NORML
271 Indian Trail
Unionville Road
Indian Trail, NC 28079
Phone: (704) 821 8478
(Jerry Morse)

University of Kansas NORML (KUNORML)
PO Box 45
Lawrence, KS 66044
Phone: (913) 841 8278
(Laura Green)
Internet: kunorml@falcon.cc.ukans.edu
Last contact: Jan 95

University of Kentucky HEMP
Student Organizations Office 9
Student Center
Lexington, KY 40526
Phone: (606) 258 8227
Internet: bmkrem00@mik.uky.edu or lmcost00@ukpr.uky.edu

University of Massachusetts at Amherst Cannabis Reform Coalition (UMACRC)
SAO mailbox #2, 415 Student Union Building,
UMass, Amherst, MA 01002
Phone: (413) 546-3413 (Aaron Wilson)
Internet: verdant@titan.ucs.umass.edu
Notes: Non-students welcome... drop in!

University of Minnesota NORML
CMU 235
300 Washington Ave. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: (612) 673 9412 [Marni Frish]
Fax: (612) 777 4853
(Marni Frish, Matt Neis)
Notes: Promotes marijuana legalization.

US HEMP
461 W. Apache Trail, Suite 130
Apache Junction, AZ 85220
Phone: (602) 983 7065, +1 (800) 501 HEMP
Internet: ushemp@ibm.net
Notes: Manufacture of hemp buttonfly jeans, willie nelson line,
Vans Hemp tennis shoes, jean jackets, shorts. Call for free catalog
of hemp goods.

Vermont FEAR (Forfeiture Endangers American Rights)
PO Box 537
Waitsfield, VT 05673
(Denny Lane)
Notes: Community awareness, public forums, grassroots organizing.

Vermont Legislative Liason
RR #1 Box 638
West Charleston, VT 05872
(Daniel Shea)
Phone: (802) 895 4173

Vermont Vocals
19 Bay St.
Newport, VT 05855

Virginia BACH
Route 1, Box 2142
Crewe, VA 23930
Phone: (804) 645 1038
(Lennice Werth)

VPI and SU NORML
PO Box 654
Blacksburg, VA 24063
Phone: (804) 953 9189
Internet: norml@vt.edu or samills@vt.edu
Notes: Registered student organization; an affiliate of NORML
Last contact: May 95

Washington Citizens for Drug Policy Reform
PO Box 1614
Renton, WA 98057
Phone: (206) 622 1456
Fax: (206) 682 9937
Internet: 3281350@mcimail.com
Notes: Executive Director - Hal Nelson; Attorney - Jeff Steinborn;
Business Manager - Tom Cluck; Technical Director - Gerald X. Diamond.

Washington Hemp Education Network (W.H.E.N.)
PO Box 1217
Olympia, WA 98507
Phone: (206) 589 8981
Internet: 72643.3237@compuserve.com
Last contact: Jan 95

West Virginia HEMP Inc.
700 Kanawha Dr.
Sutton, WV 26601
Phone: (304) 765 7444
(Roger Belknap)

William Patterson College NORML
300 Pompton Road
Student Government Association Office
Wayne, NJ 07470
Phone: (201) 473 2452
(Darrin Feder)

Wisconsin NORML
PO Box 3481
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (60 257 5456, (60 257 HEMP
Internet: bmasel@igc.apc.org
(Ben Masel)

WWU/NORML
Viking Union Box E-9
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA 98225
Phone: (206) 671 8921
Internet: norml@henson.cc.uwu.edu

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Canadian Advocacy Group Contact List

B.C. Anti-Prohibitionist League
P.O. Box 8179
Victoria, B.C.
V8W 3R8 CANADA
(604) 382-7758
Last Contacted: Apr 94

Canadian Association for the Legalisation of Marijuana (C.A.L.M.) (B.C.)
R.R. 1, Site 850D, Comp 2
Grand Forks, B.C.
V0H 1H0 CANADA
Last Contacted: Sep 93

Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy
70 MacDonald Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 1H6 CANADA
(613) 238-5909 (temporary number until a separate one is acquired)
Fax: (613) 238-2891 (also temporary)
Last Contacted: Dec 94

Canadian Hemp Association
312 Adelaide St. W. Suite 608
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 1R2 CANADA
cha@io.org
(416) 977-4159 (Robin Ellins)
Notes: A national organization to facilitate and promote the growth of

a hemp industry in Canada.
Last Contacted: Jun 94 (C.H.A. post to alt.hemp)

Cannabis Canada
Suite 420
21 Water St.
Vancouver, BC.
V6B 1A1 CANADA
(Dana Larsen)
Internet: Dana Larsen <muggles@hempbc.com>, http://www.hempbc.com
Notes: The magazine of Canada's Cannabis Culture. 84 pages on cannabis paper.
Cannabis Canada now offers a free one way information mailing list
which you can subscribe to by sending a message to
<<cclist@hempbc.com>> with the subject of "subscribe."
"Unsubscribe" will take you off the list.
Last contacted: February 1996

Citizens On Drugs (C.O.D.)
64 Augusta Ave.
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 2L1 CANADA
(Tim Potts, Kenn Quayle)
Phone: (416) 504 6131
Fax: (416) 703 7832
Internet: greenie@io.org
Notes: Meetings are on the first and third Wednesday of each
month at 7:00 pm at the Niagara Neighbourhood Health Centre (674
Queen St. W.).

Fane of the Psilocybe Mushroom Association
P.O. Box 8179
Victoria, B.C.
V8W 3R8 CANADA
Notes: officially-registered religious organization; publishes
Sporeprint newsletter
Last Contacted: Apr 94

Freedom Party of Ontario
P.O. Box 2214, Station A
London, Ontario
N6A 4E3 CANADA
(519) 433-8612
Notes: officially-registered Ontario political party; supports individual
choice without either condoning or condemning cannabis use.

HEMP BC
324 W Hastings
Vancouver BC
V6B 1K6 CANADA
Internet: memery@hempbc.com, http://www.hempbc.com
Phone: (604) 669-9052 (Marc Emery)
Fax: (604) 669-9038
Last Contacted: May 95
Notes: Canada's Largest retail and wholesale cannabis store. Carries
everything related to cannabis, marijuana, and hemp. Currently Marc
Emery is facing seven counts of trafficking charges for selling seeds
from his retail store and is also charged with selling marijuana paraphenalia

Hemp Lobby
Hornby Island
(604) 335-1276 (John West)
Last Contacted: May 93

Hemp Nation Headquarters
101-343 Richmond St.
London, Ontario
Canada N6A 3C2
Phone: (Toll-free North America) 1-888-781-HEMP
International 1-519-433-5267
Fax: (Toll-Free North America) 1-888-HEMP-FAX
Internet: E-mail chris.clay@hempnation.com,
URL http://www.hempnation.com/
Notes: Archives & research, as well as details of Chris Clay's
Constitutional Challenge.
Last Contacted: Aug 96

Hemp to Save the Rainforest
830 Gulfview Place
Victoria, B.C.
V8Y 2R6 CANADA
(Thurles Loughran)
Last Contacted: Mar 94

Hempsters
#114-1472 Commercial Drive
Vancouver B.C.
V5L 3X9
Last Contacted: May 94

International Anti-Prohibitionist League (Canada)
c/o Marie-Andree Bertrand
PO Box 6128
University of Montreal
Criminology Dept.
Montreal, Quebec H3C 3S7 CANADA
Last Contacted: Sep 93

League for Ethical Action on Drugs (LEAD)
1047 Yarmouth Street
Port Coquitlam, B.C.
V3C 5H4 CANADA
(604) 942-1910 (Dana Larsen)
Notes: uses a harm-reduction philosophy in lobbying for drug policy reform
Last Contacted: Jun 94

Libertarian Party of Canada
922 Cloverley St.
North Vancouver, B.C.
V7L 1N3 CANADA
(604) 980-7370
Last Contacted: Sep 93

Ligue antiprohibitioniste du Quebec
4566 rue de la Roche
Montreal, Quebec
H2J 3J6 CANADA
(514) 454-7744

NAUN
155 Sherbourne Street #310
Toronto
M5A 3W2 CANADA
(Stean Collins)
Note: Injecting Drug User Group Network, promoting drug law reform,
harm reduction, education, outreach, and research.

NORML B.C.
Depot 4, P.O. Box 7193
Victoria, B.C.
V9B 4Z3 CANADA
(604) 474-4771 (Norm Cholette)
Last Contacted: Sep 93

NORML Canada
R.R. #1
King City, Ontario
L0G 1K0 CANADA
(416) 833-3167 (Umberto Iorfida)
(416) 833-3577 (Computer line)
Last Contacted: Sep 93

Patriotic Canadians for Hemp
Box 293
Ucluelet B.C.
V0R 3A0 CANADA
(604) 726-7239 (Chris Bennett, Tracy Chester)
Notes: a.k.a. Sister Sativa's Genuine Hemp, Mama Indica's Hempseed Treats
Last Contacted: Jun 94

Society of Free Thinkers (SOFT)
P.O. Box 327
Paradise
Newfoundland and Labrador (NfLb)
A1L 1C7 CANADA
Notes: Not solely dedicated to drug law reform. Methods include posters,
letters and leaflets. Anonymity is granted to members, upon request.
Last Contacted: Jan 93

Simon Fraser University League for Ethical Action on Drugs (SFU LEAD)
c/o SFSS Clubs Administration
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, B.C.
V5A 1S6 CANADA
(604) 291-3181 (SFSS General Office: messages)
Notes: area of interest is in finding policy alternatives to the WoD that do
not infringe on civil liberties.
Last Contacted: Jun 94

The Friendly Stranger
Phone: 416-591-1570
Notes: A shop in Toronto that does a lot of lobbying for hemp.

T's Toasted Seedy Bits
2 - 401 Gilmore Avenue
Burnaby, B.C.
V5C 4R2 CANADA
Phone: (604) 473-9643
Fax: (604) 473-9643
Notes: Produces toasted sunflower and hemp seed snacks and educates
people about the uses of hemp and the evils of prohibition.
Last Contacted: July 96

[GenericMind]

Australian Advocacy Group Contact List

Adelaide University NORML
c/- Clubs Association
University of Adelaide
Adelaide 5000
Internet: daroussy@teaching.cs.adelaide.edu.au
groo@smug.student.adelaide.edu.au

Australian Hemp Products
227 Grinsell Street
Kotara, Newcastle, NSW 2289
Phone: +61 49 52 7802
Fax: +61 49 52 5211
(Grant Steggles)

Australian Parliamentary Group for Drug Law Reform
c/- Michael Moore, MP
GPO Box 1020
Canberra
ACT 2601
Phone: +61 6 205 0166
Fax: +61 6 205 0431
Notes: A group of Members of Parliament supporting the reform
of drug laws.

BIO-Logical PRODUCTS
PO Box 768
Potts Point
NSW 2011
Phone: +61 2 983 9857
Fax: +61 2 440 0140
Notes: Sells clothing made of hemp, and distributes information
about the uses of hemp for paper, fuel, etc.

Brisbane HEMP
PO Box 332
Albert St 4002
Phone: +61 7 844 7499
Notes: Meetings at 50 Baynes St, West End on Monday nights at 7.30pm.

Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform
PO Box 36
Higgins
ACT 2615
Notes: This group that was formed as a direct result of deaths from heroin
in the ACT. The group consists of families and friends who have been affected
by those deaths. The group aims include the replacement of prohibition with
effective controls and for illicit drug harm minimisation.

Flinders NORML
c/- Clubs and Societies Association, Inc.
Flinders University
Bedford Park, SA 5042

Hemp For Paper Consortium
c/- Harmsens
430 Tinderbox Road
TINDERBOX
TAS 7054
Phone: +61 02 29 2063

IDUN
Communication Centre, NUAA
PO Box 822
Bondi Junction 2022
New South Wales
Phone: +61 2 369 3455
Fax: +61 2 369 3282
(Dave Burrows)
Note: Injecting Drug User Group Network, promoting drug law reform,
harm reduction, education, outreach, and research.

Mullers and Packers Union,
C/o Clubs and Societies,
Monash University,
Clayton, Victoria 3168
Internet: c/- smalshy@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (a 'donated' account - messages
will be passed on to the Secretary of the club)
Notes: President is Tony Carden.
Last Contacted: 2/93

New South Wales NORML
GPO Box 91
Sydney, NSW 2001
Notes: This group is no longer very active, though some
members can be contacted at the above address.

Nimbin HEMP
PO Box 177
Nimbin, NSW 2480
Phone: +61 66 89 1602

South Australia HEMP
PO Box 7013
Hutt Street
Adelaide 5000
Phone: +61 8 293 2838
Also:
PO Box 1019
Kent Town 5071
Notes: Membership $10(conc) $15(waged)
Last contact: Apr 95

West Australia HEMP
PO Box 115
Mirrabrooke 6061
Phone: +61 9 344 1445

West Australia NORML
PO Box 907
Morley, WA 6062
(Carl Turney)

[GenericMind]

United Kingdom Advocacy Group Contact List

Alchemy
261 Portobello Road
London W11
Notes: A head shop.

Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics
PO Box CR14
Leeds L57 4XF
Fax: +44 1532 37 1000
Notes: ACT are just one person, who is very underfunded; if you write
you should include a couple of stamps (or IRCs for overseas people).
Apparantly ACT has over 500 testimonies/letters from people that use
cannabis medicinally. Not to be confused with the USA organization
of the same name.

Bridge (Drug Advice)
Equity Chambers
Piccadilly
Bradford
Phone: +44 1274 72 3863

Campaign Against Prohibition
c/o The Green Party,
1a Waterlow Road,
Archway, London.
Phone: 0171 272 4474

Campaign to Legalise Cannabis International
54c Peacock Street
Norwich NR3 1TB
Internet: derek@paston.co.uk,
http://www.foobar.co.uk/users/ukcia/cannapy.html
Notes: Very well organised, over 300 members and 2000 supporters;
an effective local campaigning group. Will be standing at least
one candidate in the next general election.
Last Contacted: Aug 96

Cannabis Hemp Information Club (CHIC)
BM Box 6339
London WC1N 3XX
Phone: +44 171 613 5166
Internet: cannabisinfo@gn.apc.org
Notes: Have now taken over from LCC as the main national group in Britain.
The hemp museum is now open (phone for times), and they have a library and
web site. CHIC are organising their second Cannabis Convention at the
Battlebridge Centre, Battlebridge Rd., Kings Cross, London 14th September
1996. Howard Marks will be guest speaker, and will sign copies of his new
book 'Mr Nice'.
Last Contacted: Aug 96

Cannabis Legalisation Education and Reform (CLEAR)
PO Box 5718
London W10 5BZ
Internet: maharishi@easynet.co.uk
Notes: An information clearinghouse - they will provide campaigning and
cannabis information.

CODD (Committee for an Open Debate on Drugs)
BCM Entwine
London WC1N 3XX

ECOTRIP,
Jan Rebane Centre
Thortnon Street
Brixton, London SW9
Phone: 0171 737 0100
Notes: Ecotrip is doing non-judgemental drugs workshops at festos, clubs, youth
centres etc, but as it will be soon a charity, cannot campaign against prohibition.

European Movement for Normalisation of Drug Policy (British Section)
c/- Dr Russell Newcombe
c/- 10 Maryland Street
Liverpool L1 9BX
Phone: +44 151 709 3511
Fax: +44 151 709 4916

Hemp Awareness Corporation (HAC)
PO Box 3575
London SE1 1JE
Notes: A street-level group that campaigns for the readvancement of hemp.
They campaign against tobacco and for pure organic homegrown.

Leaf Secrets
106 Friargate
Preston
Lancs PR1 2ED

Legalise Cannabis Campaign Scotland
PO Box 12758
Edinburgh EH8
Phone: +44 131 667 6488
Internet: Email 106063.1537@compuserve.com,
URL http://www.thepulse.co.uk/lcc.scotland
Notes: A local campaigning group who haven't fulfilled their potential yet.
Our new web site shows that we can and will, though. We're trying to
develop collaborations with the club scene and hemp industry. If you live
in Scotland and you have any ideas, for bright, exciting campaigns, get in
touch. We need artists, designers, flyposters, leafleters, etc.
Last Contacted: Aug 96

Libertarian Alliance
25 Chapter Chambers
Esterbrooke Street
London SW1P 4NN
Phone: +44 171 821-5502
Fax: +44 171 834-2031
Internet: liberty@capital.demon.co.uk

National Council for Civil Liberties
21 Tabard Street
London SE1 4LA
Phone: +44 171 403 3888

Peoples Right To Smoke Marijuana
PO Box 23
Chigwell, Essex IG7 5EH

Psychedelic Shamanic Institute (PSI)
BM box PSI
London WC1N 3XX
Phone: +44 1942 52 6396
Notes: Drugs and enlightenment.

Release (Drugs Legal & Emergency service)
388 Old Street
London EC1V 9LT
Phone: +44 171 729 5255 (admin; business hours),
Advice line: 1000-1800 UTC +44 171 729 9904; other times +44 171 603 8654
Fax: +44 171 729 2599
Internet: "seamus o'sullivan" <seamus@o-sull.demon.co.uk>

Scotland Against Drugs Hypocrisy
PO Box 491,
Edinburgh EH12 9DY
Internet: 106010.3037@compuserve.com
Notes: A cross party lobbying group that was set up to counter the moral
crusade of the establishment's Scotland Against Drugs (SAD). SADH have been
very effective behind the scenes at various political meetings -
politicians are listening. We are organising a national 'Just Say No to
Drugs Hypocrisy' week mid October '96, with many events planned.
Last Contacted: Aug 96

Transform
Box 59
82 Colston Street
Bristol BS1 5BB
Notes:We are a collection of drugs workers and civil rights activists and
our aim is to develop a grassroots movement of activists to campaign for
the legalisation of all drugs and to replace prohibition with controls
and regulations to make drug use safer and which does not erode
civil rights. We are looking for people in the UK to help us in our task,
particularly in the South West.

UK Cannabis Interent Activists
http://www.foobar.co.uk/users/ukcia/
Notes: A group of on-line UK activists providing cannabis information via
their web site and using the internet to campaign for liberalisation of the
cannabis laws in the UK. They also offer free web space to like-minded
groups and individuals.

WDL
33 Buckingham Road
Steele Calydon
Bucks MK18 2QA

[GenericMind]

Feel free to add resources, links, opinions, observations, discussions, whatever. Just keep it on topic.

[delta_9]

Just wanted to jump in and say when you're tryping area codes, if one of them ends in 8, you may want to put a space between the 8 and the closing parenthesis, or else it will look like this -> . Or you could use different brackets.
good stuff, btw

[GenericMind]

Damn, I forgot about that. I'll get around to editing it eventually.

[phrozen]

I wonder if the NSA found this thread yet?

[GenericMind]

I couldn't seem to find any contact information for them.

[phrozen]

You don't contact them, they contact you!

[Consciously Insane]

Last year I sent a letter to my two senators and my congressman for my district. I just got my one letter back from Bob Casey Jr. over here in Pennsylvania. Right after I wrote the letter and sent it out for my government class, Congressman Joe Sestak hand delivered his response to our class. It was a nice gesture even though I don't agree with his stance on many issues. I'm still waiting Arlen Spector .

[GenericMind]

I think it's great when the younger generation takes an active stance in politics. We'd have so much sway if we could gather all of us under one banner, but everyone's too fucking lazy. It's pathetic that the closest thing we've seen so far is MTV Corp's self-serving attempt to harness the youth vote with their "Rock The Vote" bullshit.

[phrozen]

I'm still waiting Arlen Spector.

I met Arlen Spector. He seems like a boob.(I'm not sure what that means)

[Consciously Insane]

Vote or Die.

[Damien]

Something I've been meaning to get to.

[euphoricnod]

I'm going to sticky this to the top of Drug Culture. Its a very useful set of things.

Please use these and contribute.