Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland, OR.

Vendors, Speakers, and Bands: 10am - 5pm

March begins promptly at High Noon.

More info coming soon for our May 1st Global Cannabis March at Pioneer Square in Potland Oregon. All bands and vendors and/or any questions can be emailed to events@ornorml.org.

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From blog.norml.org

From the Oregon Board of Pharmacy.

KOIN, KPTV, and KATU cover the action of the 11th annual march held in downtown Portland.

KOIN

From Hit & Run Journalism

The following photos were taken in chronological order at the May 1, 2010 Global Cannabis March in downtown Portland, OR. Roughly 1,000 people showed up and were very politely escorted by the Portland Police Department from one side of downtown to the other. At the same time roughly 4,900 immigration reform supporters, 100 pissed off “anarchists”, and three scary people in a pick up truck, who were yelling the word “white” to loud for my taste, were also enjoying the intermittent sunshine.

From The Daily Vanguard

If OCTA passes, $300 million resulting from combined tax revenues of hemp production and legalizing marijuana will be added to Oregon’s budget.

In the unregulated marijuana market that Oregon has today, anyone can purchase cannabis. For example, prices could be set by some 16-year-old who is in charge of selling it. If there was regulation, the overall costs would go down while at the same time making it harder for the same 16-year-old to obtain marijuana, since it will be sold in liquor stores.

by Jennifer Alexander
Board of Directors, Oregon NORML
4/22/10

On April 15, 2010, the Oregon Supreme Court overturned an earlier ruling in the case of EMERALD STEEL FABRICATORS, INC., v. BUREAU OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES. A few years ago, a man by the name of Anthony Scevers was fired from Emerald Steel Fabricators Inc. where he was a drill press operator. When he informed them he was an Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) patient, they proceeded to fire him without further discussion one week later. According to court documents, they justified the firing by claiming he was “illegally using drugs” and that they could not allow him to work there for safety reasons.

by Jennifer Alexander
Board of Directors, Oregon NORML
4/20/10

Many Oregonians are proud to be citizens of one of the first states to have allowed the use of medical marijuana.  For many years, the federal government has led us to believe that marijuana had “no medical value” by retaining it in Schedule I and by continuing to plague us with propaganda that insists that marijuana is “dangerous.”   As of April 1, 2010, there are over 32,000 medical marijuana patients currently holding cards in Oregon that disprove the notion that marijuana has “no medical value.”  Marijuana remains among the safest drugs known to mankind.

Oregon NORML's 2010 Poster for the 11th Annual Global Cannabis March. Please help spread the word by printing, hanging, and distributing this poster amongst your friends!