* Our Saturday Market starts April 4 in Eugene and as we have for the past decade, we will have our Cannabis information booth across from the market on the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza. If any group would like their Cannabis-related information distributed please contact us. We're updating the info in our 'Just Say Know' brochure so please let us know of any corrections/additions needed. Click here for the current info.

* Emerald Empire Hempfest (EEH) Planning volunteer core Meeting will happen every Wednesday, 7pm, at Washington-Jedfferson Park, near the Basketball Courts. Get in on the ground floor now and for the future. It's going to be one heck of an event! call 541-517-0957 for more information.

Eugenes own Emerald Empire HempFest * July 17- 26, 2009 * Starts 4:20PM on Friday and goes on a 10 Day music & Peace festival - GET ON THE STAGE * Get on the Stage - Emerald Empire Hempfest Eugene, Oregon – July 17, 18 & 19 Washington - Jefferson park & ‘Pull Back The Curtain’ event, July 17 – 26, private land camping.

Info: 10 Day music & Peace festival - GET ON THE STAGE - Emerald Empire Hempfest July 17th - 26th, 2009 Eugene, Oregon Family Gathering!!!! Watch for the Upcoming ads in March Issue of HIGH TIMES and get the inside scoop! The Festival part in town is free, you will need a camping pass to attend the rest of the event. Camping for the entire festival: $15.00/person ($25/family) 1st of many GET ON THE STAGE EVENTs. Normal Bean Takes Ken Kesey’s advice and takes the Family to the Next Step. Get On The Stage! PEACE RALLY!

It's not enough to just get on the bus now days! We are one people... get involved...get on the stage...and this will be the first gathering of its kind....see you there! In the Kesey day's, it was "Get On The Bus" Normal Bean say's "Get On The Stage" Was the counter-culture a success? Has enough time gone bye to judge the outcome? In the early hippy days the term "Get on the Bus" meant to take notice and tune in, be aware......... Ken Kesey's Bus, Further....was the vehicle, so to speak. With the new generation of hippies, we now need to step into a new cycle. We can no longer just take notice, we now have to get involved..... The new term for today is "Get on the stage"....meaning everyone must be involved and participate to make an effective change in our life time....... In the early days according to the history channel ...the children suffered.....did they really....look around at eveyday life in Eugene OR ... there are children of that era walking around making a difference and all are aware. They have taken on all parts of life and to most would seem quite Normal......... so get on the stage and get involved in peace brothers and sisters.....we got obama elected now lets do the next step!

This is the call you have been waiting on...........Normal Bean Artists: Normal Bean, Nick Gravenites, henry Turner & Flavor, Natasha james, Ken Petersen (plastic ono Band), Simon Babbs and woodknot, Maykers, Paul J Biondi, I-ch'ele & the Circle of Light, Hippinshlog, ISSA, Lunatics on Parole, Bad Gass, Doc-Ocular, Hannahs Field, Niyah, Johnny wilde, Specter, Just People, many more TBA. sound provided by ledgendary dead sound company - Ultra sound. Festival Website: http://www.normalbeanband.com

* Every 4th Saturday, 2pm * and the Willamette Valley NORML Public meeting takes place at Herbs Toasted Subs, 1210 Willamette St, Eugene, Oregon. Click here for > meeting details.

* Every Tuesday, 7pm * Cannabis T.V. (ECTV) Show filming in Eugene. On Tuesdays at Community Television of Lane County - which is behind Sheldon High School in Eugene, Oregon. They start filming their weekly cable-access (Eugenes) Cannabis T.V. show (CannTV) at 7:00pm. Visit: or Contact: Cannabis Liberation Front * PO Box 10957, Eugene, Oregon 97440-2957 * Watch EUGENE CANNABIS TV on Cable Channel 22/29 EVERY WEEK Wed 8:30 pm, Thurs 8:30am, Fri 12:30a, 12:30p * Check out more on the show online at: http://eugenecannabistv.org

* Saturday, July 4th, 2009 * Fourth Of July Smoke-In / Rally, March & Concert To End Marijuana Prohibition On July 4th In Washington, D.C. * Yes, it’s the 4th of July Hemp Coalition's 40th Annual Smoke-In at the National Mall in Washington DC (23rd & Wisconsin NW).  The Rally starts at "High Noon" in Lafayette Park (North side of the White House).  From 12:00-3:00pm Activist speakers from the front lines of the "War On Drugs" comment on the progress and direction of ending marijuana prohibition and other aspects of drug policy reform.  The Concert begins at 2pm in the Henry Bacon Ball Field located at 23rd Street and Constitution Avenue NW.  Performers and activists will present a colorful message relating to our cause during the afternoon.  At 4:00pm the "Peace Mile Parade" concludes it's march route at the ball field. At 8:50pm we are required by the Park Service to shut down our sound system so that it will not interfere with the National Park Service fireworks display.  For more info Contact:  Fourth of July Hemp Coalition (FJHC)  -  P O Box 5513, Washington DC 20016, phone 202-286-5586, or visit  - http://www.smoke-in.org/

Patient Meetings and Meet-Ups; where -

-> Cardholders can meet with Caregivers - Caregivers can meet with Cardholders.
-> Folks can ask grow questions and get answers from Oregon's best medical marijuana growers.
-> Learn the legal details of Oregon's Medical Marijuana Act and the most recent laws and rules changes.

If you can possibly spare them, bring seedlings/clones and medicine to donate to others in need. They are providing safe access to excess in order to keep patients off of the black market, but it only works with your kind and generous help.

* Saturdays, time: 3pm * an Oregon Green Free (OGF-Eug) meeting, in Eugene The Eugene OGF holds their meetings on the SECOND SATURDAY of each month. * NOTE: You do NOT need to have an OMMP card to come to the Meet, BUT, is required for Grow Classes or any other situation where medicine (marijuana) in any form is present! * Voter Power office - 687 River Avenue, Eugene, Oregon.

When in doubt, it is best to go to the OGF site ( www.OregonGreenFree.us/forums/ ) which gives a detailed account of all of their meetings.

* Second and Fourth Saturdays, at Noon * a Patient Resource NetWork Meeting in Portland hosted by Oregon NORML. The Basics: 2nd Saturdays = OMMP Cardholders Meetings (Clones and Medicine), 4th Saturdays = OMMP 101 (Learn the Program, Learn the Law; Doors open at 11am, close at Noon; You must be a cardholder in the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program; You must be 21 years of age or older; You must show valid Oregon Photo ID; You must sign registration form indemnifying Oregon NORML & Mt. Tabor; You must be a member of Oregon NORML; NO BUYING OR SELLING OF CANNABIS! Visit: > www.ornorml.org/events/cardmtg.html < for the latest information.

Visit MERCYs web pages for more on Patient Meetings and Meet-Ups.

* NORML National Conferences * Where do freedom-loving citizens like YOU gather? Answer: Events hosted by the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws! NORML, as the oldest and largest marijuana law reform organization, has convened more national conferences than any other drug law reform group.

Spanning from 1972, at the "People's First Pot Conference" held in Washington, D.C. to the most recent 2008 Conference held in Berkeley, CA on Oct. 17-19, citizens and policy-makers concerned with marijuana and marijuana policy mark their calendars each year for the best and most informative annual drug law reform conference. If you and your like-minded friends and family are concerned about ending marijuana prohibition, please try to attend a national or regional NORML conference. … Stand Up, Get Out, Speak Up For Your Rights! Visit: http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3427 for more on NORML conferences. Click > here < for the latest we're aware of.

Sat.-Sun., August 16 & 17-ish, 2009 Seattle HempFest in Seattle. Admission is FREE, it will be held at Myrtle Edwards Park, Pier 70 on the third weekend of August and goes from 10AM to 8PM, both days. Hempfest is a work-party. They want you to come to relax and enjoy our event, but they also want you to learn. When people learn the facts about Cannabis they inevitably come to our side. They want to offer the latest educational resources to help you learn about domestic production of industrial hemp, medical marijuana, pot law, and even addiction and abuse. They want to contribute to you being as informed, educated and prepared as you can be to participate in our culture and movement. Take this year's program guide home with you and study it. The brightest minds they can find have contributed to their program this year. It is a user's manual so please use it. Find more information at: www.SeattleHempfest.com/

Hempstalk * usually 2nd w/e in Sept., last year was Saturday, September 6th, 10AM to 10PM – Sunday, September 7th, 10AM to 10PM - 2008 * at Eastbank Festival Plaza, in Portland, Oregon. The Plaza is located at 2 S.E. Main, between Salmon and Madison.

The reason marijuana is illegal has very little to do with drugs, and is really about money and the continued centralization of economic and political control. Hemp seed oil is biodiesel and is three times more productive than any other seed oil crop, and hemp seed oil will run any diesel engine today with no modification. Hemp oil is the reason the petrochemical industry made up the "reefer madness" myth. They renamed hemp, using racist propaganda, calling it marijuana, and lied to make it illegal. There is a truth that must be heard! That's what the Hempstalk Festival is all about. To find out more about HempStalk, visit: www.HempStalk.org * or Contact HempStalk organizers: The Hemp and Cannabis Foundation (THCf), by phone: 1-800-723-0188 -or- visiting: www.THC-Foundation.org

Sun., August 23rd and 24th, 2008 * Oly HempFest in Olympia. The Olympia Hempfest to be held at Heritage Park, Olympia, Washington on the fourth weekend of August and usually happens from 11am to 9pm. Admission is FREE, tho they suggest a $5 donation. “See what’s taking root”. 3 stages of entertainment, craft and food vendors, political and educational speakers. The 2005 event was proudly sponsored by Heads Magazine, Jeremy Miller Presents, Kink Clothing, Smiles By Paul, Hemp.Net and the Washington Hemp Education Network. Contact: by phone 360.456-3517 -or- Find more information at: www.OlyHempfest.org

* Northwest Rainbow Family Calendar of Events, January, 2009. Eugene, Oregon has monthly potlucks of the 1st Sunday of each month, the next one happening on January 4. The location will be at Growers Market Building, upstairs, 454 Willamette, and goes from 1 to 6 pm.

* Portland, Oregon has monthly potlucks on the 2nd Sunday of each month, the next one will be on January 11. The location will be at STUDIO 6, which is located at 6 N.E. Tillamook St. (about 4 blocks North of N.E. Broadway), on the S.E. corner of N. Williams Ave. and N.E. Tillamook St., and begins at 2 pm.

At Rainbow Family of Living Light potlucks, bring the children, friends, food and juice to share, cup, bowl and spoon, musical instruments, visions, and lots of good energy. Dates and locations seldom change, however, you may wish to call a northwest rainbow lightline in Portland, (503)727-2498, for any updates.