Podcast of Loretta Nall on the Uncle Henry Show

If you missed the show you can listen to the podcast of it HERE

Many, many thanks to Uncle Henry for having me on for the entire hour this morning and for being such a great host. I look forward to the next time.

****HOW TO GET INVOLVED****

Many people have contacted me asking how they could get involved and help make a difference in our legalization effort. Loretta and I have put together an easy to follow guide that I hope EVERYONE will take advantage of using. They can't hear you if you remain silent!!!

HOW TO GET INVOLVED:

1) Contact Executive Director Loretta Nall (me) at lorettanall@gmail.com or by calling 256-625-9599, or Outreach Coordinator Christie O'Brien at alabamacompcare@yahoo.com or by calling 205-907-6131.

2) Visit us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/alacompcare?ref=mf

3) Join our discussion group at http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/compassionate-care/join

4) Call/write/visit your member of the Alabama House or Representatives and ask for their support of the medical marijuana bill. If you are unsure of who your representative is in Montgomery please go to this link http://www.legislature.state.al.us/house/house.html, scroll down and on the left side of the page you will see a place to enter your zip code. That will bring up the name, address and contact number for your member of the Alabama House of Representatives.

5) Talk to friends family and co-workers about this issue

6) Write letters to the editors of Alabama newspapers. The media in Alabama is very supportive of medical marijuana.

7) Help us recruit more medical professionals and clergy for the medical marijuana cause in Alabama.

THANK YOU

Christie O'Brien
Outreach Coordinator

RALLY COVERAGE!

Here are several links to rally coverage from Saturday Feb 13th:

PICTURES - CLICK HERE

CBS 42 NEWS - STORY

CBS 42 NEWS - VIDEO

AL.COM/B'HAM NEWS

ACC Intl. Medical Marijuana Celebration time change

UPDATE: Due to inclement weather conditions the time of this event has been pushed back by one hour. We will meet at 2330 Highland Avenue at 2 pm and begin our march to the Fountain at 5 Points South between 2:30 and 3:00 pm. The Birmingham News has confirmed that they will be coming out to report on our event. If road conditions are still problematic in your area at noon then do not attempt to attend. However, if you can safely make it to this event please come and bring as many people as you can.


Dear Friends and Supporters of Medical Marijuana in Alabama,

On Feb. 13, 2010 beginning at 1 p.m. members of Alabamians for Compassionate Care will kick off International Medical Marijuana Week with a celebration in Birmingham, Alabama with a pot luck dinner, fellowship, speakers and a short demonstration. If you plan to attend please bring a covered dish to share with other attendees. Later on we plan to have individual patients tell their stories about why they use medical marijuana, what they have to endure to get their medicine and how such obstacles have negatively impacted their lives. We will conclude our event by marching from 2330 Highland Ave. down to the fountain at 5 Points South and the back to the Hwy 280 overpass. Please make and bring signs about medical marijuana. Possible slogans include

I am a PATIENT not a criminal

My other medicine is addictive

STOP ARRESTING PATIENTS

MAKE MEDICAL MARIJUANA LEGAL

Please feel free to make up your own sign slogans so long as they have to do with medical marijuana.

The address of our celebration is

2330 Highland Ave. South (on Southside)

This location is right next to Caldwell Park. Should our group become too large for the location we have selected we can and will spill over into the park, weather permitting.

Load your cars and trucks up with as many people as you can find and we look forward to seeing you there.

If you have questions or need further information please feel free to email me at lorettanall@gmail.com. You can also contact our Outreach coordinator Christie O'Brien at 205-907-6131 reederchristie@yahoo.com or by contacting our Web Coordinator Penny Vaughan at luvlavender@yahoo.com

Note to Rally Attendees

IMPORTANT NOTE:

If you plan to attend the Alabamians for Compassionate Care rally on Feb. 13 in Birmingham here are a few (strong) suggestions.

The media will be in attendance. PLEASE DO NOT WEAR ANYTHING TYE DYE or anything else that can be associated with what the media likes to portray as dope smoking hippies. Wear normal, everyday clothes. No peace signs. No pot leaves. Sunday best is an option just make sure to wear comfortable walking shoes for the short walk to the fountain at 5 Points South and back to Highland Avenue. Remember, each and every one of you that participates will be the face of this movement. We are normal, everyday, hard working people and that is the image we want the rest of Alabama to become accustomed to when thinking about medical marijuana and the people who use it. So again, no tye dye, no peace signs, no Bob Marley, no pot leaves.

Also: It will be VERY cold on Saturday. Snow is expected on Friday and if it does snow then the event may be postponed until Feb. 20. Same time, same place. If the event isn't postponed please dress warmly. Much of this event will take place outside and 42 degrees is cold. Coats, scarves and gloves are in order. Please dress accordingly.

If you would like to be one of the patients that is interviewed by the media then email me right away at lorettanall@gmail.com so I can coach you on what to say and what not to say.

Loretta Nall
Executive Director
Alabamians for Compassionate Care
251-650-2271

The Right to Choose

This one in the Anniston Star from a guy in Arizona who saw Penny's letter on mapinc.org

The Right to Choose

by our readers

Feb 11, 2010

Re “The right to smoke” (Speak Out, Feb. 3):

I’m responding to the outstanding letter about the legalization of medical marijuana from writer Penny Vaughn of Lineville. I’d like to add that one of the medications prescribed by my personal physician for my arthritis pain and inflammation has the rare potential side effect of death. In other words, if I take this medication as prescribed, I can die as a result.

For me, marijuana is the more effective medication. Right now, if adult citizens opt for the safer and more effective medication, they are subject to arrest and being sent to jail with violent criminals.

Is something wrong with this situation? I think so. Shouldn’t adults have the freedom to choose what goes into their own bodies in the privacy of their own homes?

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz.

http://www.annistonstar.com/view/full_story/5987552/article-The-right-to-choose?instance=opinion_right

2 More Letters Published!!

Folks,

Christie O'Brien and Don Seibold both had excellent letters published in
Alabama papers today. You can read them at the following links. Please
take a moment and write a response to the letters in the Anniston Star
and Birmingham News as well as leave comments on those websites.

http://nallforgovernor.blogspot.com/2010/02/marijuana-nonsense.html
http://nallforgovernor.blogspot.com/2010/02/medical-marijuana-bill-would-legalize.html

Thanks!

IMPORTANT NOTE RE: RALLY THIS SATURDAY

IMPORTANT NOTE: On Feb. 13 Alabamians for Compassionate Care will hold a celebration in honor of International Medical Marijuana Week. From the looks of things this event has the potential to be very large. We want to remind everyone planning to attend that medical marijuana is not yet legal in Alabama. Therefore we strongly advise against traveling to or from this event with your medication. Alabamians for Compassionate Care WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE for anyone who chooses to ignore this advice. In other words, if you get arrested for possession of marijuana or for consuming marijuana at this event you will be on your own. Additionally, Rep. Patricia Todd may drop in and say hello. We would not want the actions of those in attendance to make her look bad or cause her problems for sponsoring this bill. Please keep that in mind as you make your plans to attend.

Thanks, ACC Staff

ALABAMA MEDICAL MARIJUANA AWARENESS RALLY

ALABAMA MEDICAL MARIJUANA AWARENESS RALLY

On Feb. 13, 2010 beginning at 1 p.m. members of Alabamians for Compassionate Care/Alabama NORML will kick off International Medical Marijuana Awareness Week with a celebration in Birmingham, Alabama with a pot luck dinner, fellowship, speakers and a short demonstration. If you plan to attend please bring a dish (preferred dishes: Finger Foods/Munchies) to share with other attendees; drinks will be provided. Later on we plan to have individual patients tell their stories about why they use medical marijuana, what they have to endure to get their medicine and how such obstacles have negatively impacted their lives. We will conclude our event by marching from 2330 Highland Ave. down to the fountain at 5 Points South and the back to the Hwy 280 overpass. Please make and bring signs about medical marijuana. Possible slogans include:

I am a PATIENT not a criminal

My other medicine is addictive

STOP ARRESTING PATIENTS

MAKE MEDICAL MARIJUANA LEGAL

Please feel free to make up your own sign slogans so long as they have to do with medical marijuana.

The address of our celebration is:

2330 Highland Ave. South (on Southside), Birmingham, AL 35205

This location is right next to Caldwell Park. Should our group become too large for the location we have selected we can and will spill over into the park, weather permitting.

Load your cars and trucks up with as many people as you can find and we look forward to seeing you there.

If you have questions or need further information please feel free to email me at lorettanall@gmail.com.
You can also contact our Outreach coordinator Christie O'Brien at 205-907-6131/ alabamacompcare@yahoo.com or by contacting our Web Coordinator Penny Vaughan at luvlavndr@yahoo.com.

The Right to Smoke - editorial

Another ACC member gets published in the Anniston Star -

The Right to Smoke