Greater St. Louis NORML March 5, 2018 Board Meeting

Posted on March 3, 2018March 3, 2018 by GSTL-NORML

Greater St. Louis NORML December Board of Directors Meeting Monday, March 5, 2018, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm We will have a March open Board of Directors meeting/business meeting one week before our regularly scheduled monthly chapter meeting. Greater St. Louis NORML chapter members and cannabis legalization activists are encouraged to attend this informal business meeting to discuss cannabis legalization activities. We will be reviewing upcoming St. Louis City legislation, planned GSTL NORML ev...

Greater St. Louis NORML February 12, 2018 Chapter Meeting

Posted on February 12, 2018February 12, 2018 by GSTL-NORML

January 2018 chapter meeting with Jonathon Callicoat of HOPS 21 and George Nolen

Greater St. Louis NORML February Chapter Meeting Monday, February 12, 2018, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Join us for our second meeting of 2018. It's Lincoln's birthday and we're prepared to set free some hot cannabis topics at this meeting. We're finalizing the details to bring another interesting speaker to the February meeting. Watch our website and Facebook pages for the announcement. Thanks to our past month's speakers, Jonathon Callicoat of HOPS 21 and George Nolen, who gave us a live Skype tou...

Nineteenth Annual Drug War Victims Vigil

Posted on February 12, 2018 by GSTL-NORML

Greater St. Louis NORML Drug War Victims Vigil on Valentine's Day.

St. Louis, Missouri (14 February 2018) – The local chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (Greater St. Louis NORML) announces a Drug War Victims Vigil to take place on Wednesday, the 14th of February 2018 at the St. Louis County Justice Center at 100 S. Central, Clayton, Missouri 63105. Members, supporters, and victims will gather outside the county jail from 11:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. to peacefully protest the arrest and incarceration of marijuana users. The vigil wi...

2018 Lobby Day At The Missouri Capital

Posted on January 23, 2018January 23, 2018 by GSTL-NORML

Calling all MO activists! Join the NORML chapters across the state for our 2018 Missouri Lobby Day on January 30. Make plans to meet up at 11:00 a.m. We will have refreshments provided and special guest speakers. Location of our meet up will be announced soon as well as special guest speakers. We will also be planning a time and location for everyone to meet up after a successful day of lobbying for a debrief. Be sure to comment on this page if you are interested in organizing a group ...

Greater St. Louis NORML January 8, 2018 Chapter Meeting

Posted on January 1, 2018February 20, 2018 by GSTL-NORML

Board Bill 180 and the Legislation Committee responsible for passage.

Greater St. Louis NORML January Chapter Meeting Monday, January 8, 2018, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Join us for our first meeting of 2018. It may be cold outside, but we'll be cooking up some hot topics on the cannabis legalization front. Jonathon Callicoat of HOPS 21 will be speaking and George Nolen will give us a Skype tour of a cannabis grow facility in Oregon! Find out the latest developments about the New Approach Missouri campaign to legalize medical cannabis in Missouri. The campaign is r...

Legalization Campaign Pursues Matching Funds

Posted on June 26, 2017June 27, 2017 by GSTL-NORML

Cannabis activists meet for a strategy session for New Approach Missouri

New Approach Missouri's (NAM) ballot petition to legalize medical cannabis in Missouri is closing in on 40,000 signatures. That figure was reported by campaign manager John Payne in a memorandum to volunteers and donors on June 23, 2017. A citizen-initiated constitutional amendment requires 160,199 valid signatures to be placed on the ballot for Missouri's 2018 general election. The campaign's goal is to gather more than 100,000 additional signatures to win challenges by election officials. ...

Demystifying the Medical Marijuana Movement in Missouri

Posted on April 14, 2017April 14, 2017 by GSTL-NORML

New Approach Missouri's campaign director, John Payne, revealed on April 13, 2016 their medical marijuana initiative has gathered more than 15,000 signatures. Relying strictly on volunteers, Payne indicated the pace of signature gathering is increasing. The goal is to secure 280,000 signatures. "We could reasonably exceed our goal of collecting half the 280,000 signatures necessary to qualify for the ballot with volunteers – an unprecedented feat for a constitutional amendment initiative ...

Activists Moving Missouri Medical Cannabis Initiative Forward

Posted on February 6, 2017February 13, 2017 by GSTL-NORML

Signature workers were well organized at the New Approach Missouri Kickoff event.

New Approach Missouri's (NAM) medical marijuana initiative is gaining momentum. Following a series of sequential kickoff events across the Show-Me State during the last week of January 2017 and into February, NAM organizers successfully established a statewide network of trained activist volunteers to gather signatures for the 2018 medical cannabis initiative. NAM campaign manager John Payne indicated in a memorandum to volunteers on Jan. 27 that there were already “around 200 volunteers in t...