Activists

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DENNIS PERON

"Dennis Peron is a medical marijuana activist, a gay rights activist, and a Vietnam veteran. He runs the Cannabis Buyers' Club in San Francisco and Americans for Compassionate Use, a national organization dedicated to getting sick people the cannabis they need...." He is also running for president in 1996 with the Grassroots Party.

"CALIFORNIANS FOR COMPASSIONATE USE (CCU) of medical marijuana announces a ballot initiative for 1996 that will permit doctors to prescribe marijuana and give patients the right to use it...." Dennis Peron announced the initiative in Sacramento.
CARL OLSEN VS. THE DEA
Documents include correspondence between Olsen and the DEA, his petition for rescheduling of marijuana to Schedule II, and both his and the DEA's briefs submitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals.
MARIJUANA TAX ACT
The entire Marijuana Tax Act is located here.
AMERICANS FOR COMPASSIONATE USE
Keeps track of state bills, lists medical uses, shows medical marijuana timeline (see their medical marijuana archive page).

GATEWOOD GAILBRAITH III

"Gatewood Gailbraith III is running for governor of Kentucky on one issue: legalization of hemp (aka marijuana) as a means of improving Kentucky's economy...." For more information on Gailbraith and excerpts from his newsletter, go to the usenet discussion talk.politics.drugs.

NORML
The famous National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws' homepage.
Several hypertext exhibits and courses accompanied by extensive full text reference archives, research links, extensive citations, by Jon Gettman for NORML.
CURES NOT WARS
Cures Not Wars is an organization advocating medical use of marijuana, as well as alternative policies on drugs and drug addiction. They follow news stories such as the trial of the coordinator of the NYC Medical Marijuana Buyers Club; discuss ongoing issues, such as "The Drug War is Killing Us: How the Drug War Created Crack;" and maintain a watch on "Drug War Criminals."
CLIFF SCHAFFER'S HEMP (MARIJUANA) PAGE
Part of Cliff Schaffer's Home Page, one of the most comprehensive medical marijuana sites on the Internet. Includes in-depth research on federal drug policy, information on specific drugs, and information for drug policy reform activists.
MARIJUANA POLICY PROJECT
This organization seems to work within the system, debating and testifying before federal health and drug agencies, promoting medical marijuana research in order to obtain FDA, reforming federal sentencing guidelines for marijuana cultivation, etc.
JIM ROSENFELD'S THINK FOR YOURSELF HOMEPAGE
Helpful links, and how to get a list of marijuana laws in all fifty states.
PARANOIA.COM
"Basic facts" and "myths debunked."