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Stay connected to the movement. Hemp-talk is a discussion list about cannabis, hemp, and drug policy activism in Washington State. Created in 1996, it's been connecting activists in our state for over ten years.

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Other Drug Policy Lists

• Media Awareness Project - MAP tracks published news related to drug policy, an amazingly useful service
• DRCNet Mailing Lists - DRCTalk is one of the older, more trafficked drug policy lists
• November Coalition List - Focusing on drug war prisoners and their families
• mmj-list - From CannabisMD.org, focused specifically on medical marijuana

A hotbed of cannabis activism, Washington State is home to many organizations working to bring about rational drug policy. Here are some things to get involved with:

Initiative 75, passed by Seattle citizens in Sep. 2003, set up the Marijuana Policy Review Panel to monitor the effects of the law and suggest ways to further rational drug policy in the city. The next panel meeting is Tuesday, April 10, 2007.

Roger Goodman, director of the King Co. Bar's Drug Policy Project, won a state legislative seat in the 45th district. Congratulations!

King Co. Bar Association Drug Policy Project has done amazing work educating the "suits" about the failure of our prohibition model of drug policy, and the need for a regulatory model of drug policy.

Seattle Hempfest, the largest cannabis policy reform rally on the planet, is the third weekend in August on Seattle's waterfront.

Olympia Hempfest is a week after Seattle's big bash.

Pending medical marijuana cases in Washington from CannabisMD.

The November Coalition, based in Colville, is a national reform group and works with prisoners and families.

SpoCannabis is a medical marijuana activist group in Spokane.