From: Exidor. Area: Magical Plants To: All 7 Oct 94 04:38:04 Subject: Kava-Kava UpdReq Kava-Kava: Anyone have any experience with this substance. Can someone describe the experience, relate it to other substances such as, cannabis, psilocybin, lsd, or any similarities to anything. Where can it be obtained? And another one, has anyone done yage, and can you describe it, and is it still considered legal? where can you get it, blah, blah, etc, etc... please inform me..... x. 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Albertus Magnus Area: Magical Plants To: All 7 Oct 94 15:20:42 Subject: [1 of 2] DRCNet UPDATE -- 9/25/94 UpdReq Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 05:47:45 -0700 From: borden@netcom.com (David Borden) Subject: DRCNet UPDATE -- 9/25/94 The following announcement comes to you courtesy of the Drug Reform Coordination Network (DRCNet). For more info, email "drcnet@netcom.com", or contact: DRCNet, P.O. Box 381813, Cambridge, MA 02238-1813, phone: (617) 648-2655, fax (temporary): (617) 646-0657. ****************************************************************************** I wish to thank the many DRCNet participants for your enthusiastic participation. The number of email subscribers has just passed 300! Issue #3 of the The Activist Guide has been completed and will be printed tomorrow and distributed in hardcopy and electronically to our subscribers. The issue features excerpts from the conference "Crime, Drugs, Health & Prohibition II" last May 21 at Harvard Law School, specifically Lee Brown's rejection of legalization and Judge Gray's off-the-cuff, point-by-point reply. We have a number of action items to highlight in this bulletin. First, though, I must cover the most mundane and yet crucial aspect of running any organization: money. Like many political non-profits, DRCNet spends most of its income as fast as it gets it. DRCNet's savings is just enough at this point to get this issue printed and mailed out to our 40 or so paying subscribers. We need a little more cash flow soon to cover our internet charges, phone bill, and to do some offline promotion as well. A fair number of email subscribers have been generous enough to either subscribe to the hardcopy versions of our publications (much prettier -- in fact this issue has pictures of Lee Brown and Judge Gray), or to send straight donations. (No amount is too small!) This has been vital to our success thus far; if you think this project is important we hope you will considering contributing to it in one of these ways. (And if you've been meaning to do so but haven't gotten around to it yet, this would be a good time.) Email subscriptions will remain free of charge, and we appreciate your participation with or without financial support. If you do decide to subscribe or donate, please use the "Sign me up, Sign me on" form included at the end of The Activist Guide. [Rate information: $25 for full membership, $18 for newsletter only, $10 for rapid response team only. Electronic versions free.] On to important matters: Recent court decisions regarding civil forfeiture have given new momentum to the drive for forfeiture reform. John Conyers' bill, H.R. 3347, now for the first time seems likely to have a chance. H.R. 3347 would restore much of the due process that has been taken away by the forfeiture laws; in particular it would prevent forfeiture from taking place before the property owner has been convicted of the crime in question. We ask that you ask your Representative to co-sponsor H.R. 3347 and to contact Rep. Jack Brooks to ask for hearings on civil forfeiture; and ask your two Senators to introduce companion legislation to H.R. 3347 in the Senate; and inform your Senators and your Representative that the Department of Justice's forfeiture bill (for which they're still trying to find a sponsor) is a bad bill. This is a high priority item; you'll find more information on these matters 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Albertus Magnus Area: Magical Plants To: All 7 Oct 94 15:21:32 Subject: [2 of 2] DRCNet UPDATE -- 9/25/94 UpdReq in The Activist Guide. Item two is: now is the time to let Congress know that we're not satisfied with the Administration's rejection of medical marijuana. We want legislation that will provide immediate access to personal use sized quantities of marijuana to patients with medicinal need; promote further research into marijuana's medicinal uses; and ensure that neither physicians nor patients need fear prosecution for the possession, prescription or cultivation of personal use sized quantities of marijuana for medicinal purposes. How to Reach Your Congressman/Senators: The Honorable {your Congressman} The Honorable {your Senator} House of Representatives United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20515 Washington, D.C. 20510 To call them or find out who they are, call the Congressional Switchboard, at (202) 224-3121, or use this 800 number while it lasts: (800) 768-2221. One last piece of news: the Clinton Administration has finally acted on filling the Sentencing Commission vacancies. The four nominees are expected to have smooth confirmation hearings, and all of them oppose mandatory minimum sentencing, so it's hoped they'll have progressive views on the sentencing guidelines as well. So this action item, which was the subject of the last DRCNet bulletin, is now closed. All are welcome on the DRCTalk online strategy forum. To subscribe, send email to "listserv@netcom.com" with the line "subscribe drctalk-l" in the body of the message (not the subject). (Word of warning: expect to get a lot email in your box if you do.) Thank you all for your participation and interest. DRCNet thanks NORML, FAMM and FEAR for much of the information in this bulletin. David Borden ============================================================================== DRCNet is a non-profit entity dedicated to getting the word out to activists on what you can do to work for reform of the nations drug laws and other related laws and policies. DRCNet solicits information from national and state level activist groups on how people can help them work for reform, and makes frequent announcements by e-mail, fax, mail and phone to its "rapid- response team". DRCNet also publishes "The Activist Guide", a monthly "what you can do" drug policy reform journal. Full membership in the Drug Reform Coordination Network is $25, and includes The Activist Guide and membership in the rapid-response team. Newsletter alone is $18 for 12 issues, and rapid-response team alone is $10. (All material is available by e-mail for free.) For more information on DRCNet's publications and educational outreach projects, contact: DRCNet, P.O. Box 381813, Cambridge, MA 02238-1813 (617) 648-2655 / (617) 646-0657 (temporary fax#) / email: drcnet@netcom.com 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718