Wisconsin Marijuana advocates planning State Capitol lobby day Jan. 16

State medical cannabis patients and activists are planning a Medical Cannabis Lobby Day on Wed. Jan. 16, 2013 at the State Capitol in Madison.

 

 

The Madison and Wisconsin chapters of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), along with Is My Medicine Legal YET? (IMMLY), the Wisconsin medical cannabis advocacy group founded by medical cannabis bill namesake Jacki Rickert, are joining forces to bring advocates to Madison.

NORML has already filed permits for the event. The group hand-delivered the permit application after state officials somehow “lost” a permit application the group had submitted in January 2012 for Governor Scott Walker’s 2012 “State of the State” (SOTS) address by both email and the U.S. Postal Service.

Wisconsin medical cannabis legislation – the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act (JRMMA) will have a new lead sponsor next session. Rep. Chris Taylor (D-Madison) will be taking over from Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Madison) who was elected to the U.S. Congress on Nov. 6 to fill the seat held by Tammy Baldwin, elected a U.S. Senator the same day.

The 2013-2014 JRMMA is being updated to reflect the many developments in medical cannabis in the recent past. As in past sessions, the legislation is not expected to be formally introduced until after the state budget is settled mid-year.

Organizers are holding the lobby day early in the session to build on momentum from recent votes in Colorado and Washington to legalize small amounts of cannabis and the passage, by Massachusetts voters of a medical cannabis initiative making that state number 18 plus Washington D.C.

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