Miami Valley NORML (Cincinnati-Dayton)

Calling All Medical Marijuana Supporters: You Can Make A Difference!

The Ohio Alternative Treatment Amendment committee currently has unique volunteer opportunities. While we encourage our supporters to volunteer by circulating petitions we also have volunteer opportunities with more responsibilities. Aside from being a petition circulator we are also looking for the following volunteers.

Volunteer Recruitment Coordinator(s)

• Person must be willing to take on the responsibility of meeting volunteer recruitment quotas
• Must be able to keep a database of names, phone numbers, emails, addresses (including county and region of the state)
• Report back weekly with the OATA committee
• Our goal is 2,000 volunteers by March (we are halfway there)

Regional Field Operations Directors

• Event planning and coordinating background helpful
• Oversees volunteers within specific regions (NE, NW, SE, SW)
• Trains volunteers on proper signature gathering
• Works closely with the State Field Operations Director
• Must be able to coordinate the entire region’s activities

Professional writers (multiple positions and types available)

• Grant writing (works closely with the fundraiser director)
• Articles for news print (works closely with the press release director)
• Web articles and blog experience (works closely with the webmaster)

If you have a specific skill that you are willing to volunteer, please contact the OATA Committee at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Please put “volunteer” in the subject line. Tell them you saw the request for volunteers on the MV Norml site. Don’t forget to include your name, phone number, county, and what you would like to volunteer for.

NORML To Celebrate 40-Year Anniversary

Washington, DC: NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, will celebrate the 40-year anniversary of its founding on Wednesday, March 2, 2011. NORML is the oldest and most respected marijuana law reform organization in the nation, and the only such organization to represent itself as the marijuana consumers' lobby.

"Over the last four decades, NORML took what was then a nascent marijuana legalization movement in this country, and moved it into the political mainstream.," NORML founder Keith Stroup said. "Because of NORML's willingness to challenge marijuana prohibition and to make the case that marijuana consumers are good citizens, not criminals, we are now approaching the tipping point with this issue in America. In the end, we are only incidentally talking about marijuana — we are really talking about personal freedom."

NORML celebrates this 40th anniversary with an exciting find from its voluminous archive of marijuana-related media: a public service advertisement for the organization recorded in 1976 by reggae legend Peter Tosh. The reintroduction of the Tosh PSA coincides with Sony Music's April 16 reissue of classic Tosh albums, including 'Legalize It'.

"We are excited to partner with the Tosh Family Estate and Sony Music in releasing this historic clip from the man who touched millions of cannabis consumers with anthems like 'Legalize It' and 'Get Up, Stand Up,'" said NORML Outreach Coordinator Russ Belville, host of the organization's daily webstream / podcast, NORML SHOW LIVE.

NORML SHOW LIVE and the NORML Stash Blog will be featuring more material from the NORML Archives in celebration of the 40th anniversary, leading up to the organization's 40th annual conference this April 21-23 in Denver, Colorado. The Tosh Family and Sony Music will also be working with NORML for more exciting Peter Tosh releases later this year.

MVNORML Banner

Miami Valley NORML was long overdue to having our own banner. Below are two banners we now have to display. A big thank you goes to our members and supporters like Charles Rowland for providing the funding to make this happen.

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Miami Valley Legalization Video

A one-minute advertisement, entitled "Legalization: Yes We Can," calls on the President and Congress to repeal the federal prohibition of marijuana. It states: "You can tax it. You can regulate it; apply age restrictions. You can create millions of new jobs. ... President Obama, it's time for legalization. Yes we can!

NORML purchased over 7,500 ad buys on over 200 national cable providers. The advertisement will appear on various cable networks in all 50 states, including CNN, CNBC, Fox News, Fuse, FX Networks, G4, MSNBC, CNN Headline News, and Spike TV.

NORML's ad was produced by New Jersey independent filmmaker Jason Druss. Druss submitted the public service announcement as part of NORML's 2009 online ad contest. Druss' entry was selected by the public as the contest's grand-prize winner, besting over 80 other finalists.

"NORML's national advertising campaign epitomizes the growing public support for marijuana law reform, NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre said. "This is a grassroots, organic campaign. NORML's ad was produced by and voted on by the public. Even more importantly, all of the money raised to sponsor this national ad buy was donated to NORML by the general public. These ads are on television because thousands of Americans are demanding an end to the criminal prohibition of marijuana.

This same ad has been adapted for the Miami Valley local chapter. Please check out the FLASH video below and leave a comment in our email. We are running this on several public access TV stations and need to run on as many southwest Ohio PATV stations, get involved to put this on your local PATV TV. We are also seeking your support seeking your support to broadcast this video on the Cincinnati to Dayton area commercial TV stations. Hit the PLAY button above to view our PSA.

Please share this video to get your friends and relatives to start talking about legalization.  Below is a MP4 link if you do not have a Flash Player.

MP4 link