MPP fundraiser in Portland, OR

topic posted Thu, September 20, 2007 - 2:49 PM by  Unsubscribed
Hey everyone, heads up!

I'm going to be throwing a "free" movie night at Portland State U's 5th avenue movie theatre.

The date is TENTATIVELY going to be November 9th at 7:00 pm.

I will be showing the documentary "Waiting to Inhale" and possibly "In Pot We Trust", as well as some news footage from MPP (The Marijuana Policy Project).

I will also have literature from MPP on hand and you will have an opportunity to become a member of MPP and/or make a donation to the organization.

I will let you know more as the dates and times get confirmed, as well as permission to show the movies.

Pencil it in and spread the word!!!
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    CONFIRMED FOR 11/2/07! MPP fundraiser in Portland, OR

    Fri, October 26, 2007 - 2:29 PM
    When:
    Friday Nov 02, 2007
    at 7:00 PM

    Where::
    5TH AVENUE CINEMAS, Portland State University
    510 SW Hall Street
    Portland, OR 97201
    United States


    FREE SCREENING of two documentary films about medical
    marijuana.

    Date/Time:

    FRIDAY NOV 2ND, 2007 7PM

    Location:

    5TH AVENUE CINEMAS
    PSU CAMPUS
    510 SW Hall Street
    Portland, Oregon
    (503) 725-3551

    Films:

    WAITING TO INHALE 74 Minutes 2005
    Directed by Jed Riffe

    IN POT WE TRUST 88 MInutes 2007

    WAITING TO INHALE examines the heated debate
    surrounding marijuana and its use as medicine in the
    United States. As seriously ill patients demand laws
    to protect their right to use medical marijuana,
    opponents claim their argument is just a smokescreen
    for a different agenda--to legalize the drug
    altogether. How did America go from Reefer Madness
    mania to permitting the first clinical trials using
    smoked cannabis in decades? And what evidence is there
    that marijuana can alleviate the devastating symptoms
    of AIDS, cancer and multiple sclerosis? Waiting to
    Inhale takes the viewer from underground pot clubs to
    the U. S. Supreme Court; from an Israeli scientists
    laboratory to massive government-approved marijuana
    greenhouses outside London. The film goes inside the
    lives of patients who have been forever changed by
    illness--and parents who have lost children to drug
    overdoses and believe marijuana is the culprit. Above
    all, Waiting to Inhale sheds new light on the
    controversy and presents shocking new evidence that
    marijuana could hold a big stake in the future of
    medicine.

    IN POT WE TRUST
    The medical use of marijuana is examined from every
    side of a very complex issue with this documentary
    that charts the suffering of four chronically ill
    patients whose reliance on the illegal drug as a pain
    killer is in jeopardy due to federal anti-narcotic
    legislation. Also follows a DEA agent.Reform
    organizations, prohibitionist groups, politicians,
    drug war critics, scientists, and celebrities all get
    their say in this fascinating analysis.
    Produced for Showtime.

    This event is sponsored by the MPP, the Marijuana
    Policy Project. There will be informational handouts,
    brochures, and activism opportunities.
    For further info about MPP, go to www.mpp.org
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