Hempstalk finally got the City of Portland to issue a permit for them to have their free, annual event at Waterfront Park this year. The event will be held on October 17th and 18th. We hope to see you all there! It was a long, tiresome process, but in the end truth prevailed. The city Read More …
Here we go again! Another round of wasteful arguing with the City of Portland over whether or not they should issue the annual Hempstalk event another permit. Here’s the full story; http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/08/hempstalk_festival_will_never.html
A good article from Salem news talking about the 710 Cannabis Festival, which is in its second year. The goal of this festival is to bring the recreational marijuana and OMMP community together to form a unity, to bring all aspects in of medical and legal marijuana to answer questions, show products that can be Read More …
Thousands of people turned out to celebrate Oregon’s legalization at the stroke of midnight on July 1st. They called this epic event the “Burnside Burn”. Paul Stanford gets a shout out by Russ Belville; “and we wouldn’t be celebrating this day in Oregon without the hard work of long time Oregon activists like Paul Stanford, Read More …
This is a good article about making it easier for researchers to access medical marijuana and jump through the many hoops for it’s research. Here is the article; http://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-pot-advocate-medical-research-still-has-its-hurdles/
A good story from Hemp News urging activists and citizens to contact their representatives of the Oregon State Legislature to suggest a few potential changes to the new legalization law passed by voters last November. Here is the story; http://crrh.org/news/taxonomy/term/11584
Every year at the Global Cannabis March our companies (the Campaign for the Restoration and Regulation of Hemp / The Hemp and Cannabis Foundation) are one of the main sponsors. Paul Stanford is always invited to speak on the issues as well. Thanks to all the people who volunteered and came out to support the Read More …
A really great story about hemp. Here is the story; http://www.salem-news.com/articles/february022015/oregon-hemp-farming-bk.php
This is a great interview Paul Stanford did for the Abakus Blog. Here is the story and video; https://abakusmagazine.wordpress.com/2014/11/09/conversation-with-paul-stanford/comment-page-1/
Another great article from Salem News. Operation Red Dragonfly’s mission is to educate Veterans and their families about the dangers of contaminated military bases, and also to gather elements for their upcoming documentary on PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Operation Red Dragonfly is doing great work in the community. Here is the story; http://www.salem-news.com/articles/august292013/stanford-ord_tk.php