The BIG JOINT had an eventful outing to the Lismore Hospital when PM Rudd visited recently on his health rescue mission across the country. AAP had written a story that was printed across the nation that morning,'Lobbyists to ambush Rudd with giant joint." And the giant inflatable didn't let them down, dancing majestically in the sharp breeze until it pricked itself on the hospitals "smoke free' sign.
"Isn't all drug use a health issue?" asked a Polite spokesperson.
"We are as determined as ever to keep cannabis law reform on the agenda. The PM needs to pull this issue out from the bottom of the too hard basket. Just this month Mexico and Argentina joined the growing list of countries allowing personal amounts of previously illegal drugs. The reasons they gave...'to counteract prison overcrowding, an increase in organised crime and rampant drug violence' are a clear warning to us. There is also a new report out about Portugal, decriminalised since 1996, having less problems and a decline in drug use! How long do we have to wait for some sanity on this issue?"
And so the BIG JOINT is again venturing off, this time to Sydney's Powerhouse Museum to attend the first National Cannabis Conference on September 7-8, hosted by NCPIC, the National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre. The POLITE BJ crew will bring some real life experience to the conference and again be collecting HEMP Party members and putting decriminalisation on the menu.
"Stopping at a couple of beaches on the way down, we want to bring awareness to the desperate need to end prohibition and regulating medical cannabis as the obvious next step on the way to full relegalization," said Max Stone, the unofficial smokesperson for the mission.
On Friday September 4th, a "Cannabis Convoy" of unmarked POLITE cars and vans will be leaving Nimbin and if you are interested in joining drop in to the Polite Bureau HEMP Bar.
- Saturday BIG JOINT plans to visit Dixon Park Beach in Newcastle.
- Sunday visits Bondi Beach for a photo op and membership drive.
- Monday, BIG JOINT visits the Power House Museum, 500 Harris Street Ultimo, assembling at 8am.
The POLITE Service in conjunction with the Interpolite will be doing a dawn photo shoot / live web cast starting at 4.20.AM (Aussie time) so that our U.K and European supporters can watch. This venue will be somewhere in the Sydney C.B.D and will be announced 'twitterishly' at WWW.BIGJOINT.ORG and facebooked as well!
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And the POLITE are forming a choir, apparently to sing at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas at the Sydney Opera House with theBIG JOINT in early October.
Anybody wanting to join the POLITE Choir should register at POLITE Headsquarters.
Nimbin HEMP Embassy
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