To Whom it May Concern:
I was heavily involved in the cannabis reform movement in Michigan from late 1999 to 2003. During that time I was asked to develop a website for Michigan NORML by then state coordinator Greg Schmid. I turned my back on the movement in 2003 because I got tired of all the suspicion, distrust, backstabbing and general infighting among different factions with similar political goals. Komorn and Cain weren't known to me during the time I was active in the movement, so I have no firsthand experience working with them. In recent years, I have fallen in love with a woman who uses medical marijuana to alleviate muscle spasms caused by a brain injury, and I have become a registered patient as well, for chronic migraine pain. Due to these developments, I've felt the need to become politically active again to protect our rights as medical marijuana patients. In my efforts toward that end, I have had the misfortune of dealing with Mr. Cain on facebook, and based on that experience, I wouldn't consider him a friend to me or the movement. The man is egotistical, paranoid, delusional, and cannot carry on an intelligent debate without throwing wild accusations at his opposition. The facebook group he runs, "Citizens for Human Rights," is a joke. It has an image of the US Constitution at the top of the page, yet the group admins will delete any posts they disagree with and ban anyone with enough courage to protest their brand of censorship. As far as Mr. Komorn is concerned, I have never met him, neither online nor in person. I've heard him speak at rallies such as Hash Bash and listened to a few of his podcasts, but that's it. Based on google searches, the information I've been able to find regarding both of these men does not inspire confidence in their abilities as activists. Personally, I want nothing to do with either of them or the organizations they're associated with.
Sincerely,
Will Dwyer
nice will.....
NORML is from 'my experience' >>the national organization for the >>REFFERAL of marijuana lawyers
i met mr Stroup back in the 70's when thats all they did...
..help people FIND mmj lawyers....
.i must admit he helped my friends brother when he was caught in AZ and got him out within a week-
good mmj refferal lawyer down in tuscon-
80lbs he was charged w and a hefty fine ....hefty legal fees and probation back in the 70's!!
needless to say his days as a 'driver' were over and he retired happily w a little organic grocery store up in humboldt-
other than that their whole 'legalization' effort IMHO looks like an attempt to sell us(pts) to the corporations now
(just like colorado and washington--?)
--where the lawyers running the show will reap the most benefits....
they have had 40+ yrs to help with the laws....what have they done but got us where we are @-???
if they were a "pts rights" group they would have rallied, unionized or organized THE PATIENTS --
to defend what >>few rights this fake law they have 'sold' all of us allegedly gave us
they're mostly lawyers bro....whos benefit do u think they have in mind...???
i dont see it....?
did i miss somthing?
i was involved with >UMSOM back in the 70's
....the first mmj 'medicall' group in mich-
that was for medicine for people by people ....not corporate stores selling us high priced shwagg
good lUk to u and your new love and i hope you can find the right group to support here.....
many of us are looking....
the obfuscation and intentional blurriness in mich tho makes many of us that are 'awake' leary of most of the factions here all trying to sell their particular brand of "kool-aid"
Site metrics are improving pretty substantially for a statewide non-profit. There are typically between forty and eighty users in just about any ten minute period.
finally i get to 'multi-quote!
i would say the site 'statistics' are not what you think or want us to-
and as for a state wide 'non-profit' ???
--i still would like to know how the one administartor there (who now calls himself ""plant mgr"")
is getting away with the warehouse grows he has talked about.....doesnt look ""non-profit"" to me...???
or am i missing somthing in how he is operating for the club owners "w 'full' set of cards"
still havent let any of us in on 'their' secrets-
unless you pay the lawyers-$$$
^^^^if the 3ma is so good why are you here? ohhh i get it no freedom of speach there
yes bloody good that you pointed that out....freedom of speech is in here
as long as its 'civil' and non threatening.....
or doesnt talk about secrets that other sites will delete you for
or bury ur thread because they dont want any lights shined down into those dark holes of legal protections they are playing with
with their 'lawyer' friends-
IMO the 3ma 'comptrollers' are only in here to monitor the site and see whos up to what-
they allready have the dog and pony show they call3ma under control and the asleep patients that support them and have drank the 'kool-aid' they are cg for-