Full site / Mobile. To Top or End. Click Full site for site navigation links at top. Mobile has three-line hamburger menu. Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security all came from Democrats. You pay the taxes while healthier. Republicans prefer you die. 50% in U.S. Fear Bankruptcy Due to Major Health Event. [21]
Country | Life expectancy. 2019 | Under-5 mortality rate per 1000 live births. 2019 | Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 live births. 2017 |
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Canada | 82.3 years | 4.9 | 10 |
USA | 78.9 years | 6.5 | 19 |
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News. Sources. GMM Facebook. Vote for cannabis! [25]. Ballotpedia: marijuana and minimum wage. US minimum wage has 35% less buying power than in 1969. [26]. Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell blocked the minimum wage issue, and Trump said he would veto it. And: ‘A Tale of 2 recessions’: Rich Americans get richer. Bottom half struggles. Skyrocketing hunger in US. [27][28][29]. And: Trump paid no federal income tax 10 out of 15 years. [30][31][32][33]. Remove Presidential veto power. Presidents should not determine legislation. ![]() 17 Jan 2021: France launches public consultation on legalising cannabis. "In 2016, 41 percent of French people aged 15 to 64 had consumed it at least once – compared to the European average of 18.9 percent." ![]() 16 Jan 2021: National Rifle Association files for bankruptcy. See also: Republican-NRA-led drug war, mandatory minimum sentences, and handguns. And: Canada's murder rate is 1/3 the US rate. Handguns per household by country. Households with handguns: Canada: 3%. USA: 22%. And Canada does not have the NRA's drug war.
13 Jan 2021: Virginia's Democratic Governor Unveils Bill To Legalize Marijuana As Democratic Lawmakers Schedule First Hearing. Legislators plan to move quickly to advance it.
12 Jan 2021: Mexico. After 3-year delay, medical marijuana will be legal as of Jan 13, 2021. 10 Jan 2021: Call for UK prisons to trial free cannabis to see if it cuts drug deaths.
30 Dec 2020: New Georgia Senate runoff poll finds Democrats' leads widening . "Everybody fundamentally understands that it's going to become an issue of partisan turnout". 27 Dec 2020: Teens expand TikTok playbook to help Democrats in Georgia runoffs.
21 Dec 2020: Robert E. Lee statue removed from U.S. Capitol. Virginia plans to replace the statue of Confederate general Lee with one of civil rights icon Barbara Johns. ![]() 17 Dec 2020: High Times Greats: Milla Jovovich. Story republished from November, 1994 issue of High Times. In honor of Milla Jovovich’s birthday on December 17, 1975.
Action Alert: Start Making Calls for Georgia GOTV! (Get Out The Vote!) - SSDP. Students for Sensible Drug Policy. And donate money. [52][53]. "Students for Sensible Drug Policy is encouraging all of our U.S. members, alumni, and supporters to start making calls and get out the vote for Georgia’s special election on January 5th. ... The MORE Act, ... is looking to face a much more difficult fight in the Senate. ... We can not afford to wait two, four, or six more years for better legislators while marginalized people are being arrested for minor marijuana offenses." 11 Dec: What 100 Years of History Tells Us About Racism in Policing. "Again and again, commissions convened to examine why police brutality sparks unrest have come to the same conclusion: We must address the poverty and systemic racism that go hand in hand with policing communities of color."
9 Dec 2020: Man believed to be the longest-serving nonviolent cannabis prisoner, with a 90-year sentence, released: ‘I’m a blessed human being, a survivor’. [54]. Richard DeLisi released in Florida at age 71 after serving 31 years. See also: FreeDeLisi.com. 4 Dec 2020: New Jersey Legislature, Democratic Governor Murphy Reach Agreement on Marijuana Legalization. Final legalization bill expected to pass, and be signed by governor.
2 Dec 2020: Morocco Votes ‘Yes’ in Historic Successful UN Vote on Medical Cannabis.
22 Nov: California cannabis industry banking on bills stalled in Republican Senate. A proposal to ease the federal ban on marijuana could encourage more banks to do business with cannabis companies.
19 Nov 2020: Vote in Mexico brings world's largest legal weed market one step closer. [62][63][64].
16 Nov: Democrat Northam: ‘We are going to move forward with legalizing marijuana in Virginia’. [65].
12 Nov 2020: Israel announces plan to legalize recreational cannabis within 9 months. [68]. 12 Nov: Argentina to Allow Medicinal Marijuana to Be Grown at Home. Will also allow pharmacies to sell cannabis-derived oils, creams and other products. Insurance must cover the cost of prescriptions.
4 Nov 2020: 1 in 3 Americans now lives in a state where recreational marijuana is legal - POLITICO. "New Jersey, Arizona and Montana passed measures to legalize adult-use marijuana. South Dakota became the first state to authorize both medical and recreational sales at the same time. ... South Dakota and Mississippi voters also approved measures to legalize medical marijuana on Election Day." 30 Oct: Germany firmly rejects recreational marijuana legalization bill as hope fades for reform.
Google searches: Racism and drug war. [71][72]. And: ICU beds at capacity. [73][74]. 2020 Ballot Initiatives.
How to Track Your Absentee Ballot by State. See if ballot received. 26 Oct 2020: Jubilation as Chile votes to rewrite constitution. "Chileans have voted overwhelmingly in support of rewriting their constitution, which dates to the dictatorship of Gen Augusto Pinochet [installed in a CIA-aided coup in 1973 that killed Salvador Allende, a democratically elected President]." 14 Oct: Tampa business, Disco Dolls, joins coalition to raise minimum wage via Amendment 2.
9 and 15 Oct: Bernie Sanders Facebook page graphics below. 7 Oct 2020. Dumping Trump is the only way marijuana legalization will happen | Leafly. 1 Oct 2020: OSU Hemp Trial Could Change Livestock & Hemp Industries. 28 Sep: Top 9 arguments in support of marijuana legalization and regulation.
26 Sep: Biden says Amy Coney Barrett will overturn Obamacare if confirmed to the Supreme Court.
16 Sep 2020: Cannabis Pilot Programs Are Sprouting in Europe. Switzerland's trial legalization.
Republicans have declared War on the Middle Class. 22 Oct 2019: Average French households 'more wealthy than Americans and Germans', new study reveals. See median-wealth chart. See graphic below about how Trump Republicans transferred wealth from average American households to the rich. Trump signed tax law that gave 83% of benefits to the top 1%. Germany has a much lower murder rate than the USA. Also, Germany has better health indicators, and its healthcare cost per person is half US cost (all costs, public and private). US Republicans Voted Often to Kill Coverage of Pre-Existing Conditions. [80][81][82]. Medicare spends less than 2 percent on bureaucracy. 1.4% to be exact. See chart. We need Medicare for All. Nearly a third of our health care dollars go to something other than health care. See also:
See: More News. And: Cannabis is safer. Vote out most Republicans and their cannabis war. CannabisVoter.info - Click your state to see which anti-cannabis Republicans to vote out. ![]() This news feed may have long lapses.
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1999 MMM.

1999 MMM.
31 cities signed up for the Saturday, May 1, 1999 Global Marijuana March.
Overview[edit | edit source]
The Global Marijuana March (GMM) is also known as the Million Marijuana March (MMM). GMM events worldwide are held the first Saturday in May, or thereabouts. For many photo, video, media, and report links go to the GMM and GMM links pages.
MMM 1999 city list[edit | edit source]
31 cities worldwide for the first international Million Marijuana March on May 1, 1999!
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
- Amarillo, Texas, USA
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Austin, Texas, USA
- Burlington, Vermont, USA
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Eureka, California, USA
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- London, England, UK
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Melbourne, Australia
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- New York City, New York, USA
- Nimbin, Australia
- Oslo, Norway
- Prague, Czech Republic
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Tampa, Florida, USA
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Tucson, Arizona, USA
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Sources for city list[edit | edit source]
The 31 cities were compiled from several articles and reports:
1999 MMM. Village Voice article on New York City MMM. Mentions Prague. Also, Winnipeg, Canada. May 5-11, 1999 Village Voice. "Smoke and Jeers. Million Marijuana March Protests NYC's Record-High Pot Arrests." By Jennifer Gonnerman.
1999 MMM. High Times article lists 25 cities.
1999 MMM. FoM (of CannabisNews.com) compiled many reports from cities worldwide. Also, reports for additional cities not found on other 1999 city lists. Such as for Amarillo, Detroit, Eureka, and Houston.
- freedomtoexhale.com/mmm99.htm - Feb 22, 2003 archive and Feb 6, 2012 archive. See index of all archives by date.
1999 MMM article. Another city mentioned: Tel Aviv.
1999 MMM rally reports, photos, etc[edit | edit source]
Google search of CannabisNews.com -- Note that the MMM phrase or the year may be from a comment, and not from the article itself.
New York City. Comments and many photos. Click links for pages 1 through 7 at the bottom of the left column.
CannabisCulture.com articles.
- http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/1463.html
- http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/articles/155.html
High Times article.
London and around the world. Rally reports.
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mmmreports/message/28 and
- http://web.archive.org/web/*/*http://www.schmoo.co.uk/london.htm and
- http://web.archive.org/web/*/*http://www.schmoo.co.uk/cannabis/london.htm and
- http://web.archive.org/web/20000306041738/www.schmoo.co.uk/webcam.htm -Panorama photo.
Seattle, Washington, USA. Over the day 4000 people marched and/or rallied.
- Report: http://cannabisnews.com/news/1/thread1294.shtml
- Video: http://www.crrh.org/hemptv/misc_smmm.html