Oregon: Eugene Mayor Marks "Medical Marijuana Awareness Week"

By Kimberly A.C. Wilson, The Oregonian

Advocates for medical marijuana have a friend in Eugene's city hall, according to today's Register Guard.

That would be Mayor Kitty Piercy, who will attend the Global Marijuana March rally Saturday at the old Federal Building at Seventh Avenue and Pearl Street.

Pro-pot Web sites are buzzing about Piercy's upcoming appearance at the event -- as well as her decision to issue a formal proclamation marking today through May 6 as "Medical Marijuana Awareness Week" in Eugene.

"Eugene has always been a place for -- for lack of a better word -- marijuana enlightenment," said Allen St. Pierre, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML, based in Washington, D.C.

"But for a sitting mayor to come out and be this public about it is really rare," St. Pierre said. "Not many of her peers are coming to events about reform."

But Price's appearance at Saturday's rally shouldn't be seen as an endorsement of legalizing pot for all, she said. For the rest of the story, click here.

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Kimberly A.C. Wilson; kimberlywilson @ news.oregonian.com

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Oregon NORML GCM X
http://www.ornorml.org/gcm/index.php

Eugene, Oregon Formally Recognizes Legal Medical Marijuana with Proclamation
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/april282009/eugene_proc_4-28-09.php

Mayor to attend rally for medical marijuana | Kitty Piercy also proclaims Awareness Week in Eugene
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/updates/12835567-55/story...

Eugene mayor to join marijuana march
http://www.kval.com/news/local/44160437.html

Source: http://blog.oregonlive.com/nwheadlines/2009/04/eugene_mayor_marks_medica...