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[Geckoman]

Anyone up for attending? Hahaha. Just joking.

Saipan, the largest island of the US territory called the "Northern Mariana Islands" (also commonly refered to by its legal name of the
"Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands," or "CNMI" for short)
might be hosting an "interesting" conference -- a marijuana conference!

Could this be the work of Canadians? I know there are a lot of Canadians in Saipan. Marijuana, and are other such drugs, are legal in Canada.


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Saipan May Host Marijuana Conference
By Gemma Q. Casas
Variety News Staff

CALIFORNIA-BASED groups seeking to legalize the use of marijuana in the United States are planning to hold a major conference on Saipan.
The administration welcomes the idea, saying it could generate publicity for the islands.

Press Secretary Charles P. Reyes Jr. said they cannot prevent the groups from holding their conference on island. �We welcome anybody who wants to hold a conference here; whether it be to discuss marijuana or not. We want to attract conferences in the CNMI because conferences are good for tourism,� Reyes told Variety.

�If these people want to come here and hold the conference, then the administration welcomes them. The CNMI government and this administration is open to outside people, from California or wherever if they want to hold a conference,� he added.

The groups, which Reyes did not identify, have made contacts with Attorney General Matthew Gregory. Reyes said although Gregory is privy to the groups� plan to hold a conference on Saipan, it doesn�t mean that the Attorney General�s Office or the administration support legalizing marijuana.

�The AG may have been privy to some of the contacts but that doesn�t mean that he�s endorsing it or anything but our position is we�re open to conferences because conferences are good for tourism,� said Reyes.
�That�s going to bring publicity to the islands. We may be covered by Fox News or CNN. Seriously, that�s free publicity. When people come here for any kind of conference, they would rent hotel rooms, buy food, spend money on restaurants. They would buy gas, shop. Spend money in our economy,� he added.

The press secretary said there have been previous attempts to legalize marijuana in the commonwealth but all failed. �There�s no move right now to legalize marijuana. This administration and the community may not be interested but it�s been brought up before by our own people here,� he said.

Several groups in California are advocating for the legalization of marijuana use both for medicinal and recreational purposes.
The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws is one of the oldest of these groups, having been established in 1972.
NORML supports the removal of all criminal penalties for the private possession and responsible use of marijuana by adults, including its cultivation for personal use.

Source: Marianas Variety ( www.mvariety.com ); Friday, June 15th, 2007;
http://www.mvariety.com/frontpage/front02.htm

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[valkyrian2]

off-topic for the general forum.

Moved to off-topic.

[Geckoman]

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