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More info:
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Dana_Beal - scroll down the page.

http://www.google.com/images?q=%22dana+beal%22 - photos of Dana Beal.
http://www.google.com/news?q=%22dana+beal%22 - news. Then
also click on Google's blog and "Realtime" searches in the "More" drop-down menu.
http://www.google.com

Please forward.


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Dana Beal busted again. The Villager. January 13 - 19, 2011 issue. (Emphasis added).
http://www.thevillager.com/villager_403/policeblotter.html

Dana Beal busted again

Dana Beal, an East Village medical marijuana activist who runs Cures Not Wars and organizes the annual Global Marijuana March in May, was arrested on Thurs., Jan. 6, with 186 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop in Barneveld, Wisconsin, according to CelebStoner.com. He and the car’s driver, Lance Ramer of Omaha, Nebraska, are being held in lieu of a $50,000 bond each in the Iowa County jail in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.

Beal is still facing charges in Nebraska where he was arrested in 2009 after authorities found 150 pounds of marijuana in the van he was riding in. In 2008, he was arrested in Illinois for possession of a small amount of marijuana and $150,000 in cash. He pleaded guilty to the Illinois marijuana charge and paid a fine, but the $150,000 in cash that was seized was not returned.

Beal last year told The Villager that the pot in the Nebraska arrest was acquired in California, and that he was planning to deliver it to medical marijuana buyers’ clubs in Michigan and New York City.

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• Facebook: Dana Beal.
• Wikipedia: Dana Beal.
• Wikipedia: Global Marijuana March.
• Wikipedia: Category:Ibogaine activists.
• Videos: Google video search for Dana Beal.
• Wikia: Global Marijuana March.
• Template:GMM signup contacts.
• Google News archive searches of media articles mentioning Dana Beal: "Dana Beal". "Dana Beal" marijuana.
• http://www.google.com/images?q=%22dana+beal%22 - Google image search.
• http://www.google.com/news?q=%22dana+beal%22 - recent news.
• Google "Realtime" search for Dana Beal.
• Blog search. Sorted by date.

See also:

• Dana Beal busted again. The Villager. January 13 - 19, 2011 issue.
• Facebook: Aron Kay (pieman).
• "Omahan: Drug breaks meth's grip." 2. By Paul Hammel. July 4, 2010. Omaha World-Herald.
• Cyprus IndyMedia: Dana Beal is out of Jail - Freedom for all Friends of Cannabis!. Nov. 8, 2009.
• DRCnet article on Dana Beal's 2009 arrest in Nebraska. Many links. On September 30, 2009 Dana Beal was arrested in Ashland, Nebraska which is 40 miles away from Omaha, Nebraska.
• Facebook group: Free Dana Beal, Free Ourselves.
• Wikia: Omaha, Nebraska.
• Wikia: New York City, New York, USA.
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Dana Beal marches at the head of the New York City Marijuana March in 1994. This was before the Global Marijuana March began in 1999.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dana_Beal_1994.jpg
Description Date Source Author Permission
(Reusing this file)

Dana Beal 1994.jpg English: Dana Beal marches at the head of the New York City Marijuana March in 1994.

1994(1994)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beal-pot_parade-1994.jpg

User:FlyingCoyote on English wikipedia. Comment from the original upload page: "I am the photographer, which I clearly stated LAST time I uploaded this image but orphanbot is like psychotic pit bull on acid sometimes."

This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dana_Beal

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Cannabis Action.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction

Cannabis Wiki.
http://cannabis.wikia.com
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2011
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2010
http://cannabis.wikia.com/wiki/Global_Marijuana_March_2010_map

U.S. cannabis arrests timeline. Charts.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._cannabis_arrests_by_year.gif
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arrests_timeline_by_drug.gif
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Create_charts_and_graphs_online

Just Say Now.
http://justsaynow.firedoglake.com

Marijuana polls after 12 years of Global Marijuana Marches.
http://inmystride.blogspot.com/2009/06/polls-after-10-years-of-global.html

Universal healthcare is better than drug war.
Harm reduction costs a lot less than incarceration.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/universal.htm

The United States has the highest documented incarceration rate in the world The U.S. incarceration rate on June 30, 2009 was 748 inmates per 100,000 U.S. residents, or 0.75%.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2200
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/worldbrief/wpb_stats.php

According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) 7,225,800 people at yearend 2009 were on probation, in jail or prison, or on parole — about 3.1% of adults in the U.S. resident population, or 1 in every 32 adults.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/corr2.cfm

"On June 30, 2006, an estimated 4.8% of black men were in prison or jail, compared to 1.9% of Hispanic men and 0.7% of white men." - U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._incarceration_rate_by_race_2.gif

The majority of U.S. inmates are incarcerated due to the drug war!
http://corporatism.tripod.com/majority.htm
According to the New York Times, mandatory-minimum sentencing is the cause of the astronomical U.S. incarceration rate, and there is no benefit in reduced crime rates compared to other nations with much lower incarceration rates. For details:
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n417/a04.html
http://corporatism.tripod.com/majority.htm


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Polls after 10 years of Global Marijuana Marches, Hempfests, open activism.

Note: This post has been updated since the original date of posting. See also: Canadian opinion poll results, and the Cannabis Wiki.

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Polls 10-11 years after the first Global Marijuana March in May 1999:
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October 28, 2010.
New High of 46% of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana. Gallup poll.
July 26, 2010.
Rasmussen poll. 43% Say Marijuana Should Be Legalized, and 42% Disagree. "While half of Democrats (51%) support legalizing marijuana, 62% of Republicans are opposed. Voters not affiliated with either major political party lean toward legalization by a 48% to 35% margin."
December 2009. All U.S. voters:
A December 2009 poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion finds that 53% of Americans support legalizing marijuana, 43% oppose, and 4% are not sure. See: Most Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana. Poll question was "Do you support or oppose the legalization of each of the following drugs?" Methodology: "Online interviews with 1,004 American voters, conducted on Dec. 3 and Dec. 4, 2009. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent."
April 2009. All U.S. adults:
"It’s not just a California poll. A WashingtonPost/ABC survey, also released last week, revealed that 46 percent of Americans support legalization of small amounts of marijuana for personal use — that’s double the support it had a decade ago." - May 6, 2009. Christian Science Monitor. Article titled "Legalize marijuana? Schwarzenegger says let’s debate it." Actual poll: "Washington Post-ABC News Poll". Poll conducted April 21-24, 2009 of a random national sample of adults. The Washington Post. ABC News.
In general, do you favor or oppose legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use?

Date	Favor	Oppose	No opinion
4/24/09	46	52	2
10/24/02*	39	53	8
5/27/97	22	75	3
8/26/86	25	74	1
5/19/86	22	77	1
4/28/86	23	75	1
3/24/86	21	78	1
5/13/85	26	72	2

*Time/CNN: "Do you favor or oppose the legalization of marijuana? (IF YES) What about in small amounts, for example three ounces or less? Do you favor or oppose the legalization of marijuana in small amounts?" April 2009. 2008 U.S. presidential election voters*:
"The Zogby poll, commissioned by the conservative-leaning O'Leary Report, surveyed 3,937 voters and found 52 percent in favor of legalization. Only 37 percent opposed." - May 6, 2009. "Majority Of Americans Want Pot Legalized: Zogby Poll". The Huffington Post. See also: "New Poll: 52% Say Marijuana Should Be Legal, Taxed, Regulated." May 06, 2009. Salem-News.com. "Is marijuana tax the next revenue stream?", by Michael B. Farrell. May 11, 2009. Chicago Sun-Times.
*3,937 voters weighted to match the 2008 presidential outcome -- 54 percent Obama voters and 46 percent McCain supporters. Voters were asked: "Scarce law enforcement and prison resources, a desire to neutralize drug cartels and the need for new sources of revenue have resurrected the topic of legalizing marijuana. Proponents say it makes sense to tax and regulate the drug while opponents say that legalization would lead marijuana users to use other illegal drugs. Would you favor or oppose the government's effort to legalize marijuana?"

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Wikipedia: Global Marijuana March - Click the photo just below to enlarge it, and for more info.

Madrid, Spain. May 8, 2004. Million Joint March (La Marcha del Millón de Porros en Madrid, Mayo 2004). More info and photos: [2] [3] [4]. Part of the Million Marijuana March (MMM).

Toronto. May 2, 2009. Global Marijuana March 2009. See full-size photo. Cannabis.wikia.com page: Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

May 1, 2010. Global Marijuana March. Click the map to go to the 2010 city list by region:

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World map showing number of prisoners per 100,000 citizens. Click here to enlarge it, and for more info. See also: List of countries by incarceration rate.
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The chart below is in the public domain. Click here for more info. With less than 5% of world population the USA has over 2.4 million of 9.8 million world prisoners. This table is from a December 2009 U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics report called Prisoners in 2008 (NCJ 228417). Table is from page 8 of the PDF file. (Sources: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.). The majority of U.S. inmates are in due to the drug war. The number of inmates in the USA has increased almost 5 times over since 1980. [1]. According to a New York Times article, mandatory minimum sentences are the cause of the huge U.S. inmate population, and the U.S. incarceration rate that dwarfs all other nations. The article reports that there is no benefit in reduced crime rates compared to other nations (such as Canada) with much lower incarceration rates. They also have much lower murder rates.

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