Watch the video and hear Macomb NORML Executive Director, Annette Nay Nay, speak on the Capitol steps in Lansing, MI Rally to Support the Committee for a Safer Michigan, May 15, 2012.

We experienced a record turn-out of 45-50 for the NORML of Macomb County Gratiot clean-up on April 22, 2012.

We cleaned our segment of Gratiot Avenue in Roseville, MI from 12 to 14 Mile Roads in one hour! This clean-up certainly proved that “many hands make light work.”

Thank you to everyone who participated in the effort.

We hope you all will join us for our next clean-up. Details will be posted when they are available.

Photo Gallery:

 Photos courtesy of Rick Thompson and Annette Nay Nay.

Due to Mother’s Day, we will NOT meet on May 13, 2012. May meeting will take place on:

Sunday, May 20, 2012
1:00-?

PLEASE NOTE: We will be holding a very brief meeting and then heading to Eastern Market for a petition drive.

Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/371971279507160/

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GHETTO RAGS DETROIT
19024 Florida St.
Roseville, MI 48066
586-774-2000
Map & Directions

Photos of Macomb NORML members at MedJoint in Kalamazoo on Saturday, April 21, 2012.

Photos courtesy of Rick Thompson & Annette Nay Nay.

Michigan State Reps Irwin and Cavanaugh are phone guests and join John Targowski and Dan Grow on the air about the pending House Bills due for a floor vote in the next week. Many cases are discussed. Kevin Spitler talks about the programs Med Joint uses in helping the community of Kalamazoo.

Macomb NORML leaders Annette Nay Nay and Yanko Restovic talk about the April 22nd Adopt-A-Highway clean-up in Roseville and the efforts Macomb NORML is making to get involved in the community. (Skip to 1:16:50 of the video to see their interview.)

NORML of Macomb County is getting involved with the Clinton River Watershed Council’s Adopt-A-Stream Program.

On April 17, 2012, Executive Director, Annette Nay Nay, and Assistant Executive Director, Yanko Restovic, participated in the first step of training for Adopt-A-Stream.

Twice a year (in May and October), teams visit their adopted sites and collect data, including physical information (such as streambank erosion and surrounding land use). They collect and identify macroinvertebrates (commonly known as “bugs”) that live in the streambed and surrounding vegetation. Different bugs need specific conditions to survive and reproduce. Some are very pollution sensitive while others can tolerate highly polluted water. A stream’s health can be determined by the number and types of bugs that live in it. The data are used by CRWC, municipalities, and the State of Michigan to assess the health of its streams and to make decisions regarding their protection and restoration.

Soon, you will have the opportunity to participate on the Macomb NORML team. We will post more information as it becomes available.

Photo Gallery:

Photos from the Michigan NORML FUNraiser event at the Clarion Hotel, April 7, 2012, following Ann Arbor Hash Bash.

Photos taken at the 2012 Hash Bash in Ann Arbor, MI and the Monroe Street Fair on the University of Michigan Campus, April 7, 2012.

Photos taken at Clarion Hotel in Ann Arbor for the Michigan NORML annual meeting, April 6, 2012.

2012 Hash Bash celebration with Marvin Marvin getting the crowd excited about voting and getting registered to vote with Matt Abel from the cannabis counsel. 2012 is going to be a landmark year for getting marijuana legalized in the State of Michigan for adults 21 years and older.