In a message dated 16 Aug 96  15:05:37, ROBERTA MANSFIELD wrote:
 ROB> Heck if I know what this base is for, I'm just trying to meet new
 ROB> people
 ROB> and make some email friends.... Being a full time Mommy and doing
 ROB> college at home can be boring after awhile.  :}
You have posted a message in an International echo area which goes to over 
10,000 computer systems world-wide.
Ask your SYSOP how to post private messages on the BBS you are on.
This is the NORML echo area.....
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       TITLE: Electronic Media Venture Marijuana Information
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              information regarding the rescheduling of HEMP MEDS for
              affordable health care & maintenance, Effective Medicine:
              "Nature's Remedies", as a non toxic, self-administrable
              medication with remarkably few side effects, for AIDS
              with wasting syndrome and AIDS therapy, AZT, AMOVATIONAL
              SYNDROME, ALCOHOLISM ,ANOREXIA NERVOSA, ANTIBACTERIAL CBD
              DISINFECTANT, ANXIETY, APPETITE STIMULANT, ARTHRITIS,
              ASTHMA, CANCER THERAPY, CHRONIC PAIN, CORN PLASTERS &
              POULTICES, DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT, DYSMENORRHEA,
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              medical and emotional conditions or it's hundreds of
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              natural resource, HEMP, for the manufacture of products
              such as fiber, fiberboard, food, fuel, oil, paints,
              paper, pulp, rope and sealants. HEMP progress, related
              news, newsletters and views on HEMP & Marijuana and their
              uses.  Patient specific questions are encouraged
              (see rules).
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