The 2006 Annual Meeting of the Ohio Patient Network and its sister Ohio Patient Action Network will be held on Sunday, October 22nd at the Westerville Public Library in 'uptown' Westerville, Ohio.

Westerville's infamous link to prohibition adds an interesting twist to this year’s meeting. Westerville was the home of the Anti-Saloon League in the early part of the last century. The League served as the PR muscle that helped pass the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibiting alcohol and beginning the concept of prohibition as practiced today with cannabis. The League became defunct in the late 1940s, and their main headquarters (a brick house), along with an extensive archive, was donated to the Westerville Public Library in the 1970s. The two are now adjoined.

What: Ohio Patient Network Annual Meeting
Where: Meeting Room at the Westerville Public Library
When: Sunday, October 22, 2006
Time: 1:00 – 5:00 (please note that these are the library’s Sunday operating hours. To allow the maximum amount of time for our agenda and discussion, please arrive on time.)
Address: The Westerville Public Library
126 South State Street
Westerville, OH 43081

The Westerville Public Library location on State Street in Westerville is really on Ohio State Rt. 3 (also called 3-C Highway for it runs through Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati). From I-270, the Columbus Outerbelt, take the Rt. 3/ State Street exit (the second exit on I-270 east of I-71) going north through approximately 7 traffic lights. The Westerville Public Library is well marked on the east side of the street across from the Stoner House (yes, the Stoner House!), which has a National Historic Marker in front of it.

As the meeting date draws near, we will publish an agenda and call for nominees for open board positions. All OPN members and others interested in ending medicinal cannabis prohibition in Ohio are welcome to attend. No RSVP is necessary.