Loretta Nall is the founder of the

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, which calls for the

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. She was a write-in candidate for

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in 2006.

History

Nall founded the USMjParty in 2002. In 2005, she co-founded Alabamians for Caring Use, a

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advocacy/lobbying group. Before his 2005 arrest in

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, the so-called "Prince of Pot,"

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, employed Nall under the auspices of ''

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'' magazine. Nall herself was booked and jailed for less than one day on September 17, 2002, for possession of

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and

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after police made a search of her home. Besides advocating the legalization of cannabis in the United States, Nall is also an outspoken critic of the worldwide

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. After a 2004 visit to

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, she has spoken and written against the United States and Colombian militaries' aerial destruction of Colombian

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fields with

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s, citing dangers to local human populations and the environment. Nall also calls for

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s for

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, American withdrawal from the

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, and an end to the war on drugs. She opposes the

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, USA PATRIOT, and REAL ID acts. Nall is a contributor to

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2006 Alabama gubernatorial campaign

Nall secured the

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of Alabama's

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nomination for governor of

at the party's 8 April 2006 convention in

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. Since Nall's campaign failed to collect the 40,000+ signatures required to achieve statewide ballot access in Alabama, she ran as a write-in candidate against Republican incumbent

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and Democratic challenger

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. Nall's campaign was covered by national media after pictures of the candidate that revealed her buxom appearance drew comments from local political commentator Bob Ingram. Ingram concluded a 7 March 2006 op-ed in the ''Montgomery Independent'' with the following comment: The election was won by Riley, with Nall receiving only 235 votes, or 0.02%, but she says that she will continue to run for Alabama office in the future.

Sex toy drive

In November 2007, to protest the

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of 1998, Nall encouraged people to mail

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s to Alabama Attorney General

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, who sought to prosecute shops that sell the devices.

Notes

External links

U.S. Marijuana Party

Alabamians for Caring Use

Pot TV
(Nall has been a reporter for this subsidiary of Cannabis Culture Magazine)
MSNBC mention
of Nall's gubernatorial campaign (

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video)
Downloadable audio interview
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