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Vagnozzi, Aldo
886 House Office Bldg, Lansing, MI 48909
517-373-1793, fax 517-373-8501, email aldovagnozzi{at}house.mi.gov
house.michigan.gov/rep.asp?DIST=037
MI State Rep, 37th; Democrat
Valenti, Mark D
email valentimd{at}hotmail.com
liberty-page.com/about/main.html, angelfire.com/pa/sergeman
libertarian; anarcho-capitalist; fmr socialist democrat
Valentine, Mary
1195 House Office Bldg, Lansing, MI 48909
517-373-3436, fax 517-373-9698, email maryvalentine{at}house.mi.gov
house.michigan.gov/rep.asp?DIST=091
MI State Rep, 91st, 2007-; Democrat; MI House Commerce Cmte; MI House Education Cmte; MI House Great Lakes and Environment Cmte; MI House Health Policy Cmte
Valentino, Gerard
964 Dunmore Ct, Pickerington, OH 43147-8993
c/o Buckeye Firearms Association, 14761 Pearl Rd #308, Cleveland OH 44136
614-778-4874, 614-920-0069, email form buckeyefirearms.com/modules.php?name=Feedback
buckeyefirearms.com/content-7.html
Chair, Central Ohio Buckeye Firearms Association; firearms liberty activist
Van Abel, Kris
1715 Camp Five Rd, Crystal Falls, MI 49920
906-542-3502
brassrootsusa.org
Contact, Iron-Dickinson County Brass Roots; firearms liberty activist
Van De Vort, Eric
c/o Ann Arbor Area Committee for Peace, Box 130074, Ann Arbor, MI 48113-0074
734-332-9047, 734-994-8829
email info{at}justpeaceinfo.org, email aa.just.peace{at}umich.edu, email peace.info{at}umich.edu
justpeaceinfo.org, www-personal.umich.edu/~gust/a2group
Bd Pres, Ann Arbor Area Committee for Peace; war liberation activist; peace activist
Van Der Sloot, Joran
suspect in Natalie Holloway disapperance; cannabis smoker; claims he was under the influence of cannabis when he was secretly videotaped stating Holloway died on an Aruba beach and his friends helped him dispose her body in the Atlantic Ocean
Van Halen, Eddie
cannabisculture.com/articles/2606.html
musician; songwriter?; Van Halen's lead guitarist; cannabis smoker; tennis star John McEnroe claims to have smoked cannabis with Van Halen
Van Hollen, Christopher (Chris)  photo
1707 Longworth House Office Bldg, Washington, DC 20515-2008
51 Monroe St #507, Rockville, MD 20850
6475 New Hampshire Ave #C-210, Hyattsville, MD 20783
1419 Longworth House Office Bldg, Washington, DC 20515-2008 (2006)
202-225-5341, 301-424-3501, 301-891-6982, fax 202-225-0375, fax 301-424-5992, fax 301-891-6985
email form house.gov/writerep
house.gov/vanhollen, clerk.house.gov/member_info/mem_contact_info.html?statdis=MD08, votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=BS024200
US Rep, MD 8th, 2003-; Democrat; US House Education and Workforce Cmte; US House Government Reform Cmte; US House Judiciary Cmte; Christian; Episcopalian
Ratings: ACLU 82%, ALRA 0%, ATR 12%, CAGW 15%, GOA 25%, NARAL 100%, NORML +8, NRA 0%, NRLC 0%, NTU 14%, RLC Economic 25%, RLC Personal Liberties 55%
Van Oast, Stacy Spaulding
26161 Dayton Rd, Richmond, MI 48062
586-784-8783, email stacy64{at}eesc.com, email stacyvo{at}qix.net
boogieonline.com/revolution/by_name/V/StacyVanOast.html
Chair, Libertarian Party of Michigan, 2000; Chair, Libertarian Party of Macomb County, 1995
VanRegenmorter, William
MI
1093 House Office Bldg, Lansing, MI 48909 (2006)
517-373-8900 (2006), fax 517-373-8697 (2006), email wmvanreg{at}house.mi.gov (2006)
house.michigan.gov/rep.asp?DIST=074 (2006)
MI State Rep, 74th, -2006; Republican
Van Til, Steven (Steve)
2497 Plymouth Rock, Holland, MI 49424
3154 Roberts Way, Holland, MI 49424 ?
616-738-2807, email steven{at}hbdweb.com
electvantil.com/about.html (2006)
Libertarian Party nom, US Rep, MI 2nd, 2004, 2006; Member, Libertarian Party of Michigan
Van Woerkom, Gerald (Jerry)
605Farnum Bldg, Lansing, MI 48909
420 Farnum Bldg, Lansing, MI 48909 (2006)
517-373-1635, fax 517-373-3300, email SenGVanWoerkom{at}senate.michigan.gov
senate.michigan.gov/gop/senator/vanwoerkom/index.htm
MI State Senator, 34th; Republican; Chair, MI Senate Agriculture Cmte; Vice Chair, MI Senate Education Cmte; Chair, MI Senate Local, Urban and State Affairs Cmte; Vice Chair, MI Senate Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Cmte; MI Senate Transportation Cmte
VanderVeen, Barb
MI
1193 House Office Bldg, Lansing, MI 48909 (2006)
517-373-0838 (2006), fax 517-373-9830 (2006), email repbarbvanderveen{at}house.mi.gov (2006)
house.michigan.gov/rep.asp?DIST=089 (2006)
MI State Rep, 89th, -2006; Republican
Vargas Llosa, Alvaro  photo1 photo2 photo3
c/o Independent Institute, 100 Swan Way, Oakland, CA 94621-1428
Peru
510-632-1366, fax 510-568-6040, email avllosa{at}independent.org
independent.org/aboutus/person_detail.asp?id=494, independent.org/research/cogp, independent.org/aboutus/staff-articles.asp?id=494&pid=2, independent.org/issues/article.asp?id=1378, ileperu.org/contenido/Articulos/libertyfailed_avll.htm, independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1781, freemarketnews.com/Writers-Bio-Analysis.asp?wid=175, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvaro_Vargas_Llosa, cceia.org/people/data/alvaro_vargas_llosa.html
Dir, Center on Global Prosperity, Independent Institute; Senior Fellow, Independent Institute; Research Fellow, Center on Peace and Liberty, Independent Institute; Contributor, Free Market News Network, Corp; Spokesperson, Democratic Front; Recipient, Freedom of Expression Award, 2003; Author, Liberty for Latin America: How to Undo 500 Years of State Oppression, 2005; Co-Author, Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot, 1996; fmr? Opinion Editor & Columnist, Miami Herald; Author, The Individualist Legacy in Latin America; Author, The Che Guevara Myth And the Future of Liberty, 2006; Cuba Pres Fidel Castro critic; Che Guevara critic; Venezuela Pres Hugo Chávez critic; Bolivia Pres Evo Morales critic; son of Peru Pres candidate Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa
Vargas Llosa, Jorge Mario Pedro (Mario)  photo1 photo2
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Vargas_Llosa
Fredemo candidate, Peru Pres, 1990; Alvaro Vargas Llosa's father
Vastag, Brian
mindvox.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/mindvox.woa/wa/staticpage?pagename=Media/JAMA.html
Author, "Addiction Treatment Strives for Legitimacy"; medicinal ibogaine liberty activist; also see Dana Beal, Stanley D Glick
Vaughn, Robert T
176 Second Ave N #500, Nashville, TN 37201
615-259-1230
Attorney; Author & Editor, Smoking Paraphernalia Law Newsletter
 
Velázquez, Nydia M  photo
2466 Rayburn House Office Bldg, Washington, DC 20515-3212
266 Broadway #201, Brooklyn, NY 11211
173 Ave B, New York, NY 10009
16 Court St #1006, Brooklyn, NY 11241
2241 Rayburn House Office Bldg, Washington, DC 20515-3212 (2006)
202-225-2361, 718-599-3658, 212-673-3997, 718-222-5819, fax 202-226-0327
email form house.gov/velazquez/IMA/issue.htm
house.gov/velazquez, clerk.house.gov/member_info/mem_contact_info.html?statdis=NY12, votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=H2631103
US Rep, NY 12th, 1992-; Democrat; Ranking Member, US House Small Business Cmte; US House Financial Services Cmte; Christian; Roman Catholic
Ratings: ACLU 100%, ALRA 0%, ATR 21%, CAGW 5%, GOA 25%, NARAL 100%, NORML +8, NRA 0%, NRLC 0%, NTU 21%, RLC Economic 15%, RLC Personal Liberties 58%
Ventura, Jesse  photo
5800 85th Ave N, Brookly Park, MN 55443
email ventura{at}kfan.com
msnbc.msn.com/id/3080470, who2.com/jesseventura.html
No Party Affiliation candidate, US Pres, 2008 (undeclared); fmr MN Governor; Member, Independence Party of Minnesota; fmr Member, Reform Party, 1999-2000; cannabis hemp liberty proponent; fmr Contributor, MSNBC; fmr Host, Jesse Ventura's America, MSNBC; Forward Author, The New Prohibition: Voices of Dissent Challenge the Drug War; cannabis smoker; aka Jesse "The Body" Ventura, Jesse "The Mind" Ventura
Vera, Veronica
535 W 51st St, New York, NY 10019-5068
c/o Miss Vera's Finishing School For Boys Who Want To Be Girls, Box 1331, Old Chelsea Station, New York, NY 10011
c/o Feminists for Free Expression, 2525 Times Square Station, New York, NY 10108-2525
212-397-4874, 212-242-6449, voice/fax 718-651-1232
email webhostess{at}missvera.com, email freedom{at}well.com
missvera.com/missvera.html, ffeusa.org/html/board/vera.html
Founder, Miss Vera's Finishing School For Boys Who Want To Be Girls; Bd Dir, Feminists for Free Expression; Author, Miss Vera's Finishing School for Boys Who Want to Be Girls; Author, Miss Veras' Cross-Dress for Success; transvestitism liberty activist; crossdressing liberty activist; clothing liberty activist; censorship liberation activist; press liberty activist; erotic art liberty activist
Verhoff, Kurt
MI
email witecrow{at}gte.net (2005)
Member?, Libertarian Party of Washtenaw County
Verma, Anjuli
c/o Drug Law Reform Project, 1101 Pacific Ave #333, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
831-471-9000, fax 831-471-9676, email dplp{at}aclu.org
aclu.org/DrugPolicy/DrugPolicy.cfm?ID=10972&c=19
Public Education Coordinator, American Civil Liberties Union's Drug Law Reform Project; drug liberty activist
Vernuccio, F Vincent (Vinnie)  photo (right w Newt Gingrich)
3015 Whisperwood Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48105-3411
c/o Vernuccio for Congress, Box 130085, Ann Arbor, MI 48113-0085
734-213-2923, cell 607-437-0482, fax 866-853-3720
email info{at}vernuccioforcongress.com, email form vernuccioforcongress.com/contactus.php
vernuccioforcongress.com/biography.php
Republican Party primary write-in candidate, US Rep, MI 15th, 2006 (failed to receive required 1000 votes); admirer of Ayn Rand; student at pro-life Ave Maria School of Law; Rep Lexis/Nexis Corp; fiscal conservative; balanced budget proponent; taxpayer rights proponent; states rights proponent; supports states' right to set drug policy including medicinal and non-medicinal cannabis
Verren, Christina
c/o Students for Sensible Drug Policy, 1623 Connecticut Ave NW, 3rd Fl, Washington, DC 20009
202-293-4414, fax 202-293-8344, email office{at}ssdp.org
ssdp.org
Office Manager, Students for Sensible Drug Policy; drug liberty activist
Veryser, Harry C, Jr  photo1 photo2 photo3
37759 Greenwich St, Clinton Township, MI 48036
44523 Patricia Dr, Sterling Heights, MI 48314
586-463-4072, email stampsinc{at}hotmail.com, email verysehc{at}udmercy.edu, email author{at}macinac.org
mackinac.org/bio.aspx?ID=140, heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=10066, liberalarts.udmercy.edu/econ/faculty.php, isi.org/bios/bio.aspx?id=cb6be562-44a0-4aa9-aebc-ddca64794dc4&source=Spotlight&select=none, freedomworks.org/newsroom/press_template.php?press_id=842, freedomfest.com/speakers/bio_veryser.htm
Chair, Dept of Economics & Finance, Walsh College; Instructor, Univ of Detroit Mercy; Dir, Graduate Program in Economics, Macomb Univ Center; Policy Advisor, Heartland Institute; Chair, American Council on Economics and Society; Advisor, Mackinac Center for Public Policy; Advisor, Acton Institute; Speaker, FreedomFest, 2007; fmr Assistant to Pres, Hillsdale College; Author, "Murray Rothbard: In Memoriam", Fall 1995; Author, "Friedrich August von Hayek, Requiescat in Pace", Fall 1992; also see Friedrich August von Hayek, Murray Newton Rothbard
 
Vick, Michiael
thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0118071mexico1.html
pro football player; cannabis smoker; arrested at airport security with cannabis in secret compartment of an Aquafina water bottle; tested positive for cannabis, Sept 2007; indicted and plead guilty to US federal dogfighting law violations
Victoria, Queen
England queen; medicinal? cannabis smoker; menstrual cramps patient?; deceased
Vierling, Lou
MI
586-994-1742, email lou_vierling{at}hotmail.com
Bd Dir, Michigan National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
Viets, Dan  photo1 photo2 (right)
15 N Tenth St, Columbia, MO 65201
c/o National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, 1600 K St NW #501, Washington, DC 20006-2832
573-874-9244, 573-443-6866, 202-483-5500, fax 573-443-1413, fax 202-483-0057
email danviets{at}justicemail.com, email norml{at}norml.org
norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=4506
Author, Columbia MO Marijuana Initiative; Bd Dir, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws; State Coordinator, Missouri National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws; Recipient, MLK Association Keeping the Dream Alive Award, 1993; Recipient, Mid-Missouri Civil Libertarian of the Year, 1995; Host, Sex, Drugs and Civil Liberties radio talk show, National Public Radio; attorney
Vignali, Carlos
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Carlos_Vignali
pardoned by US Pres William Jefferson Clinton, Dec 1999; Hugh Rodham received an later returned $400,000 to lobby for a Presidential pardon for Vignali and Almon Glenn Braswell; convicted cocaine trafficker
Viguerie, Richard A
conservativehq.com, conservativehq.com/index.php?p=2, conservativesbetrayed.com, sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Richard_Viguerie, informationclearinghouse.info/article7526.htm, dkosopedia.com/wiki/Richard_Viguerie, pbs.org/now/politics/viguerie.html, washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/19/AR2006051901770.html, constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=616
Chair, ConservativeHQ.com; Founder, Conservative Digest, 1975; Author, America's Right Turn; fmr Exec Dir, Young Americans for Freedom, 1961-?; conservative; gay marriage critic?; Fundraiser, Judicial Watch; Member, Moral Majority; Larry Klayman's friend?; Fred Dalton Thompson critic
Vilkelis, Peter  photo
Chicago, IL
norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6034
Bd Dir & Legal Cmte Member, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws; Bd Member, Illinois National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws; attorney
Villa, Francisco (Pancho)  photo1 (left) photo2 photo3 photo4
pass-drug-tests.com/testinfo/pancho_villa.htm, hsgng.org/pages/pancho.htm, faculty.washington.edu/~kendo/villa.html, angelo.edu/services/library/wtxcoll/Pancho/pancho.htm, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancho_Villa
revolutionary; Mexico colonial government liberation activist; cannabis user; aka Doroteo Arango Arámbula; born June 5 1878 (or 1877, 1879); died July 20 1923
Vipond, J S
Box 11, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648-0011
Founder, Harry J Anslinger National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (defunct?); cannabis liberty activist
Visclosky, Peter J (Pete)
2256 Rayburn House Office Bldg, Washington, DC 20515-1401
701 East 83rd Ave #9, Merrillville, IN 46410
202-225-2461, 219-795-1844, 888-423-7383, fax 202-225-2493, fax 219-795-1850, email house.gov/writerep
house.gov/visclosky, clerk.house.gov/member_info/mem_contact_info.html?statdis=IN01, votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=H1252103
US Rep, IN 1st, 1985-; Democrat; US House Appropriations Cmte; attorney; JD; Christian; Roman Catholic
Ratings: ACLU 73%, ALRA 0%, ATR 4%, CAGW 3%, GOA 50%, NARAL 100%, NORML -3, NRA 0%, NRLC 0%, NTU 12%, RLC Economic 10%, RLC Personal Liberties 45%
Vitter, David B
516 Hart Senate Office Bldg, Washington, DC 20510
LA
202-224-4623, fax 202-228-5061
email form vitter.senate.gov/?module=webformIQV1, email form vitter.senate.gov/contact.cfm (2006)
vitter.senate.gov, votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=BS022639, jackinthehouse.org/characters/details.php?view=6, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Vitter
US Senator, LA, 2005-; Republican; US Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Cmte; US Senate Environment and Public Works Cmte; US Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Cmte; US Rep, 1999-2004; attorney; JD; received and returned campaign contributions from Jack Abramoff and Native American gaming interests; Vitter's phone number appeared on "DC Madam" Deborah Jeane Palfrey's phone records; "Canal Street Madam" Jeanette Maier alleges Vitter was a repeat customer; sex-worker Wendy Cortez alleges Vitter was a regular customer; sex-worker Wendy Yow Ellis alleges Vitter was a customer; Christian; Roman Catholic; conservative
Ratings: ACLU 17%, ALRA 100%, ATR 85%, CAGW 84%, CFG 77%, GOA 100%, NARAL 0%, NRA 92%, NTU 70%, RLC Economic 85%, RLC Personal Liberties 65%
 
Vogel, Stephanie
c/o Marijuana Policy Project, Box 77492, Washington, DC 20013
202-462-5747 ext 126, fax 202-232-0442, email stephanie{at}mpp.org
mpp.org
Dir of Grants and VIP Outreach, Marijuana Policy Project; cannabis liberty activist
Voinovich, George V
524 Hart Senate Office Bldg, Washington, DC 20510
OH
202-224-3353, fax 202-228-1382, tdd 202-224-6997, email form voinovich.senate.gov/contact/index.htm
voinovich.senate.gov, votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=CNIP0640
US Senator, OH; Republican; Chair, US Senate Select Cmte on Ethics; US Senate Environment and Public Works Cmte; US Senate Foreign Relations Cmte; US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Cmte; conservative
Ratings: ACLU 17%, ALRA 57%, ATR 70%, CAGW 56%, CFG 40%, GOA 0%, NARAL 0%, NRA 17%, NTU 60%, RLC Economic 74%, RLC Personal Liberties 80%
Volcker, Paul A
Member, Trilateral Commission; fmr Chair, US Federal Reserve
Volkow, Nora D
6001 Executive Blvd, Bethesda, MD, 20892-9561
301-443-1124, email Information{at}lists.nida.nih.gov
nida.nih.gov/about/welcome/volkowpage.html
Dir, US National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2003-
Voltaire
philosopher; died May 30 1778
Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr  photo1 photo2
New York, NY
Dresden, Germany (2006)
vonnegut.com/artist.asp, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut
Author, Slaughterhouse-Five, banned book; cannabis liberty proponent; cannabis legalization proponent; cannabis smoker?; press liberty activist; censorship liberation activist; nontheist; born Nov 11 1922; died Apr 11 2007
Voorhees, Joanne
MI
MI State Rep, 77th -2005
Voth, Eric  photo
waitingtoinhale.org/voth.htm
Founder & fmr Chair, International Drug Strategy Institute, division of Drug Watch International; MD; drug prohibitionist; Co-Author with Robert Du Pont, "Drug Legalization, Harm Reduction, and Drug Policy"