cannabisnews.com: Federal Injunction Halts Pot Buyers Clubs Federal Injunction Halts Pot Buyers Clubs Posted by CN Staff on June 13, 2002 at 08:00:59 PT By Wayne Wilson -- Bee Staff Writer Source: Sacramento Bee Three cannabis buyers clubs that are still functioning must immediately halt the distribution of marijuana under a permanent injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer.The order, dated and filed Monday in San Francisco, is expected to further disenfranchise California's medical marijuana patients, some of whom depend on pot cooperatives for their medicine. Seriously ill Californians, under state law, have had the right to use marijuana, with a doctor's recommendation, since passage of Proposition 215, the "Compassionate Use Act," in 1996.But U.S. law bars the cultivation, distribution or possession of marijuana by anyone, and federal authorities have been using every tactic available to them to stop the gains made by California's pro-pot brigade.By employing a permanent injunction to stop the distribution of cannabis by cooperatives, the government avoids the necessity of charging and trying the clubs criminally before California jurors who might have voted for Prop. 215.Monday's ruling has an unfortunate downside, according to Robert A. Raich, an attorney for the Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative, one of the three clubs affected by the order.Now patients who don't grow their own medicine "will have to go out to the streets and be exposed to the criminal element, as well as the danger of getting medicine of questionable quality," he said.Such things actually did happen the last time the federal government shut down a pot club, Raich said."Some of its members did, indeed, get robbed or were sold something that was not marijuana," he observed.Snipped:Complete Article: http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/3192782p-4241421c.htmlSource: Sacramento Bee (CA)Author: Wayne Wilson -- Bee Staff WriterPublished: Thursday, June 13, 2002Copyright: 2002 The Sacramento BeeContact: opinion sacbee.comWebsite: http://www.sacbee.com/Related Articles & Web Sites:Medical Marijuana Information Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/medical.htmMarijuana Praised Despite Legal Issues http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13056.shtmlStop the War on Medical Marijuana http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13053.shtmlState's Top Court Mulls Medical Marijuana Law http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13050.shtmlPot Posture Fails 'Red-Face Test'http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread12995.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #1 posted by Roger Christie on June 13, 2002 at 16:09:39 PT: Med-pot...NOT! Good Samaritan...YES! Dear Friends of Cannabis Compassion and Reason,Now we have it, the unfortunate injunction to halt distribution by clubs. A truly horrible and mindless decision by another knuckleheaded shredder of the Constitution.What to do?Bless the tragedy and look for the good in it. That is THE metaphysical method of handling 'bad' news. And it works beautifully! Please try this if it is new to you."God, that's great" the clubs were shut-down (or any other tragedy). Please show me the gift in this mess...and hurry! Focus on the blessing about to appear and a blessing WILL appear! How? Why?This is the way FAITH works. It's actually scientific. It works EVERY time. Replicatable scientific results occur EVERY time that you will truly be GRATEFUL for.This is the essense of prayer. Of manifestation, of spirituality itself. The CREATOR wants us to be loved and happy and to have our prayers and intentions answered. IF we know HOW to pray and use our minds this FORMULA works magically...every time. Try it!Say "God, that's great the clubs were shut-down, please show me the blessing in this mess." Or something to that effect. Then look for the blessing. It WILL occur in seconds, or minutes, or hours depending on your FAITH in the outcome.This spiritual principle works each and every time like the law of gravity works each and every time. It has changed my life so dramatically for the better I am writing a book about it called, "God, that's GREAT!"To get the religious protection for personal cannabis enjoyment and to be a 'good samaritan' to others, please go to www.ulc.org and 'be ordained' as a minister for free. Print-out your minister papers immediately. It rocks!Then join a cannabis sacrament ministry, like mine, and proceed with your cannabis ministry.All the very best to you and yours,love, Roger"We use cannabis religiously and you can, too." * The Hawai'i Cannabis MInistry * [ Post Comment ] Post Comment