cannabisnews.com: Medical Marijuana Protesters Again Rally Medical Marijuana Protesters Again Rally Posted by CN Staff on September 17, 2002 at 09:02:02 PT Staff Reports Source: Oakland Tribune Medical marijuana advocates rallied again Monday in Oakland and San Francisco, protesting last Thursday's raid of a cannabis farm and dispensary. Police told about 60 protesters to leave the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building's courtyard on Oakland's Clay Street, telling them they needed a permit to protest there. No permit was issued for a similar rally Sept. 6. "They wouldn't say why, but my impression is that their patience is wearing a bit thin," said Berkeley Patients Group director Don Duncan. "So we stayed up on the sidewalk between the Federal Building and the street." Monday's rallies decried the Drug Enforcement Administration raid of the Genesis 1:29 farm in Sebastopol and dispensary in Petaluma. Genesis founder Richard Schmidt faces marijuana and assault counts; he will have a bail hearing Wednesday. The Sept. 6 protest followed a DEA raid of the Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana near Santa Cruz, in which no criminal charges were filed. Santa Cruz City Council members have invited WAMM to dispense marijuana to patients in a City Hall courtyard today. Steph Sherer, director of Americans for Safe Access in Berkeley, said she and about 50 protesters "had fun" heckling the DEA Monday in San Francisco. DEA spokesman Richard Meyer, giving a television interview, faced a picket sign reading "Richard Meyer hates sick and dying Californians." Hundreds of activists from across the state are expected to gather in Sacramento next Monday for a day of protests. Source: Oakland Tribune (CA)Published: Tuesday, September 17, 2002Copyright: 2002 MediaNews Group, Inc. Contact: triblet angnewspapers.com Website: http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Related Articles & Web Sites:WAMMhttp://www.wamm.org/Americans for Safe Access http://www.safeaccessnow.org News Articles on WAMM Raidhttp://freedomtoexhale.com/valc.htmCrackdown On Med. Marijuana Spark Protestshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14138.shtmlWhen A Neighborhood Goes To Pot http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14107.shtmlFeds Raid Sebastopol Pot Farm http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14096.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #14 posted by Sam Adams on September 17, 2002 at 15:46:27 PT Pataki I just wanted to chime in that Pataki is a lying sac of s**t and I wouldn't vote for him if he was the last politician on Earth. New Yorkers, please find the appropriate Green or Libertarian candidate and vote appropriately. Thank you. [ Post Comment ] Comment #13 posted by FoM on September 17, 2002 at 13:15:00 PT DdC, you always can make me laugh I'm so serious I get angry with myself sometimes. I do laugh but not much these days. Be careful! [ Post Comment ] Comment #12 posted by DdC on September 17, 2002 at 12:52:54 PT Head count! ¶8) Maybe it will be a potluck for the heads, bring your own pot...The council said it will not give it to healthy users, they have to go to jail and get sick first...I use it as a preventive measure. Does that count? ¶8)I only wish I could find the U-Haul they used to confiscate WAMM's supply, still loaded. So I can steal it back...It's my patriotic duty...Heads or Tails, that is the question...Is burning a hemp flag considered illegal use?Contrary to CNN council reports, we don't want the D.E.A.th, period!Funny that most of the Yuppy Bistro's, Bookshops and New Age hotspots in Santa Cruz were funded with seed money growing pot. Oh how the times have changed...I smoke pot to protect my lungs from the San Jose tourist clogging the streets and poisoning the citizens with pollution from their fossil fueled SUV's...Will my hemp clothing lead to hard fibers?They say too succeed you must get a head. So I became a head, and am still proud of it! ¶8) Remember Only YOU Can Prevent D.E.A.th! [ Post Comment ] Comment #11 posted by FoM on September 17, 2002 at 12:29:38 PT Shishaldin Thank You! Please take pictures and we'll try somehow to figure out how to get them on line. I know I can't do more then a few pictures myself but maybe Mapinc will be able to put together many pictures. I hope so or I hope some organization can. [ Post Comment ] Comment #10 posted by Shishaldin on September 17, 2002 at 12:22:10 PT Gonna be in SC FoM,I'll be there. It's just down the road from where I work. It's a GOOD day to chase the DEA away. No More DEAth!I'll try and get a head count and LOTS of pictures with my digital camera...Peace and Strength to all, Shishaldin [ Post Comment ] Comment #9 posted by Jose Melendez on September 17, 2002 at 12:05:40 PT Pataki speaks out... finally. from:http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n1737/a05.html?397 PATAKI VISITS BLACK CHURCH TO SEEK VOTES OF DEMOCRATS MOUNT VERNON, N.Y., Sept. 15 - Making a rare campaign appearance at a predominantly black church, Gov. George E. Pataki today continued his drive to cut into traditional Democratic support with a spirited address that called for unity and promised to advocate for causes that blacks have championed. Mr. Pataki, speaking at Grace Baptist Church, one of the most influential in Westchester, said the terrorist attack demonstrated that New Yorkers are capable of uniting regardless of race or ethnicity. And on more practical terms, he reiterated his vow - despite Democratic criticism that he has not followed through - to reduce the prison population by relaxing drug laws that prescribe mandatory sentences for even minor offenses. "The terrorists didn't say, `We're going to hit the 89th floor because the white people are on the 89th floor and the black people are on the 90th floor and Latinos are down on the 78th floor,' " Mr. Pataki said, his voice rising. "They didn't care who they were attacking. They wanted to kill as many of us as possible because we're Americans." Mr. Pataki even seemed willing to risk a bit of upstate support to rally the congregation. He criticized the building of a large number of prisons under the administration of his predecessor, Mario M. Cuomo, saying, "The strongest economic growth policy upstate was the building of prisons." "It was a disgrace," Mr. Pataki said, adding that under his administration the prison population had declined. He described the Cuomo administration's attitude as: " `We're going to bring jobs to rural upstate New York by building prisons, and you can have guards who are going to have jobs.' Who was going to those prisons? Lower-income, mostly minority kids from downstate because our criminal justice system allowed the violent people out on the street and put the nonviolent in."(snipped) prisons are about profit [ Post Comment ] Comment #8 posted by FoM on September 17, 2002 at 11:59:57 PT Count Heads Oh my I just made a joke and didn't mean too. lol [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by FoM on September 17, 2002 at 11:57:03 PT DdC I'm glad you are going. I have been watching CNN all day and they keep repeating the segment on WAMM. The DEA will be there. Be careful. I would like to know about how many people show up. If you could look around and count heads that would be appreciated. I don't need exact numbers but a good guess would be enough. [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by DdC on September 17, 2002 at 11:52:31 PT Yea FoM, with my Big Sur Mountain Homegrown I'll be hunting wayward D.E.A.th fascist to stone!!!¶8) [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by FoM on September 17, 2002 at 11:41:50 PT CNN Is covering the days events and I'm very happy they are. [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by FoM on September 17, 2002 at 11:41:02 PT DdC Are you going to the event at WAMM today? [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by DdC on September 17, 2002 at 11:29:20 PT Klintoon didn't Inhale But he Possessed it... The same as Gore, Bushit and the 700,000 a year they bust for possession...How do you spell insanity? http://www.cannabinoid.com/wwwboard/politics/binaries/27/27477.gif [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by FoM on September 17, 2002 at 09:15:04 PT Thanks JR I've seen the articles and he is using marijuana to get publicity just like Clinton did. That's why I won't post it. If he cared that would be another thing but using Marijuana for political gain insults me as it does you I'm sure and everyone. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by JR Bob Dobbs on September 17, 2002 at 09:09:17 PT "I Didn't Inhale" redux Of course, the issue isn't whether or not he inhaled, but whether or not he supports the War On (some) Drugs, which he does. http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-blago17.html [ Post Comment ] Post Comment