cannabisnews.com: Pot Advocates Ask For City Leaders' Help Pot Advocates Ask For City Leaders' Help Posted by CN Staff on September 25, 2002 at 19:16:26 PT Medical Marijuana Crop Raided By DEA Source: SanDiegoChannel.com Medical marijuana activists gathered outside San Diego City Hall Wednesday to ask municipal leaders for help in a fight with federal authorities. Steve McWilliams of Shelter from the Storm said his group operates under state guidelines for "growing medicine," and was under the impression that federal authorities wouldn't take action for an operation of fewer than 100 plants. "In spite of all of our precautions ... we were still raided and had our plants destroyed," said McWilliams, holding a pipe filled with marijuana at a rally in the San Diego Concourse outside City Hall. Members of a regional drug enforcement task force served a federal warrant Wednesday. They searched Williams' Normal Heights marijuana garden and seized more than two dozen plants and 10 pounds of loose marijuana. As activists chanted, "Go away, DEA!" at the San Diego Concourse this afternoon, several San Diego police officers stood by, making sure the demonstration went smoothly. "We're not taking any enforcement stance today," said Sgt. Todd Griffin. Proposition 215, passed in 1996, allows patients with permission from a doctor to use marijuana for medical conditions. But the state law has been problematic, as federal law makes no exception for medical uses. McWilliams said city officials should "stand up as our representatives" for his group's activities. McWilliams said the city's efforts, including a task force working on guidelines for medical marijuana use, provide "unrealistic assurances." McWilliams' group gave pot away to those with a doctor's note last week outside City Hall. He asserted that Mayor Dick Murphy called for the federal raid in response to the drug giveaway, though he acknowledged he has "no proof." "No one in the mayor's office has had any contact with the DEA regarding Mr. McWilliams," Murphy stated through his press secretary. The activists also spoke out against the city at a meeting of the City Council's Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee, and planned to move their protest to the Federal Building. Councilwoman Toni Atkins said it was important for the activists to let federal officials know of their frustrations. She said the city isn't getting any help from other jurisdictions, including the county and federal governments. Medical marijuana advocates say cannabis can help relieve pain and other symptoms for patients with AIDS, cancer and other conditions. On Oct. 16, the PSNS Committee is expected to discuss an identification card program and other medical marijuana-related guidelines the task force recommended. The ID card would identify marijuana users in compliance with Proposition 215, in case they come in contact with San Diego police. Source: SanDiegoChannel.comPublished: September 25, 2002Copyright: 2002 TheSanDiegoChannel.comWebsite: http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/Related Articles & Web Site:Americans for Safe Access http://www.safeaccessnow.org Pot Garden Uprooted in Raidhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14240.shtmlLocal Pot Advocate's Home Raidedhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14238.shtmlPot Grower Gets Letter of Warning from DEAhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14191.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #15 posted by p4me on September 26, 2002 at 08:22:49 PT I heart the edit feature The edit feature is a real improvement. It makes me look bad that I had two mistakes after correcting four. 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Thanks to you FoM, too. If the gov't worked the way you do we'd live in a better place. [ Post Comment ] Comment #10 posted by FoM on September 25, 2002 at 22:12:39 PT Important E-Mail News MPP has asked us to pass along this urgent national alert, to call your house member TODAY - the vote is scheduled for tomorrow. --Thanks, HilaryDear Friend:In recent weeks we have seen great action in Washington from House Members starting to embrace progressive medical marijuana legislation. Representatives Lucille Royball-Allard, Elenor Holmes Norton, Michael Honda, and Anna Eshoo have all joined the fight to protect medical marijuana in recent days -- thanks to your letters and phone calls. I am writing you today to urge your help in making sure that this progress continues.Specifically, I am writing to ask you to call your House Member about their vote on the D.C. Appropriations bill. We have just received confirmation that this historic vote on medical marijuana will indeed take place tomorrow, September 26, at 10:00 a.m.(EST).I urge you to call your U.S. Representative's Washington office if you haven't already done so. Look below to see if your representative is one of the 38 that we need to influence on this vote; if so, your call can mean the difference between success and failure. At the bottom of this e-mail, you will find a list of the Representatives being targeted. Simply identify your House Member and call the number below.Once you are connected with a staffer or an answering machine, simply leave your name, your town and tell them that you want your Congressperson to support Representative Maurice Hinchey's motion to amend the Barr Amendment to the D.C. Appropriations bill.A courteous phone call tonight or tomorrow morning, will help ensure that your message is delivered to your Representative in time to make a difference on tomorrow's historic vote.If you've ever wanted your government to listen to you for a change, here's your chance. Please help us make history.Thanks again for your help.Steve Fox: MPP, Director of Government RelationsP.S. Remember, every call counts. Please pass this message along to anyone else you think might be interested!Member phone numbers:Boyd, Allen (FL-Tallahassee/Panama City) 202-225-5235Clyburn, James E.(SC-Columbia/Florence/Charleston/Orangeburg) 202-225-3315Cramer, Bud (AL-Hunstville/Muscle Shoals/Decatur) 202-225-4801Cunningham, Randy (CA-Escondido/San Diego) 202-225-5452Delauro, Rosa (CT-New Haven) 202-225-3661Dicks, Norman D. (WA-Tacoma/Bremerton) 202-225-5916Doolittle, John T. (CA-Roseville) 202-225-2511Edwards, Chet (TX-Waco/Belton) 202-225-6105Fattah, Chaka (PA-Philadelphia) 202-225-4001Frelinghuysen, Rodney (NJ-Morristown) 202-225-5034Goode, Virgil H. (VA-Charlottesville/Danville/Rocky Mount) 202-225-4711Hobson, David (OH-Lancaster/Springfield) 202-225-4324Hoyer, Steny H. (MD-Greenbelt/Woldorf) 202-225-4131Jackson Jr., Jesse (IL-Homewood) 202-225-0773Kaptur, Marcy (OH-Toledo) 202-225-4146Kennedy, Patrick (RI-Pawtucket) 202-225-4911Kingston, Jack (GA-Savannah/Brunswick/Statesboro) 202-225-5831Kolbe, Jim (AZ-Tucson/Sierra Vista) 202-225-2542Latham, Tom (IA-Fort Dodge/Sioux City/Orange City/Spencer) 202-225-5476Lewis, Jerry (CA-Redlands) 202-225-5861Lowey, Nita M. (NY-White Plains/ Rego Park) 202-225-6506Meek, Carrie (FL-Miami) 202-225-4506Mollohan, Alan B. (WV-Morganton/Parkersburg/Wheeling/Clarksburg) 202-225-4172Moran, James (VA-Alexandria) 202-225-4376Murtha, John P. (PA-Johnstown) 202-225-2065Nethercutt, George R. 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Rally against War on Iraq Friday, September 27, 2002George Bush will be in Denver on Friday, September 27 for a fundraising luncheon. The Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace and a number of other Colorado groups will hold a rally to urge President Bush not to attack Iraq, but instead to follow international law and to use diplomatic channels for resolving issues with Iraq. They will also propose alternative uses for the $100-200 billion that the war would cost.The rally will go from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and we'll meet at the City and Country Building, 14th and Bannonck Streets in Denver.For more information, contact the Colorado Coalition for Middle East Peace (Denver) at 720-956-0700 or the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center (Boulder) at 303-444-6981.Download flyers:http://www.ccmep.org/Carpool from Boulder at RMPJC, 1520 Euclid, at 10 a.m.Tom Marshall Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center P.O. Box 1156, Boulder, CO 80306 ph: 303-444-6981 fax: 303-444-6523 email: t_marshall2 earthlink.nethttp://www.rmpjc.org/RMPJC has been a successful agent for social change since 1983 We are a member supported organization *************************************************************** Re-distributed as a public service by the: Colorado Hemp Initiative Project P.O. Box 729, Nederland, CO 80466 Email: cohip levellers.org Web: http://www.levellers.org/cohip/"Fighting over 60 years of lies and dis-information with 10,000 years of history and fact." [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by The GCW on September 25, 2002 at 20:48:33 PT History of the Dutch coffeeshops http://www.hempbc.com/articles/2624.htmlPot activists chronicle the last 30 years in HollandIn North America, the talk is of war and depression.In Haarlem, Holland, at Nol Van Schaik's newly-renovated Willie Wortels coffee shops, the talk is of books, cannabusiness classes, and new types of Dutch hashish... 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