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Representatives To Unveil Medical Pot Legislation
Posted by CN Staff on April 10, 2003 at 07:54:38 PT
By David L. Beck, San Jose Mercury News
Source: Press Democrat
In the wake of federal agents' widely publicized raid on a Santa Cruz-area medical marijuana operation, U.S. Rep. Sam Farr is introducing a bill today to legalize medical need as a valid defense in federal prosecutions.The bill's co-sponsors are two congressmen rarely found on the same side of an issue -- Massachusetts liberal Democrat Barney Frank and Huntington Beach conservative Republican Dana Rohrabacher.
The bill by Farr, a Carmel Democrat, applies only to federal trials in states that have passed laws allowing the distribution and use of marijuana, under a doctor's prescription, for medical use.Frank also is backing a similar bill that would simply allow state law to trump federal law.Among those expected to attend a news conference on the bill today are Valerie Corral, who with her husband, Michael Corral, was arrested Sept. 5 by federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents.The DEA raided their marijuana farm near Davenport and confiscated their crop, which they distribute free to the sick.The Santa Cruz City Council later staged a widely publicized pot-distribution ceremony on the steps of City Hall, and even deputized the Corrals."No one in the United States is allowed to distribute illegal drugs -- period," said Richard Meyer, a DEA spokesman, in December. But under the Farr and Frank bills, that would no longer be true in some states.Complete Title: U.S. Representatives To Unveil Medical Pot Legislation Today Source: Press Democrat, The (CA)Author: David L. Beck, San Jose Mercury NewsPublished: April 10, 2003Copyright: 2003 The Press DemocratContact: letters pressdemo.comWebsite: http://www.pressdemo.com/Related Articles & Web Sites:Marijuana Policy Projecthttp://www.mpp.org/ Ed Rosenthal's Pictures & Articleshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/trialpics.htmPictures from WAMM Protesthttp://freedomtoexhale.com/eventpics.htmBryan Epis Protest Pictures http://freedomtoexhale.com/protestpics.htmMarijuana Truth in Trials Act to Be Introduced http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15922.shtml
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