cannabisnews.com: Grown in Santa Cruz Grown in Santa Cruz Posted by CN Staff on April 27, 2003 at 17:26:10 PT By Debra J. Saunders Source: San Francisco Chronicle Alan Brady of Santa Cruz carried a flag emblazoned with a snake that read "'Don't tread on me." He was part of a double-digit size crowd that turned out to support a lawsuit filed by the Santa Cruz Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM) against the federal government. Brady wasn't a member of WAMM, he said, but he took medical marijuana for an injured knee. (Well, that's what he said.) The group announcing the lawsuit in front of the Santa Cruz County Courthouse Wednesday had its share of gray-haired, pony-tailed and wool-sock- and-sandal clad participants. But it wasn't a smoke-filled celebration of recreational users claiming dubious illnesses. There was no contact high. The lawsuit, which is being paid for with private dollars, reflected a sense of resolve, not revelry. Last September, federal agents raided WAMM, seized 167 marijuana plants and booked WAMM founders Mike and Valerie Corral. The U.S. Attorney has yet to charge the Corrals, but according to local Drug Enforcement Agency spokesman Rich Meyer, the Corrals could face a sentence of "not less than five years" if charged and found guilty. With the threat of prosecution hanging over her, Valerie Corral nonetheless is a plaintiff in the lawsuit. She uses marijuana to control epileptic seizures. Other plaintiffs include cancer and HIV patients, whose doctors have prescribed marijuana on top of a laundry list of high-powered drugs. One patient listed "Vioxx, Protonix, Vicodin, Donnatal, Immodium, Ativan, Wellbutrin, Flexeril, Zofran, Paxil, Morphine, Oxycodone and Prochlorperzine." The oldest member of WAMM, 93-year-old Dorothy Gibbs, suffers from post-polio syndrome. She had been taking morphine and other drugs when her doctor prescribed marijuana to ease her severe nausea, according to the WAMM brief. According to Corral, 15 WAMM members have died since the DEA raid.Snipped: Complete Article: http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/grown.htm Source: San Francisco Chronicle (CA)Author: Debra J. SaundersPublished: Sunday, April 27, 2003 Copyright: 2003 San Francisco Chronicle - Page D - 4 Contact: letters sfchronicle.comWebsite: http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/Related Articles & Web Sites:WAMMhttp://www.wamm.org/Pictures from WAMM Protesthttp://freedomtoexhale.com/eventpics.htmWAMM Lawsuit Seeks To Curb Federal Authority http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16047.shtml Medical Pot Seizures Targeted by Santa Cruz http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16042.shtmlCity Joins Medical Pot Use Lawsuithttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16041.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #3 posted by FoM on April 28, 2003 at 10:43:03 PT Radical Party Press Release PRESS CONFERENCE: CANADIAN SENATOR OUTLINES STEP-BY-STEP EFFORT TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANALeading European Parliamentarian to Explain the Campaign to Reform UN Drug Prohibition TreatiesWASHINGTON, D.C.—While the eyes of the world have been on Iraq and also on the UN role in that crisis, the International Antiprohibitionist League (IAL), has been stepping up its campaign to repeal or sharply amend the three UN treaties that impose drug prohibition on the world. The signal for the heightened effort was the April meeting of the UN Commission on Narcotics to review progress in the war on drugs. In the view of the IAL, and its parent body, the Transnational Radical Party, (TRP) that war is a continuing disaster. Proposed drug reforms in Canada and around the world will be the topics of an April 29 press conference highlighting a leading Canadian senator and a prominent European Parliament member.Complete Press Release: http://coranet.radicalparty.org/pressreleases/press_release.php?func=detail&par=4412 [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by FoM on April 27, 2003 at 19:55:24 PT ekim Thank you. I wonder if people with a satellite ( Direct TV ) can get it? Maybe it has to be one of the satellites that you moved the dish with a motorized arm to like Galaxy etc. I hope it will be available to view. Maybe Pot-TV will put it on their site. Will it be on C-Span? We can hope! [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by ekim on April 27, 2003 at 19:49:19 PT Proposed drug reforms Proposed drug reforms in Canada and around the world will be the topics of an April 29 press conference highlighting a leading Canadian senator and a prominent European Parliament member. A live video broadcast of this event will be available on satellite for the free and unrestricted use by news organizations. Live broadcast time: Noon to 1 p.m. EASTERN TIME; A Test Signal will be available from 11:45 to Noon EASTERN TIME Ku-band analog satellite: AMC2 (Ge2)Transponder: K8Orbital Position: 85 west. Downlink Frequency: 11860 MHz Horizontal Transmission Contact: 202-513-1000 WHO: Arnold Trebach, President IAL (U.S.) Senator Pierre Claude Nolin (Canada) Marco Cappato, Member, European Parliament (Italy) WHAT: Press Conference on Official Efforts to Legalize Marijuana & Other Drugs & to Amend UN Treaties WHERE: National Press Club (Murrow Lounge) 529 14th Street NW, Washington DC WHEN: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 12 noon to 1 p.m. [ Post Comment ] Post Comment