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I Spoke With Joe Hart This Afternoon!
Posted by FoM on July 31, 1999 at 16:30:11 PT
Written By DdC
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He sounded really strong in voice. When I ask him how he was doing he said, I'm hanging in there. Such courage. I told him who I was and that all of us at Cannabis.com are praying for him and sending him our good vibes. I wished him a Happy Birthday too.
He said Kay Lee was with him. I said I wish I could send him a joint. He said that wasn't a problem. I assume he ment that he had some. I hope he's not suffering.He said that he appreciated all the fine work that we were doing in the fight to free cannabis. I said with pleasure and thanked him for all the work he's done, and to pass it on to Kay Lee for all she's doing also.http://www.zyworld.com/kay~lee/home.htmLike I said he sounded strong and clear. I called the Miami Hospital number and he answered the phone. I think he apreciated knowing that we're thinking about him.If you want to convey a message by phone the number is1-305-325-7459 9th floor,Miami Hospital or1-305-293-1865 at his home.Happy Birthday Joe! God Bless!Peace or WoDFFFFDdCPot Defender Battling for Life - July 30, 1999http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread2276.shtml
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Comment #3 posted by FoM on August 01, 1999 at 14:16:10 PT:
Earlier Related Article on Joe Hart - 4/8/99
US FL: Aids Patient, Doctor Say Marijuana Kept Him AliveURL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n395.a05.htmlNewshawk: Kay Leehttp://www.zyworld.com/kay~lee/home.htm Pubdate: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 Source: Miami Herald (FL) Copyright: 1999 The Miami Herald Contact: heralded herald.com Website: http://www.herald.com/ Author: Marika Lynch, Herald Staff Writer Note: Our newshawk writes: "Joe is better and will probably be home in a day or two. He sends his love and thanks for all the wonderful emails and calls." AIDS PATIENT, DOCTOR SAY MARIJUANA KEPT HIM ALIVE KEY WEST - Joe Hart's doctor says he should be dead by now. Hart, 50, has been HIV positive for 15 years. He gave up on pharmaceutical drugs two years ago, relying instead on relief from nausea from eight daily puffs on a marijuana cigarette. Day by day, Hart wages a battle against AIDS, and when he has the strength, Florida law.President and founder of Key West's underground Medical Cannabis Buyers Club, Hart disperses marijuana to AIDS patients, for free or at cost, to help ease their symptoms, he says. He counts 82 people on his membership roster.The club has had a controversial past. In a 1995 act of defiance, the club opened in a storefront across the street from the Monroe County courthouse. The club was shut down swiftly. Hart was arrested after he accepted a package of marijuana from a postal inspector masquerading as a mailman. Hart was charged with marijuana possession. Prosecutors dropped the charges in January after a judge ruled they couldn’ t use the evidence at trial because officers didn’t give Hart enough time to respond when they knocked on his door to search his home. Hart was disappointed. He says he wanted to be the test case before the Supreme Court arguing that he had a “medical necessity” to use the drug. The laws, he said, are unjust. “I feel like they are calling me a criminal. How can they say it’s illegal for me to have it when they turn around and give it to eight people,” Hart said, referring to a government program that allows eight people to use marijuana for medical reasons. “In the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., carved across the edifice big enough to be read a block away, it says, “Equal Justice for All Under the Law.’ To do anything less would be a double standard.”Last month, for the first time in seven years, Hart has had to be hospitalized for his illness. On March 13, he went to the Lower Florida Keys Health System hospital on Stock Island with what he says was a bad case of indigestion. Doctors removed his gall bladder and appendix. A friend brought him a marijuana cigarette in the hospital that he smoked on a walk around the grounds to ease his nausea and boost his appetite. The six-foot former soldier who lives on his veteran’s pension has lost 35 pounds since then, dropping from 215 pounds to 180. He’s now in Miami’s Veteran’s Administration Medical Center with a high fever, congestion and swollen lungs. He hasn’t had a joint since he was admitted Friday. Hart’s Key West physician Dr. Raymond McKnight said. “I think it’s a fascinating case. I don’t think I can get any doctor to sit in the same room with me and [Hart], and guarantee me it’s not helping him. He definitely couldn’t say this is not working.” 
Joe Hart's Legal Defense Fund
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Comment #2 posted by FoM on July 31, 1999 at 20:13:53 PT:
Thank You!
Just Thanks Tom! I'm going to call Joe. It will be hard but I feel I must. Probably on Monday. I'll ask Kay Lee what time of the day would be best for him to receive a call.Peace, FoM!
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Comment #1 posted by Tom Paine on July 31, 1999 at 18:51:03 PT
Joe Hart and Kay Lee email address.
I believe the email address for Joe Hart and Kay Lee ismrjah flakeysol.comThere may some more email addresses too.
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