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A Message from Peter McWilliams! 
Posted by FoM on February 19, 1999 at 07:02:14 PT
God Bless You Peter McWilliams!
A Message from Peter McWilliams:Hello,Since my release on bail in August 1998 for federal medicalmarijuana charges, I have not been well enough to tell my side of thestory.
"The federal prosecutor personally called my mother to tellher that if I was found with even a trace of medical marijuana, her house would be taken away." --Peter McWilliamsand linksI’m still not doing well, but the pending motion before afederal judge, scheduled for next Monday, February 22, 1999, rallied meto make at least an effort to lay out the facts.SeeSeptember 7th Trial Date Set For McCormick and McWilliams; McCormick Bail Revocation Hearing Set For March 17.They are contained at www.petertrial.comThe ACLU has been kind enough to host a press conferencethis Friday, February 19, 1999, at 1:30 P.M. at the ACLU offices, 1616Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles. The ACLU Media Alert is athttp://206.41.12.194/mcwilliams/motion1/temp/aclu/aclu.htmI wish to thank the ACLU for its ongoing support and fortaking on a task I am simply unable to organize in my current condition.And, finally, it is with tears in my eyes that I present toyou the eloquence of California State Senator John Vasconcellos.It has been lonely these past six months since my release.My illness prevents me from creating, which is my true passion. Whatlittle productive time I have each day is spent preparing for mydefense or fending off creditors. (The year-long federal investigation,in which my computer and working papers were seized, the month incustody, and the illness since my release have kicked the life out ofmy cash flow.) I cannot have visitors. I do not go out. (Germs, youknow. A flu could kill me.) I live the life of a hermit, lying in bedbattling nausea, and going out only for medical appointments and courtappearances.But in reading Sen. Vasconcello’s stirring words, writtenin lightning, I am reminded that I am not alone.And I am not wrong.I have not intentionally put my life in jeopardy for anunworthy cause. Like those who tossed chests of tea into Boston Harbor,were stationmasters on the Underground Railroad, were jailed forwoman’s suffrage and reproductive rights, who stood up to McCarthy,Marched with King, and protested against the War in Vietnam, Sen.Vasconcellos reminds me that getting marijuana to those in medical needit is a worthy cause."If you don’t have something you’re willing to die for,"wrote Martin Luther King, "You’re life’s not worth living." I havefound this to be true. In the midst of my perhaps-impending death, Ihave never felt more fully alive. Sen. Vasconcellos reminds me that alife can be just a letter—a perfectly good letter, but still just aletter—or it can be part of a great sentence. "Marijuana is medicine,"is a sentence worth dying for.Thanks to Sen. Vasconcello’s stirring words (he has, infact, written the Gettysburg Address in the War Against MedicalMarijuana), I feel reinvigorated and connected to good people the worldover and throughout time, fighting a good fight. I just do mine alone,on my back, in a dark room.Yes, I’m another an old whore for freedom.Take care.Enjoy,Peter McWilliams
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Comment #1 posted by FoM on February 19, 1999 at 11:45:36 PT
This breaks my heart!
This is so terrible that he is so sick and has to go thru this persecution. It is bringing tears to my eyes and this can't go on much longer! It is so morally wrong I can't find the words to express my anger!
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