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  Medical Marijuana Activist Weirick Dies

Posted by CN Staff on October 29, 2005 at 13:46:54 PT
From Staff Reports 
Source: Daily Review 

San Francisco -- Jane Weirick, a prominent organizer for the legal use of cannabis movement and a co-founder of the Patients Resource Center in San Francisco, died on Tuesday. She was 46. For the past year, Weirick was incapacitated by a rare nerve disorder. She thought she might have suffered an allergic reaction from exposure to a pesticide that was sprayed on marijuana she handled.
Since 1998 she had worked with pilots for the transportation of medical marijuana at the Hayward airport. Her family and friends remember her as a campaigner for access to safe and affordable medical marijuana. She also helped launch the Medical Cannabis Association, a trade group designed to establish practice standards in the interests of growers, distributors and patients. Weirick's daughter, Jessica Mery, said she remembers her mother as a hard worker who fought for patients rights. "She won the Honorary Goddess Award from High Times Magazine in 2000," she said. "She was very active in helping people." Mery also said she will never forget how proud and supportive her mother was when she graduated from Menlo Atherton High School with a 4.0 average after dropping out of Hayward High School. "We come from a very strong maternal family line," Mery said. "And she took me along with her." In 2003, Weirick opened the Hayward Patients Resource Center, where she worked to establish one of the first city agreements to permit dispensaries. She was well-known for her devotion to medical patients and for the use of medical marijuana, Mery said. Weirick is survived by her husband of three years, Ray Carlson, and her daughter, Jessica Mery. She also leaves many friends and comrades. For information about Jane Weirick's memorial services, visit: http://www.budfairy.com/ Source: Daily Review, The (CA)Published: Saturday, October 29, 2005 Copyright: 2005 MediaNews Group, Inc.Contact: revlet angnewspapers.comWebsite: http://www.dailyreviewonline.com/CannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml

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