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Medical
Marijuana
Patients
Begin
Northern
Florida
"Journey
For
Justice"
3/24/00
(courtesy NORML Foundation,
http://www.norml.org)
Starke, FL: A caravan
of medical marijuana patients, including several in wheelchairs, will begin
a 160 mile, week-long journey at 9:00am tomorrow, from a state prison in
Starke to the capitol in Tallahassee. The Journey for Justice caravan
will travel 3-4 miles per hour and will pause to hold vigils at 13 correctional
facilities along the way to the capitol.
"I am making this journey
in the wheelchair I have to live in because marijuana has extended and
improved my quality of life," said Cathy Jordan, a patient who suffers
from Lou Gehrig's Disease. "The people of Florida are compassionate,
and I want them to ask Governor Jeb Bush and the legislature why am I still
considered a criminal for saving my own life?"
Journey organizer Kay Lee
said, "Too many non-violent offenders are being incarcerated and abused
because of our drug laws. I know the people of Florida care about
human rights for everyone and that is the message we will take to Tallahassee."
(Journey for Justice urges
supporters in Northern Florida to come out and march and rally. The
trip's itinerary can be found online at http://www.fairlaw.org/j4j3/Itinerary.htm.)
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Issue #130, 3/24/00
Innocent, Unarmed Man Shot by New York City Drug Unit | National Drug Strategy Released, and Testimony by Eric Sterling | Dump Judge Judy Campaign Growing, Needs Volunteer Monitors, Pain Patients Speak Out | Another Medical Marijuana Bill Goes Before Maryland House Committee | Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Forfeiture Reform Bill, Colombia Aid Package Stalled | Medical Marijuana Patients Begin Northern Florida "Journey For Justice" | Breaking News: UK to Legalize Medical Marijuana | No Hemp for the Masses | High School Anti-Drug Lesson Daringly Different | Link of the Week: "Lost Political Causes" by William F. Buckley | OP-ED: No End in Sight in Los Angeles Police Scandal
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