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Medical
Marijuana
Defense
Will
Be
Allowed
in
Michigan
11/2/97
(This report courtesy of the National Organization for the Reform of
Marijuana Laws (NORML) -- http://www.norml.org)
October 30, 1997, Detroit, MI: A district court judge yesterday decided
that an AIDS and cancer patient facing marijuana possession charges may
present evidence that he uses the drug as part of his medical treatment.
The case involves Peter McWilliams, a best-selling author and former Detroit
resident who is facing criminal charges for possession of seven marijuana
cigarettes.
McWilliams, who now lives in California, uses marijuana medicinally
to alleviate the side effects of the AIDS wasting system and cancer chemotherapy.
He was arrested December 17, 1996 at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after
telling officers that he was carrying marijuana legally acquired in California.
"This [ruling] is an important victory for all Michigan patients,"
McWilliams said. "I'm fighting so all patients can have the choice
to use a safe, natural, and non-addictive therapeutic drug."
For more information, please contact either R. Keith Stroup, Esq. of
NORML @ (202) 483-5500 or NORML Legal Committee member Richard Lustig @
(810) 258-1600.
(Peter McWilliams publishes "The Medical Marijuana Magazine,"
online at http://www.marijuanamagazine.com,
and has made all of his books, some of them bestsellers, available for
free online at http://www.mcwilliams.com.)
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Issue #17, 11/2/97
Focus on Colombia: An Extremely Eventful Two Weeks | UCSF Study Finds Cannabinoids are Effective Against Pain | Ninth Co-sponsor Signs on to Federal Medical Marijuana Bill: Get your representatives on board! | Medical Marijuana Defense Will Be Allowed in Michigan | Needle Exchange: Harris Poll finds 71% favor lifting the ban! | Jailed for Vitamins: Police error costs man six weeks in jail | Show and Jail: 11 year-old Texas boy faces drug possession charges | Plan to Put 10,000 US Troops on the Texas-Mexico Border Dies in Committee | Survey: Drug Use Rising Among Youngest Teens: Current strategies failing to curtail use | Quote of the Week: Everybody wants to play doctor
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