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Patient
Threatened
with
Arrest
after
Seeking
Dialogue:
Yuba
County
accused
of
violating
Prop.
215
11/7/97
Bonnie Metcalf, a 38 year old medical marijuana patient who is confined
to a wheelchair because of sarcoidosis (immune system attacks vital organs)
and osteo-arthritis, has been targeted for arrest in Yuba City, CA. Metcalf
had returned from the Medical Marijuana Providers conference in Santa Cruz,
and had approached the Yuba County Board of Supervisors with other patients
in her fledgling co-op, to explain their situation, introduce themselves
as medical marijuana patients, and to request a dialogue with local officials
about developing a community-based medical marijuana program.
Following Metcalf's presentation, a warrant was issued for her arrest,
though the DA's office has said that nothing will happen until the DA returned
on Monday. According to Scott Imler, of the Los Angeles Cannabis Buyers
Club, "Sheriff Tindel, they say, is right out of the wild, wild west."
Please call Yuba County District Attorney Charles O'Rourke at (916)
741-6201 to protest the persecution of Bonnie Metcalf and the violation
of Prop. 215; and please send letters to the editor in support of Bonnie
Metcalf to the Appeal Democrat, via fax at (916) 741-6201, or through the
web at http://www.appeal-democrat.com/opinion.html.
Please send copies of your correspondence to DRCNet, [email protected].
For further information, contact Scott Imler at [email protected].
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Issue #18, 11/7/97
Washington Initiative Fails at Ballot: No one said this was going to be easy | McWilliams Case Set Back: Judges "changes mind" on medical necessity defense | California Medical Marijuana Providers Conference: Groups sign on to principles and guidelines document | Patient Threatened with Arrest after Seeking Dialogue: Yuba County accused of violating Prop. 215 | South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Eight Year Prison Sentence for Woman Whose Baby was Born with Drugs in System | Prohibition at Work: Mexican law enforcement officers once again involved in sometimes lethal criminal activities | Canadian Passports New Currency in Illegal Drug Market | Poll: British MP's Would Modify Cannabis Law -- split most evident within Labour Party | Five Former Cops Plead Guilty to Drug Trafficking | Whitman Wins, Needle Exchange Loses | Miss America Visits Needle Exchange Program | New MS Treatment Very Effective, But Very Expensive... Medical marijuana still illegal as alternative | World Bank Endorses Needle Exchange Funding | McCaffrey Calls Allegations Inappropriate | Irish Teens Top European Drug Users | Study Finds Not All Drug Users Are Losers | Narcs vs. Murphy Brown: DEA Chief criticizes fictional news anchor for medical marijuana use | Media Watch: Drug war issues in the news | Editorial: Are the drug warriors really fighting for this nation's youth?
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