Medical Marijuana

Dear Friend, As you probably know, I was tried in 2003 for providing marijuana starter plants to medical marijuana distribution centers. The exact charges were manufacture, providing a place to manufacture and conspiracy. The jury found me guilty on all three felony counts.

February 16, 2007 -Drug Policy Forum: Lenexa KS, Sunday, Feb. 18th, 3 p.m. -KS Legislature: HB 2359 Sale of Drug Paraphernalia -Medical Marijuana: Research News & DEA Ruling -Lou Dobbs: Drug War is Failure

Contact Jag Davies, MAPS Director of Communications (831) 336-4325 or [email protected] For Immediate Release February 13, 2007 DEA Judge Recommends End to Government Obstruction of Medical Marijuana Research

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Smoking marijuana eases a type of chronic foot pain in people with the AIDS virus, according to a study published on Monday that the researchers touted as demonstrating marijuana's medicinal benefits.

[Courtesy of the Center for Medicinal Canabis Research at the University of California] Corinna Kaarlela, News Director Source: Jeff Sheehy (415) 597-8165 or cell (415) 845-1132 E-mail: [email protected]

AMERICANS FOR SAFE ACCESS MEDIA RELEASE New Study of Medical Cannabis Shows Scientific Value for Patients with Neuropathic Pain National HIV/AIDS and Advocacy Groups, Experts and Study Participant Join to Call For Congressional Hearings

NEW MEXICO: Medical Marijuana Measure Passes Senate MINNESOTA: Patient-Protection Bills in Both Chambers OREGON: Right to Fire Patients Sought CALIFORNIA: Caregiver Status Before Supreme Court CALIFORNIA: Dispensaries OKed, Opening, Studied and Stopped

Join the National Movement to Protect Safe Access! To celebrate ten years of safe access to medical cannabis in California and growing access throughout the country, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has organized Medical Marijuana Week 2007. This will be the fifth annual Medical Marijuana Week, held during the week of 2/15 to commemorate the passage of Proposition 215, California's medical cannabis law.

News Release Israel's Ministry of Health Medical Cannabis Conference Israeli and European doctors called Cannabis "a medicine" and asked to expand the list of indications and to expedite commercial growing for patients.

Press Release Source: City of West Hollywood City of West Hollywood Officials Decry DEA Raids on Five Marijuana Dispensaries Wednesday January 17, 9:52 pm ET WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--City of West Hollywood officials reacted swiftly today to news that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) had raided and shut down five medicinal marijuana dispensaries located in West Hollywood. "The City of West Hollywood has had a long-standing commitment to the compassionate use of medical marijuana for those persons who are facing catastrophic illnesses," said City Manager Paul Arevalo. The DEA's enforcement of federal drug laws against the dispensaries conflicts with Proposition 215, a ballot measure approved by the California voters in 1996 decriminalizing the use of medical marijuana.