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 | Valerie and Mike Corral |
| http://www.santacruzvsashcroft.com/ This is WAMM's site dedicated to this case. |
| Supreme Court to hear medical pot case by Brian Seals, Santa Cruz Sentinel November 26th, 2004 The eyes of the area’s medical marijuana community will be on the nation’s capital this week. |
| Medical pot group basks in victory, eyes new harvest by Brian Seals, Santa Cruz Sentinel April 25th, 2004 In September 2002, WAMM's medical marijuana garden was raided by federal agents who confiscated 167 plants. This week’s news: a U.S. District Court judge issued an injunction barring future raids by the federal government. |
| Medical-Marijuana Fight Returns to Court by Brian Seals, Santa Cruz Sentinel March 31st, 2004 Members of an area medical-marijuana cooperative return to federal court today seeking an end to drug raids like the one that decimated their pot garden in September 2002. |
| Medical Marijuana Backers: Raid Illegal by RACHEL KONRAD, The Associated Press July 7th, 2003 A Drug Enforcement Administration raid on a farm that cultivated pot for ailing patients was both illegal and immoral, medical marijuana supporters argued at the start of a federal trial Monday. This has caused an ``insurmountable'' level of pain and suffering and hastened the deaths of the most vulnerable patients, lawyers said. |
| Fighting Back in Santa Cruz: Pot Patients Sue the Feds by Ann Harrison, AlterNet April 28th, 2003 Santa Cruz became the first public entity to file a lawsuit against federal drug warriors after agents seized 167 plants grown by the Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana. |
| In First-of-Its-Kind Lawsuit, Santa Cruz City and County Sue Ashcroft, DEA for Brutal Medical Marijuana Raid by Tony Newman Press Conference With Santa Cruz Mayor, Medical Marijuana Patients and Attorneys for the Lawsuit, Wednesday April 23rd, 10:00 AM Pacific Time |
| Defiant California City Hands Out Marijuana by Charlie LeDuff with Adam Liptak, New York Times September 18th, 2002 Mayor Krohn, several City Council members and two former mayors gathered in front of City Hall this afternoon to witness a medical marijuana giveaway in protest of a federal raid two weeks ago on a local cannabis collective |
| Odd twists leave couple in center of pot debate by BRIAN SEALS September 16th, 2002 Michael and Valerie Corral embrace on their medical-marijuana farm, which was stripped clean by raiding DEA agents |
| DEA Raids Another Marijuana Club by By Josh Richman, Oakland Tribune September 15th, 2002 For the second time in a week, federal agents on Thursday raided a Bay Area medical marijuana facility that was operating under California's 1996 law. The Sonoma County club's founder was taken into custody and an estimated 2,800 plants were seized. |