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Stop the Casualties of the Marijuana War!

Paul Marini | October 09, 2002

On September 27th the Preble County SWAT team executed a search warrant at the the residence of Clayton Helriggle, 23, of Lewisburg, Ohio. Just minutes into the drug raid Clayton Helriggle lay dying in the arms of his friend from...

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California Governor Gray Davis Speaks Out Against Federal Busts of Medical Marijuana Clinics Throughout State

Paul Marini | September 18, 2002

SACRAMENTO-Momentum and outrage continue to build in California and elsewhere in the wake of the Drug Enforcement Administration's September 6 raid of the Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana in Santa Cruz, CA. As reported on CNN, and in The New...

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Bay Area Activists to Protest at Federal Buildings

Paul Marini | September 05, 2002

San Francisco, CA – The Drug Enforcement Agency raided another medical marijuana dispensary today in Santa Cruz, California, arresting 2 people and shutting off safe access to life affirming medicine to 300 seriously ill patients. In response to the federal...

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Not All Students Will Start School This Week

Paul Marini | August 28, 2002

WASHINGTON, DC - According to new Department of Education data, over 30,000 college students have been denied federal loans and grants for the 2002-2003 school year due to the 1998 Higher Education Act drug provision. Since the HEA drug provision...

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HOLLYWOOD BRIEFING BY DEA CHIEF DRAWS PROTESTS

Paul Marini | July 09, 2002

CA, STATEWIDE—The last time Asa Hutchinson visited California, the DEA raided two San Francisco medical marijuana dispensaries, seizing property and arresting four prominent activists including nationally renowned author Ed Rosenthal. Tomorrow, Hutchinson returns to the state to brief Hollywood’s top...

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DEA Raids on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Will be Met With New Nationwide Protests

Paul Marini | June 13, 2002

SAN FRANSISCO – Last week thousands of people who organized under the banner Americans For Safe Access (ASA) disrupted business-as-usual at 50 regional outposts of the Drug Enforcement Administration, including the Department of Justice in Washington, DC. The protests were...

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Ohio Protest to Stop the DEAs Expanding War on Medical Marijuana and Patients!

Paul Marini | June 04, 2002

June 6th has been declared as a day for a nation-wide action by a coalition of dozens of marijuana reform groups all across the United States. The nation-wide day of action has been called because of the recent raids of...

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PATIENTS PUSH BACK AFTER DEA RAIDS IN SANTA ROSA

Steph Sherer | June 01, 2002

NATIONWIDE – Under the banner “Americans For Safe Access”, activists in 55 cities nationwide will attempt to disrupt business-as-usual on June 6th at local outposts of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Patients and their supporters vowed to ratchet up the...

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Wichita Direct Action

Paul Marini | May 28, 2002

News Release May 28, 2002 From: Hemp Industries of Kansas (316) 681 1743 http://www.HempForUS.com A Coalition of marijuana and drug policy reform organizations are joining forces to launch a national day of direct action again the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration)...

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Bush Administration Medical Marijuana Policy Not Compassionate

Paul Marini | May 21, 2002

BERKELEY, CA – A summary judgment last week stated that California medical marijuana dispensaries have no Federal constitutional right to distribute the drug to seriously ill people. The decision is the latest in an accelerating crack down by the Bush...

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