Medical Marijuana Protest at Oakland California Highway Patrol Office Tuesday Paul Marini | July 12, 2004 OAKLAND – Tuesday at Noon, medical marijuana patients and local activists will be demonstrating in front of the California Highway Patrol headquarters in Oakland. They will be protesting a June 30th incident on Market Street that ended with four suspects... Read more
Harris Thwarting Democracy Again, Say Medical Marijuana Protesters Paul Marini | July 12, 2004 SARASOTA– At 2:00 pm today, medical marijuana protesters are gathering at a local Congressional office demanding an end to the federal government's refusal to respect state laws and the will of the people. They are denouncing Rep. Katherine Harris’ vote... Read more
Medical Marijuana Protest at Congressman's Office 10am Today Paul Marini | July 09, 2004 FT. LAUDERDALE – Medical marijuana patients, their families and national advocates will be at the office of Rep. E. Clay Shaw, Jr. today at 10:00 am, protesting his vote to continue imprisoning sick and suffering Americans even in states that... Read more
Medical Marijuana Demonstration Today at Orlando Congressman's Office Paul Marini | July 07, 2004 ORLANDO – At noon today medical marijuana protesters are gathering at a local Congressional office demanding an end to the federal government's refusal to respect state laws. Congress will be voting today or tomorrow on a bill to stop the... Read more
Congress Voting on Measure to End Medical Marijuana Raids Paul Marini | July 07, 2004 WASHINGTON, D.C. –The U.S. House of Representatives will be voting today or tomorrow on a bi-partisan bill to stop the federal arrest of patients in states that allow the medical use of marijuana. Last year’s debate was impassioned, with the... Read more
Supreme Court Takes Key Medical Marijuana Case Paul Marini | June 28, 2004 The U.S. Supreme Court today announced it will take up a landmark California case that recently established a medical exception to the federal prohibition on marijuana. In December 2003, a federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled in the case... Read more
Medical Marijuana Patient’s Federal Appeal Today Paul Marini | June 16, 2004 SAN FRANCISCO – A Chico man will be before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco this morning, arguing that his 2002 conviction for conspiring to grow medical marijuana was not only unconstitutional but based on misconduct by... Read more
Prison No Place for Pot Patients Paul Marini | June 11, 2004 Since medical marijuana patient and caregiver Bryan Epis was sentenced in October 2002 to a mandatory minimum of ten years in prison, his case has become the prime example of how far – and how wrong – the federal government... Read more
Los Angeles Police Sued Over Medical Marijuana Raids Paul Marini | June 08, 2004 LOS ANGELES – A South Central grandmother who served in Vietnam is in court Wednesday, suing the Los Angeles Police Department for harassment after they destroyed her supply of medical marijuana four years in a row. Sister Somayah Kambui... Read more
Anniversary of Landmark Sentencing Draws National Protests Paul Marini | June 02, 2004 On the anniversary of a landmark federal sentencing, medical marijuana patients and activists across the country are rallying at the offices of members of Congress Friday, demanding an end to federal prosecutions. Read more