In article <19990715234635.12879.00001266 at ng-fr1.aol.com>,
moontrade at aol.com (MoonTrade) wrote:
> People, for those of you not knowing what is going on here,
California voters
> overwhelmingly approved a medical marijuana initiative known as
Proposition
> 215, Prop215 for short. Libertarian party gubernatorial candidate
Kubby
> supported this initiative, as did other recognized leaders such as
Jesse
> Jackson. (http://www.lp.org/lpn/9808-Kubby.html) This prop allowed for
> medicinal cultivation, and a non-arrest policy for caregivers and
patients.
> (it's important to realize that, at this particular time, cannabis
possession
> of under an ounce resulted in a fine of anywhere from $25 to
$100bucks -
> reflecting a general long-held attitude amongst Californians that
Californians
> had much more important issues to worry prosecuting than some low-
threat abiet
> unlucky stoner.) "Cannabis clubs" were created to allow for
registration,
> compliance and safe distribution of various "flavors" of cannabis -
ok, I hear
> some of you thinkin' but, consider this -- just because you're a
medical
> patient you can only have "one" flavor?!? I can get eight or nine
"flavors" of
> antidepressants right now from our "friendly" pharmaceutical
company. The
> PFDFA-Feds decided, whooo, now, nellie, what is a state doing making
it's own
> peaceful laws and leaving us outa the (tax) loop? and the
pharmaceutical
> companies said, whoo, now, nellie, what is a state doing allowing
peeps to grow
> their own medicine (instead of buying it from us few giants?)
Lockyer, then
> Attny Gen'l of California, was a corporateman even then and
practically rolled
> out a red carpet for federal intervention in the "cannabis clubs".
The feds
> have threatened to pull the medical licenses of any physician who
prescribes
> said cannabis, and, therefore, most doctors dispense
'recommendations' or
> 'knowledge' of the patient's utilization of this particular form of
medication.
> Medical patients are routinely arrested, no, the truth is, they are
> targeted...property siezed under federal forfeiture law, revised or
not, and
> all the bad things that go along with arrest, false or not, like the
landlord
> evicting you for the bad publicity, etc. Prop215 was passed three
years
> ago...the California Cannabis Patient has become, not a $25/fine
minor issue,
> but a major cash crop for the Feds. I hope that some of you will
find the time
> to sit and write a one or four liner to the address below...It's Time
To Just
> Say No More...thanks for your time...Luv, Granny
>> my letter to the editor:
> Dear Placer County Board of Supervisors:
>> I am dismayed that the Placer County Board of Supervisors would
choose to
> continue to authorize ever-increasing amount of county funds
currently being
> spent erroneously persecuting medical cannabis users, such as the
> highly-respected former Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Mr. Steve
Kubby,
> when the funds could be so much more well spent on developing the
economy and
> community safety of one of the most picturesque counties in
California. As
> representatives of the government of this great State of California,
I implore
> you to enforce Proposition 215, as passed overwhelmingly by your own
> constituents in November 1996. Across the nation, states who passed
similar
> laws in 1998 are anxiously watching, as are the ghosts of the great
pioneers
> who founded the beautiful hills and valleys of our Placer County,
pioneers
> seeking freedom.
>> here's the information to write your letter, if you choose to do so:
>> Arthur Sobey writes:
> "Steve needs our help now as he prepares to go to trial next Tuesday.
The
> Placer County DA has made the prosecution/persecution of medical
> marijuana patients his highest priority. The Kubby case is perhaps to
be
> the pivotal medical marijuana/Prop 215 trial in California because of
> Steve's high profile status.
>> I am asking you all to please take 10 minutes and write one more
letter
> on Steve's behalf. It is essential for Steve to win his case, and
> favorable daily coverage by the local newspapers will help to educate
> possible jury members before the DA and Judge get hold of them in the
> voir dire process. Also, the Placer County Board of Supervisors needs
to
> hear from us. The Placer County Board of Supervisors could do much to
> end the DA's and Sheriff's persecution of sick people for their choice
> of medicine that is LEGAL under California law if they only would only
> throw off the influence of drug-ignorant narco-cops, and order law
> enforcement in Placer County to begin obeying the law themselves.
>> Please send a short letter to the Placer County Board of Supervisors
> with a cc to one local newspaper. Just a short letter saying whatever
> strikes you at the moment about the injustice of the Kubby case.
Please
> be short and to the point; just one paragraph would be good. My own
> effort is at the end of this message.
>> Address your email to bos at placer.ca.gov>> On the cc line put one of these two addresses
>>sun at tahoe.com>>world at tahoe.com>> Thank you all for your continuing assistance to Steve and Michele. If
> Steve and Michele are convicted of drug dealing, they face extensive
> prison time and the certain loss of their child. Given the Kubby's
high
> visibility political status, if law enforcement can convict them on
the
> basis of absolutely zero proof of wrongdoing, none of the rest of us
has
> a chance. "
>> Knowledge is Power - Know thine Enemy
> STOP THE WAR
>
I hope everyone will heed the above message. We need to support
Steve and Michelle in their time of need. They have son so much for
humanity with their brave opposition to the Juggernaut .
Doc
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