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Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
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Subject: Medical Marijuana Approved in Sonoma County
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Message-ID: <1993Dec23.000704.17812@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
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Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1993 00:07:04 GMT
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/** gen.newsletter: 174.0 **/
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** Topic: PP 11/93 Medical Marijuana **
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** Written 3:24 pm Dec 17, 1993 by sonomapj in cdp:gen.newsletter **
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From: "Sonoma Co. Center for Peace/Justice" <sonomapj>
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Subject: PP 11/93 Medical Marijuana
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Title: Miracle On Administration Drive
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By: Lazar Yersersky
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On Tuesday, October l2, before a standing-room-only crowd at the County
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Supervisors' hearing, Sonoma County at last passed a resolution
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approving the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Presented by Ernie
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Carpenter, supervisors Tim Smith and Mike Cale voted for. Nick Esposti
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was the sole vote against. The resolution, written mainly by Carol
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Miller, who, in spite of bringing up a gang of kids with Michael,
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living on a remote mountain without a car for at least a year, not to
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mention fighting Lymes disease all the while, never flagged in her
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mission of freeing marijuana for medical use.
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Dr Tod Mikuriya, author of the authoritative "Medical Marijuana
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Papers," spoke first. Caregiver "Brownie" Mary Rathburn testified to a
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standing ovation for her work and her indomitable spirit. Dennis Peron,
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who ram- rodded the SF ballot victory, spoke, and Bruce Sloan gave them
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what-for as only he can do, with his testimony before the supervisors
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and with his nifty sign to "Repeal Hemp Prohibition and Restore Health"
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outside.
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Then the parade of patients began: Patti, Beth, and Barb with AIDS. I
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use first names only because these very ill people are criminals as
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things stand--or at least stood before today. Patti drove herself to
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the hearing even though she was almost too sick to talk. Beth, a cancer
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patient, spoke. Chuck, an asthmatic, literally given the breath of life
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by a few daily tokes of marijuana, was there. And a phys ed teacher
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half crippled with a back injury suffered when a drunk ran into his
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car, explained that only marijuana stopped his debilitating muscle
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spasms, allowing him to stretch and heal his back when synthetic
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pharmaceuticals, with their often toxic side effects, could not. Sara
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was there suffering from giardia that wasted her away until marijuana
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cured the awful nausea and allowed her to eat. Linette, who was busted
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for two plants in Fairfax, was there.
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Now we must unite in support of Sen. Henry Mello's Medical Legalization
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Bill on the state level. And federal bills S. 784 and H.R. l709, which
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will roll back restrictive regulations on nutritional products and
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medical herbs (including cannabis) need our support. We must now
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endeavor to get the ear of Bill Clinton or maybe Hillary.
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Congratulations to S.C.R.A.P. and to everyone who worked so hard and so
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long to get to this point.
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** End of text from cdp:gen.newsletter **
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