Fw: [asa] ASA Action Alert for May 31
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Thu May 30 23:22:43 2002
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Subject: [asa] ASA Action Alert for May 31
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National Flood Your Rep Day
Take Action on May 31st
In response to the May 29th DEA raid on the Aiko Compassion Center, a medical marijuana facility in Santa Rosa California (see AP story below for details), ASA is calling for a national Flood Your Rep Day. Use this link to contact your elected officials. Input your zip code, personalize the message and tell them what you think. Call, mail a letter, fax a letter, or email and demand accountability for the DEA war on the sick and the dying.
GO HERE TO CONTACT REPS!
http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=100506&type=CO
AP Story:
DEA raids Santa Rosa medical marijuana club
05/29/2002
Associated Press Newswires
Copyright 2002. The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) - Federal agents raided a medical marijuana
buyers' club here Wednesday and arrested two people, part of a
tug-of-war between local and federal officials over the sale of pot for
medicinal purposes.
A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman said two addresses were
searched, including the Aiko Compassion Center near downtown. Marijuana,
cash, a car and a weapon were seized.Authorities declined to identify the arrested pair,
saying all information about the case was sealed by a federal judge.
Santa Rosa attorney Rich Ingram said the men were Edward Bierling of
Santa Rosa and Dan Nelson. Bierling is a medical marijuana user, said
Ingram, who is his lawyer. Neither Ingram nor club manager John Sugg
would provide more information about Nelson. Both men are scheduled to appear
Thursday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, Ingram said.
"We have not targeted marijuana clubs. We have investigated marijuana
trafficking groups," said San Francisco DEA spokesman Rich Meyer. "As we
develop leads, we follow those leads. If one takes us to a marijuana
club, then we continue that investigation."
According to one witness, at least six DEA agents stormed the store
around 10:45 a.m.
"They made a big show of it," Mark Nabavi, who runs the Printing Express
store next door, told the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. "They took down
everyone's license plate number."
In February, DEA agents raided a San Francisco medical marijuana club
and arrested four people. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that it is illegal to
distribute marijuana for medical purposes. But some local law enforcement officials
have said their job is to enforce the laws of California, where voters overwhelmingly
approved medical marijuana use in 1996.
The Aiko Compassion Center serves more than 100 people, according to
Ernest Knapp, a spokesman for the Sonoma Alliance for Medical Marijuana.
In Sonoma County, certified users can obtain a letter from a panel of
doctors and are allowed to possess up to three pounds of pot.
With AP Photo CASRP
Steph Sherer
Executive Director
Cannabis Action Network http://www.cannabisaction.net
and Americans for Safe Access http://www.safeaccessnow.org
1678 Shattuck Ave. #317
Berkeley, CA 94709
phone: 510-486-8083
fax: 510-486-8090
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