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Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:52:55 -0500
Subject: [mayday] GMM 2005 #18: Updates on London, Flint; Daingerfield, Nagaoka
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Here is a recent article about Rev. Eddy Lepp. Note the highlighted areas and then I will discuss the legal issues evident here.
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http://www.hempevolution.org/thc/lepp_uncertain.htm
Judge Patel Supports Medical Cannabis, Lepp's Release Still Uncertain
Ann Harrison HempEvolution.org
San Francisco, CA Mar 23, 2005 - Charles "Eddy" Lepp's appearance in
Federal Court yesterday on cannabis cultivation charges revealed
Judge Marilyn Patel's support for medical cannabis use by defendants
already out on bail. But it is still unclear whether the judge's
sympathies will result in Lepp's release from jail.
After dispensing with requests from Lepp's former attorney Dennis
Roberts to be released from the case, and discharging Lepp's former
federal defender David Fermino, Judge Patel turned her attention to
Lepp's new attorney Shari Greenberger.
Greenberger is representing Lepp together with Tony Serra and Omar
Figueroa. But Greenberger said the (1)attorneys needed two weeks to pulltogether their motion for Lepp's release on bail. Greenberger also
asked Patel if Lepp could be transferred to the federal detention
center from the Santa Rita jail where he has been held since his
arrest. She said Lepp has been placed in the general population at
the jail and feared for his safety. Lepp was also struggling with
health problems, said Greenberger.
"If only he could get his marijuana," laughed Patel who suggested
that Lepp could possibly be transferred to the North County Jail. The
judge said she would discuss the request with the marshals and set
another bail hearing for Tuesday, May 31 at 10 pm.
When Harris Tabak, the attorney for Lepp's co-defendant, Daniel
Barnes, asked whether his client could use medical cannabis while out
on bail, Patel surprised the court by suggesting that Tabak take the
matter up with pre-trial services. Prosecutor David Hall objected
saying the government opposed the use of medical cannabis for
defendants on pre-trial release because "it is against the law."
(2) "Whose laws?" asked Patel. "What about state laws?"
"That will be taken up in this case," replied Hall.
Patel told Tabak that pre-trial services should determine whether
Barnes has a current recommendation for medical cannabis. "In
accordance with California law, he is entitled to a certain amount of
medical cannabis in compliance with state law," said Patel. The judge
added that Barnes would be entitled only to personal use amounts, "If
he's running around with gobs of it in his pocket or throwing up a
forest of it somewhere, that will not be allowed."
"What ever happened to state's rights, huh?" said Judge Patel. The
audience in the courtroom bust into spontaneous applause, but the
judge admonished them. "This is not appropriate, this is not a talk
show," said Patel.
In regard to Lepp's request for bail, (3) Patel rejected Robert's
argument that pre-trail services had not revoked Lepp's standing bail
on the earlier August charges. Patel noted that the new charges
stemming from the February DEA raid on Lepp's property, had resulted
in a superseding indictment and the former bail arrangements did not
apply.
Patel added that she had not yet seen the detention order from
Magistrate Maria-Elena James which denied Lepp's release. James
argued during Lepp's detention hearing that he had violated the terms
of his release from earlier charges stemming from an August DEA raid
on Lepp's property. (4) James concluded that Lepp was a "danger to the
community" due to the high probability that he would re-offend by
growing cannabis again.
During an earlier hearing in front of Patel on March 14 to discuss
items that federal authorities had seized from Lepp's home during the
February raid, Lepp complained that (5) Roberts had refused to submit arequest for an injunction to protect his cannabis grow as had been
filed in the WAMM case in Santa Cruz. "There seems to be a lack of
trust," said Lepp.
The crucial distinction between the two cases, however, is that the
WAMM collective had stopped cultivating when they appealed for their
injunction which was granted by the judge only after it had been
reviewed by an appellate court. "Your attorney was using his best
judgment," said Patel. "We are not at that stage in this case."
"Why is he in custody?" Patel then asked the attorneys. "Is he all
of a sudden more of a flight risk?"
Lepp then jumped in attempting to explain why he had been growing
cannabis. After Lepp's arrest for 32,000 cannabis plants last August,
federal authorities claim they seized another 6,000 plants in the
most recent February raid. "Hall alleged on the ongoing criminal
indictment that 1,600 of the plants seized did not even have roots,"
said Lepp. "I'm a row farmer and patients have to be assured that
they will have plants for the next growing season. That's why I
wanted the injunction."
(6) "But one of the conditions of your release was that you weren't
going to grow any more," said Patel.
"This is not an ongoing criminal enterprise," pleaded Lepp. "You let
me go to Amsterdam and I had offers from three people who offered tohelp me run. But I came back. I gave my word not to plant until I had
my injunction, but I have to take care of my family and my patients."
"This is ongoing activity," said Prosecutor Hall.
"Have you had a meeting with pre-trial services," Patel asked Lepp.
"Pre-trial services all like Mr. Lepp," replied Roberts.
"We all like him," replied Patel. "The question is whether what he
has been doing is legal or illegal."
Dale Gieringer (415) 563-5858 // canorml@...
2215-R Market St. #278, San Francisco CA 94114
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So, there are (6) areas highlighted above. Lets deal with them one at a time. But before that, those of you who have followed up on the UDV Church case at the US Supreme Court will remember some basic facts that are now the law of the land.
The UDV Church got raided in 1999 for importation, possesion and distribution of hoasca tea - which contains DMT - which is similar in effects to LSD - and which is also a Schedule 1 Drug.
The first thing the church asked for was a preliminary injunction to stop the government from attacking the church, to return the 80 gallons of tea stolen by the DEA, and to provide for unimpeded access to tea in the future. Now it took from 1999 to 2002 to get that injunction, but the church did get the injunction. The DEA appealed, the Tenth Circuit panel of 3 judges and then the 10th Circuit en banc all 13 judges ruled in the church's favor and the DEA appealed to the Supreme Court.
Justice Bryer issued an emergency stay of the 10th Circuit ruling on December 1, 2004 and on December 10, 2004, the whole court lifted the stay. That meant that the DEA was forced to issue a liscense to the church to import and distribute the hoasca tea.
The issues here that apply to Rev. Eddy Lepp's case are twofold.
First of all, the district court in the UDV Church case had to make a very important decision before issueing the order to the DEA. The judge had to decide which chicken and egg came first.
When a person asks a Court for an preliminary injunction, the judge must decide what the status quo was at the time of the action being complained about. This is because the judge alone is not allowed to disturb the status quo prior to a full trial on the merits.
The DEA said that the drug law preceded the establishment of the church in 1993. The DEA pointed out that the church lied on its import documents and concealed the fact that the DMT was in the tea. The DEA pointed out that the leader of the church ordered the members to conceal their membership in the church and what the church did so that they would avoid prosecution. The DEA said that all these facts showed that the church members knew that what they were doing was illegal and that showed that the law preceded the religious exercise of the church. The DEA claimed that all this showed that the status quo was the drug law and the illegality of the use of hoasca tea.
The church said that the religious exercise of the church preceded the application of the drug law to the church and that therefore the status quo was the church using the hoasca tea.
The district court judge, the three judges on appeal, the thirteen judges on appeal and now the Supreme Court have ruled that the status quo was the church using the hoasca tea and not the law allegedly making that illegal. This is a huge shift in the conciousness of law - though not a shift in the fact of previous court decisions.
So how does this apply to Rev. Eddy Lepp?
Well, in August of 2004, was Rev. Eddy growing marijuana at Eddy's Medicinal Gardens and Multi-Denominational Ministry of cannabis and Rastafari?
Well yes he was.
Was Rev. Eddy Lepp growing marijuana as a part of his religious establishment and exercise?
Well yes he was.
Did Rev. Eddy Lepp order his attorney Dennis Roberts to file for an injunction to stop further persecution of Eddy's church?
Well yes he did.
Did Eddy's attorney, Dennis Roberts, file for the injunction?
Well no he didn't.
Why didn't Dennis Roberts fail to file for an injunction to stop the DEA from further harrassment of Eddy's Church?
What we know is that Dennis Roberts failed to file a religious defense in August after Eddy asked him to. The Roberts refused to file a religious defense after Eddy ordered him to in December. Eddy had thought that Roberts had filed such a defense since Eddy had paid him $5,000 to do so in August. Usually when you pay someone $5,000 to do a job, and the person agrees to do the job, you rationally expect that the job will get done.
We know that Roberts had no rational or legal reason to not file for an injunction. We know this because Roberts was sent all the relevant information about the UDV Church back in August 2004. This information showed him exactly how to file for that injunction - he didn't even need to do any research, just plug Rev. Eddy's facts into the blueprint of the UDV Church pleadings and be ready to counter the DEA bullshit the way the UDV Church attorneys did.
Now for those who don't yet know, all the district court pleadings and rulings are free on the district court web site in Sante Fe, New Mexico. All you need to do is to call the court clerk, they give you an id and pin number, and you enter the web site and print out all the documents you want to, or download them to floopy or cd or whatever.
We know that if Roberts had filed for an injunction in August, after the raid, after he got paid $5,000 to do so, even if the federal judge had refused to issue one from August till December, after the Supreme Court ruled on the UDV Church case on December 10, 2004, the local federal judge would have been obligated as a matter of superceding law to issue the injunction immediately.
But Roberts didn't file for the injunction, so none of that happened.
Second of all, in deciding on the UDV Church case, the district court had to make a decision about the government's "compelling interest" to stop the church from using a Schedule I drug.
What happened is very important. The DEA got to provide testimony and evidence to prove that the use of the hoasca tea was a threat to public health and safety. They started that proof by showing that hoasca tea contains Dy-Methyl-Tryptomine which is a powerful halluginogen similar to LSD, and that a person taking such a drug was functionally incapacitated for up to 8 hours or so after taking the tea.
The DEA also showed that hoasca tea contains what are called MAO Inhibitors. For those who are not doctors, DMT is digested in the stomach, unless another chemical is also present - MAO Inhibitor. You can inject or smoke DMT and get the effect in your brain. But if you eat or drink it, it is nullified in your stomach. So, the natives of the Amazon jungle learned thousands of years ago that you had to have the DMT vine and the MAO Inhibitor vine in the tea together to get the effect.
Now the problem with MAO Inhibitors is that if you eat an aged food like aged meat, cheese, wine, etc. within 24 to 48 hours after eating a MAO Inhibitor, you can die - from chemicals you absorb that the stomach usually nullifys but cannot because you took the MAO Inhibitor.
So the DEA proved that hoasca tea is a powerful hallucinogen which totally incapacitates a human being for 8 to 10 hours, and the other ingredients in the tea can cause you to die later if you eat the wrong food within a couple of days after taking the hoasca tea.
The church agreed with all the evidence that the DEA submitted about the DMT and the MAO Inhibitors.
The judge ruled that since the DEA and the Church agreed about what the hoasca tea did and when it did it, that the evidence was in "equipose" or equal. That meant that the judge didn't have to decide that one set of evidence was more true then another set of evidence. That meant that the judge was fee to go forward to make a decision on the preliminary injunction without a full trial on the relevant facts - because no one was arguing about the relevant facts, everyone agreed.
The judge ruled that hoasca tea is a powerful hallucinogen, and that the MAO Inhibitors can cause death from 24 to 48 hours later. The judge ruled that the persons in the church that used hoasca tea were certainly risking thier lives to do so. But, the judge ruled that what the members of the church did to themselves in the church, did not equate to a threat to public health and safety - because what the church did stayed in the church and the DEA had not proved that the church members were a threat to anyone in the public while they were in church eating their hoasca tea.
So, how does that relate to Rev. Eddy Lepp?
Well for those who know, the DEA Administrative Law Judge issued a ruling on marijuana back in 1988. The DEA judge is the person appointed by the drug laws to decide if a chemical that a company wants to sell as a drug is medically useful and/or dangerous to use.
The DEA judge ruled that in 5,000 years of recorded history, not one single himan being had ever been injured or died by putting marijuana into their body. The judge ruled that 1500 pounds of marijuana consumed within 15 minutes is no more dangerous then a bottle of aspirin or 10 raw potatoes. The judge ruled that marijuana in its natural form is the safest therapeutically active substance known to mankind.
The DEA judge is the person appointed by the drug law to make the fact decision about danger of use. He did so. That ruling must be recognized by the federal or state judge - when the fact is entered into evidence. So why, you ask, does anyone get jail for marijuana? Because that fact cannot be entered into evidence - except in a case of religious establichment and exercise. If the fact is not in evidence, it is not considered. If the fact is not considered, it has no effect - so we go to jail, get fined, and lose our homes - simply because the fact cannot be entered into evidence. Cute isn't it???
However, since Rev. Eddy Lepp is an ordained minister, since he registered his ordination certificate with the local County Clerk so that he could marry people, since he put up the sign at his driveway declareing that he is "Eddy's Medicinal Garden's and Multi-Denominational Ministry of Cannabis and Rastafari", since he did all that (and because he really means it and he can prove that he means it), that fact about marijuana being totally non-toxic gets entered into the record.
Oh, you say, well how come Rev. Eddy Lepp is still in jail?
Well, Rev. Eddy Lepp believed that Dennis Roberts, the Law Professor and legal gadfly, would actually represent him the way that Roberts agreed to represent Eddy, when he took Eddy's $5,000. Unfortunately, as so many of us find out, once we pay an attorney and give them the right to "represent" us, they get to do what they damn well please. If that means we don't get an injunction or that we don't get to enter relevant evidence about the fact that we are not hurting anyone by growing and using marijuana, well then, screw us.
So, with all that in mind lets look at the 6 items highlighted in the article above.
The Number 1 item above is:
(1) attorneys needed two weeks to pull together their motion for Lepp's release on bail.
Now, before I go off half cocked, lets be clear about this. Rev. Eddy Lepp now has new attorney's. They are from Tony Serra's law firm. In 1994, Tony Serra represented the Bauer defendants at trial. They were a group of Rastafarians in Montana, who were charged with selling lots of marijuana, and laundering the money. I spent 17 months in federal prison in Forrest City with one of the Bauer defendents. Tony provided the evidence at trial that resulted in the conviction for possesion being overturned on appeal. This was the first case on record where the drug laws were subjected to the Religious Freedom REstoration Act tests - and of coarse the drug laws failed. So, Tony Serra should know more about RFRA and the Rastafarian marijuana defense then anyone on the planet.
In addition, these new attorney's just got hired, literally days before Eddy got to court on March 23, 2005.
Having said that, the fact is that Eddy has motions in his possesion that provide all the information that the attorney's needed to file that bail motion on March 23, 2005. But being attorney's they didn't think that anyone stupid enough to end up in jail might actually know how to get out of jail.
You understand, I don't think that anyone in jail is stupid for being there, but attorney's get a class in law school that explains that anyone in jail is fundamentally stupid and deserving of everything they are getting. So, only time will tell if these new attorney's are willing and able to overcome thier potty training and get with the program already settled at the US Supreme Court on December 10, 2004
The second issue in the article is:
(2) "Whose laws?" asked Patel. "What about state laws?"
OK, now we are getting soemwhere. But unfortunately, because the new attorney's weren't prepared to challenge the government on "Whose Laws?", Eddy still rots in jail.
In fact, what the judge is talking about, and what the new attorney's should have been talking about, is several facts of law. The Raich deicison is on appeal to the Supreme Court, but it is still the law in the 9th Circuit.
Eddy was not selling marijuana at a Buyers Club. Eddy is providing marijuana growing space to persons who are members of his church and to persons who are not members of his church who are otherwise liscensed by the State of California to grow their own. Raich is still the law. Eddy is protected by Raich because the facts in evidence - despite Dennis Roberts total failure to provide adaquate evidence into the record - show that Eddy dosen't sell pot. He dosen't need to, he collects a check for injurys suffered in combat in Vietnam as a member of our US Government Armed Forces. Eddy don't need to sell drugs, and there is no evidence that Eddy ever sold drugs - forget about the lying snitch the government says they have, that evidence has never seen the light of day. Does that cause you to wonder why the government hasen't released the so-called tapes???
So, what the judge is talking about is Raich - at least. So why aren't Eddy's new attorneys prepared to argue law that is as old as the Raich decision???
In addition, since the new attorneys are from the firm that first won a RFRA Rastafarian marijuana case - back in 1996 - how come they aren't prepared to argue that law on March 23, 2005?
Sorry, I got no answer for that one.
The third issue from the article above is:
(3) Patel rejected Robert's argument that pre-trail services had not revoked Lepp's standing bail on the earlier August charges. Patel noted that the new charges
stemming from the February DEA raid on Lepp's property, had resulted in a superseding indictment and the former bail arrangements did not apply.
Folks, if you want proof positive that Dennis Roberts is actively sabataging Eddy's defense, that move is it. First of all, pre trail services don't revoke bail, judges do that. Secondly, since Roberts failed to do the job he was paid to do in August, the DEA was free to continue to harrass Eddy's Church anytime they wanted. There was no injunction or pending injunction to stop them. So, Eddy gets raided again and there is a new set of charges of growing marijuana like the old charges from August. This is a no brainer folks, if you are charged with committing a crime and they let you out on bail and then catch you committing the same crime again, you are hit, period, end of story.
Except that Eddy is not committing a crime by growing marijaua plants, and Raich, Prop. 215 and RFRA all prove that - if Eddy can get an attorney to actually file those motions and make those arguments. So, if Dennis Roberts had been arguing the RFRA case law since August, then Eddy would have had an injunction about 20 minutes after the Supreme Court ruled in the UDV case on December 10, 2004. But, since Dennis Roberts never made that argument, there was no injunction, and the DEA got to beat Eddy up again.
Now Roberts argues that repeating the same alleged offense that Roberts has never tried to attack as not being an offense at all, is not a revocation of the first bail? Folks that is not stupid, no one is that stupid. That is sabatage.
The fourth issue above is:
(4) James concluded that Lepp was a "danger to the community" due to the high probability that he would re-offend by growing cannabis again.
Now James is a magistrate that ruled at a hearing prior to the last hearing. Since Roberts never argued RFRA and the fact that growing marijuana is not a threat to anybody's health, since Robderts never entered the DEA Administrative Law Judges decision from 1988, this bozo is able to conclude that violating the law again is in and of itself a threat to public health and safety.
Now that is a safe position for the judge - to rule that violating a law is a threat to public health and safety. It is not necessarily true, but it is a safe bet for the judge to make that ruling. He is supporting the government that issues his paycheck.
However, Roberts didn't argue City of Indianappolis v. Edmonds to the court. In City, the Supreme Court ruled that the drug laws are ordinary laws that are not in and of themselves a demonstration of a threat to public health and safety. If Roberts had argued City, then James the Magistrate could not have made that ruling and Eddy wold be on bail right now. Do you think that a law professor shoudl know about a Supreme Court decision made in 2000 that invalidates the drug laws like that? I do, especially since I e-mailed him that information back in August 2004. I know that Roberts blocks my e-mails now, I guess that he just didn't read them then. Its amazing how ignorant a person can be when they refuse to read their e-mails about 4 year old Supreme Court decision.
So the fifth issue from above is:
(5) Roberts had refused to submit a request for an injunction to protect his cannabis grow as had been filed in the WAMM case in Santa Cruz.
But you say that Eddy's case is different then the WAMM case. Well that is true. The WAMM garden was never declared to be religious exercise. The WAMM garden happened before the Raich decision not after. The WAMM garden asked for an injunction where there was no ruling to support the injunction.
Eddy's case is covered by RFRA (except that Roberts refused to argue it), Eddy ahppened after Raich so the court is obligated to follow Raich immediately not later, someday, when they happen to want to.
The sixth issue for review here is:
(6) "But one of the conditions of your release was that you weren't going to grow any more," said Patel.
Since Roberts never argued RFRA and never asked for an injunction, Patel had no ground to stand on. Patel had to rely on the record. When Eddy agreed to bail conditions, Roberts was supposed to challenge them under RFRA - he didn't. Roberts was supposed to enter the DEA marijuana ruling into evidence - he didn't. Roberts was supposed to request an injunction - he didn't. So, Patel had to go with the record in the case. Patel is a judge, she is not one of the attoenry's arguing the case. The judge is supposed to be an impartial referee, not an advocate. When the folks in the courtroom clapped her decision, she was perilously close to being seen as an advocate, the judge is not an advocate, the guy you pay $5,000 to represent you is the advocate.
So, finally the end of this mail. Hope you enjoyed it and will put it to good use.Do not go after Roberts for the stinking government agent he has proved himself to be. Let his stinking example be a shining marker on the road to justice for us all.One Love revtombrownFrom: revtombrown@...To all our relations.Greetings in the name of the most high, Jah Rastafari. ever faithful, ever sure, Jah Rastafari.One Love Brethren.Brethren. Rev. Eddy Lepp has new attorneys. They are from the Tony Serra law firm in San Francisco. Tony Serra was an attorney on the Bauer case published in 1996. In Bauer the drug laws failed to prevent Rastafarian possession of marijuana as a part of their religious exercise.The case below also follows that on an instance of religious use while on probation. There are several critical issues highlighted below. For those of you who get access to the unedited version, you will notice that the report is different. The report below breaks up many paragraphs for the purpose of setting apart each single step in the legal logic process the judges use. The judges like to run everything together in order to make it difficult to understand their logic thought process.Every boldtype and underlined part is most important, the boldtype are next, the underlined are next, and the rest contains it.All these factors are present in Rev. Eddy Lepps case. Long before the arrest, Rev. Eddy Lepp publically declared, advocated, claimed and asserted his religious exercise. That declaration suffices in every significant regard to satisfy the published precedent. In most cases, Rev. Eddy Lepps declaration preceeded the publication of the decisions that now define how Eddy's declarations are valid and sufficient.If you are doing at least what Rev. Eddy Lepp is doing, your situation will be covered by his.Rev. Eddy Lepp is ordained and registered with the Lake County Clerk so he can sign a marriage contract between two people who wish to marry.Rev. Eddy Lepp is officially organized in accordance with state law as a non-profit religious organization. There are several ways to do that and Eddy's organization suffices to meet the standard.Rev. Eddy Lepp has publically declared his religious exercise in numerous ways for many years. The government can't say that this religious use is a new found savior.Please stop fighting the drug war. The war is over. Alleee, Alleee, InComeFree, Alleee, Allee, InComeFree!!!How long will it take this reader to get an injunction in their local state court to prevent the minister from bringing communion to the Brethren in the Nursing Home as the Catholic brings wine and wafer? That injunction will be based on the published precedent of the UDV Church in Sante Fe, New Mexico and Rev. Eddy Lepp. So, ya got some time to think about it, but not too long.Rev. Eddy Lepp could be finished with this case as soon as the next bail hearing, if his attorneys can figure out what these cases mean in relation to all the other cases.In short, since the government cannot prove any threat to public health and safety by growing the marijuana plants - they are totally not toxic from any human standpoint;And since Rev. Eddy already has entered sufficient evidence to prove sincerity, substantial burden, compelling reason for the exercise of religion (saving life and relieving pain as Jesus of Nazareth did);And since Rev. Eddy has already given the government more then 6 weeks to respond to those claims;And since the government has not made a single attempt on the record to substantiate a claim of compelling interest based on threat to public health and safety sufficient to justify a "compelling interest " on the part of government to prohibit the exercise;And since the government has not made a single attempt on the record to substantiate a claim of "least restrictive means" of regulation;And since there is no rational basis for thinking that the government can ever or ever will attempt to make a claim that growing non-toxic plants that heal people and take away their pain, causes a threat to public health and safety sufficient to substantiate a claim of having regulated that threat by the least restrictive means possible;Therefore, Rev. Eddy's claim for dismissal of the action is ripe for adjudication, andThe claim is fully supported by evidence and published precedents of the federal courts, andThe government has not contested any of the claims, therefore;Rev. Eddy Lepp should walk out of the next hearing a free man ready to file claims for damages in the names of the thousands of fellow Californians that are registered members of the church and/or are recipients of the aid and comfort that the church pursues as its fundamental religious exercise.As soon as the Court finally recognizes this, even if it takes a jury trial with thousands of co-defendants, Rev. Eddy Lepp wins, and everyone any where near his position on the fence gets a free ride thru the wall, including and most especially, your author.Therefore you know of what I speak to the I. For I and I unite from time to time and bear fruit in keeping with the words of Jesus of Nazareth as exemplified by Ras Tafari, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Martin Luthor King, Malcolm X, and the Brethren of the Word of Rastafari. For such a time is this!One Love Brethren, One Love. revtombrownLEXSEEUNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. RAYNARD EARL VALREY, Defendant
NO. CR96-549Z
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22390
February 22, 2000, Decided
February 22, 2000, Filed
DISPOSITION: Conditions of supervised release modified.LexisNexis(R) Headnotes
COUNSEL: [*1] For RAYNARD EARL VALREY, defendant: Michael Filipovic, Robert Charles Owen, FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, SEATTLE, WA.
JUDGES: THOMAS S. ZILLY, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
OPINION BY: THOMAS S. ZILLYOPINION:ORDERThis matter comes before the Court on the Parties' Joint Motion to Determine Defendant's Terms of Supervised Release. See docket no. 50 (minutes of revocation hearing). Defendant, a Rastifarian, has tested positive for the presence of marijuana. Defendant invokes the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 and seeks to modify the terms of his supervised release.Having fully considered the issue, the Court MODIFIES the conditions of the defendant's supervised release.BACKGROUNDOn March 27, 1997, after a plea of guilty to possession of an unregistered firearm. Mr. Valrey was sentenced to a term of thirty months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release. On June 16, 1999. Mr. Valrey's release began.
On August 4, August 20, September 17, October 4 and November 8, 1999, Mr. Valrey acknowledged Probation that he had used marijuana in the days immediately preceding the urine tests administered [*2] on these dates. Mr. Valrey tested positive for the presence of marijuana on each test. The government alleges that Mr. Valrey violated the terms of his supervised release by submitting urine specimens which tested positive to the presence of marijuana.On December 20, 1999, a hearing was held concerning whether Mr. Valrey's use of marijuana as part of his practice of the Rastafarian religion warrants revocation of his supervised release. The parties stipulated to the following facts:1. Rastafarianism is among the religious groups sufficiently stable and distinctive to be identified as one of the existing religions in the United States and is thus a recognized religion within the meaning of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.2. Rastafarianism emphasizes the use of marijuana in ceremonies designed to bring the believer closer to the divinity and to enhance unity among believers. Functionally, marijuana operates as a sacrament with the power to raise the partakers above the mundane and to enhance their spiritual unity.3. Mr. Valrey is a sincere and practicing member of the Rastifarian Religion.4. [*3] Mr. Valrey has indicated that his use of marijuana since being placed on supervised release has been in the context of his practice of Rastafarianism as described above. The government has no information to the contrary.Stipulation at 1-2 (attached to docket no. 52). The Court accepts the Stipulation of the parties for purposes of this Order.DISCUSSIONThe First Amendment of the United States Constitution states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)' a "person whose religious exercise has been burdened in violation of this section may assert that violation as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding and obtain appropriate relief against a government." 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb- 1(c). The RFRA provides that the government "shall not substantially burden a persons exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability" unless the government demonstrates that application of the burden to the person "(1) is in furtherance of compelling governmental interest." 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-1. [*4] The purpose of the RFRA is "to restore the compelling interest test as set forth in Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398, 83 S. Ct. 1790, 10 L. Ed. 2d 965 (1963) and Wisconsin v. Yoder 406 U.S. 205, 92 S. Ct. 1526, 32 L. Ed 2d 15 (1972), and to guarantee its application to all cases where free exercise of religion is substantially burdened." 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb(b)(1). To satisfy this test, the government must meet the burdens of "going forward with the evidence and persuasion." 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-2(3).
The Court must determine whether the supervised release condition prohibiting Mr. Valrey from the possession and use of marijuana violates his right to the free exercise of his religion. The fact that this issue is raised in the context of supervised release following Mr. Valrey's conviction and imprisonment does not affect the application of the RFRA. Congress debated and rejected an amendment that would have exempted prisons from the RFRA's stringent test. See Bryant v. Gomez, 46 F.3d 948, 949 & n. 1 (9th Cir. 1995) (citing S. Rep. No. 111, l03rd Cong., lst Sess. § § V(d) and [*5] XI (1993); H.R., Rep. No. 88, 103rd Cong., 1st Sess. (1993)); Stefanow v. McFadden, 103 F.3d 1466, 1471 (9th Cir. 1996) (The RFRA applies to claims of prisoners).
In City of Boerne v. Flores. 521 U.S. 507, 117 S. Ct. 2157, 138 L. Ed. 2d 624 (1997), the Supreme Court held that the RFRA was unconstitutional insofar as it applies to local and state laws. The Court found that Congress had exceeded its authority under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment.
However, the RFRA is still applicable to federal laws. Sutton v. Providence St. Joseph Medical Center. 192 F.3d 826, 832 [(9th Cir. 1999).
In United States v. Bauer 84 F.3d 1549 [(9th Cir. 1996), cert. denied, 519 U.S. 131, 117 S. Ct. 991, 992, 136 L. Ed. 2d 872 (1997), the Ninth Circuit held that, under the RFRA, it was error to exclude a religious defense to charges of simple possession of marijuana for personal use. Id. at 1559. Bauer requires that Mr. Valrey show, as an initial matter, that he is a member of the Rastafarian religion and that his use of marijuana is part of that religion's practice. Id. Both parties [*6] have stipulated to these required facts.
Mr. Vairey must also show that prohibiting him from using marijuana is a substantial burden on his practice of the Rastafarian religion within the meaning of the RFRA. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-1. "Putting substantial pressure on an adherent to modify his behavior and to violate his beliefs" burdens the free exercise of religion, and thus is a substantial burden. Thomas v. Review Bd. of Indiana Employment Sec. Division 450 U.S. 707, 718, 101 S. Ct. 1425, 67 L. Ed. 2d 624 (1981); 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-1.
The joint stipulation provides that Rastifarians emphasize the use of marijuana as a means of bringing the believer closer to the divinity and enhancing unity among the believers. Marijuana thus acts as a sacrament for the Rastafarians.
In Bauer, the Ninth Circuit impliedly found that prohibition of this sacrament was a substantial burden when it held that the prosecution of a Rastifarian for the personal possession and use of marijuana gives rise to a valid, religious-exercise defense under the RFRA. Bauer, 84 F.3d at 1559.
The terms of Mr. [*7] Vairey's supervised release, which require him to refrain from using marijuana, places substantial pressure on him to modify his 'behavior in violation of his beliefs as a Rastafarian. Thus, a substantial burdening of Mr. Vairey's free exercise of Rastafarianism has occurred.
Consequently, the government has the burden to prove that restricting defendant's use of marijuana during supervised release (1) furthers a compelling government interest and (2) 'is the least restrictive means of furthering that interest. 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-1(b).
The government argues that because of the correlation between drug use and criminal behavior, the Court is required by 18 U.S.C. § 3583 to order prohibition of any drug use as a condition of supervised release. See United States v. Blackston. 940 F.2d 877, 886 n. 12 (3rd Cir. 199 1). However, 18 U.S.C. § 3583 is a law of general applicability and was not intended to discriminate against or inhibit a religious practice. See 42 U.S.C § 2000bb-1(a); Bauer, 84 F.3d at 1557-59.
The government also argues [*8] that this requirement, combined with the ultimate goal of rehabilitating Mr. Valrey, demonstrates a compelling interest in burdening Mr. Vairey's free exercise of his religion by prohibiting him from using controlled substances.
However, the government has offered no proof that Mr. Vairey himself is in danger of recidivism as a result of his marijuana use.
A contrary argument can even be made' that the devout practice of his religion in conjunction with the other terms of supervised release may help ensure Mr. Vairey's rehabilitation.
Therefore, the government has not met its statutorily required burden of evidence and persuasion regarding the "compelling interest" prong of the test.
The government has offered no arguments regarding the "least restrictive means" prong of the test.
In contrast, Mr. Vairey argues that five factors will accomplish a less restrictive means of furthering the government's interest. These five factors are: (1) continued self-reporting of marijuana use, (2) regular urine-testing for other controlled substances, (3) monthly reporting, (4) periodic criminal history checks, and (5) compliance with all of the other incidents of supervision.
Mr. Vairey argues [*9] that these factors are fully adequate to ensure that he is not using any other controlled substances and is achieving the goals of the supervised release.
Because the government bears the burden as to this issue but 'declined to address this second prong, the Court finds that Mr. Valrey's suggested factors will accomplish a less restrictive means of furthering the government's rehabilitative interest without burdening Mr. Valrey's exercise of his religion.
The government argues that People v. Peck 52 Cal. App. 4th 351, 61 Cal. Rptr. 2d 1 (1997), "expressly rejected a similar request" to change the terms of supervised release for a Rastifarian asserting a defense under the RERA. In Peck.. the defendant was convicted of the transportation of 28.5 grams of marijuana and possession of marijuana for sale. The court found that permitting him to continue to possess and use marijuana probably would lead him to engage in future criminal conduct.
This case is distinguishable from Peck. Mr. Valrey was convicted of the illegal possession of a firearm, not of transportation and possession of controlled substances for sale. In Peck, the court stated, "Although the use of marijuana as a [*10] sacrament is central to the [defendant's religion], defendant was prosecuted not for using marijuana but for transporting a large quantity of it and possessing it for sale. These activities are only related peripherally, if at all, to the practice of defendant's religion." 14. at 360-61.
In this case, the parties have stipulated that Mr. Valrey's use and possession of marijuana is in the context of his religious practice. The government argues that Mr. Valrey was smokuig marijuana at the time he was arrested and that his use at that time was unrelated to his religious practice. However, there is no evidence currently before the Court supporting this assertion, nor was Mr. Valrey prosecuted for that incident.The government's final argument is that Mr. Valrey should not be permitted to use marijuana during supervised release because he could not have used marijuana for religious purposes in prison. However, in the context of a Rastifarian on supervised release, prison regulations are not at issue.CONCLUSIONFor the above reasons, the Court MODIFIES the conditions of Mr. Valrey's supervised release.
The Court will allow Mr. Valrey's personal use and possession of marijuana [*11] exclusively in connection with his practice of his religion.Mr.Valrey shall (1) self-report his marijuana use (affirming that such use is in the context of his continuing participation in the Rastifarian religion), (2) undergo regular urine-testing for controlled substances, (3) report monthly, (4) submit to periodic criminal history checks, and (5) comply with all of the other conditions of supervision.IT IS SO ORDERED DATED this 22nd day of February, 2000
****!!!IBOGAINE TREATMENT NOW EURO 1500 IN HOLLAND--CALL SARA, 0113134-624-1770 !!!****To: anahad@...From: Dana Beal <dana@...>Subject: Detoxing from Methadone.Thought you should read this---From:jasenhappy@... Subject:Re: [Ibogaine] Detoxing from Methadone.
Hello dear list,
I am posting my Iboga' experience which some of you have already read
in bits and pieces. Do whatever you wish with it.
I was dosed with the extract of Iboga.
For the umpteenth time I was reducing of the Methadone, got down to 25mg
then started using( once again).
I went up to 60 mg. This was very depressing, wanting to get off the
methadone and knowing that I would have
to reduce again and go through all that shit all over again. As we know to
reduce from 60mg down to 25mg is
much easier than from 25mg to 0. If I cannot handle going to 25mg how am I
going to go from 25mg to nothing
Aaaaaaargh f*ck, I can't do this anymore, I have been trying for many many
years.
I was quickly losing interest in living, I just wanted to go home to the
other side. Being addicted to opiates for 23
years had become to much to bear. I was at my wits end. I was giving
up,..going down fast.
One day soon after in utter despair, I had a thought come into my head,
"Hang in there, it's almost over. Being desperate
to be pulled out of the ocean of addiction, I held onto the thought. How
could this be nearly over, it will take another year
at least to reduce of 60mg. The thought kept coming to me over and over
again, "hang in there, it's almost over. I started
to get some hope back. I thought the only way this can be over quick is if
I find a great rehab" and come straight off.
(I believe the voice in my head was my brother who passed on)(He also
battled with addiction all his life)
I started to search the internet and found this great rehab in the states
that uses some of Ron Hubbard's techniques. Nutrition,
Sauna and other things. I had heard of this type of treatment before and
was hopeful. I contacted them and spoke to this great
guy, I am sorry that I cannot remember his name.
This man told me that I need to detox before coming to the rehab' and
advised me of a couple of methods, one of which was
the controversial Ibogaine/Iboga. He gave me the "mindvox" Ibogaine site.
I logged onto this site and started talking to some of the people and
reading as much as I could absorb on Ibogaine. I was fortunate
to be able to talk to a few people before treatment during and after,
Howard,Randy, Julie, Sean and others.
The surge of hope flowing through me again was incredible, I could see a
way out. (I am getting goose bumps).
I applied for a loan and got it (whew). I spoke to some providers and then
rang Sara in Amsterdam. It was booked and organised.
I took with me 600mg of physeptone (Methadone in a tablet) and worked out
that if I triple dosed for the next 3 days or so I would
be finished them as I got to Sara's, the final stone on opiates before
detoxing.
I got to Amsterdam airport and was warmly greeted with a hug from Sara. We
jumped into the car and drove to her place. I gave
Sara what little Physeptone I had left. When I got to Sara's the fear
started to set in, this was it. Shit what am I doing here, I don't
think I can do this. No I can't do this, I have to go back, for the next
few hours I am trying to figure out how I was going back.
Sara could see how utterly scared I was and started to calm me. I
would have rathered a bear come into the camp to attack
as I could have seen what I was facing.
I stayed the night and woke in the morning very anxious, f*ck,...no
methadone. Mmmm can't go back and face everyone not having
at least tried this.
I started to get a little sick in the afternoon and Sara gave me my first
dose of 1 gram of Iboga extract. I laid down and after about 1 hour
I started to feel relaxed and more at ease with the Iboga, a slight
vibrating sensation, knowing this was a very spiritual plant I gave thanks
with each dose and asked for guidance.An hour or or two later I was given1.8 grams. The vibrating became more intense, I felt a low pitch buzzing
in my head and a vibrating in my body, very relaxing,..no withdrawals.
I was then given 3 grams an hour or two later, the low frequency type of
vibrating became more intense, then I found myself in the jungle or
somewhere similar. I was on a mat on the ground, there were 7 or 8 tribes
people on each side of the mat, they picked me up on the mat and started
wobbling it,...wobble wobble wobble,..side to side, I knew they were healing
me. I was vibrating,..I saw my cells being vibrated, in my cells were dark
blockages, little bits of black in these brilliant white cells, as I was
being wobbled side to side I could see my cells vibrating more and
more,..ummmmmmmm ummmmmmmmm ummmmmmmmmm, the blackness started to vibrate
out of my cells, the dark blockages
were being dissipated to the sides of the the cells then disappearing.
I was then given 5 grams, after a while there was like an explosion and I
found myself on this round medallion type of thing about 8 feet in
diameter, like a huge coin. I was spread eagled on this medallion and could
not move, arms and legs spread out. One side of this medallion
was a brilliant brilliant white and the other side was pitch black.
The medallion started to flip whilst going up, whov whov whov whov whov,
then it stopped on an angle, facing up at about a 120 degrees.
Then it felt like people put there hands inside my body, my bones from my
back and then they ripped away with a crack, as this happened
the back of the medallion which was pitch black, snapped away and even though
I was still spread eagled on the coin, I felt myself falling into
this pitch black abyss, feeling of falling falling and at the same time
knowing I was also on the medallion feeling safe.
The feeling of falling disappeared and I was still on the medallion, the
medallion was now only a brilliant white, it started to flip again and go
up, whov whov whov whov, making this type of sound as it went up up up. The
medallion came to a stop and I was facing this most beautiful
light,...love acceptance,..more than light more than love, I do not have
the words to explain such a sight,..a vast light,..like a liquid love, so
bright so expansive. I was a little concerned and I was told, there is
nothing to fear, face the light,..and as I did the light which was
everything
in that existence, there was nothing else, it started to move towards me and
then went through me and ohhhh, what a feeling, I started to get
champagne bubbles of light going through me, up from my stomach splitting at
the base of my heart and exiting through my shoulders, shring
shring shring.
It was like I had to be cleansed before going any further,...like trying to mix
14ct gold with 24ct gold,..if you do this you taint the pure gold,..so I was
smeltered,..purified so to say.
One of my brothers was killed about 2 years ago. As I was in this light I
saw his head,..it was moving from side to side with like white flames
coming off his head like locks of white liquid light, his mouth did not move
but he was speaking to me, there was light coming from his eyes
and from his closed mouth, like he was facing a fan and the fan was blowing
his hair but it wasn't hair, he said to me,"You cannot die, you simply
leave your body behind and vibrate into another dimension, I am still alive,
just in another dimension, if you want to honour my name, live life fully, and
I will live through you until you come home..
The love coming from him was incredible, he was incredible,..so beautiful, I
still see him clearly.
I was shown you are one with everything, I felt it, I was told you can
experience anyone that ever was or is, who do you wish to experience?
I wanted to feel what it would be like to be Jesus, as I thought this, I was
coming into a body from above this being of light that had white
light as hair saddling his shoulders, as I entered this body of light I got
this tremendous feeling of love coming out of my mouth and outstretched
hands, like beacons of light coming from my hands and a tremendous feelingof love and compassion within and being sent out to the world, wow, I fell
in love with love.
Pure and utter bliss.
As I woke up I felt as if my heart was outside of my body, it was turned
inside out and twisted a little,..like a gene. I went to get up and as I
did it felt like I would leave my heart behind if I moved to fast. Like your
stomach would feel as you go down a rollercoaster. For the next 24 hours or
so I had to cradle my heart out side of my body, like it was my hearts
spirit. I would lay down cradling what looked like an empty space above my
chest which I felt was my heart outside my body. It felt red raw, inside
out,..twisted and it hurt.
After about 24 hours or so my heart felt like it was untwisting and going
back inside me.,..then something started to fill my heart with what looked
and felt
like liquid golden honey, they filled it until my heart overflowed with
love I could feel the liquid honey overflowing and trickling down, the
feeling was so filling, the love I felt was more than I can describe.
For the next 7 days I had no withdrawals. My energy was non existent and I
could not sleep. After about seven days I started to feel some
withdrawals,.about 5%. Not sleeping was driving me mad, I was so bored.I was listening to a lot of music, day and night, a lot of Pink Floyd's
"Division Bell." I was so happy,..I am free,...f*ck I can't believe it,
wow,..I kept thinking this and would cry with joy,..I am free I am free.
After about 3 weeks I had approx' up to 15% withdrawals, however they were
different,..not at a soul level,..more physical,..like I was just
sick getting better. I stayed at Sara's for 27 days and in this time took
nutrients and Sara cooked yummy food, Mmm Mmmm M.
I am now into my fourth month, still feel a little "not right" however
getting stronger everyday.
My after care consists of no friends around me that are using, drinking
herbs and a lot of nutrients, they make the mind stronger. No sugar except
for fruit or an occasional short black coffee..smoking pot has helped
tremendously. Exercising has helped sleeping. Socialising and laughing my
head off is great.
I went to a nightclub and laughed so much I got kicked out. Can you believe
that. :)
I have steam baths at the gym to help sweat out the Methadone.
To help with sleep I took Kava Kava, Passion flower and Valerian. Also
Metagenics "Fibroplex plus". I also took vitamin B complex and
other nutrients. Good food is huge and a lot of water.
I also gave up many many years of smoking tobbaco. I still feel like
a ciggarette now and then, however the urge goes within a minute or
two.
I still find it hard to concentrate and I get impatient. Normally I am a
very patient tolerant man.
Any questions are welcome on or off list.
Oscar Goldman here I come. I am strong.
love,
Jasen.From:dana@... [Ibogaine] query from TIMES-man
I'm posting this response by Anahad O'Connor of the New York Times in hopes that some of you with personal experience can better answer his question than I. I started corresponding with him after his article in the Science Times repeated the outdated view of dopamine as reward instead of craving, hoping that I could get a whole science section piece on the new science involving MGlur5, and Glick's habenulo-perduncular pathway, etc. But he's moving to the Metro section instead, and I fear would only write some hysteria-generating piece on underground ibogaine treatments--
anahad@... wrote:
i wonder what the fate of methadone is now. if people are slowly turning to ibogaine, and buprenorphine is now being prescribed widely, then shouldn't methadone clinics be on the way out? or at least the number of people on it should be declining. do you know if there's any sort of trend emerging here?
I don't think bup is a piece of cake either. You should reply to list, but cc him at the same time, a la P.C.Dana/cnwFrom:jfreed1@... Subject:Re: [Ibogaine] query from TIMES-man
Well, it's important to keep in mind that methadone itself is a very
useful pharmacotherapy. That is, there isn't anything wrong with
methadone's effects as a drug, its long half-life makes it an ideal
substitution therapy.
The problems with methadone arise from the way that it's administered,
especially in the United States. By this I'm referring to the fact that it
can only be given by designated methadone clinics, and these clinics
typically enact policies that are counterproductive; such as prescribing
doses well below what would be effective, requiring patients to come every
day to receive their medicine, requiring clean urine screens, etc.
The main advantage that buprenorphine has over methadone isn't anything
related to the pharmacological effects of either drug, but rather simply
that buprenorphine has been approved for prescription by general
physicians.
Physicians tend to have somewhat more realistic expectations of their
patients that methadone clinics do, and so patient compliance is improved,
which can lead to improved outcomes.
If you look at the two drugs solely by virute of their chemical
properties, some patients will react to one better than the other, just as
some people suffering from depression will respond better to Paxil thanProzac and vice versa, or as some people suffering from a sprained ankle
will respond to Advil better than Tylenol and vice versa. Niether is a
"better drug" than the other, and both should be available treatment
options due to the variance of the patient populations.
As far as trends go, at least in the United States, both methadone and
buprenorphine are highly underutilized. Ideally, we will see an increase
in use of both drugs, because at the moment, most people who would benefit
from substitution therapy aren't getting either. This is largely a result
of the politicalization of the "drug problem", politicians fear looking
"soft on drugs", even when those measures that are considered by some to
be "soft on drugs" (such as substitution therapy, needle exchanges, etc)
are the very measures that have been consistently shown to be of the
greatest benefit to public health. We can only hope that in the futurescience will dictate more solutions than the whims of politicians.
Jon Freedlander, MA Cand
Towson University
Baltimore, MDvesch69@... Subject:Information re: not to worry about closure
Hello there,
Unfortunately, i don't think you should hold your
breath regarding The demise of Methadone clinics..
It is a system designed to fail (the opiate addict)
and so ensures the longevity and prosperity of the
providers (and, of course, the pharmaceutical
industry)
Having been on Methadone for over 10 years (though now
off thank G-d) i am well qualified to make this , if i
might say, bold and accurate assessment..Easily, eight
out of ten "clients" of methadone maintenance programs
do not reach the purported goal of their application-
abstinence from (not only) heroin,..and although they
might not readily admit-the majority of methadone
programs are completely tolerant of poly-substance
abuse by their patients-something they are
unequivically aware of as they all conduct regular
weekly urinalysis tests.
The potential for arresting opiate (and other drug)
dependance through treatments (ibogaine in particular)
is something that clinics are conscious of, and, at
best, encouraging interested clients to pursue. MY
last stand with methadone was at a NYC program which,
to my benefit, actually helped to facilitate my
ibogaine treatment.. and they did this, obviously,
because (besides being tired of me) the availability
of ibogaine treatments in no way posed a threat to
their seemingly fixed place in our world.
While i didn't cease my substance abuse immediately
after my treatment, i strongly bear testimony to the
incredulous power of Ibogaine to interrupt acute
withdrawl (not to mention it's other invaluable
properties)...MArcus L. Israele-mail:vesch69@...To join the Mindvox ibogaine list just send an email to ibogaine-subscribe@... if you please.Nothing more to it. You don't have to write anything in the subject or text area.-------------------------------------------------------------From: tents444@...http://www.corporatism.netfirms.com/mmmall.htm This page just created! Please forward and distribute widely.348 MMM cities worldwide since 1999!
MMM. All cities 1999 to date. Million Marijuana March. Global Cannabis Liberation in May. Worldwide since 1999. Cannabis events on the first Saturday in May, or that weekend, or thereabouts. Marches, meetings, rallies, raves, concerts, festivals, etc..******************************************************************************The following list is for internal use of Million Marijuana March Organizers. Many [personal addresses] in brackets are listed so that our affiliates can mail posters, buttons, etc. to each other, BUT are not for posting on websites. If you wish to put this list up on a website, consult with www.cures-not-wars.org to see what we've actually displayed. To get on the poster for 2005-update your contact details & add your city to this New List:[---snip---]
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The detailed MMM 2005 city list at the end of the above
forwarded email has been deleted since it has some private
postal info, etc. in [brackets].Million Marijuana March. World Cannabis Day.
Cannabis Liberation Day. Global Marijuana March.
First Saturday in May or thereabouts. Important:
To get on the MMM posters for May 7, 2005, update
your contact details and add your city to the list. Your
postal info helps organizers send you posters by mail.
Basic 2005 city list with cities, states, nations,
email addresses, and links:
http://www.corporatism.netfirms.com/mmm2005.htm
2004 and 2005 posters, flyers, and banners are here:
http://gallery.marihemp.com/mmm2005flyers
http://gallery.marihemp.com/mmm2004flyers
MMM 2005 world map of cities:
http://www.corporatism.netfirms.com/mmm2005map.htm
MMM webform for adding or updating MMM cities worldwide:
http://corporatism.tripod.com/webform.htm
Dana Beal's MMM email compilations are
publicly archived here:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/mmmworld
To subscribe to that email list send a blank email to:
mmmworld-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Subscribers also receive the detailed city lists.
If you send MMM city info to Dana Beal, etc.,
and do not get a reply, and find that the info is not listed
in the city lists after a few days, then please resubmit the
email and city info as often as necessary to:
dana@..., cnw@...,
tents444@...
Please be sure to put "MMM" somewhere at the beginning of
the email subject-title so that it is not mistaken for spam
and deleted.
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http://gallery.marihemp.com/mmm
MMM (Million Marijuana March). First Saturday in May.
Hundreds of different cities worldwide since 1999.
2005 city list, links, world map:
http://www.corporatism.netfirms.com/mmm2005map.htm
Yahoo Group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction
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