Check out Washington DC and Global Indymedia sites, for example.
Global Indymedia currently links to the international drug reform events going on in Europe. From the top of the right-hand upcoming events column of Global Indymedia is this:
http://www.indymedia.org
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Washington DC Indymedia currently has a medical marijuana feature in the middle section partway down the homepage.
From Washington DC Indymedia homepage, and features archive:
http://dc.indymedia.org Homepage. And the permanent web address:
http://dc.indymedia.org/archive/features/2003/04/2003-04.html#3230
| ANTI-DRUG WAR | Apr 10 2003 |
Early Wednesday, March 9, DC medical marijuana activists braved the pouring cold rain handing out information on jury duty and medical marijuana issues to judges, jurors and the general public at the Federal Courthouse.
"Despite the rain, it was pretty cheerful. We were a small but determined group of people dedicated to shedding light on how jurors can weigh in on the DEA raids which have effected scores of medical marijuana patients and their caregivers," said Adam Eidinger, a member of the DC Chapter of Americans For Safe Access.
Additionally, the activists had a large banner reading "Jurors: Acquit all Pot Cases/ It Could be Medical" which was held in front of the Federal Courthouse and was later paraded around the Judiciary Square complex.
The protest was in anticipation of the arrival of a delegation of California medical marijuana patients, their families and federal jurors who have served on medical marijuana trials. Additionally, DC activists elucidated the lack of federal recognition of the DC voter approved Initiative 59 which legalized marijuana for seriously ill people.
While President Bush will formally appoint Karen Tandy as the new DEA Administrator this month, medical marijuana activists are questioning the reasoning behind denying access to one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to mankind by arresting patients and providers. These patients and providers are then forced to endure lengthy trials with juries who are not informed of the medical necessity defense. This situation could change as U.S. Representatives Sam Farr (D-CA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), and Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) introduce the Patients and Providers Truth in Trials Act in Congress later this week, which will allow for a medical necessity defense. ...More...
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Please post articles on Indymedia sites about the MMM Million Marijuana March, May 3 2003, worldwide:
Alphabetical MMM 2003 city list. Million Marijuana March.
May 3 2003. Global March for Cannabis Liberation. First Saturday in May. Since 1999.
http://www.geocities.com/tents444/mmm2003.htm
*Bypassing the corporate-media hate and disinfo matrix.
Thousands have read the public message archive:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction
Cannabis, drug reform, and issues outside the drug war.
MMM Million Marijuana March. Over 200 cities worldwide.
Please forward any of this anywhere.
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