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Monday, November 20th, 2006
Dr. Mike Alcalay 1941 - 2006: Doctor Who Lived With AIDS for Over 20 Years Dies of Leukemia
Dr. Mike Alcalay, a longtime AIDS activist, died Saturday in Oakland California of leukemia. He was the medical director of a free medical marijuana clinic in Oakland. Alcalay lived with AIDS for over 20 years and was a medical marijuana patient himself. He was also a pediatrician and Vietnam Veteran.
He was the medical director of the Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative - a free medical marijuana clinic under Proposition 215. Prop. 215 legalizes medical marijuana in California.
Dr. Alcalay lived with AIDS and was a medical marijuana patient himself. He was also a pediatrician and Vietnam veteran. Mike Alcalay was the founder of a migrant farm workers clinic in Watsonville, CA, and had used his medical skills all over the world -- including England, Germany, Kenya, Mexico and Nicaragua.
He lived with AIDS for more than 20 years; he died of leukemia. He was the Oakland Director of the Cannabis Buyers Cooperative, a free marijuana clinic under Proposition 215. That proposition legalizes medical marijuana in California. The doctor lived with AIDS, was a medical marijuana patient himself, a pediatrician as well, a veteran. Mike Alcalay was the founder of the migrant farm workers clinic in Watsonville, California and used his medical skills all over the world including Britain, Germany, Kenya, Mexico and Nicaragua. This is Dr. Alcalay being interviewed two years ago, for the "Stepping Out of Babylon" radio series.
DR. ALCALAY: I see the medical marijuana movement as part of a much larger movement that is global now and it has to do with economic and social justice. And most of it you're not going to hear in the corporate media. It's all below the radar, but anybody who's in these various movements the tentacles are linking together. Pacifica radio is part of it. Air America is now a part of it. The internet in great measure is a part of it and we're coming together in ways that the other side doesn't even want to acknowledge and will do everything to stop. But, we're in the great majority.
He was a remarkable communicator, also was the producer of the radio program "AIDS in focus" for a number of years.
And he actually had the idea of bringing down doctors and nurses to volunteer with the farm workers, the migrant farm workers in California. And he saw that the farm workers, though they were invisible, they were illegal, and but the children's illnesses were not invisible. He had an idea to set up in an old warehouse, a clinic, exam tables, actually take a look at the children of the farm workers. And that eventually turned into a very large clinic in Watsonville.
He got involved with the Cannabis Virus Club about 12-13 years ago. Actually grew Sensamillion in his back yard in his Oakland home and distributed it for free. And had written over a thousand prescriptions, medical marijuana prescriptions in California which were legal. So then he became the Medical Director for the Oakland Cannabis Cooperative.
He was in New Orleans in January. He believes that's where he contracted the leukemia. Uthero-leukemia, a very rare fast-spreading leukemia and the two causes of that particular leukemia are radiation and benzene. He's convinced he was exposed to benzene while he was covering a story in New Orleans in January and then on top of his AIDS, his already compromised immune system. It probably exacerbated the leukemia.
There's gonna be a memorial in January. Anybody who knew Michael in the Bay Area, please contact KPFA, the local radio station in Berkeley. They will have all the details. Sometime--we haven't set the exact date yet, but it will be sometime in January.
https://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/20/1448252
He will be missed.
His recommendation is no longer accepted
I found this article@
www.WAMM.org (Women's Alliance for Medical Marijuana)
I highly recommend everyone take a look at this site
Monday, November 20th, 2006
Dr. Mike Alcalay 1941 - 2006: Doctor Who Lived With AIDS for Over 20 Years Dies of Leukemia
Dr. Mike Alcalay, a longtime AIDS activist, died Saturday in Oakland California of leukemia. He was the medical director of a free medical marijuana clinic in Oakland. Alcalay lived with AIDS for over 20 years and was a medical marijuana patient himself. He was also a pediatrician and Vietnam Veteran.
He was the medical director of the Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative - a free medical marijuana clinic under Proposition 215. Prop. 215 legalizes medical marijuana in California.
Dr. Alcalay lived with AIDS and was a medical marijuana patient himself. He was also a pediatrician and Vietnam veteran. Mike Alcalay was the founder of a migrant farm workers clinic in Watsonville, CA, and had used his medical skills all over the world -- including England, Germany, Kenya, Mexico and Nicaragua.
He lived with AIDS for more than 20 years; he died of leukemia. He was the Oakland Director of the Cannabis Buyers Cooperative, a free marijuana clinic under Proposition 215. That proposition legalizes medical marijuana in California. The doctor lived with AIDS, was a medical marijuana patient himself, a pediatrician as well, a veteran. Mike Alcalay was the founder of the migrant farm workers clinic in Watsonville, California and used his medical skills all over the world including Britain, Germany, Kenya, Mexico and Nicaragua. This is Dr. Alcalay being interviewed two years ago, for the "Stepping Out of Babylon" radio series.
DR. ALCALAY: I see the medical marijuana movement as part of a much larger movement that is global now and it has to do with economic and social justice. And most of it you're not going to hear in the corporate media. It's all below the radar, but anybody who's in these various movements the tentacles are linking together. Pacifica radio is part of it. Air America is now a part of it. The internet in great measure is a part of it and we're coming together in ways that the other side doesn't even want to acknowledge and will do everything to stop. But, we're in the great majority.
He was a remarkable communicator, also was the producer of the radio program "AIDS in focus" for a number of years.
And he actually had the idea of bringing down doctors and nurses to volunteer with the farm workers, the migrant farm workers in California. And he saw that the farm workers, though they were invisible, they were illegal, and but the children's illnesses were not invisible. He had an idea to set up in an old warehouse, a clinic, exam tables, actually take a look at the children of the farm workers. And that eventually turned into a very large clinic in Watsonville.
He got involved with the Cannabis Virus Club about 12-13 years ago. Actually grew Sensamillion in his back yard in his Oakland home and distributed it for free. And had written over a thousand prescriptions, medical marijuana prescriptions in California which were legal. So then he became the Medical Director for the Oakland Cannabis Cooperative.
He was in New Orleans in January. He believes that's where he contracted the leukemia. Uthero-leukemia, a very rare fast-spreading leukemia and the two causes of that particular leukemia are radiation and benzene. He's convinced he was exposed to benzene while he was covering a story in New Orleans in January and then on top of his AIDS, his already compromised immune system. It probably exacerbated the leukemia.
There's gonna be a memorial in January. Anybody who knew Michael in the Bay Area, please contact KPFA, the local radio station in Berkeley. They will have all the details. Sometime--we haven't set the exact date yet, but it will be sometime in January.
https://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/20/1448252
He will be missed.
His recommendation is no longer accepted
I found this article@
www.WAMM.org (Women's Alliance for Medical Marijuana)
I highly recommend everyone take a look at this site
