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The420Guy
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CALIFORNIA -- The White House is so concerned about the connection between
drugs and terrorism that it spent a record $3.4 million for two Super Bowl
spots that will say buying illegal drugs could help terrorists like Osama
Bin Laden.
Now the American Medical Marijuana Association (AMMA) is asking its
California members to join the fight against international terrorism by
growing 'Cannabis Victory Gardens.'
The Super Bowl ads are part of a campaign that President Bush launched
himself last month, when he told an anti-drug group: "Terrorists use drug
profits to fund their cells to commit acts of murder. If you quit drugs, you
join the fight against terror in America."
"If illegal drug dealing supports terrorism, then growing our own medical
marijuana is clearly the best way to fight terrorism," asserted Steve Kubby,
the founder and national spokesman for AMMA, the largest organization of its
kind in the country.
"Most medical cannabis patients do not have the option of quitting the one
medicine that works best for them, but they can still do their part in the
War on Terrorism by planting Cannabis Victory Gardens."
"We are telling our California patients that like the Victory Gardens of WW
II, patients and caregivers can contribute to the war effort by exercising
their legal right to grow their own safe and affordable medicine and not
supporting criminals or terrorists," said Kubby
In 1996, California became the first and only state that allows patients and
caregivers to legally cultivate unlimited amounts of cannabis, so long as
none is "diverted to non-medical use." Other states all have strict limits
and AMMA said it is not advocating Victory Gardens outside of California.
"My own right to grow a cannabis garden of 256 plants was upheld by a jury
in one of the most conservative counties in California, so we think that is
a good standard for how large these Victory Gardens should be," said Kubby.
Last May, the U.S. Supreme Court said the Oakland CBC, a non-profit patient
coop, was distributing marijuana in violation of federal drug laws. The high
court ruled that the so-called "medical necessity defense" was at odds with
a 1970 federal law that marijuana, heroin and LSD have no medical benefits
and cannot be dispensed or prescribed by doctors.
But Justice Clarence Thomas noted that important constitutional questions
remained, such as Congress' ability to interfere with intrastate commerce,
the right of states to experiment with their own laws and whether Americans
have a fundamental right to marijuana as a way to be free of pain.
The Oakland CBC is currently back in federal district court, with new
arguments based upon intrastate commerce and state's rights, asserting that
Californians have every right to pass a medical marijuana law and patients
have every right not to be harassed by the federal government.
From Steve Kubby
For Immediate Release:
Saturday, 2/02/02
Contact:
Steve Kubby (604) 885-7651 (working media only, please)
David Jack (209) 736 0297
drugs and terrorism that it spent a record $3.4 million for two Super Bowl
spots that will say buying illegal drugs could help terrorists like Osama
Bin Laden.
Now the American Medical Marijuana Association (AMMA) is asking its
California members to join the fight against international terrorism by
growing 'Cannabis Victory Gardens.'
The Super Bowl ads are part of a campaign that President Bush launched
himself last month, when he told an anti-drug group: "Terrorists use drug
profits to fund their cells to commit acts of murder. If you quit drugs, you
join the fight against terror in America."
"If illegal drug dealing supports terrorism, then growing our own medical
marijuana is clearly the best way to fight terrorism," asserted Steve Kubby,
the founder and national spokesman for AMMA, the largest organization of its
kind in the country.
"Most medical cannabis patients do not have the option of quitting the one
medicine that works best for them, but they can still do their part in the
War on Terrorism by planting Cannabis Victory Gardens."
"We are telling our California patients that like the Victory Gardens of WW
II, patients and caregivers can contribute to the war effort by exercising
their legal right to grow their own safe and affordable medicine and not
supporting criminals or terrorists," said Kubby
In 1996, California became the first and only state that allows patients and
caregivers to legally cultivate unlimited amounts of cannabis, so long as
none is "diverted to non-medical use." Other states all have strict limits
and AMMA said it is not advocating Victory Gardens outside of California.
"My own right to grow a cannabis garden of 256 plants was upheld by a jury
in one of the most conservative counties in California, so we think that is
a good standard for how large these Victory Gardens should be," said Kubby.
Last May, the U.S. Supreme Court said the Oakland CBC, a non-profit patient
coop, was distributing marijuana in violation of federal drug laws. The high
court ruled that the so-called "medical necessity defense" was at odds with
a 1970 federal law that marijuana, heroin and LSD have no medical benefits
and cannot be dispensed or prescribed by doctors.
But Justice Clarence Thomas noted that important constitutional questions
remained, such as Congress' ability to interfere with intrastate commerce,
the right of states to experiment with their own laws and whether Americans
have a fundamental right to marijuana as a way to be free of pain.
The Oakland CBC is currently back in federal district court, with new
arguments based upon intrastate commerce and state's rights, asserting that
Californians have every right to pass a medical marijuana law and patients
have every right not to be harassed by the federal government.
From Steve Kubby
For Immediate Release:
Saturday, 2/02/02
Contact:
Steve Kubby (604) 885-7651 (working media only, please)
David Jack (209) 736 0297
