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DESCRIPTION:Hilary McQuie\nPolitical Director\nAmericans for Safe Access\n1678 Shattuck 
 Ave. #317\nBerkeley, CA 94709\nPhone: 510-486-8083\nFax: 
 510-486-8090\nhttp://www.safeaccessnow.org/\nSAN FRANCISCO PROTEST OF DRUG 
 CZAR WALTERS!\n \nWALTERS CHALLENGED TO ATTEND TOWN HALL MEETING 
 TUESDAY!\n'Drug Czar' John Walters, head of the Office of National Drug 
 Control olicy, is a hard-liner who believes we can arrest and spend our way 
 out of he drug problem. He has made comments that disparage treatment 
 and\nprevention strategies, and is known to strongly favor incarceration of 
 non-violent drug offenders and increased "source control" in Latin 
 America.\nHe will be in San Francisco to promote the drug wars in Colombia 
 and Mexico, the attacks on medical marijuana patients, and to 'synchronize 
 federal and state drug policy'. Walters names 3 critiques of federal drug 
 policy: that\nmarijuana has medical value, that black men are imprisoned at 
 a higher rate than others, and that people are imprisoned for simple 
 possession 'the greatest urban myths of our time'.\nWe will be there to 
 meet him to expose his myth making with a demonstration and press 
 conference of a coalition of those affected & critical by punitive federal 
 policies. The Reverend Cecil Williams intends to debate Walters\nduring his 
 visit, and will join the demonstration and press conference afterwards to 
 report back. Glide has agreed to host the Town Hall Meeting the next day at 
 noon. Other notable speakers have been invited to debunk the\nONDCP myth 
 making.\nMONDAY\nWhat: Protest against Drug Czar John Walters\nWhy: The War 
 on Drugs is a War on the People\nWhen: Monday, November 17\nPress 
 Conference @ 3:30 pm\nWhere: Ellis & Taylor, San Francisco, across from 
 Glide Memorial Church\nTUESDAY\nWhat: Emergency Town Hall Meeting on 
 Medical Marijuana\nWhy: Walters has called for a 'national debate on 
 marijuana'. We are ready and willing\nWhen: Tuesday, November 18,  12 
 noon\nWhere: Glide Memorial Church, 330 Ellis, Freedom Hall\n \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2003/11/16/27253.php
SUMMARY:Emergency Town Hall Meeting on Medical Marijuana in Response to Drug Czar John W
LOCATION:Glide Memorial Church, 330 Ellis, Freedom Hall
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2003/11/16/27253.php
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