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10/21: ASA Weekly Alert

by Americans for Safe Access
*1) October 22nd, El Dorado: AAMC Meeting
2) October 22nd, San Francisco: Phone Banking for HHS Action
3) October 23rd, Los Angeles: LA ASA Meeting
4) October 23rd, San Francisco: Art Party & Phone Banking for HHS Action
5) October 24th, Fresno: Court Support for Dustin Costa
**6) October 24th, Fresno: Court Support for Joe Fortt
7) October 24th, San Francisco: SF ID Card Program Community Meeting
8) October 25th, San Francisco: Board of Supervisors to Vote on
Dispensing Regulations
**9) October 25th, San Diego, Santa Ana, LA & Santa Barbara: Get on the
Bus!*
*10) October 26th, San Francisco: Time's Up: Demand HHS Reclassify
Marijuana Now!
11) October 28th, Sacramento: Court Support for Mollie Fry & Dale Schafer
*1) October 22nd, El Dorado: AAMC Meeting
2) October 22nd, San Francisco: Phone Banking for HHS Action
3) October 23rd, Los Angeles: LA ASA Meeting
4) October 23rd, San Francisco: Art Party & Phone Banking for HHS Action
5) October 24th, Fresno: Court Support for Dustin Costa
**6) October 24th, Fresno: Court Support for Joe Fortt
7) October 24th, San Francisco: SF ID Card Program Community Meeting
8) October 25th, San Francisco: Board of Supervisors to Vote on
Dispensing Regulations
**9) October 25th, San Diego, Santa Ana, LA & Santa Barbara: Get on the
Bus!*
*10) October 26th, San Francisco: Time's Up: Demand HHS Reclassify
Marijuana Now!
11) October 28th, Sacramento: Court Support for Mollie Fry & Dale Schafer

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*1) Saturday, Oct. 22nd: AAMC Meeting in El Dorado County*

>From the Compassionate Coalition:

The El Dorado chapter of the American Alliance for Medical Cannabis
meets on the 4th Saturday of each month at the Garden Valley Grange,
4940 Marshall Road, Garden Valley, California. Meetings are
traditionally held between 2:15 and 4:20 p.m.
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**2) Saturday, Oct. 22nd, San Francisco: Phone Banking for HHS Action

*Please join us to phone bank for the San Francisco HHS action at the
ASA-SF office.

333 Valencia Suite 445, San Francisco

1-5 pm

For more information, call Alex at 415-794-1543
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3) Sunday, Oct. 23rd: LA ASA Meeting *

* *

Final preparations for the HHS Action, art party and more...The meeting
will be at the *Galaxy Gallery* located at 7224 Melrose Ave., just west
of La Brea.



Thank you everyone for corresponding over the last few weeks. These are
exciting, while still challenging times, for medical marijuana. As we
continue to build community and support, we get closer to securing safe
access to sensible health care. I look forward to working with everyone
and hope to meet you soon. ~ Amanda


2-4 p.m.


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*4) Sunday, Oct. 23rd, San Francisco: Art Party & Phone Banking for HHS
Action
*

*
*Please join us to make props and phone bank for the HHS action.


California Marijuana Party Headquarters
223A 9th St.
San Francisco


1-5 p.m.


Call Tony for more info at 415-283-7404


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5) Monday, Oct. 24th: Court Support for Dustin Costa in Fresno

Status hearing at 9:00am before Judge Anthony W. Ishii in U.S. District
Court, 5^th Floor, 1130 "O" Street, Fresno, CA. Medical marijuana
patient and caregiver Dustin Costa (a.k.a. "DC Greenhouse"), who is
president of the Merced Patients Group, was being prosecuted on state
charges stemming from a March 2004 arrest by Merced County Sheriffs,
when the state decided to transfer his case to the U.S. Attorney. After
being (re-)arrested by federal agents on August 10, 2005, Costa was
faced with federal prosecution and no means to a medical defense in court.

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6) Monday, Oct. 24th: Court Support for Joe Fortt in Fresno

Status hearing at 9:00am before Judge Anthony W. Ishii in U.S. District
Court, 5^th Floor, 1130 "O" Street, Fresno, CA. Despite Joe Fortt
closing the doors to his Bakersfield medical marijuana dispensary a day
after the Gonzales v. Raich decision, his place of cultivation was
raided and he was arrested on July 20, 2005. Fortt's arrest and
prosecution is emblematic of recent actions taken by the DEA in full
cooperation with local law enforcement.

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*7) Monday, Oct. 24th: San Francisco ID Card Program Community Meeting
*


**

***The San Francisco Department of Public Health*
cordially invites you to a community meeting about the
*State Medical Marijuana Identification Card Program*

Where: 101 Grove Street, Room 300
When: October 24, 2005; 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Beginning November 7, 2005, the San Francisco Department of Public
Health is planning on implementing the Statewide Medical Marijuana
Identification Card Program.

Details of the new program will be presented at the meeting.
Public comment welcome.

For further information please contact:
Joshua Bamberger, MD at Josh.Bamberger [at] sfdph.org.

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**8) Tuesday, Oct. 25th: San Francisco Board of Supervisors to Vote on
Dispensing Regulations

*This may be the final vote on regulations of dispensing collectives in
San Francisco! There will be no public comment, but it is important that
we show our support by being present at the hearing. If you have an ASA
shirt, please wear it!

Please arrive promptly, as we are very early on the agenda.

There is a van leaving from Berkeley, near Shattuck & Ashby, for
patients traveling from the East Bay. Please contact Willow Oaks by
Sunday if you'd like to ride in this van: 510-540-8721

2:00 p.m.

City Hall
Legislative Chamber, 2nd Floor
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco
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*9) Tuesday, Oct. 25th: Get on the Bus!*

Southern California ASA is chartering a bus starting in San Diego with
stops in Santa Ana (Orange County), San Fernando Valley (Los Angeles)
and Santa Barbara. There is space for 55 people. The cost of the ride
is free + respect and a two day commitment.

The bus will leave San Diego the morning of October 25th, we will arrive
in SF around 6 p.m. We will spend the night - lodging can be arranged
with the coordinator or on your own. The action is at noon October
26th. We will leave SF no later than 4 p.m. and start our journey home.

This is a great opportunity to meet other ASA activists from around the
state. SF ASA is looking forward to hosting us. Anyone in Southern
California interested in attending the SF HHS action should contact
Dege' Coutee at 310/770-3288 or email her at dege [at] safeaccessnow.org as
soon as possible as space is limited.

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*10) Wednesday, Oct. 26th: San Francisco Action to Reschedule Marijuana*

*WHAT*: RALLY FOR RESCHEDULING MARIJUANA

*WHERE*: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS), 50 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA, SAN
FRANCISCO

*WHEN*: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2005 - 12 NOON

*WHO*: PATIENTS, DOCTORS, ADVOCATES & YOU!

*WHY*: MARIJUANA WAS WRONGLY PUT IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS HEROIN AS A
DANGEROUS DRUG WITH NO MEDICAL VALUE. WE ARE CALLING ON HHS TO LISTEN TO
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND RECOGNIZE MARIJUANA AS MEDICINE!


WHAT IS IT?

In 2002, Americans for Safe Access as part of a larger coalition
submitted a formal petition demanding marijuana be rescheduled. Last
year, ASA activists gathered at the Health and Human Services building
in DC to turn up the heat. ASA simultaneously launched a Data Quality
Act petition requesting HHS make corrections to published administrative
statements regarding the accepted medical value of marijuana. HHS
continues to drag its feet. It's time to turn up the heat: Another year
is too long for patients to wait!


WHY HHS?

To ensure safe and legal access for ALL patients, marijuana must be
rescheduled. In order for rescheduling to occur the federal government
must acknowledge marijuana's accepted medical value. In 2001 HHS ruled
that marijuana had, "No currently accepted medical use in treatment."
They did not, however, address the mountain of data that recognizes
cannabis as a useful treatment, by itself or as an adjunct to other
therapies, for a variety of chronic conditions. Some of these conditions
include cancer, HIV/AIDS, chronic pain, multiple sclerosis,
osteoarthritis, glaucoma, and migraines but this is not an exhaustive list.


WHY OCTOBER 26^th ?

On September 26^th , HHS is set to issue a response to the DQA petition.
Over the past year, they have delayed again and again. October 26^th
marks a thirty-day countdown until we will take legal action against
HHS. We will not wait any longer - it is time to turn up the heat!

For more information, contact Tony Bowles: tonebowles [at] sbcglobal.net
<mailto:tonebowles [at] sbcglobal.net> or (415) 283-7404

Click to download the action flyer
<http://www.safeaccessnow.org/downloads/Action%20Flyers%20SF.pdf> or
poster <http://www.safeaccessnow.org/downloads/Action%20Poster%20SF.pdf>


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*11) Friday, Oct. 28th: Dr. Fry and Dale Schafer Court Support in
Sacramento*

>From Compassionate Coalition:

Marion "Mollie" Fry and Dale Schafer are an El Dorado County physician
and attorney facing 40 years in prison for allegedly selling marijuana
from their medical clinic. As part of their defense, they are claiming
that several of the key players acted as informants for the prosecution,
including at least one former employee of the clinic.

Status Conference at 9am on October 28th in front of Judge Burrell at
the Sacramento Federal Courthouse - 5th and I Streets in downtown
Sacramento. Those who wish to attend should note that the policy of the
federal courts includes entrants passing through a metal detector and
putting their bags through an x-ray machine, and that all who enter must
show valid government-issued identification such as a driver's license
or state ID card.

--
Rebecca Saltzman
Field Coordinator
Americans for Safe Access
p (510) 251-1856
f (510) 251-2036
http://www.safeaccessnow.org

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