LETTER FROM ED TO HIS SUPPORTERS

Dear Friends,

As you probably know, I was recently convicted of cultivating marijuana for
medical patients in a trial the very jurors who convicted me have since
called "a kangaroo court." You can read the details on the Green Aid
website at http://Green-Aid.com.

I was disappointed by this defeat because I know that a jury presented with
the whole truth would have acquitted me. I know this because the majority
of jurors that convicted me have publicly said so and called for a new
trial. They were not able to see through the government's lies. They did
not realize that my defense was not allowed to present witnesses that would
have placed my work with medical marijuana patients in a different light,
including the city officials who had attempted to insure my immunity from
prosecution. The judge and prosecutor insisted that no matter how "noble"
my efforts, my intent could not be taken into consideration. Nor, they
said, could "justice" be considered.

Let me assure you that this trial was just the first battle in an
engagement that will eventually exonerate me. My case is the "tipping
point" for medical marijuana laws. The outcome of my appeal will affect all
marijuana users in the U.S., whether medical or recreational. My conviction
and the attention it's gotten place the country's marijuana policies under
scrutiny for the first time in our lives.

The government thought that they were choosing the battle to their
advantage. Little did they realize that they were not netting a butterfly,
but disturbing a hornet's nest. Please keep writing to newspapers, calling
and writing your legislators and fighting for your rights.

I'd like to thank everyone again for their support of my fight to keep
medicine available for all who need it. In addition to my family and
friends who have been so wonderful, I'd also like to thank the folks at
Green-Aid: The Medical Marijuana Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Green Aid is helping to fund the legal expenses and have helped place this
case in the public's eye. Now they are also helping with the Santa Cruz
WAMM bust and Lynn and Judy Osborn in southern California. These are two
more tipping point cases.

Green-Aid needs your help so that it can change the marijuana laws. These
legal battles are costly if you think of what it costs to defend one
person. However, when you realize that this case and others that Green Aid
is working on could knock down the marijuana laws, the $350,000-500,000
they spend on a case doesn't seem like a lot of money.

Green Aid provides such vital services in changing the marijuana laws that
I feel privileged to have their support. Don't think that you are doing
them a favor by giving them a contribution. They are doing us the favor by
being there and fighting to protect our rights.

Please join with Green Aid by making a generous contribution at
http://www.green-aid.com. Your tax-deductible donation makes you a part of
history.

With your support, we will change the laws.

Justice and Love,

Ed Rosenthal