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Medical Cannabis March on SF City Hall Monday, Noon | |
Date | Monday January 22 |
Time | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM |
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Location Details | |
450 Golden Gate for a march to San Francisco city hall. |
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Event Type | Protest |
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For Immediate Release
January 22, 2007 LOS ANGELES,SAN FRANCISCO MEDICAL CANNABIS PATIENTS, ADVOCATES MARCH ON CITY HALL - DEMAND END TO DEA RAIDS - CALL ON SPEAKER PELOSI TO OPEN CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS Contacts: Degé Coutee, Education Director - Patient Advocacy Network (Los Angeles), 323/334-5282 patientadvocates [at] riseup.net Shona Gochenaur, Executive Director - Axis of Love San Francisco, 415/240-5247 axisoflovesf [at] gmail.com Medical cannabis patients, care providers and advocates will march on city halls in Los Angeles and San Francisco Monday, January 22nd, 2007 at noon in reaction to the recent DEA raids on 11 medical cannabis dispensaries last week in West Hollywood, Venice and the San Fernando Valley. San Francisco advocates will meet at noon at the federal building at 450 Golden Gate for a march to San Francisco city hall. "We stand in solidarity," states Shona Gochenaur, director for the San Francisco-based patient advocacy organization, Axis of Love, "West Hollywood is our sister city," where five of the raids took place. Like San Francisco, West Hollywood has medical cannabis regulations, a lowest law enforcement priority ordinance for adult possession and is an established sanctuary city for medical cannabis. "If the DEA is going to disregard West Hollywood's regulations and sanctuary status, they'll consider raiding San Francisco as well," adds Shona. "In addition to seeking answers from our local officials regarding comments made by LAPD Chief Bratton to the media about shutting down collectives in LA, we are also asking our officials to contact Speaker Nancy Pelosi and ask her to open congressional hearings on medical cannabis," states Degé Coutee, director for the Patient Advocacy Network in Los Angeles. "Regardless of the support we gain on the local level it ultimately means nothing to the feds until congress really takes hold of this issue." Patients and advocates across the United States are being urged to contact Speaker Pelosi and request that congressional hearings be opened on medical cannabis immediately. |
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