>Sender: >To: >X-Original-Message-ID: <024201bf2039$c3669d50$9acf69cf@pacbell.net> >From: "Peter McWilliams" >Subject: Fw: Me, updated >Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 22:11:45 -0700 >X-Mozilla-Status: 8001 >X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Peter McWilliams >To: >Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 7:04 PM >Subject: Me, updated > > > > Pubdate: Sun, 24Oct 1999 > > Source: Orange County Register (CA) > > Copyright: 1999 The Orange County Register > > Contact: letters@link.freedom.com > > Website: http://www.ocregister.com/ > > Section: Commentary,page 2 > > > > EDITORIAL UPDATE > > > > California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has taken an important step > > forward in California's long-running struggle to have the federal > > government respect the medical marijuana law voters passed in 1996. > > > > Following the 9th Circuit appeals court decision Sept. 13 ordering the > > District Court to consider the possibility that there could be "a > > class of people with serious medical conditions for whom the use of > > cannabis is necessary," Mr. Lockyer wrote a letter Oct. 6 to U.S. > > Attorney General Janet Reno urging that the U.S. Justice Department > > not file a petition for rehearing so the District Court can proceed > > and consider the question. > > > > The issue is key to writer Peter McWilliams, an AIDS and cancer > > patient facing federal charges for conspiracy to grow and distribute > > marijuana. (See www.petertrial.com) A condition of his bail was that > > he not smoke marijuana. He has complied, but his viral count has > > increased to life-threatening levels. Relying on the 9th Circuit's > > September decision, he filed an appeal Oct. 14 to allow him to smoke > > medical marijuana before his trial, which begins Nov. 16. The > > government must file a response tomorrow and a decision could occur > > within a week. > > > > >================================================================ > >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: