Here is media coverage of my search, arrest, and plea

Recent articles

• In Pursuit of Truth and Justice in California
  William F. Buckley, Jr.,  November 30, 1999

• Case Involving Medical Use Of Marijuana Results in Plea
  New York Times, November 21, 1999

• Activists Plead Guilty to Drug Charges
  Los Angeles Times, November 20, 1999

• Los Angeles Drug Case Bars Medical Marijuana Defense
  Plus an unsent letter to the Times.
  New York Times, November 7, 1999

• Editorial Update
  Orange County Register, October 24, 1999

• US Prosecutes Cancer Patient Over Marijuana
  Boston Globe, October 23, 1999, front page

• AIDS Patient Pins Hopes on Pot Ruling
  Los Angeles Times, September 20, 1999

• Letter to the editor about above article
  Los Angeles Times, September 27, 1999

Earlier articles

• Agents Raid Home of Writer on Medical Use of Marijuana,
  Los Angeles Times, Thursday, December 18, 1997

• The DEA Raid
  Letter to the Editor, Los Angeles Times, December 30, 1997

• ACLU letter to then-DEA Administrator, Thomas Constantine
  December 23, 1997

• Judicial High in California
  William F. Buckley, Jr., Syndicated Column, January 8, 1998

• Medical Marijuana Advocates Accused of Cultivation for Sale
  Los Angeles Times, Friday, July 24, 1998

• Leave the Birds of Paradise Alone
  William F. Buckley, Jr. Syndicated Column, August 16, 1998

• Sen. John Vasconcellos' Statement about Peter McWilliams
  The good senator's press release and my comments about it,
  February 18, 1999

• Listen Up, Washington, the People Have Spoken.
  Sen. John Vasconcellos, Commentary, Los Angeles Times,
  February 25, 1999

• Medical Marijuana
  Letter to the Editor, Los Angeles Times, March 16, 1999

• ACLU press release on my use of medical marijuana while on bail 
  (NOTE: This page takes 5 minutes to download on a 28K modem)

• U.S. to Fight Man's Plea to Use Medicinal Marijuana
  Los Angeles Times, February 26, 1999

• Judge Denies AIDS Patient's Request for Marijuana
  Los Angeles Times, March 10, 1999

• McWilliams Ruling
  Letter to the Editor, Los Angeles Times, March 16, 1999

• A Poet in Exile
  Al Martinez, Los Angeles Times Columnist, Sunday, April 4, 1999

• Drug War
  Letter to the editor, Los Angeles Times, May 13, 1999

• Drag King: Peter McWilliams is a writer blocked
  POZ Magazine, June 1999