My Thoughts Go Out To Medical Marijuana Martyr Charlie Lynch This Evening

Sitting here this evening in a very blue mood as I ponder the fate of Charlie Lynch, wonder what he is doing with what might be his last night of freedom for the rest of his life. I am angry at a government and a court system that could even think of putting this man behind bars for his *supposed* crime. I am angry at a apathetic public that has allowed this drug war to go unimpeded now for over seventy years as 20 million of our citizens have been convicted of Marijuana related criminal charges. I am upset that Governor Arnold is letting this happen in a state that has declared Medical Marijuana Legal. My greatest wraith is reserved for the 90 Million Americans who have smoked pot including President Obama, President Bill Clinton, President George Bush, and every current cannabis smoker who is not doing anything to see this man set free...hello 420 Community, we have 25 Million pot smokers in America, and there is hardly a whisper about what is being done to Charlie Lynch. How hard would it be for each of you to write a PERSONAL LETTER TO, and MAIL President Obama demanding a full pardon for Charlie Lynch and every other Medical Marijuana storefront owner and caregiver currently facing DEA charges related to activities that are legal within the confines of state law.

If Charlie Lynch is out there this evening and reading this...if you are sentenced to prison and need a pen pal, I will gladly volunteer for the job. If you want the story of your life behind bars shared with the world, I'll start a blog and see that your story finds its way into the light of day. You sir are a brave and noble man, and I admire your bravery in this dark hour as you count down the minutes until tomorrow at 3:00Pm when Judge Wu hands down your sentence. Not sure that I could muster up the courage necessary to face what you have so far endured, and what you are about to endure.

Judge Wu...you have a duty to hand down justice...what justice is served in sending this man to prison? What justice was there in keeping him from mounting a adequate defense. Simply stated, I do not respect you, I have no problems here and now labeling you, the entire United States Department of Justice, and every law enforcement agent at the DEA scum...there is something terribly wrong with our Justice system, something terribly wrong with our law enforcement when men like Charlie Lynch are looking at life in prison, yet officers of the law look the other way when illegal aliens and those that hire them snub their noses at the so called "Rule of Law" in America.

Police officers want to know why we no longer respect them...just look at this case, look at the hundreds more just like it, look at the INNOCENT PEOPLE you so callously throw into a rat infested prison in the name of a War on Drugs, in the name of good relations with Mexico...FUCK YOU SIR. You want a clue...with every case like this, America's respect for law enforcement takes another hit, our willingness to be there for you lessens...do members of law enforcement really 25 percent of America's population HATING THEIR FUCKING GUTS, shrugging in a, "who gives a rats ass" manner when one of them is shot? That is where these kinds of wrongful prosecutions are taking us. At this point, at the age of 53 I would not walk out on my front porch to help out a police officer in desparate need...why should I?

To those much closer to ground zero...please take the time to be there for Charlie Lynch tomorrow afternoon. Give him the honor and dignity of knowing he is supported and loved for his ultimate sacrifice in this battle. Make sure that Judge Wu hears your voices...

God's speed Charlie, and my prayers are with you.

Our Federal Government Should Use Sound Science In Putting Forth Public Policy and Information on Medical Marijuana

But what happens when they do not? What and where is the accountability when politics is allowed to extinguish the flame of truth, when propaganda rather than sound science is allowed to rule the day, dictate policy and shape public perception? Propaganda is a strong word, and therefore one I wish to define...from my perspective, for the purpose of this article, Propaganda is selectively omitting or employing facts to persuade members of the general public to hold a specific view point. All this may not make sense if you are unaware of ASA's (Americans for Safe Access) court case in the Ninth Circuit Court that was heard yesterday. At question...the Federal Government's wrongful position in public discourse that there are no Medical Benefits to be found in Cannabis (marijuana).

In the immediate case, the ASA's challenge of Marijuana being called a Class 1 drug (which means it has no medical value) is relying upon a little known law (Data Quality Act (DQA)) that requires governmental agencies to rely upon Sound Science in effecting/shaping the governments public views/statements on any given topic. You would think this case is a closed book...we all know (even those who oppose legalization) that there is Medical Value to Marijuana. Here's the catch...it is the contention of our government (Eric Holder, Department of Justice, and most specifically, the DEA) that this law does not give citizens the right to CHALLENGE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION they believe to be inaccurate, based on faulty or unreliable data, or simply false as in the case of the DEA routinely putting out Public Service Announcements wrongfully portraying Marijuana as a drug with no social medical value to it.

The ASA's immediate lawsuit does not seek to change law, nor does it challenge the legal classification of Marijuana. What it seeks, is correction of false or misleading information that effects their clients who include seriously ill persons who have been dissuaded and/or discouraged from using Medical Marijuana by the US Department of Health and Human Services long held position that Marijuana/Cannabis the drug has no Medical Value. Interestingly, Health and Human Services declined to respond to the suit under the guise that the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) was/is still considering the advocacy group's (ASA) 2002 request to reconsider the status of Marijuana...if the DEA has not been capable of making a decision on a simple request in seven years, they (for political reasons) are not going to make a decision on the request. Further, there is supposed to be a certain autonomy within the various agencies of the Federal Government. A request pending with one Agency should not necessarily negate the duties and responsibilities of another agency to put forth to the public honest, sound medical information that is based upon sound science. More importantly, a request seeking to have the status/classification of a drug changed is UNRELATED to a formal request made to an agency to correct false or incorrect information.

Further, does President Obama's Executive Memo on Scientific Integrity now require the Department of Health and Human Services to correct false material facts about the Medical uses of Marijuana, and if so should ASA be allowed to move for Summary Judgement in the immediate case?

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of
the Press Secretary
_________________________________________
For
Immediate Release March 9, 2009

MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND
AGENCIES

SUBJECT: Scientific Integrity

Science and the scientific process must inform and guide decisions of my Administration on a wide range of issues, including improvement of public health, protection of the environment, increased efficiency in the use of energy and other resources, mitigation of the threat of climate change (Think Hemp Biofuels and Composite Hemp building materials such as Hemcrete), and protection of national security.

The public must be able to trust the science and scientific process informing public policy decisions. Political officials should not suppress or alter scientific or technological findings and conclusions. If scientific and technological information is developed and used by the Federal Government, it should ordinarily be made available to the public. To the extent permitted by law, there should be transparency in the preparation, identification, and use of scientific and technological information in policymaking. The selection of scientists and technology professionals for positions in the executive branch should be based on their scientific and technological knowledge, credentials, experience, and integrity.

A Justice Department lawyer on Tuesday put forth the position that the law relied upon in the case does not allow citizens to seek correction of government misinformation through the judicial process, but instead lays down a perception that administrative remedies were the intended means of seeking redress and correction of misleading or fraudulent information put out by an agency of our Federal Government. It is the position of Alisa Klein, and by PROXY President Barack Obama that the Information Policy Act passed in 2000 requires only that a Federal Agency review such requests from the public. That is not exactly true...if you look at the act, it spells out certain duties and responsibilities:

(B) establish administrative mechanisms allowing affected persons to seek and obtain correction of information maintained and disseminated by the agency that does not comply with the guidelines issued under subsection (a); and

(C) report periodically to the Director –

(i) the number and nature of complaints received by the agency regarding the accuracy of information disseminated by the agency; and

(ii) how such complaints were handled by the agency. (Simply reviewing and dismissing them is inadequate.)

The language as written shows it was and is the intent of the law/statute to give citizens a means to have incorrect information CORRECTED...in essence, without specifically stating so, it envisions citizens being able to SEEK AND OBTAIN correction of information by whatever steps necessary, and if citizens are unsuccessful in getting an agency to voluntarily correct misinformation, then they are or should be free to take whatever steps necessary to obtain correction, including Legal Action. If you look at the Department of Health and Human Services actions, their own decision to SIMPLY IGNORE a request to have information corrected, the affected clients that ASA represents were left with no recourse but to take further legal action in preserving their rights as outlined in the words, "allowing affected persons to seek and obtain correction of information" memorialized above. If President Barack Obama were an honorable man, he could easily resolve this issue, make the legal case mute by ordering the Department of Health and Human Services to correct the information. He so far has not done so, leaving no choice but to assume he is a dishonorable man.

The case, from my perspective turns on this...The DOJ wrongfully claims their client's duties and responsibility under the law in question end with a REVIEW OF SUCH REQUESTS (emphasis added), while the above passage makes it abundantly clear that our Congress expected Agencies to take whatever steps were necessary in correcting incorrect information.

The attorney, Alan Morrison, for ASA rightfully argued that the governments contention would defacto make the law meaningless, a red herring with no teeth...I would argue the teeth are clearly there, would state it is the intention of Congress and the law to allow citizens LEGAL RECOURSE if necessary in having false or inaccurate information corrected. It is noted here, that the Department of Health and Human Services did not conduct a review of the information in question, nor make any effort to correct any misleading, inaccurate or untruthful information, thus putting them in violation of the law/statute.

President Obama in his memo spells out certain duties and responsibilities for Federal Agencies, and has gone further in public statements in defining his expectations as America's Chief Executive Officer.

We expect the National Institutes of Health to keep America at the forefront of medical research, and work toward a cure for cancer in our time. And for as long as I am President, these agencies will be led by exceptional individuals who stand on the side of the American people; who push politics aside in favor of proven science; who eschew stale ideology for sound ideas and a focus on what works.

This and other comments by the President have supposedly changed the playing field, seem to put a duty and responsibility on Federal Agencies to come clean, to bring forth and shed light on truth, even when it comes to Medical Marijuana. In this world, at this important time in history, the lies about Marijuana and Industrial Hemp cannot stand. We need to pull back the curtain, need to put Medical Marijuana on the table as we seek to cure cancer, need to look at what Hemp has to offer in solving Global Warming and in creating a sustainable world. The President has called his agencies to action, dictated that they restore public faith by being forthright and honest in their public discourse, in the information they put out to the masses. The Data Quality Act provides a valuable took in seeking out truth, for only with truth can we have Justice and Liberty for all.

Win or lose in the Ninth Circuit Court, one thing is certain...the law requires, in fact MANDATES that false information be corrected. Let us hope that the case in question is reinstated, but if it is not, the Medical Marijuana Community (420) needs to drown various agencies of the Federal Government in citizen requests until such time as this wrong is righted. 25-50 million Americans smoke marijuana at least once a month. If each and every one of us wrote a letter demanding correction of false statements, we have the power to bring the entire Federal Government to a grinding halt until they CORRECT THE RECORD. We talk about a revolution...here is the truth...with our pens, we can START THE REVOLUTION. Even one million certified letters a month coming into Federal Agencies WOULD CRIPPLE THEM!

Example of Government Propaganda That Should Come Back To Haunt Our Government...Border Patrol Fights Mexican Marijuana Infestation

Just in from our Medical Marijuana Society Network site (yes, we are slowing expanding) an interesting little blog entry...imagine a Propaganda Comic from the 1930's, its cover capturing todays Border Patrol battle against the demon drug Marijuana.

Demon Weed and Our Border Patrol

A big issue in the news right now is Mexico, and the drug war heating up along our Southern Border with Mexico. If you listen to Janet Napolitano, Eric Holder and even President Barack Obama, it's our fault as weed smoking demon spawn addicted to the evil Death Smoke MARIJUANA. The fact that Mexico does NOTHING in the way of Border Enforcement is beside the point. Even the reality that two thirds of Marijuana consumed in America is grown in America is beside the pot...WE ARE ADDICTED TO DRUGS, and we as Americans need to address the issue by giving up our Second Amendment Rights, and keeping guns form going South, while also stopping drugs (actually, the big drugs from Mexico are Cocaine and Heroin) from coming North, specifically and most often featured in the news MARIJUANA, the DEMON WEED. OK, where am I going with this? Have a look at a VINTAGE 1930's era comic...Maybe, just maybe it is time for THAT FENCE? Maybe it is time to LEGALIZE growing both Hemp and Marijuana here in America so that we kill the Market for Marijuana coming into America from Mexico?

Tags: border, cannibis, cartels, drug, marijuana, medical, mexican, patrol, pot, wars

420 Letter Writers Needed ASAP...Let's Help Ronald Bradley Naulls

Copied below is a letter posted to one of the Marijuana advacacy groups I belong to on Yahoo. I would ask you to read this man's letter, and then sit down and write a letter on this behalf that can be sent to A) the court, B) Attorney General Eric Holder, and C) President Barack Obama. Ronald is a victim first, seriously injured in a car accident. He played by all the rules, and now he faces losing everything. Worse, his wife and children face losing a husband, a father, and the family provider. Please find the time to write and mail a letter today...a man's life depends upon it.

To Whom It May Concern:


My name is Ronald Bradley Naulls; I am a twenty-nine year old African American male, married 9 years and blessed with four beautiful daughters. In 2001 I suffered a fractured clavicle resulting from a motor vehicle accident; subsequently I was prescribed various medications and rehabilitative treatment which failed to produce significant relief. Consequently, I suffered further physical injury from symptomatic infections, not uncommon as side effects of the harsh pharmaceuticals I was prescribed.


Medication and chiropractic therapy failed to improve my state of health, relief was diminutive and inadequate, and I was unable to work or provide for my family. At the advice of my chiropractor I sought consultation with a physician specializing in the medicinal applications of marijuana and found that I was an appropriate subject for the use of medical marijuana. Through the medical use of marijuana I was able to eliminate other adverse prescription medications from my treatment and found the relief I needed to continue working and providing for my family. Although I found medical marijuana to be beneficial to my health, I struggled to safely and effectively obtain my medicine.

In 2006 I formed Healing Nations Collective, a storefront facility with the purpose of facilitating the safe and secure access of medical marijuana for California residents who have been recommended the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Healing Nations Collective was organized under California law as a Non-profit organization, founded with the counsel of attorney Robert Raich (Gonzalez v. Raich, 545 U.S. 1 (2005) and approved and incorporated by the California Secretary of State. The Collective maintained a valid Seller’s Permit from the State Board of Equalization and contributed $123,070.00 in tax revenue to the State of California. Healing Nations was a prominent contributor to the community supporting a number of local charities and organizations. In addition, the Collective was a recognized member of the Corona Chamber of Commerce.

On July 17^th, 2007 Healing Nations Collective, my home and all unconnected organizations were raided by the Drug Enforcement Administration. During the raid they confiscated our family vehicles, savings and checking accounts and all related and unrelated business accounts. My three daughters were ripped from their parent’s arms and placed in the custody of Riverside County Child Protective Services. I was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury, arrested, and thrown in Federal prison. My parent’s put their home up for the bond to secure my release and I have spent the past 18 months on house arrest trying to put my life back together.

I have endured and suffered political persecution, racism, civil and human rights violations; a political prisoner caught in a war between state and federal governments. This tragedy has brought an undue and unprecedented amount of pain, distress and misfortune to my family.


I hope this letter encompasses the struggle which I have faced and continue to fight. I hope you will consider helping me to raise awareness for this matter, for myself and others like me. I am not alone; the enumerated powers of the Federal government were not designed to impede the rights of States to govern themselves. At this moment there are countless victims of Federal enforcement in instances where individuals were acting on State’s rights. Please help me to bring light to this issue and save my children the loss of a father to a failed system of archaic drug policy.


Sincerely,


Ronald Bradley Naulls
3 Vista Ripalti
Lake Elsinore, CA 92532




FYI Everyone,

I sent this letter to US AG Eric Holder and Pres. Barack Obama at the addresses listed below:


US AG Eric Holder
950 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

Pres. Barack Obama, The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20500







Ronnie,

For the benefit of those who are unfamiliar with your case, can you relate your story here?

Thank you,

Charles Monson
http://www.wheelsofmercy.org/
(714) 538-6400

From: Ronnie Naulls

Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 11:01 AM

To: Undisclosed recipients:

Subject: [OCNorml] Updated Dates

I wanted everyone to have the updated court dates handy just in case. If anything changes of course you will be the first to know. Address of the courthouse:


Central District of California Federal Courthouse & Bankruptcy
3470 Twelfth Street, Room G122
Riverside, CA 92501

03/12/2009	60	STIPULATION to Continue Trial Date from March 23, 2009 to May 26, 2009 filed by Plaintiff USA as to Defendant Ronald Bradley Naulls (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Stacy, Robert) (Entered: 03/12/2009)
03/13/2009	61	ORDER by Judge Stephen G. Larson as to Defendant Ronald Bradley Naulls, re Stipulation to Continue 60 . ( Jury Trial continued to 5/26/2009 at 09:30 AM before Judge Stephen G. Larson. Pretrial Conference continued to 5/18/2009 at 02:00 PM before Judge

http://www.counterpunch.org/gardner11102007.html

The Naulls Case

Psychological Torture in the Name of Family Values

By FRED GARDNER

Which psychological torture would you rather not have to endure (bearing in mind that you don't know how or when it will end):

1. Being made to wear panties and chained to a heap of fellow prisoners while rude foreigners insult you. Or,

2. What Ronald Bradley Naulls endured after his house and his Corona, California cannabis dispensary were raided by the DEA July 17?

Naulls's torment was amplified because his wife Anisha was put through it, too, and their children were the very instrument by which it was applied. On the day of the raids Aaliyah, Amaiyah, and Aryanna Naulls -ages 5, 3, and 1, respectively- were taken from their home and placed in foster care at a location undisclosed to their parents. In the name of "family values" these healthy, well-cared-for little girls - impressionable, frightened little girls- were taken from their mother and father because the raiders had found edible marijuana stored in a refrigerator in the Naullses's garage.