The Compassionate Coalition

Aug 22nd: Stanislaus Patients Rally for Oakdale Dispensary! -- Patients in Stanislaus County will rally on Wednesday August 22nd to protest the recent DEA raid on the Oakdale Natural Choice Collective. Please show up to rally outside of the Stanislaus County Courthouse, followed by court support for Addison DeMoura, operator of the ONCC. When: Aug 22nd, at noon. Where: Stanislaus County Courthouse, 11th and H St., Modesto, CA. More info: shirley@compassionatecoalition.org

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Aug 24th: Federal Resentencing Hearing for Bryan Epis -- Bryan Epis was the first medical marijuana patient convicted in federal court after the passage of California’s Proposition 215. Epis was arrested June 25, 1997 after Butte County sheriff's officers discovered marijuana plants growing in the basement of his home in Chico. Epis was released on bail August 9, 2004 pending his appeal, and is currently awaiting his re-sentencing by the District Court. When: Friday August 24 at 10:00am; Where: Courtroom of Judge Frank C. Damrell, Jr. U.S. District Court (E.D., CA), 15th Floor, 501 "I" Street, Sacramento, CA. For more information contact Sonnet: Sonnet@AmericansforSafeAccess.org Link: http://oaksterdamnews.com/WebCalendar/view_entry.php?id=2628&date=20070824

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Sacramento: ID Card Program Needs Your Support! Message from Aaron Smith of Safe Access Now: Calling All Sacramento County Medical Marijuana Patients! Sacramento County's policy makers and health administrators are beginning to discuss local implementation of the medical marijuana IDcard program. In order to ensure this important program is made available, we need your help. If you are a qualified medical marijuana patient or caregiver residing in Sacramento County, please call the office of Health and Human Services Director, Lynne Frank and politely ask them to prioritize the development of the county's medical marijuana ID program. For speaking points and more info: http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/node/4426

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FREE CHARLES C. LYNCH! - On July 17th, 2007 Charles C. Lynch was indicted for operating the Central Coast Compassionate Caregivers in Morro Bay. The only medical cannabis dispensary on the Central Coast was operating legally under city, county and state law. This computer program analyst turned compassionate caregiver has lost nearly everything through his fight to help others and now he needs our help. At the present time Charles C. Lynch has a public defender. What he really needs is a medical cannabis lawyer. An account has been opened in the name of Friends of Charles C. Lynch Fund at The Bank of America - contact us for more information. Any donation you can make will be greatly appreciated. Anyone wanting to help can contact Gina Armstrong at (805) 288-4000 or ginamariearmstrong@yahoo.com - Thank you for all your continued support and encou ragement!

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News Updates: Check out the latest news and updates!

Guilty Verdict for Dr. Fry and Dale Schafer - http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/node/4442

Cannabis may help to alleviate allergic skin disease - http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/node/4443

SF Considers Making First Pot Club a Historic Landmark - http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/node/4453

Huntington Beach: Commission tables ban on medical marijuana - http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/node/4444

Charges Droppped Against Colorado Couple - http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/node/4449

Hayward Dispensary to Close end of August - http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/node/4450

DEA--- Feds' effort to get patient files called 'scary' - http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/node/4441

More News Updates from ASA: http://www.americansforsafeaccess.org/article.php?id=4925

More News Updates from NORML: http://norml.org/index.cfm?wtm_view=daily_news

More News Updates from The Compassionate Coalition: http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/forum

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**Patient Meetings** - Check out the Oaksterdam News calendar for all meetings, events and more: http://oaksterdamnews.com/WebCalendar/month.php

Tonight: Sacramento ASA Meeting: Tues August 20th: Sacramento ASA has several events planned for the next month and wants you to be a part of them! This month Sac ASA will be working on the Sacramento ID card program. Sac ASA will be organizing events to promote medical cannabis awareness, such as participating in an elected official's town hall meeting. Please join Sac ASA in the fight for safe access! When: 7:00pm; Where: Crusaders Hall, 320 Harris Avenue, Suite H, Sacramento, CA. Contact Lanette for more information: cannacare@earthlink.net

El Dorado AAMC Meeting: August Meeting Canceled for Annual Pot-Luck Celebration: The regular meeting of the El Dorado AAMC will be canceled, and all members are invited to the annual Pot-Luck Celebration! For more information: www.ElDoradoCountyAAMC.com

New! - National Compassionate Coalition Meeting: Sept 5th: National meetings will will now be held in Sacramento, at the regular Sacramento Chapter Meetings held the first Wednesday of each month. Please join us to discuss our overall strategy for defending patients rights, agenda items will include: Ending the DEA raids, educating public officials, court support, business items, and any other topics of importance. This group meets at 7:00PM at the River City Patient Center, 1512 C El Camino Ave, Sacramento, CA. For more information contact Nathan at nathan@CompassionateCoalition.org or (916) 709-2483

Colorado Chapter Meeting: September 17th: The CO. North Denver Medical Marijuana Discussion is every 3rd Monday, at the Front Range Community College LIBRARY, 3705 W 112th Ave Westminster, CO 80031-2140, Room L211, from 7pm to 9pm. For more information contact Tim Tipton at (303)438-7221 or email him at TTipper39@hotmail.com or join the meetup: http://medmarijuana.meetup.com/119/

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**COURT SUPPORT** - Please be sure to post your court dates on our site: http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/forum/6

Court Support Dates for Solano County: The Solano Patients Group will continue to be outside for these folks to show support. Please join us a half hour early with signs and t-shirts. If you have any questions, please call: 707-635-3752.

a) Damon Frach - Sept 6th, 2007 at 10:00 am – Dept 24 Courtroom 106 - 321 Tuolumne Street, Vallejo – Readiness/Prelim

b) Lawtons - Sept 14th at 10:00 am, Dept 12 Courtroom 101 - 321 Tuolumne Street, Vallejo - ruling/readiness/trial setting

c) Lark Freeman & Michael Mendoza - October 1st , 2007 at 10:00 am & October 3rd , 2007 @ 9:00 am - Judge Getty- Readiness/Pre-lim - Dept 8 RM 207 JUSTICECENTER - 600 Union Ave, Fairfield – Readiness/Jury Trial

Please join SPG as we continue to show support for the patients facing court cases in Solano County.

Sincerely,
Linda Jimenez, Chairman of the Board
The Compassionate Coalition
707-635-3752

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The Compassionate Coalition is on MySpace!

Like many other patients' rights organizations, The Compassionate Coalition now has a myspace page! If anyone wants to see the page you can find it here at www.myspace.com/compassionatecoalition Be sure to stop by and check out blogs, pictures and bulletins!

And for more news and discussion, visit our forum at: http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/forum

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The Compassionate Coalition is an all-volunteer, non-profit, educational organization. We work to defend the rights of medical marijuana patients and care providers, and your support enables our work to continue. Please consider making a donation today: http://www.compassionatecoalition.org/donate

Thank you for helping to defend patients' rights!

Nathan Sands
Communications Director, Sacramento Chapter Representative
The Compassionate Coalition
1500 Oliver Road, Ste-K, P.M.B. #248 Fairfield, CA 94533
www.CompassionateCoalition.org
Email: nathan@CompassionateCoalition.org
Phone: (916) 709-2483