San Francisco: Rally at City Hall Today at Noon!
From: "Kris Hermes" <kris@safeaccessnow.org>
Date: Wed, June 22, 2005 6:40 pm

As many of you know by now, there were federal DEA raids today at multiple medical marijuana dispensing facilities in San Francisco. We do not have all of the details, except that the city now has at least three fewer dispensaries providing medicine to patients.

Come out TODAY at Noon and protest this affront to patients!

Activists, patients, and supporters are gathering at the EAST side of San Francisco City Hall on Thursday, June 23rd at Noon to protest the raids.

Please come out and show your support for medical marijuana and an end to federal raids. It is also important to push the city to uphold its Sanctuary Resolution passed by San Francisco Supervisors in December 2001, making the city a safe haven for medical marijuana patients and caregivers. The federal raids and apparent cooperation by SFPD today convey that the city does not have patients' backs.

If the city of San Francisco was complicit in these raids, they need to hear from us!

Download a flyer for Thursday's protest to pass out to people:
http://safeaccessnow.org/downloads/June23ProtestFlier.pdf

See you all Today,
Kris Hermes, Legal Campaign Director
Americans for Safe Access
www.SafeAccessNow.org
Phone: 510-251-1856 x307
Email: kris@SafeAccessNow.org

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Sacramento Protest Tomorrow at Noon!

Sacramento patients will rally at the Sacramento Federal Courthouse tomorrow (Friday) in response to the brutal DEA raids on dispensaries and caregivers!!

Now is the time to defend our rights -Please show up to protest!! Our last 2 protests had great media coverage, and we need your help to continue this!

When: Friday June 24th at noon.
Where: Sacramento Federal Courthouse, at 5th and I st.

For more information, please contact Nathan Sands, Sacramento Chapter President of The Compassionat Coalition at (916) 709-2483 or nathan@CompassionateCoalition.org

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SF Chronicle: Feds raid three SF pot clubs
Law officers hit 20 homes and businesses within the city
By Jaxon Van Derbeken, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Federal agents raided three San Francisco pot clubs early this afternoon as part of a broader investigation into drug trafficking, authorities said.

The operation targeted two pot clubs on Ocean Avenue and another on Judah Street, and came just two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court