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This is the first time I have spoken out loud about my marijuana smoking.
I suffer from and have "Lupus" and “FMS”
I suffer with joint pain; muscle pain, headaches and I have trouble sleeping.
The doctors have a shelf full of drugs for me to "try". I have endured through all the side affects.
And still I continue to have all the joint and muscle pains keeping me awake all night!
A few years ago I stopped taking the drugs and went back to my old pot smoking. My husband wasn't happy with me going back to smoking.
He feels it’s not worth loosing our home and children over a plant.
But since he has now seen the improvement in my health, he has no more arguments with me about it.
I am able to do most all I did before the pains got too much for me to endure.
My Husband now calls me his "little 2 hitter".
That’s all it takes...2 little hits. That’s just enough for me.
I am now able to sleep through the night. And function like a normal human being.
I just want to know...why do I have to risk loosing my children and home to feel better living the United States of America???
Sincerely
Hippiechickieme@aol.com
I suffer from and have "Lupus" and “FMS”
I suffer with joint pain; muscle pain, headaches and I have trouble sleeping.
The doctors have a shelf full of drugs for me to "try". I have endured through all the side affects.
And still I continue to have all the joint and muscle pains keeping me awake all night!
A few years ago I stopped taking the drugs and went back to my old pot smoking. My husband wasn't happy with me going back to smoking.
He feels it’s not worth loosing our home and children over a plant.
But since he has now seen the improvement in my health, he has no more arguments with me about it.
I am able to do most all I did before the pains got too much for me to endure.
My Husband now calls me his "little 2 hitter".
That’s all it takes...2 little hits. That’s just enough for me.
I am now able to sleep through the night. And function like a normal human being.
I just want to know...why do I have to risk loosing my children and home to feel better living the United States of America???
Sincerely
Hippiechickieme@aol.com
SPEAKING OUT for THE HERB
K.O.P Sound-Off
Marijuana is not a harmful drug
Thought I would share an experience with you. I hope this will help open the eyes of disbelievers to the fact that marijuana is not a harmful drug!
I have a 9-month-old son, and all through my pregnancy, I was extremely sick. Throwing up, morning, noon, night. It was just not controllable. I could barely get out of bed and go to work. My doctor tried me on all sorts of ant nausea drugs, most, which made me feel not like myself.
I did find one that worked, Zofran, but it was 680 dollars for 18 pills! That price was just not feasible, since I had to use something every day for the entire pregnancy. Not just for the first couple of weeks, but up until the day before he was born!
Then, my little brother shared some information with me that he had come across while writing his senior research paper at Oklahoma State University. This stated that marijuana was the best treatment for morning sickness in pregnant women, and that it had no side effects on the developing fetus.
Thank god! I returned to smoking every day, usually a little before work, and then again in the evenings. The evening was the only time I was feeling well enough to actually eat, and I am sure that was from the pot! By smoking on a pretty much daily basis, I managed to make it through the pregnancy as a fairly normal person!
My beautiful son was born June 18th, and is 100% normal and healthy!! He has developed at a normal rate, and he is perfect in every way.
This is proof enough for me, and I hope that it will help other people in similar situations.
Mandy
EMAIL:panda6565@aol.com
Michael Adam Assenberg: MY STORY
This Story has been made to let people know about how Housing wants to throw a sick person out onto the street.
I became disabled in 1985 while working as a Security Guard in Corona, California. I was working a twelve hour post with no help and no contacts during that time. Two hours into my post I had seen some action up the hill by the TNT shack. I went to check it out and found a white pick-up truck there.
The people who had the truck heard me going up the hill so they started up their truck and headed to the back of the complex. They ran out of roadway so they started over a old train bridge in the back of the complex and stalled halfway on the tracks.
I took out my PR-24 side handle night stick and a large canister of mace, ready for action, and started talking to the two people in the white pick-up. As far as I knew there was no one else, I did not know what was going to happen next or how it would change my life, forever.
Before I knew it a person came up from behind me and hit me in the middle of my back with a baseball bat. He then grabbed the front of my Guard jacket and pushed me backwards into a dry river bottom full of boulders.
I laid there for a couple of hours acting as if I was dead. I knew that if I moved they would realize I was still alive and they would come down the hill and finish what they started. After they left I started yelling, then stopped when I heard dogs barking in the background. Last thing I wanted to do was to be dog food when I could not protect myself.
I went to stand up and found that I had no feeling from my stomach down. To my horror it was like I had been cut in half with no feeling at all.
At that point I had wished they had killed me, as I had always been active in my life. This was no way to live. I had at least 9 more hours before another Guard was to take over for the next shift. By that time it would be dark and who knows how much longer it would have been for the search and for my body to have been found.
So I made up my mind and used my hands and elbows to crawl up a 45 degree incline and 2.3 miles to the nearest Guard shack where I called 911. While talking to them I blacked out. When I came to I was in the hospital. About 15 minutes later an orthopedic surgeon came to tell me that I had broken nine bones in my back and crushed my cervical process at the base of my neck. The doctor who took care of me informed myself and my family that I never would walk again.
That Doctor did not know just how stubborn I could be. Using a back brace and a walker I pushed myself to walk again. It took six and 1/2 months before I got any real feeling in my legs again and now, 21 years later, I still only have 30% feeling from my waist down.
As of now, every pain medication known to man has been tried on me but the best the doctors could do is 80 Mg of Endocet and 500Mg of Oral Morphine per day for pain. The only other thing they could do for me was suggest Medical Marijuana aka MMJ. The Endocet and Morphine help but it is the MMJ on top of those, that makes life livable.
As we all know Marijuana is not legal in the United States for use in any way. This came to be in 1937. Schedule I drugs have the highest abuse potential and have no accepted medical use, now if this is the case then why, from 1850 until 1942, was Marijuana prescribed for various conditions including labor pains, nausea, and rheumatism listed in the United States Pharmacopoeia?
Now Marijuana dates back way before that even. Take a look at the Chinese medical compendium, traditionally considered to date from 2737 BC. Its, Marijuana, use spread from China to India and then to N. Africa and reached Europe at least as early as AD 500.
Not only has Marijuana been used as Medicine from way back but also as a intoxicant, giving the non-medical user a feeling of euphoria.
Marijuana in all this time has never killed anyone. Can the same be said for drinking alcohol? So, If we take a look at the reasoning the Government gives for it's ban on Marijuana, why aren't Cigarettes, that are full of additives that get you hooked, as well as alcohol banned by the Federal Government?
Now, if you want to argue that the reason the latter two are not banned is because they are not drugs, then look at the listing of chemicals that are used to make Cigarettes.
If you take a good look at the things that Marijuana is helping with today, you need only to look at the States who are helping the sick and disabled right now. Take a good look at California, at Propositon 215.
The People of California voted in Medical Marijuana to help the sick in their State. Since the Federal Government did not like what California did they, the Federal Government, have chosen to give many of the sick a quicker death sentence, like they did to McWilliams who choked to death on his own vomit, because the Government did not allow him access to his Medical Marijuana.
Now I don't know about you but how would YOU like it if the Federal Government gave your Father, Mother or your Child that sentence?
The ONLY reason Marijuana is still listed as a Schedule I drug today is because Congress is getting 'Donations', from pill manufacturers, and not looking at the facts that Marijuana helps the sick.
Congress in DC is no longer for WE THE PEOPLE and the US Department of Justice is hiding behind Congress and is unwilling to act on behalf of the people. Looks like poli-tricks is the norm in DC.
You don't have to go far to read about scandals going on in DC most of the time. And while the folks in DC Sit back with their donations, WE THE PEOPLE suffer to the point of wanting to die. And all because money was more important to the Government than the lives of WE THE PEOPLE. Money is the ONLY reason that Marijuana is not legal in the United States under Federal Law.
In California, Marijuana is listed as Medicine for: Cancer, Anorexia, Aids, Chronic pain, Spasticity, Glaucoma, Arthritis, Migraine or any other illness for which marijuana provides relief.
In Oregon Marijuana is used as medicine for: Cancer, Glaucoma, positive status for Human Immunodeficiency Virus or acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or treatment for these conditions, Cachexia, Severe pain, Severe nausea and Seizures, including but not limited to seizures caused by Epilepsy, and Persistent muscle spasms, including but not limited to spasms caused by Multiple Sclerosis.
There are 11 states in the United States that have accepted marijuana as medicinal. We are now waiting for the Federal Government to acknowledge that marijuana has medical properties.
If you were to look at the Law in Washington State, where I live, it's used for: Chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting in cancer patients, AIDS Wasting Syndrome; severe Muscle Spasms, associated with Multiple Sclerosis and other spasticity disorders; Epilepsy; Acute or Chronic Glaucoma; and some forms of Intractable Pain.
I suffer from Intractable Pain . Every pain medication that can be used for me has been tried. During a twenty-four hour period, there is not a moment that I don't suffer. The pain is so intense that it feels like my head wants to rip off my body and by the bottom of my spine it feels like a 500 pound weight is sitting on my back.
I feel like this 24 hours a day, 7days a week, etc.
So if you look at these few States that I have listed you will see that there is plenty of accepted medical use. ONLY at the Federal Level is it still a crime to use Marijuana.
When have the Members of Congress started becoming doctors? All you need do is look at the money trail. How much have manufacturers in the pharmaceutical industry donated to the Members of Congress?
Look at the congressional corruption going on with Abramoff and the sleazy way the Superior Court in California hid behind the Commerce Clause, stating that the private growing of Medical Marijuana would upset the market on Marijuana sales. Well first off, there are two items wrong with the choice the Court made.
The First mistake is that there is NO legal market for the sale of marijuana so how can a market be said to be upset when there is no legal market. Plus the fact that if the person growing it for medical reasons has the grow operation in their own home and it never hits the street, then how is it adding to the market of sales be it legal sales or the black market?
And Second with all the congressional corruption, how can the Government be trusted to do what is right by the American people when so many people are sick and/or suffering and being mis-led by OUR Government?
When will Federal prosecutors start doing what is right for the American people? How many more people have to suffer before we place new people in office that will care about the suffering of the sick and dying? It's up to each and everyone of us to do what is right about this matter.
Did you know that in the same listing as Marijuana, the Federal Government also has Heroin and LSD listed. Now how many people have died as a result of LSD and HEROIN? How many people have passed away from using Marijuana?
Now YOU make the choice. Do you trust the Government? Or will you look into it yourself and find the TRUE facts about the medicinal qualities Marijuana?
In Washington State, the People of that State find that humanitarian compassion necessitates the use of Medical Marijuana. The Federal Government lacks that humanitarian compassion for all but seven people who get their Marijuana from the Federal Government for use as Medicine.
Now why is it that out of the Millions of sick people these seven people have illnesses that are so different that it's OK for them to be given Medical Marijuana with the Blessing of our Government from our Government, but the rest of us are left to suffer when nothing else has worked?
How can this be allowed to happen in this day and age?
Take a good look at what happened to the man who passed away in jail from choking on his own vomit because he was not allowed to use the only drug that worked for him, and that drug was Marijuana.
But OUR Federal Government forced him to stay behind bars and away from the only medication that helped him. And in Washington State the Law clearly shows in I-692 that The lawful possession or manufacture of medical marijuana as authorized by this chapter shall not result in the forfeiture or seizure of any property.
But in Anacortes, Washington myself and my family have had to put up the first fight in Federal Court over it's Medical Use. There are no other questions before the Court but this simple one.
This Court battle came to be because the Governors office, our Local Mayor and the Local Police Deptartment are UN-willing to Support Washington State Law when it comes to the Medical use of Marijuana.
Before I ever started my court battle I called the Governor's office and was told that the the Governor's office could not help me. It seems strange that the Governors Office could not help, as they are supposed to be in charge of ALL State affairs.
Could it be that it was NOT a matter of being unable to help but instead could it be that the Governors office does not like the LAW so the Highest office in the state turns their head the other way when the LAW is VIOLATED?
The Governors office has not been the only one to NOT care about WASHINGTON STATE LAW . The Local Mayor, when this was brought to his attention, stated that he could not help the violation of state law nor could the police do anything about the violation of state law.
So after going through all the people I could go through to see that my rights under I-692 were protected, I went and filed a case in Superior Court. Anacortes Housing Authority made the choice to violate State Law. The law being violated is as follows: RCW 59.18.550 SECT. D-1 Clearly states that: THE TENANT MAY NOT USE, POSSESS OR SHARE ALCOHOL, ILLEGAL DRUGS, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, OR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WITHOUT A MEDICAL PRESCRIPTION.
My Doctors Note under I-692 is all the proof I need.
Also being violated is: THE ADA 1990 LAW 42 U.S.C. 12132, CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1991 TITLE V, SECTION 504 ACCORDING TO GREEN V. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY, RCW 69.51A.050, RCW 69.50.101 (Q), RCW 69.51A.005, RCW 69.51A.040 CLEARLY SHOWS THAT: ANY PERSON MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS APPROPRIATE TO HIS OR HER STATUS UNDER THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE ENGAGED IN ACTIVITIES PERMITTED BY THIS CHAPTER AND SHALL NOT BE PENALIZED IN ANY MANNER, OR DENIED ANY RIGHT OR PRIVILEGE, FOR SUCH ACTIONS. ALSO SEE NEW SECTION 7 FOR ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS UNDER I-692.
The Law Clearly shows that the Lawful possession or manufacture of medical marijuana as authorized by this chapter shall not result in the forfeiture or seizure of ANY PROPERTY.
The funny thing is this battle did not start over the Use of Marijuana, It started over a " Service Animal ".
My service animal is a SNAKE! Now I know what you are thinking, "Just How on earth could a Snake function as a service animal?" Well I will tell you.
My body throws off a LOT of heat. So much so, that there are many times when I wake up in the morning and I am laying in water from my own body sweating it out. Snakes are Cold blooded and they draw the heat from my body, thus calming down the Spasms enough to where I don't need the flexeral for my spasms. Thus the Snakes provide a Medical function and in so doing, become service animals protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Anacortes Housing Authority first started fighting with my family when they knew about the snakes, they did not know about the Medical Marijuana as it was none of their business. After all I did not have to report my use of Morphine or my use of Endocet. So why should I tell them of my use of Medical Marijuana as it is protected by law for my use just as my other medications are?
Then it came time for the yearly inspections to take place. I decided that it was time to give them my doctors note for the use of Medical Marijuana because the person(s) doing the inspection were bound to see my garden and report an 'illegal substance'. Since I have a doctors note, required by I-692, it would not be illegal and therefore no surprise to the person(s) doing the inspection.
Before the Inspection I went into the Housing office and gave them the letter from my Doctor as stated in I-692. It was placed in my file and then the day of the inspection took place. Within just an hour of the inspection my family, that has myself, my soon to be wife and a boy 11 and a girl 9 were given notice we would have to move.
The Housing Manager here in Anacortes has chosen not accept my doctors note and gave an eviction notice for failure to show proof that I am allowed to use Marijuana as Medication. Excuse me? My doctors note IS proof.
Now then, I nor my family were going to take this sitting down so I started calling Lawyers.
Because I am on SSI and don't have a large amount of money, NO ONE wanted the case not even the ACLU and they are supposed to fight for people's rights. They would not touch the case, claiming they were too overloaded.
There was not a single Lawyer that wanted to take my case for two reasons. First, I was not only in a battle over the use of Marijuana as medication but also over the use of a snake as a service animal. (Snakes are not allowed on Housing Authority Property.)
Anacortes Housing Authority is trying to hide behind the Gonzalez v. Raich ruling of June 6, 2001 over my use of Medical Marijuana. The Gonzalez v. Raich ruling is about the Oakland Marijuana club and NOT about end users like myself.
massenberg420@yahoo.com
This Story has been made to let people know about how Housing wants to throw a sick person out onto the street.
I became disabled in 1985 while working as a Security Guard in Corona, California. I was working a twelve hour post with no help and no contacts during that time. Two hours into my post I had seen some action up the hill by the TNT shack. I went to check it out and found a white pick-up truck there.
The people who had the truck heard me going up the hill so they started up their truck and headed to the back of the complex. They ran out of roadway so they started over a old train bridge in the back of the complex and stalled halfway on the tracks.
I took out my PR-24 side handle night stick and a large canister of mace, ready for action, and started talking to the two people in the white pick-up. As far as I knew there was no one else, I did not know what was going to happen next or how it would change my life, forever.
Before I knew it a person came up from behind me and hit me in the middle of my back with a baseball bat. He then grabbed the front of my Guard jacket and pushed me backwards into a dry river bottom full of boulders.
I laid there for a couple of hours acting as if I was dead. I knew that if I moved they would realize I was still alive and they would come down the hill and finish what they started. After they left I started yelling, then stopped when I heard dogs barking in the background. Last thing I wanted to do was to be dog food when I could not protect myself.
I went to stand up and found that I had no feeling from my stomach down. To my horror it was like I had been cut in half with no feeling at all.
At that point I had wished they had killed me, as I had always been active in my life. This was no way to live. I had at least 9 more hours before another Guard was to take over for the next shift. By that time it would be dark and who knows how much longer it would have been for the search and for my body to have been found.
So I made up my mind and used my hands and elbows to crawl up a 45 degree incline and 2.3 miles to the nearest Guard shack where I called 911. While talking to them I blacked out. When I came to I was in the hospital. About 15 minutes later an orthopedic surgeon came to tell me that I had broken nine bones in my back and crushed my cervical process at the base of my neck. The doctor who took care of me informed myself and my family that I never would walk again.
That Doctor did not know just how stubborn I could be. Using a back brace and a walker I pushed myself to walk again. It took six and 1/2 months before I got any real feeling in my legs again and now, 21 years later, I still only have 30% feeling from my waist down.
As of now, every pain medication known to man has been tried on me but the best the doctors could do is 80 Mg of Endocet and 500Mg of Oral Morphine per day for pain. The only other thing they could do for me was suggest Medical Marijuana aka MMJ. The Endocet and Morphine help but it is the MMJ on top of those, that makes life livable.
As we all know Marijuana is not legal in the United States for use in any way. This came to be in 1937. Schedule I drugs have the highest abuse potential and have no accepted medical use, now if this is the case then why, from 1850 until 1942, was Marijuana prescribed for various conditions including labor pains, nausea, and rheumatism listed in the United States Pharmacopoeia?
Now Marijuana dates back way before that even. Take a look at the Chinese medical compendium, traditionally considered to date from 2737 BC. Its, Marijuana, use spread from China to India and then to N. Africa and reached Europe at least as early as AD 500.
Not only has Marijuana been used as Medicine from way back but also as a intoxicant, giving the non-medical user a feeling of euphoria.
Marijuana in all this time has never killed anyone. Can the same be said for drinking alcohol? So, If we take a look at the reasoning the Government gives for it's ban on Marijuana, why aren't Cigarettes, that are full of additives that get you hooked, as well as alcohol banned by the Federal Government?
Now, if you want to argue that the reason the latter two are not banned is because they are not drugs, then look at the listing of chemicals that are used to make Cigarettes.
If you take a good look at the things that Marijuana is helping with today, you need only to look at the States who are helping the sick and disabled right now. Take a good look at California, at Propositon 215.
The People of California voted in Medical Marijuana to help the sick in their State. Since the Federal Government did not like what California did they, the Federal Government, have chosen to give many of the sick a quicker death sentence, like they did to McWilliams who choked to death on his own vomit, because the Government did not allow him access to his Medical Marijuana.
Now I don't know about you but how would YOU like it if the Federal Government gave your Father, Mother or your Child that sentence?
The ONLY reason Marijuana is still listed as a Schedule I drug today is because Congress is getting 'Donations', from pill manufacturers, and not looking at the facts that Marijuana helps the sick.
Congress in DC is no longer for WE THE PEOPLE and the US Department of Justice is hiding behind Congress and is unwilling to act on behalf of the people. Looks like poli-tricks is the norm in DC.
You don't have to go far to read about scandals going on in DC most of the time. And while the folks in DC Sit back with their donations, WE THE PEOPLE suffer to the point of wanting to die. And all because money was more important to the Government than the lives of WE THE PEOPLE. Money is the ONLY reason that Marijuana is not legal in the United States under Federal Law.
In California, Marijuana is listed as Medicine for: Cancer, Anorexia, Aids, Chronic pain, Spasticity, Glaucoma, Arthritis, Migraine or any other illness for which marijuana provides relief.
In Oregon Marijuana is used as medicine for: Cancer, Glaucoma, positive status for Human Immunodeficiency Virus or acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or treatment for these conditions, Cachexia, Severe pain, Severe nausea and Seizures, including but not limited to seizures caused by Epilepsy, and Persistent muscle spasms, including but not limited to spasms caused by Multiple Sclerosis.
There are 11 states in the United States that have accepted marijuana as medicinal. We are now waiting for the Federal Government to acknowledge that marijuana has medical properties.
If you were to look at the Law in Washington State, where I live, it's used for: Chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting in cancer patients, AIDS Wasting Syndrome; severe Muscle Spasms, associated with Multiple Sclerosis and other spasticity disorders; Epilepsy; Acute or Chronic Glaucoma; and some forms of Intractable Pain.
I suffer from Intractable Pain . Every pain medication that can be used for me has been tried. During a twenty-four hour period, there is not a moment that I don't suffer. The pain is so intense that it feels like my head wants to rip off my body and by the bottom of my spine it feels like a 500 pound weight is sitting on my back.
I feel like this 24 hours a day, 7days a week, etc.
So if you look at these few States that I have listed you will see that there is plenty of accepted medical use. ONLY at the Federal Level is it still a crime to use Marijuana.
When have the Members of Congress started becoming doctors? All you need do is look at the money trail. How much have manufacturers in the pharmaceutical industry donated to the Members of Congress?
Look at the congressional corruption going on with Abramoff and the sleazy way the Superior Court in California hid behind the Commerce Clause, stating that the private growing of Medical Marijuana would upset the market on Marijuana sales. Well first off, there are two items wrong with the choice the Court made.
The First mistake is that there is NO legal market for the sale of marijuana so how can a market be said to be upset when there is no legal market. Plus the fact that if the person growing it for medical reasons has the grow operation in their own home and it never hits the street, then how is it adding to the market of sales be it legal sales or the black market?
And Second with all the congressional corruption, how can the Government be trusted to do what is right by the American people when so many people are sick and/or suffering and being mis-led by OUR Government?
When will Federal prosecutors start doing what is right for the American people? How many more people have to suffer before we place new people in office that will care about the suffering of the sick and dying? It's up to each and everyone of us to do what is right about this matter.
Did you know that in the same listing as Marijuana, the Federal Government also has Heroin and LSD listed. Now how many people have died as a result of LSD and HEROIN? How many people have passed away from using Marijuana?
Now YOU make the choice. Do you trust the Government? Or will you look into it yourself and find the TRUE facts about the medicinal qualities Marijuana?
In Washington State, the People of that State find that humanitarian compassion necessitates the use of Medical Marijuana. The Federal Government lacks that humanitarian compassion for all but seven people who get their Marijuana from the Federal Government for use as Medicine.
Now why is it that out of the Millions of sick people these seven people have illnesses that are so different that it's OK for them to be given Medical Marijuana with the Blessing of our Government from our Government, but the rest of us are left to suffer when nothing else has worked?
How can this be allowed to happen in this day and age?
Take a good look at what happened to the man who passed away in jail from choking on his own vomit because he was not allowed to use the only drug that worked for him, and that drug was Marijuana.
But OUR Federal Government forced him to stay behind bars and away from the only medication that helped him. And in Washington State the Law clearly shows in I-692 that The lawful possession or manufacture of medical marijuana as authorized by this chapter shall not result in the forfeiture or seizure of any property.
But in Anacortes, Washington myself and my family have had to put up the first fight in Federal Court over it's Medical Use. There are no other questions before the Court but this simple one.
This Court battle came to be because the Governors office, our Local Mayor and the Local Police Deptartment are UN-willing to Support Washington State Law when it comes to the Medical use of Marijuana.
Before I ever started my court battle I called the Governor's office and was told that the the Governor's office could not help me. It seems strange that the Governors Office could not help, as they are supposed to be in charge of ALL State affairs.
Could it be that it was NOT a matter of being unable to help but instead could it be that the Governors office does not like the LAW so the Highest office in the state turns their head the other way when the LAW is VIOLATED?
The Governors office has not been the only one to NOT care about WASHINGTON STATE LAW . The Local Mayor, when this was brought to his attention, stated that he could not help the violation of state law nor could the police do anything about the violation of state law.
So after going through all the people I could go through to see that my rights under I-692 were protected, I went and filed a case in Superior Court. Anacortes Housing Authority made the choice to violate State Law. The law being violated is as follows: RCW 59.18.550 SECT. D-1 Clearly states that: THE TENANT MAY NOT USE, POSSESS OR SHARE ALCOHOL, ILLEGAL DRUGS, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, OR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WITHOUT A MEDICAL PRESCRIPTION.
My Doctors Note under I-692 is all the proof I need.
Also being violated is: THE ADA 1990 LAW 42 U.S.C. 12132, CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1991 TITLE V, SECTION 504 ACCORDING TO GREEN V. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY, RCW 69.51A.050, RCW 69.50.101 (Q), RCW 69.51A.005, RCW 69.51A.040 CLEARLY SHOWS THAT: ANY PERSON MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS APPROPRIATE TO HIS OR HER STATUS UNDER THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE ENGAGED IN ACTIVITIES PERMITTED BY THIS CHAPTER AND SHALL NOT BE PENALIZED IN ANY MANNER, OR DENIED ANY RIGHT OR PRIVILEGE, FOR SUCH ACTIONS. ALSO SEE NEW SECTION 7 FOR ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS UNDER I-692.
The Law Clearly shows that the Lawful possession or manufacture of medical marijuana as authorized by this chapter shall not result in the forfeiture or seizure of ANY PROPERTY.
The funny thing is this battle did not start over the Use of Marijuana, It started over a " Service Animal ".
My service animal is a SNAKE! Now I know what you are thinking, "Just How on earth could a Snake function as a service animal?" Well I will tell you.
My body throws off a LOT of heat. So much so, that there are many times when I wake up in the morning and I am laying in water from my own body sweating it out. Snakes are Cold blooded and they draw the heat from my body, thus calming down the Spasms enough to where I don't need the flexeral for my spasms. Thus the Snakes provide a Medical function and in so doing, become service animals protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Anacortes Housing Authority first started fighting with my family when they knew about the snakes, they did not know about the Medical Marijuana as it was none of their business. After all I did not have to report my use of Morphine or my use of Endocet. So why should I tell them of my use of Medical Marijuana as it is protected by law for my use just as my other medications are?
Then it came time for the yearly inspections to take place. I decided that it was time to give them my doctors note for the use of Medical Marijuana because the person(s) doing the inspection were bound to see my garden and report an 'illegal substance'. Since I have a doctors note, required by I-692, it would not be illegal and therefore no surprise to the person(s) doing the inspection.
Before the Inspection I went into the Housing office and gave them the letter from my Doctor as stated in I-692. It was placed in my file and then the day of the inspection took place. Within just an hour of the inspection my family, that has myself, my soon to be wife and a boy 11 and a girl 9 were given notice we would have to move.
The Housing Manager here in Anacortes has chosen not accept my doctors note and gave an eviction notice for failure to show proof that I am allowed to use Marijuana as Medication. Excuse me? My doctors note IS proof.
Now then, I nor my family were going to take this sitting down so I started calling Lawyers.
Because I am on SSI and don't have a large amount of money, NO ONE wanted the case not even the ACLU and they are supposed to fight for people's rights. They would not touch the case, claiming they were too overloaded.
There was not a single Lawyer that wanted to take my case for two reasons. First, I was not only in a battle over the use of Marijuana as medication but also over the use of a snake as a service animal. (Snakes are not allowed on Housing Authority Property.)
Anacortes Housing Authority is trying to hide behind the Gonzalez v. Raich ruling of June 6, 2001 over my use of Medical Marijuana. The Gonzalez v. Raich ruling is about the Oakland Marijuana club and NOT about end users like myself.
massenberg420@yahoo.com
HELLO; I AM A TERRORIST?
My name is Rodney but my friends call me PoBoy---I'm a writer, poet, musician, college graduate, and cannabis user since I was 18.... So in the government's eyes this makes me a 'terrorist'. I've never done harm to anyone (unless they brought it on themselves), but I've been arrested countless times for possession of marijuana---one of the latest a felony charge that I beat by the skin of my teeth. I'll never stop smoking cannabis, and I know there are others who feel the same way. Why must I be persecuted for something I love to do, especially if it's not bothering anyone else? And we call this freedom, right? Well, I don't feel free...I feel like a prisoner in my own country---an outcast in my own home, even. I hear them talk about the "War on Drugs".... but drugs aren't the problem...And you cannot truly eradicate a problem unless you truly understand the ROOT of the problem. Tackling an offspring of THE problem will just cause you to continue to spin your wheels, to no avail, as we've been doing for years and years. The problem in this country is Evil.... and Greed.... We’ve become a militarian nation that thrives on domination and total control. None of us are free---unless you happen to be in that small percentage of social elitists who've got it 'all figured out'.... But they really don't know anything----My feelings could best be described by a phrase coined from one of my favorite movies...The World is Yours...And I feel like the world SHOULD be mine--Not mine in the sense of being able to kill, steal, or hurt whoever I want, mind you----But mine in the sense of being able to enjoy MY life to the fullest.... If I'm not bothering YOU, then YOU shouldn't be bothering ME. Right King? PoBoy the Purple Poet aka The Prince of Pine aka Risal
My name is Rodney but my friends call me PoBoy---I'm a writer, poet, musician, college graduate, and cannabis user since I was 18.... So in the government's eyes this makes me a 'terrorist'. I've never done harm to anyone (unless they brought it on themselves), but I've been arrested countless times for possession of marijuana---one of the latest a felony charge that I beat by the skin of my teeth. I'll never stop smoking cannabis, and I know there are others who feel the same way. Why must I be persecuted for something I love to do, especially if it's not bothering anyone else? And we call this freedom, right? Well, I don't feel free...I feel like a prisoner in my own country---an outcast in my own home, even. I hear them talk about the "War on Drugs".... but drugs aren't the problem...And you cannot truly eradicate a problem unless you truly understand the ROOT of the problem. Tackling an offspring of THE problem will just cause you to continue to spin your wheels, to no avail, as we've been doing for years and years. The problem in this country is Evil.... and Greed.... We’ve become a militarian nation that thrives on domination and total control. None of us are free---unless you happen to be in that small percentage of social elitists who've got it 'all figured out'.... But they really don't know anything----My feelings could best be described by a phrase coined from one of my favorite movies...The World is Yours...And I feel like the world SHOULD be mine--Not mine in the sense of being able to kill, steal, or hurt whoever I want, mind you----But mine in the sense of being able to enjoy MY life to the fullest.... If I'm not bothering YOU, then YOU shouldn't be bothering ME. Right King? PoBoy the Purple Poet aka The Prince of Pine aka Risal
STORY BY: GANJA GRANNY
I am a 50 year old female who has had Chronic Hepatitis for over 25 years. I have a college degree, graduating with honors,raised my family alone along with foster children. I have worked as a nurse my entire adult life. My blood levels are within normal limits and I feel great. All of my friends who contracted this disease about the same time are dead. They died of malnutrition and vitamin deficiencies due to the nausea and vomiting that are symptoms of Hepatitis. The difference you ask? I smoke marijuana and have for 30 years. My physician, and I, believe that the pot stops the nausea and vomiting enabling me to eat a proper diet. Obviously...I weight 165lbs! I saw a Gastroenterologist a year ago and he would not give me the treatment for the Hepatitis as I am in such good health it would not be a good idea.
Why would my government want me to suffer and probably be dead from this terrible disease when all I had to do was use marijuana sensibly and responsibly? If my story helps anyone suffering from this plague please feel free to publish it. Please feel free to contact me if you would like any further information. Thank you, pvail@yahoo.com
I am a 50 year old female who has had Chronic Hepatitis for over 25 years. I have a college degree, graduating with honors,raised my family alone along with foster children. I have worked as a nurse my entire adult life. My blood levels are within normal limits and I feel great. All of my friends who contracted this disease about the same time are dead. They died of malnutrition and vitamin deficiencies due to the nausea and vomiting that are symptoms of Hepatitis. The difference you ask? I smoke marijuana and have for 30 years. My physician, and I, believe that the pot stops the nausea and vomiting enabling me to eat a proper diet. Obviously...I weight 165lbs! I saw a Gastroenterologist a year ago and he would not give me the treatment for the Hepatitis as I am in such good health it would not be a good idea.
Why would my government want me to suffer and probably be dead from this terrible disease when all I had to do was use marijuana sensibly and responsibly? If my story helps anyone suffering from this plague please feel free to publish it. Please feel free to contact me if you would like any further information. Thank you, pvail@yahoo.com
My Love, My Medicine: THE KING of POT
Relief From Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Agitation?
I use marijuana primarily as a mood stabilizer and as a means of allowing me to "let go”, as without it I am prone to obsess over trivial things and become extremely agitated over my inability to control them.
I believe these irrational behaviors to have something to do with heredity, as my childhood was less than pleasant living with a mother who would go berserk over something like a window being left open or one of the pillows on the couch being out of place.
While it is embarrassing to admit, I have become angry over things like my wife driving my car and turning the ignition off without first turning off the radio or heater. I would actually be mad for the rest of the day after getting in the car, starting it and having the radio come on and the heater without any problems.
I knew this response was not normal or rational but I could not control my emotions! There were far more things just as trivial.
Another example of this dysfunction was my inability to ever take control over my future or focus on what is truly important in life.
I would find myself obsessing over things that never would happen, (Losing my job, dying, etc) and depriving myself and family of things that could make us happy with the fear that something terrible will happen if we enjoy ourselves.
A professional has diagnosed me and I have obsessive-compulsive disorder. In layman’s terms, I have a mood disease. (Not catchy,lol) My doctor's are not ignorant like our Government and have been amazed at my progress.
Marijuana is a Godsend as long as I smoke regularly or until these feelings and behaviors simply do not exist anymore.
Marijuana keeps me sane and productive!
Marijuana helps me to see the big picture and not sweat the small stuff.
My wife can attest that I have been a much better person to live with since I started using the medicine regularly over 4 years now.
Marijuana brings me closer to God, my family, and the important things in life that many of you, that work as hard as I do, simply miss.
" It helps me to see things in my life that are wrong and to realize when I am acting selfishly”. It helps me understand this crazy world we live in and what makes it so crazy.
It also helps me to empathize with others to be a more loving, kinder person. Someone who enjoys helping others.
I consider myself a good citizen and I do not like the fact that I break the law for taking a medicine that improves my life by eradicating the toxic behaviours.
I have two children and do not like having to hide my weed smoking from them.
It would be a dream for me if weed was legal, as I would not have to go on weekly or monthly "quests for herb” or have to get burned by greedy people who sell bags of stems and seeds. It would be nice to know that the DEA will just have to focus on the REAL drugs that are destroying peoples lives.
I also think that if pot were legal you could be sure the plants are not being sprayed with any toxic pesticides, and pot consumers could get any strain or "brand" they liked without having to deal with varying quality and or degrees of potency.
I use pot as a medication and therefore try to smoke only enough to get the desired effect,
I would recommend that anyone who uses pot medicinally just take one or two tokes and wait for the effects to be felt, then if needed take another puff.
I can attest that I have smoked for about 20 years, (4 years medicinally) and have no long term effects on my memory; it has not made me sterile, lazy, stupid, crazy, sick, etc.
Therefore your Government is lying to you about an herb (Not A Drug) that has been proven by the International Medical Community to be safe for recreational as well as medicinal use.
For those who prefer not to inhale smoke there are a variety of medical devices available worldwide which vaporizers the herb and eliminates the smoke but not the medicine.
Pot in my experience has not been a gateway to other drugs (I do not even drink regularly).
I am not college educated but gainfully employed at the same non-profit society (21+years), a responsible father of two daughters and a homeowner.
All this, I feel, is because of, not in spite of, my marijuana use!
So, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and all your ignorant followers... put that in your pipe and smoke it!
Sincerely;
THE KING of POT
Relief From Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Agitation?
I use marijuana primarily as a mood stabilizer and as a means of allowing me to "let go”, as without it I am prone to obsess over trivial things and become extremely agitated over my inability to control them.
I believe these irrational behaviors to have something to do with heredity, as my childhood was less than pleasant living with a mother who would go berserk over something like a window being left open or one of the pillows on the couch being out of place.
While it is embarrassing to admit, I have become angry over things like my wife driving my car and turning the ignition off without first turning off the radio or heater. I would actually be mad for the rest of the day after getting in the car, starting it and having the radio come on and the heater without any problems.
I knew this response was not normal or rational but I could not control my emotions! There were far more things just as trivial.
Another example of this dysfunction was my inability to ever take control over my future or focus on what is truly important in life.
I would find myself obsessing over things that never would happen, (Losing my job, dying, etc) and depriving myself and family of things that could make us happy with the fear that something terrible will happen if we enjoy ourselves.
A professional has diagnosed me and I have obsessive-compulsive disorder. In layman’s terms, I have a mood disease. (Not catchy,lol) My doctor's are not ignorant like our Government and have been amazed at my progress.
Marijuana is a Godsend as long as I smoke regularly or until these feelings and behaviors simply do not exist anymore.
Marijuana keeps me sane and productive!
Marijuana helps me to see the big picture and not sweat the small stuff.
My wife can attest that I have been a much better person to live with since I started using the medicine regularly over 4 years now.
Marijuana brings me closer to God, my family, and the important things in life that many of you, that work as hard as I do, simply miss.
" It helps me to see things in my life that are wrong and to realize when I am acting selfishly”. It helps me understand this crazy world we live in and what makes it so crazy.
It also helps me to empathize with others to be a more loving, kinder person. Someone who enjoys helping others.
I consider myself a good citizen and I do not like the fact that I break the law for taking a medicine that improves my life by eradicating the toxic behaviours.
I have two children and do not like having to hide my weed smoking from them.
It would be a dream for me if weed was legal, as I would not have to go on weekly or monthly "quests for herb” or have to get burned by greedy people who sell bags of stems and seeds. It would be nice to know that the DEA will just have to focus on the REAL drugs that are destroying peoples lives.
I also think that if pot were legal you could be sure the plants are not being sprayed with any toxic pesticides, and pot consumers could get any strain or "brand" they liked without having to deal with varying quality and or degrees of potency.
I use pot as a medication and therefore try to smoke only enough to get the desired effect,
I would recommend that anyone who uses pot medicinally just take one or two tokes and wait for the effects to be felt, then if needed take another puff.
I can attest that I have smoked for about 20 years, (4 years medicinally) and have no long term effects on my memory; it has not made me sterile, lazy, stupid, crazy, sick, etc.
Therefore your Government is lying to you about an herb (Not A Drug) that has been proven by the International Medical Community to be safe for recreational as well as medicinal use.
For those who prefer not to inhale smoke there are a variety of medical devices available worldwide which vaporizers the herb and eliminates the smoke but not the medicine.
Pot in my experience has not been a gateway to other drugs (I do not even drink regularly).
I am not college educated but gainfully employed at the same non-profit society (21+years), a responsible father of two daughters and a homeowner.
All this, I feel, is because of, not in spite of, my marijuana use!
So, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and all your ignorant followers... put that in your pipe and smoke it!
Sincerely;
THE KING of POT
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