.............................................................. >From the New Paradigms Project [Not Necessarily Endorsed]: From: Ian Goddard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Freedom Activist Dead Date: Friday, June 16, 2000 12:54 PM Even as research continues to show medical potential for constituents of cannabis, such as THC, which has been (http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=9257) shown in two studies to fight tumors, the author and freedom activist Peter McWilliams was arrested for using cannabis to treat AIDS in a state that voted to legalize the medical use of cannabis. Not deterred by the people's call for nonaggression, the federal government initiated aggression against McWilliams anyway. Now, the terrible news is that while awaiting sentencing, Peter died, apparently drown in his own vomit. Cannabis is a anti-nausea agent that allows cancer and AIDS patients to keep their medicine down. He was denied an effective remedy that worked and died apparently as a direct result. Just another of the countless victims of the War on Drugs. ================================================================ http://www.norml.org/news/index.shtml#story1 ================================================================ To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailing-List: list [EMAIL PROTECTED]; contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 07:55:37 EDT Subject: [MDLP] McWilliams dead at age 50 June 15, 2000 Medical Marijuana Advocate, Libertarian Author Peter McWilliams Dies at age 50 Los Angeles, CA: Peter McWilliams, a best selling author who suffered from both AIDS and cancer, passed away in his home in Los Angeles on June 14th. He was 50 years old. McWilliams, who was an outspoken advocate for the medical use of marijuana, was arrested along with Todd McCormick in 1998 in a high-profile case for cultivating marijuana in a Bel Air, CA, mansion. Both men said the marijuana was intended to supply "buyers' cooperatives" that serve patients in California. At the time of his death, McWilliams was awaiting sentencing on those charges. His story was featured last Friday by John Stossel on the ABC-TV news program 20/20. He is survived by his mother and brother. No details are yet available regarding the funeral. (more details) 6/15/00 PETER MCWILLIAMS PASSES AWAY by Don Wirtshafter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Here are the details I have been able to gather. It turns out to be a double tragedy. Last Sunday, Peter had a major fire in his house. It burnt up the entire downstairs including his computer and backups. Peter was just weeks away from finishing his book on the ordeal he has gone through. He was quite excited about it and motivated to finish it. I heard the firemen had to rescue Peter through his upstairs bedroom window. The loss of this work threw Peter into shock. He was not able to talk to anyone these past few days. The loss of his book was overwhelming to him. Peter was found in his bathroom choked on his own vomit. Readers may recall his posting a few weeks back where he described in detail the routine he had worked out to quiet his stomach so it would not reject the cocktail of pills he was prescribed for his AIDS. Medical marijuana worked perfectly for this purpose, at the time of his arrest his viral count was down to zero. Federal Judge George King ordered him not to use medical marijuana while he was on federal bond. Because his mother and brother had put up their houses for this bond, Peter felt obliged to follow this order. But it meant he could not keep down his medicine and his viral count. Over a period of time Peter developed a routine of bedrest and other precautions so that he could keep down his medicine. See: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n344/a04.html?159127 His health began to return but he asserted that there was not way that he could follow this routine in jail. He hoped the judge would understand this and sentence him to a period of house arrest. Peter choked to death due to the lack of a proper anti-emetic. Forgive me for my anger, but it feels to me that he died as a direct result of the bullshit he was fighting so hard. California voters passed an initiative so that seriously ill patients like Peter could use medical marijuana. Because the federal government is unwilling to face the reality that marijuana is a medicine, Goliath had to crush innocent patients like Peter. For lack of a proper anti-emetic, Peter died. I hold the feds responsible. I pray that somehow a copy of Peter's unfinished work surfaces so that the world can hear his final message to us. As a movement we need to find some way of honoring Peter and his work. And we need to redouble our efforts to keep our own government from killing more innocent victims. With deep respect and loss, Don Wirtshafter The federal government is guilty of murder. I urge all of you to call the talk shows today and let them know just that. I never met Peter but I am certain that there is no better way to honor his memory than to take us another step closer to this kind of tragedy not being repeated again. 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