First the Feds tortured him - causing continual pain over years. This is similar to how Peter McWilliams died. Peter died choking on his own vomit. Both Steve and Peter McWilliams (not related) were forbidden from using medical cannabis while out on bail awaiting trial for growing medical cannabis for themselves and others. With high bail at risk, neither could risk using cannabis for their pain. So the Feds and Big Pharma (due to the side effects and the lack of effectiveness of the Big Pharma drugs they had to use instead of cannabis) effectively killed them both.
Peter McWilliams above.
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POT proponent dies http://www.sdcitybeat.com/article.php?id=3339 CityBeat was deeply saddened Tuesday morning to learn that Steve McWilliams, a long-time San Diego medical-marijuana activist, had died earlier that day. Friends said it was suicide. McWilliams, who had to cease using medical marijuana after a 2002 arrest, suffered from chronic pain and was likely facing prison time after being charged by federal prosecutors three years ago with possessing 25 marijuana plants. A Supreme Court ruling handed down last month said that federal law prohibiting medicinal use of marijuana trumps Californias voter-approved Compassionate Use Act. CityBeat has been a supporter of McWilliams and his cause since the paper began three years ago. He was an activist in the best sense of the word, encouraging medicinal-pot users to stick to city guidelines and state law and form cooperatives so that the most ill folks would have a community to support them. More than that, he was a genuinely kind-hearted person, and we will miss him very much -------------------- Pot TV Manager Post Extras: | |||||||||||||
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OMG that is so terrible and sad. The pressure of police harrasment and persecution seems to have gotten the better of him. This is not the way it's supposed to go. I'm sure that the cops have no remorse what so ever. Post Extras: | |||||||||||||
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Definatly a sad day. My condolances go forth. -------------------- My Life Has Gone To Pot Post Extras: | |||||||||||||
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http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2004/12/3103.php Steve McWilliams, Medical Marijuana Activist interviewed by Al Uh Looyah Sunday, Dec. 19, 2004 at 4:41 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] 619 269 4693 san diego Aluhlooyah interviews Steve McWilliams from Shelter From The Storm, a Medical Marijuana collective. We go over the recent supreme court hearings, his legal battles to legally distribute "pot" under Ca.'s prop. 215, and the stupidity of the drug war in general. -------------------- Pot TV Manager Post Extras: | |||||||||||||
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SENTENCING SEASON: ROBERT SCHMIDT GETS 41 MONTHS. July 13, 2005. Anderson Valley Advertiser. http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1106/a06.html?92639 From the bottom of the article: Quote: The article gives an excellent overview of the status of upcoming trials and sentencing of medical cannabis patients and growers. It seems that if you have nothing to trade, you could get long mandatory sentences of 10 years to life if more than a hundred plants are involved. This is very relevant to Renee Boje. -------------------- | |||||||||||||
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U.S. laws, sentencing, police, courts, and prisons. U.S.-trained guards abroad, too. Brutality, rape, overcrowding, torture, medical neglect, deaths, hopelessness, solitary confinement, dungeons, long sentences, astronomical incarceration rate, etc..
http://gallery.marihemp.com/prisons
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| Type_of_Drug.____5_year_sentence________10_years _________________without_parole._______No_parole ________________________________________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LSD______________1_gram._10_to_20_______10_grams _________________doses_if_carrier_______________ _________________weight_included._______________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Marijuana________100_plants__________1000_plants _________________or_100_kilos._____or_1000_kilos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Crack_cocaine____5_grams._1_to_10_______50_grams _________________day_supply_for_________________ _________________heavy_user.____________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Powder_cocaine___500_grams_______________5_kilos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heroin___________100_grams________________1_kilo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ Methamphetamine__5_grams._3_to_10_______50_grams _________________day_supply_for_________________ _________________heavy_user.____________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PCP______________10_grams______________100_grams ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The_Courier_New_font_lines_up_the_columns.______ |
| Use the free Adobe Reader to view the pdf file. 1 kilo is equal to 2.2 pounds. 1 kilo is 1 kilogram, which equals 1000 grams. 1 pound equals 454 grams. 1 ounce equals 28.35 grams. A gram roughly equals a single packet of sweetener. |
The federal sentences above are for NON-VIOLENT possession only. Similar laws exist at the state level. One must serve 80% of the sentence before parole is even considered. 1 gram of powder cocaine is turned into 0.89 grams of crack. Per capita use of crack is higher among whites than blacks.
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Photo Album: Renee Boje. American medical cannabis refugee in Canada.
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