February 3, 2013 Newsletter by Lanny:

Lanny's MAPP Newsletter
February 3, 2013

[HR] [align=left] [align=left] [align=left] [align=center] [align=left] [align=left] [align=center] [align=left] If this wasnâ??t actually happening, I would not believe it, but the IE Patients Health & Wellness Center vs. City of Riverside is turning into, what can be only described as, a major public showcase presentation by the California Supreme Court. The court is holding an Historic Special Outreach Session at the University of San Francisco, School of Law and is inviting hundreds of high school (thatâ??s right â?? high school) and college law students to attend a hearing about whether cities can ban medical MARIJUANA collectives.

What some might describe as a three ring court circus will be available for everyone to see and witness as the Court has actually authorized an almost unheard of live web stream of the arguments in our case. For the Justices to choose a MARIJUANA case as their most public of cases out of the many cases they will hear this year, is jaw dropping.

Printed below is the actual California Supreme Court press release on what has now become an â??EVENT.â?�
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[align=left] The Supreme Court of California will hold a special oral argument session on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, in the McLaren Conference Center (Rooms 250â??251), University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117. The special session, the latest in a series of student outreach programs to improve public understanding of the state court system, also commemorates the University of San Francisco (USF) School of Law Centennial Celebration.

The morning session will begin at 10:15 a.m. and will include introductory remarks, student questions and answers by the justices, followed by oral argument in City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patientâ??s Health and Wellness Center (Case No. S198638). The afternoon session will begin at 1:00 p.m. and will include oral argument in People v. Clancey (Wesley Cian) (Case No. S200158) and People v. Williams (George Brett) (Case No. S030553).

To enhance understanding of the proceedings, the Supreme Court previously posted a calendar with expanded summaries of the cases to be argued, as well as links to the partiesâ?? briefing in these cases. All of this material is available on the Outreach Sessions page of the courtâ??s Web site.

â??The Supreme Court justices appreciate the opportunity to combine one of our special oral argument sessions with the USF School of Law Centennial Celebration,â?� said Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye. â??The special session will provide a group of law school and local high school students with a unique opportunity to question Supreme Court justices and to experience their constitutional democracy in action, and hopefully will inspire some to a career in public service.â?�

Hundreds of USF law students and undergraduates will be joined by local high school students from the Balboa High School Law Academy and Thurgood Marshall High School. Members of the public, the press, and the State Bar are also expected to attend the session.

In addition, the event will be broadcast live on the California Channel, enabling other students and members of the public throughout the state to witness their Supreme Courtâ??s proceedings in action.

The Balboa High School Law Academy empowers students to create social, legal, and economic justice in their communities and is supported through the work of The Bar Association of San Franciscoâ??s Law Academy Advisory Board. Students from Thurgood Marshall High School participate in a mock trial program and have access to a Law and Justice Credit Recovery Curriculum that is designed to help students get back on track to graduation and to familiarize them with the many career options available in the justice system.

Before oral arguments begin, selected law school and high school students will have a chance to ask questions of the justices from the podium. In addition to the courtroom proceedings, as part of the visit, the Supreme Court will attend a post-argument reception with law school faculty and students.

You can actually witness from the comfort of your own Internet connected computer the arguments made by our esteemed attorney J. David Nick and the not-so esteemed attorney representing the city of Riverside plus all the high school and law school student court learning by going tohttp://www.calchannel.com/at 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, February 5. If you canâ??t witness it live, the Historic Special Outreach Session on Marijuana will be archived athttp://www.calchannel.com/.

The Riverside MAPP meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. will focus on this hearing, what transpired and a discussion on just what the Supremes might or might not decide. Although we wonâ??t know the decision of the court for somewhere between 30 and 90 days, the meeting will be a celebration of the long and totally unexpected journey of the Riverside based IE Patients Health and Wellness Center. Please come and join us.

The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. and is held at the Presto Quality Care Medical Center (formerly THCF Medical Center) at 647 Main St., Riverside 92501. An assortment of cookies along with milk, punch and coffee will be served.

For those of you who attended the 5^th Anniversary Celebration of the Presto Quality Care Medical Center with medical marijuana icons Dennis Peron and Anna Boyce, keynote speaker Judge James Gray and marijuana celebrities Paul Krassner and Paul Stanford and for those of you who didnâ??t, but want to see what went on, pictures taken by Catrina Coleman are now on our website at marijuananews.org and can be seen by CLICKING HERE. [HR] [align=center] [align=center] [/align][/align] [/align]
[align=left] The Monday, February 4^th at 6 p.m. broadcast and simulcast of our award winning radio show Marijuana Compassion and Common Sense features satire and delectable edibles â?? chuckle, chuckle, yum, yum.
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[align=left] Our first guest is Radical Russ Belville host of The Russ Belville Show, a professional talk radio production by, for, and about the cannabis community. In response to Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) launched by Rep. Patrick Kennedy and career professional drug warrior Kevin Sabet with its twisted logic that it is not good policy to put marijuana consumers in jail but good policy to confine them to addiction treatment programs, Russ has created SmartApproaches.com, a page-for-page satire of SAMâ??s website LearnAboutSAM.com. It uses actual policy positions and rhetorical claims from Project SAM and peppers them with copious amounts of snark, studies, sarcasm, and science. And fake evil-Spock goatees.
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[align=left] Our second guests are Michele Plowman and Andy Montez of Apothecary Alternatives. Michele is a Master Confectionist and hails from a candy making family that has handed down proprietary[/align]
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They will be on the show to discuss the ins and outs of the production of their gourmet edibles. Tune in and learn about their gourmet candy collective and the free mmj edible demonstration and tasting session for medical marijuana patients being held at the IE Patients Health & Wellness Center on Wed. Feb. 6 at 7 p.m.

To laugh with Russ and drool with Michele and Andy, tune in this Monday, Feb. 4 at 6 p.m. to Marijuana Compassion and Common Sense broadcast on IE Talk Radio KCAA 1050AM and simulcast at www.kcaaradio.com. Past shows are archived at the website.

[align=left] [align=center] The show that brings you the truth about marijuana, reveals the politics behind its prohibition, gives you the facts and information about its legendary health and medical benefits and clears up all that legal mumbo-jumbo that makes it so difficult, dangerous and costly to obtain this ancient medicinal herb.[/align]
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Looking for a place to live? Looking for a place to live that is cannabis friendly? Long-time mmj activists and master cultivators Marty and LaVonne Victor have rooms for rent in their home in Temecula for a few select patients. To obtain information on the living quarters being offered, the amenities of domiciling in their home and the cost for doing so, give them a call at 951-699-5306. [HR] [align=center] [/align] Jeff Dhywood, author of World War D, has authored a new column on International Drug Reform Developments. Ensconced in the United States, our view on marijuana and drug law reform can become so myopic, but reform is going on all over the world. It behooves us as well as being extremely interesting to keep abreast on what is going on elsewhere on our planet. For Jeffâ??s column on International Drug Reform Developments CLICK HERE.
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READ AN EXCERPT FROM JEFF'S BLOG:
Colombia, Uruguay, Guatemala: Drug Policy Reform on the Move in Latin America
Colombia: Creation of an Advisory Commission on Drug Policy

Colombia's drug legislation is being re-assessed in an attempt to tackle drug use, trafficking and other drugs-related issues that have plagued the country at all levels of society for the past 30 years. To that effect, the justice minister,Ruth Stella Correa, launched on January 29 the first meeting of the Advisory Commission on Drug Policy (Comisión Asesora de PolÃ*tica de Drogas). The commission includes Former President Cesar Gaviria and former director of the National Police, General Oscar Naranjo Trujillo, as well as a number of experts and academics. It will evaluate the results and impact of the strategies on drugs that have been implemented over the past ten years, consolidate the progress and achievements in different areas, and make recommendations for a new anti-drug strategy.
Cesar Gaviria was president of Colombia (1990-94) and secretary general of the Organization of American States(1994-2004). He is founder and Board-member of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy and theGlobal Commission on Drug Policy. He is an outspoken advocate of drug policy reform.

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