Pubdate: Thu, 13 Feb 2003
Source: Oakland Tribune, The (CA)
Copyright: 2003 MediaNews Group, Inc. and ANG Newspapers
Contact:  http://www.oaklandtribune.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/314
Author: Staff Writer
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MEDICAL POT ACTIVISTS PLAN WEEK OF EVENTS

Picnic Set For Golden Gate Park; Also Protests At Federal Buildings

Bay Area activists are planning events throughout the next week to raise 
awareness and support for medicinal use of marijuana.

The week begins with a picnic and planting event at noon Saturday outside 
the Conservatory in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Organizers will place 
the first of 215,000 marijuana seedlings they hope to plant in honor of 
Proposition 215, a 1996 state ballot measure that legalized the use of 
medical marijuana.

Participants are encouraged to wear gardening clothes and bring shovels and 
rakes.

At 4 p.m. Saturday, activists will erect a marijuana leaf banner atop San 
Francisco's Twin Peaks. At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, the Compassion and Care 
Center will host a party and short film presentation at 122 10th St., San 
Francisco.

Protesters will gather at noon Tuesday outside federal buildings in San 
Francisco and Oakland to "evict" the Drug Enforcement Administration from 
its offices.

At noon Thursday, activists will dress up as U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 
D-Calif., and rally outside the senator's office at Montgomery and Market 
streets in San Francisco. Participants are encouraged to wear red.

 From 4 p.m. until dark next Friday, activists will meet on the steps of 
San Francisco City Hall before positioning themselves along Van Ness Avenue 
with "Burma Shave-style" signs spelling out a pro-medical marijuana 
message. From 7 to 10 p.m. that night, the Hemp Center at 4811 Geary St. 
will host an open house with music and food.

For more information, call Americans for Safe Access at (510) 486-8083 or 
go to www.safeaccessnow.org
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