Pubdate: Fri, 24 Jan 2003
Source: San Francisco Examiner (CA)
Copyright: 2003 San Francisco Examiner
Contact:  http://www.examiner.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/389
Author: Bruce Mirken
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Cannabis - California)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Ed+Rosenthal

FEDS ARE AIDING CRIME

THE GOVERNMENT is spending millions on commercials telling us not to buy 
marijuana from street dealers because such purchases fund crime and 
violence. But Ed Rosenthal, like other providers facing federal 
prosecution, worked in cooperation with health and law enforcement authorities.

Now the patients who depended on Rosenthal have to get their medicine from 
the very street dealers the feds are spending millions to warn us about.

These prosecutions guarantee two things: The sick will continue to suffer 
and criminals will continue to get rich.

Bruce Mirken, Marijuana Policy Project, Washington, D.C.
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