Pubdate: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 Source: Maui News, The (HI) Copyright: 2003 The Maui News Contact: http://www.mauinews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2259 Author: James Kimmel Related: please visit http://www.green-aid.com/ for updates from activists Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Ed+Rosenthal Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Cannabis - California) DEFENSE WAS DENIED USE OF U.S. ARCHIVES The only way the U.S. government could win the case against Ed "Guru of Ganja" Rosenthal (The Maui News, Feb. 1) was by cheating and deceiving the jurors and thus the people. They would not allow all the facts and truth to be presented to the jury which is not the way for truth and justice to reign in America. There is plenty of proof in U.S. archives to support the medical application of cannabis - truth that has been sealed in boxes for over 50 years since the U.S. government purged its institutions of the facts and testimony from the past. The problem is that the cannabis users of America and the world are not organized like the tobacco industry. The tobacco industry bought off the entire U.S. Congress which allows it to continue to peddle the addicting and killing poison, nicotine. Cannabis has no such record of addiction or death from its use. I'm glad that five jurors have apologized, are objecting and calling for a new trial. Too bad the U.S. government does not want to be truth-coordinated in the interest of peace and justice. James Kimmel Wailuku - --- MAP posted-by: Doc-Hawk