Pubdate: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 Source: Chico News & Review, The (CA) Copyright: 2015 Chico Community Publishing, Inc. Contact: http://www.newsreview.com/chico/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/559 Author: Anne Murphy CANNABIS USERS FIGHT BACK The passage of Measure A in Butte County this past November may seem to have silenced the cannabis proponents, but just the opposite is true. A newly formed group, Liberty Rising, has backed a lawsuit brought by medical cannabis patients whose rights to their legally prescribed cannabis are being sorely trampled upon by the implementation of Measure A. We are not sitting idle. We will rise up, speak up and stand up until we have fair measures in place that work for all Butte County citizens. As the members of the Butte County Board of Supervisors were working diligently to make their measure as restrictive on growers as possible, they were also trampling on the rights of patients to obtain their medicine as easily as other patients go to Walmart and pick up theirs. Our dispensary was closed down. Our ability to have collectives grow for those who live in apartments and small parcels has been all but eliminated. The Butte County Board of Supervisors passed a half-million-dollar appropriation for the Sheriff's Office to harass and illegally enter properties with the intent of eradicating cannabis gardens. I just bet that there are many, many more pressing issues that need the funds. Anne Murphy Chico - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom