Pubdate: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 Date: 07/01/1999 Source: Our Times Santa Monica (CA) Author: Marcy Stephans Related: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99.n653.a08.html The recent court order by Judge Albert Matthews to bar Joe "Hemp" Kidwell his First Amendment rights is typical of the totalitarian and illegal nature of marijuana prohibition. Those like Matthews show the inhumanity of our current legal imbroglio with regard to drugs, legal and illicit. How can a judge ban someone from talking about medicine? Who puts people like Matthews in charge? MARCY STEPHANS Santa Monica