Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) July 9, 2009 — The Dispensary Defense Group (http://DispensaryDefenseGroup.com) is pleased to announce that Richard Cowan, a longtime marijuana reform advocate, has agreed to lead the new organization dedicated to supporting the medical marijuana dispensary system.
Cowan, who is also a former National Director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML.org) said, “The medical marijuana dispensary system is the best way of getting the sick and dying off the battlefield of our disastrous Drug War. The patients’ medical needs must come before the ideological interests of the prohibitionists.”
Cowan, the new DDG president is also the publisher of MarijuanaNews.com, the original marijuana blog, founded in 1997. He has been on record as a supporter of marijuana legalization since 1972, when the late William F. Buckley’s National Review published Cowan’s cover article calling for an end to marijuana prohibition.
Cowan explained, “In 1972, we had no idea about how great the medical value of marijuana would ultimately turn out to be. Now we know, and even after legalization there will be a need for medical grade cannabis for patients. It is appropriate that we are launching the DDG right after the 4th of July celebration, because in 1776 that was just the beginning of our never-ending fight for freedom.”
The motto of the DDG is “Prohibition Kills. Medical Marijuana Liberates.”
