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We are in hour two of NORML SHOW LIVE when one of our listeners posted a Facebook update from MHP of Spokane, a medical marijuana dispensary:

2:23 PM: NEWS FLASH Feds are at the THC Pharmacy RIGHT NOW

2:35 PM: Latest update Evergreen , The Tree House and THC Pharmacy are ALL being hit NOW

2:42 PM: Now they hit Rhonda at Club Compassion

KXLY of Spokane has the first mainstream coverage I’ve found:

SPOKANE, Wash. — Authorities are raiding several medical marijuana dispensaries in Spokane in what Assistant US Attorney Tom Rice is describing as “Official Law Enforcement Action.”

Rice confirmed a raid was taking place at the THC Pharmacy in the South Perry District on the South Hill. Club Compassion, located at 1004 E. Bridgeport, is also being raided by police.

Rice would not comment on the nature of the “enforcement action” except to stay that is illegal to possess or sell marijuana in the United States.

There are other locations being raided by authorities, but Rice would not confirm how many and where those locations are.

We called out to Kevin Oliver of Washington NORML.  The timing couldn’t be better, because Steph Sherer, Executive Director of Americans for Safe Access, was there in the Spokane Area with the Cannabis Defense Coalition to conduct raid training for activists.  Kevin said when they got the news, “Steph stood up in front of the audience and said, ‘This is not a drill; this is exactly what we are talking about.’”

Kevin and Steph and all the activists jumped into their cars and drove to the raids.  We spoke to Kevin as he arrived at THC Pharmacy and he said he could see no violence or arrests.  He asked a SWAT officer on scene what was happening and on the air the officer said that the US Attorney would have more information for us.

Kevin will be dialing in to us at The NORML Network with continuing updates – keep up at http://live.norml.org.

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• No, we’re not selling medical marijuana! We’re giving it away for free to patients who then offer us a completely unrelated donation of cash that is suggested on a menu board, without which we won’t give it away.

I’m excited to announce the formation of three new NORML chapters and six subchapters.

Our chapter in Spokane, Washington, formerly known as “Inland Northwest NORML“, has been promoted to our newest statewide chapter, Washington NORML. Kevin Oliver is the Executive Director and has stated it is his goal to form a Washington NORML subchapter in every county by the end of the quarter. They have already instituted subchapters in Asotin County (Clarkston), Stevens County (Collville), Whitman County (Walla Walla), Thurston County (Olympia), King County (Seattle), and Spokane County. The new Washington NORML groups are working together with Sensible Washington to collect signatures for I-1068, the legalization initiative filed by NORML Legal Committee attorney Douglas Hiatt.

Our statewide chapter in Virginia, Viriginia NORML, has gotten its official recognition from the Commonwealth and is seeking responsible volunteers to help form subchapters throughout the state. Dee Duffy and Sabrina Fendrick bring more strong female leadership to the NORML family and I’m looking forward to their East Coast activism.

We’re also accepting applications from college students interested in forming an official university chapter of NORML on campus. Students at Central Connecticut State University, led by Ross Martowski, have become the latest NORML college chapter to promote the growing truth about cannabis. College chapters table in the student unions educating their student body, provide film screenings and guest speakers, and fight to reduce university penalties for students who choose cannabis instead of alcohol.

(Spokesman-Review) More than a thousand medical marijuana patients have purchased the drug at a small dispensary on Northwest Boulevard in Spokane in the nearly five months it’s been open.

Business is booming, and Scott Q. Shupe, co-owner of the dispensary, intended to keep it that way when he set out for Oregon with thousands of dollars and a lead on several pounds of marijuana.

Shupe, 54, was driving back from Bend, Ore., on Friday afternoon when an Oregon State Police trooper pulled him over for crossing the centerline.

That trooper found 4 pounds of marijuana and more than $18,000 in Shupe’s 1993 Chevrolet Cavalier station wagon – supplies destined for his dispensary, he said.

Shupe’s status as a medical marijuana patient in Washington didn’t matter. Oregon doesn’t recognize medical marijuana permits from other states.

Even if it did, patients and caregivers are limited to 1.5 pounds at time.

And even if the limits weren’t breached, Oregon’s law does not allow the selling of marijuana, even between registered patients and their registered growers within the state, much less to an out-of-state dispensary owner.

I want patients to get access to their medicine, which is why I support full legalization of marijuana for all adults.  Scott Shupe should be able to buy cannabis from a Washington farmer or an Oregon farmer or any American farmer.  Scott Shupe should be able to sell it to any adult American (and foreign tourists, too!)

But the way we’ve been corralled in the medical marijuana box canyon, stories like this are bound to hit the news.  Our opponents claim the medical marijuana programs are widely abused, a front for greedy drug dealers.  So some states craft language that forbid cannabis commerce and deny interstate recognition of medical marijuana permits.  Then you’ve got thousands of patients with demand and few with supply and inevitably some guy gets pulled over with cash and pounds of weed crossing state lines trying to fulfill that demand.  Then our opponents say, “See, we told you so!”

I am so worried about a pendulum swing back away from medical marijuana.  I can see the next few states writing even more restrictive language.  I can see activists losing the battles to keep business and law enforcement from hacking away at existing state medical marijuana laws.  I can see pharmaceutical science creating dose-regulated, non-psychoactive cannabinoid drugs and our opponents demand that “crude plant material” be made illegal once again in medical marijuana states because of the “abuse” and because now the sick and dying have a “safer” alternative.

While the pendulum still swings toward freedom, we must follow through and see that it reaches full legalization for all adults.

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Medical Marijuana patient with AIDS is being kicked out of Spokane Veterans Home because he needs Medical Marijuana

Spokane, WA – Media Release: 07-20-09

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“The Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs manages three facilities throughout the state, where veterans are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve, in distinctive settings that all provide a sense of belonging unique to veterans.”

Don Varney an HIV AIDS patient is being kicked out of Spokane Veterans Home 2 weeks ahead of schedule of his physical therapy from a total hip replacement due to the fact that he has a legal Medical Marijuana recommendation in the state of Washington.

Doctors on the coast that did the surgery were insisting that Don go to the Spokane Veterans Home in Spokane because of the 2 large security dogs he had in his home, in fear that the dogs might jump on him and damage the surgery that was done for a total left hip replacement.

Had the Spokane Veterans Home known ahead of time that he had a legal Medical Marijuana Recommendation they would never have allowed him to be admitted to the Spokane Veterans Home… This statement was made by the director of Spokane Veterans Home to Don Varney and John Gervais Sr., a good friend of Don’s and fellow patient, while in a meeting to figure out how Don Varney could administer his medications while he being admitted to the Spokane Veterans Home.

On top of all this the director forced Don Varney to go off the property into the general public to medicate against state law to keep his Medical Marijuana private, even though he had previously allowed Don to have Medical Marijuana on his person while in the Spokane Veterans Home. Don was forced into the general public to administer his state recognized Medical Marijuana off of VA property. “Go out to the sidewalk. Do your medication there and then return with your medication and pipe in your pocket.” These were the director’s words.

Don Varney’s weight loss is proof of the effects of not taking or being able to take his Medical Marijuana. Don has lost 4 pounds in the week since he has been denied his legal right to use his Medical Marijuana which helps him be able to have an appetite to eat. Medical Marijuana has shown to promote weight gain and prolong the life of HIV and AIDS patients.

The outcome we want is very simple. We want the VA and all private and public hospitals to recognize the patient’s right to exercise their right to use their legal Medical Marijuana within the guidelines of the Washington State RCW69.51a.

Protesters are congregating in front of the Spokane Veterans Home on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 10am. A portion of the state VFW and many Veterans have been contacted for support of this issue. Verification can be run through John Gervais Sr. at 509-981-2388. For additional information please contact Melissa Leggee, Owner of CBR Medical, Inc at 509-570-2886.

Sincerely,

Melissa Leggee
President

Kevin Oliver, Executive Director
Inland Northwest NORML
www.innorml.org
kevin@innorml.org
1-866-706-2013

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