September, 1997 - After meeting with fellow patients and activists who believed the U.S. p
September, 1997 - After meeting with fellow patients and activists who believed the U.S. prohibition of medical marijuana violated the U.N. Single Convention Treaty (allows patient to bring medicine legal in one country into country where it is not legal), I was given a trip to Switzerland and visited a Cannabis Hemp farm near Bern. The magic of being in a country where Mother Ganja is valued and freedom is respected was tempered only by knowing I'd soon have to return to prohibitionist America. But Switco, activists who mailed Medical Cannabis around the world, sent me a package after I got home - Customs and DEA found it and the Feds convicted me in June of 1998.
At my bond hearing in November, Robert Randall and Elvy Musikka, who recieve legal marijuana from the U.S. government (I.N.D. program), were there to press the Constitutional issue of equal treatment under the law.
But I was put in a cold jail cell, sick and in terrible pain. My doctor, family and friends fought for me - some even went to Washington, DC to get help from the National Organization for Marijuana Laws. When I was moved to another county jail, they held a vigil outside, drumming in the night.
Despite phone calls flooding the DA's and Governor's offices, the DA argued against compassion, because I was an "outspoken activist"!
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