For immediate release:
An important event of the Ann Arbor medical marijuana city charter amendment campaign:
Date: October 24, 2004
Place: First Unitarian Universalist Church of Ann Arbor
4001 Ann Arbor Saline Rd.
Ann Arbor, Mich. 48103
Time: 12:45 - 2:00 p.m.
Organized by Charles Ream
4500 W. Liberty Rd.,
Ann Arbor, Mich, 48103
(734) 761-5869 cell 395-0811
Many Ann Arbor residents are aware that marijuana (cannabis) has extraordinary value in a wide variety of painful and/or life threatening situations. It allows people who are suffering with cancer chemotherapy, AIDS, and other conditions to keep their food down and their weight up, improving their lives and chances for survival. It treats any type of pain, and is particularly useful for arthritis.
Multiple Sclerosis, glaucoma, migraine headache, menstrual pain, insomnia, spasticity and seizure disorders, addiction, tinnitus, and many other physical and psychological disorders can be successfully treated with cannabis. It has been a major medication for thousands of years.
Such lists merely scratch the surface of the medical potential in cannabis. Cannabinoids attach themselves to a newly discovered set of "receptors" in the body which are widely dispersed and influence many symptoms. They cannot stop your heart or your breathing at any dose. Cannabis has been found to protect brain cells in cases of trauma or stroke. It will reduce and eliminate tumors in the body by cutting the blood supply to them.
Results like this cause research funding to be cut off, as patients suffer and die needlessly. Innocent patients, members of families like yours and mine, are sacrificed to the absurd cultural war against cannabis that the federal government will not give up.
Come to the Forum where we will bring this question into the light.
Forum Program Will Feature:
Charles Ream: Organizer of the Ann Arbor Medical Marijuana city charter amendment ballot initiative. He will provide an overview of the Medical Marijuana question, describe the Ann Arbor question (Proposal C) which will be on the Nov. 2 city ballot, and explain why he thinks medical cannabis saved his life.
Matthew and Laura Barber: Matthew is a fully disabled gulf war veteran with severe Multiple Sclerosis. He now can walk (and see) because of medical marijuana. Matthew faces trial and possible imprisonment in Traverse City for possession of the natural herb that gave his life back to him. Matthew will travel to Ann Arbor to tell you his story and describe his defense.
Ann Arbor Patients will speak - people who dare not speak their name because of fear. What does that say about "the land of the free".
WE NEED YOU to speak about how you have known medical marijuana to be used, whether you are a nurse, patient, or caregiver. We hope people who have experienced the usefulness of medical marijuana will dare to speak out - many for the first time.
JOIN US FOR A FASCINATING FORUM:
MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN ANN ARBOR
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Ann Arbor
Oct 24, 2004
12:45 - 2:00 p.m.