Mass Medical Marijuana Protest Planned for June 6

The Marijuana Policy Project (www.mpp.org) and a coalition of other marijuana and drug policy reform organizations are joining forces to launch a national day of direct action against the DEA on June 6.

At dozens of DEA offices across the country, citizens will serve "cease and desist" orders, demanding that the DEA end its war on medical marijuana. Other types of dramatic, peaceful protests are also being planned. And some patients are planning to engage in civil disobedience.

The effort, which is being headed up by Americans for Safe Access (www.SafeAccessNow.org), is a direct response to the DEA's raids on medical marijuana clinics in California. In October and again in February, the DEA raided medical marijuana providers in West Hollywood, San Francisco, and a handful of other locations, seizing patient records and forcing thousands of patients to turn to street sources for their medicine.

If you would like to help organize or participate in this protest at the DEA office nearest you, contact Americans for Safe Access at info@SafeAccessNow.org or 510-486-8083.

Joe White joins Medical Marijuana Protest in California

Joe White of Change the Climate along with other marijuana reform activists demonstrate in front of the Springfield, Mass. DEA offices on June 6 as part of a nationwide protest of the DEA's efforts to harass and close medical marijuana facilities in California.