cannabisnews.com: Change The Climate Begins Advertising in Calif. Change The Climate Begins Advertising in Calif. Posted by CN Staff on March 05, 2003 at 19:20:22 PT Press Release Source: Change the Climate It's time to change the climate around medical marijuana in California Change the Climate has launched an outdoor advertising campaign in the bay area of California to protest the federal government's handling of medical marijuana issues and to educate the citizens of the United States about the federal government's assault on medical marijuana patients and their caregivers. Proposition 215 makes medical marijuana legal in California and the federal government needs to recognize and respect this fact. Beginning March 3rd Change the Climate will begin running the following ads in California. Feel free to download these graphics and display them on your web site. Create Your Own Change the Climate Stickers! Would you like to create stickers of our advertisements? Well if so, we've made it easy for you. These make great bumper stickers and they help educate others about this very important issue. Follow the instructions below for creating your own stickers using your computer and printer.You will first need to purchase some 8.5" x 3.5" labels that you can use with your printer. You can usually find these at any office supply store. Once you have the labels, just place a sheet of the labels in your printer and print out the PDF versions we have of each ad (You will need the free Adobe Acrobat to open the PDF files). Click the links below each ad to download the PDF files.Download PDF version (726k) of this ad to create your own stickers.http://www.changetheclimate.com/campaigns/03_03_ca/stickers/free_ed_1.pdfDownload PDF version (263k) of this ad to create your own stickers. http://www.changetheclimate.com/campaigns/03_03_ca/stickers/free_ed_2.pdfDownload PDF version (724k) of this ad to create your own stickers. http://www.changetheclimate.com/campaigns/03_03_ca/stickers/vote_your_conscience_1.pdfDownload PDF version (282k) of this ad to create your own stickers. http://www.changetheclimate.com/campaigns/03_03_ca/stickers/vote_your_conscience_2.pdfWe need to raise $13,500 per month to keep these ads up on the billboards in California. If you would like to help us change the climate around medical marijuana in California you can become a sponsor of our California campaign by making a tax deductible gift online using our secure server or you may mail a check or money order to -- http://www.groundspring.org/donate/index.cfm?ID=2862-0|1983-0Change the Climate, Inc.PO Box 1004Greenfield, MA 01302$16.75 will cover the cost of printing one ad. For less than $20 you can help make a difference in the life of someone suffering from AIDs, cancer, or other serious ailments.The people of California spoke with a clear and decisive voice when they passed proposition 215. The federal government needs to respect this choice of the California voters. What has happened in the Ed Rosenthal trial is a gross violation of one's fundamental rights to a fair trial. For background information on Ed's trial visit GreenAid.Get Involved with Local Groups in California One of the best ways you can help bring an end to the federal government's assault on medical marijuana is to get involved with local groups in California that are working on medical marijuana issues. Visit the organizations below and consider helping them out with this very important issue. The more people that come together on this issue the faster it will be resolved, so get involved! * GreenAid -- http://www.green-aid.com/* ACLU of Northern California -- http://www.aclunc.org/ * California Chapter of NORML -- http://www.canorml.org/* Americans for Safe Access -- http://www.safeaccessnow.org/* The Coalition for Medical Marijuana -- http://www.medicalmj.org/About Proposition 215 On November 5, 1996 California voters approved Proposition 215, which allows seriously ill patients to legally use medical marijuana to help ease their pain and suffering. The law also protects caregivers and doctors who are assisting patients.Since the passage of Prop. 215 the United States Justice Department and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have showed total disregard for this law and trampled on the rights of voters in California. People with cancer, AIDS, and other serious ailments who use medical marijuana to help ease their pain and suffering are being aggressively pursued and prosecuted by the federal government. Federal judges overseeing many of these cases are forbid people being prosecuted from making any mention of Proposition 215 or medical marijuana to the jury -- effectively making them look like "drug kingpins".It's time to change the climate in California around medical marijuana. These seriously ill patients need to concentrate on their health and not worry about being prosecuted in federal court for taking a medicine recommended by their doctor. More importantly, the federal government needs to show respect for the will of California voters and bring an end to these senseless raids and arrests.Finally, jurors in medical marijuana cases should understand their right to vote their conscience -- a right that has been part of our judicial system since the founding of the republic.Complete Title: Medical Marijuana: Change The Climate Begins Advertising in CaliforniaSource: Change the Climate (MA)Published: March 3, 2003Copyright: 2003 Change the Climate, Inc.Contact: info changetheclimate.orgWebsite: http://www.changetheclimate.com/DL: http://www.changetheclimate.com/campaigns/03_03_ca/Related Articles & Web Site:Ed Rosenthal's Trial Pictures & Articleshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/trialpics.htmJuries and Judges What's Relevant? http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15606.shtmlThe Feds vs. Ed Rosenthal - Counter Punch http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15383.shtmlJurors: We've Been Had - San Francisco Examiner http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15381.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #3 posted by FoM on March 05, 2003 at 20:13:15 PT Important E-Mail News Asa -- Rosenthal Trial Spurs National Outrage Rosenthal Trial Spurs National Outrage New “Change the Climate” Billboard Campaign Challenges Jurors, VotersOAKLAND, CA –Responding to outrage over the recent conviction of Oakland medical marijuana provider Ed Rosenthal and to the many upcoming medical marijuana trials, national advocacy group Change the Climate, Inc. is installing 150 billboards around the Bay Area. The billboard campaign is endorsed by Americans for Safe Access (ASA), who will be holding a press conference with Rosenthal March 6, 2003 at 11am at 36th and Market in Oakland, CA in front of one of the billboards.“These billboards make it difficult for both the public and politicians to ignore the plight of medical marijuana patients and providers. The more the federal government persecutes, the more national support develops,” says ASA Director Steph Sherer.The first of the red, white and blue billboards exclaims “Free Ed. Free the Jury. Free America.” Jurors in Rosenthal’s case were not allowed to hear the phrase “medical marijuana” and were uninformed about jury nullification. The other billboard reads, “Vote your Conscience. Free America.” “Californians who care about medical marijuana have to vote their conscience in the ballot box and the jury box. These billboards help to remind people of their rights and responsibilities,” Sherer said.“We want to drive home the point that Attorney General John Ashcroft’s assault on medical marijuana laws California voters enacted violates our fundamental freedoms. We hope to encourage jurors and concerned citizens to take appropriate action,” said Joseph H. White, Executive Director of Change the Climate.On March 3, Medical marijuana activists in Washington, DC, took appropriate action and protested Democratic Presidential Candidate, Former-Governor Howard Dean, the only candidate who has killed medical marijuana legislation. “Americans for Safe Access is going to hold the 2004 candidates accountable. We have an obligation to inform voters on the candidates’ positions,” says DC ASA Field Organizer Adam Eidinger.WHO: Americans for Safe Access, medical marijuana provider Ed Rosenthal, and others WHAT: Press Conference on Nationally-Organized Bay Area Billboard Campaign WHERE: 36th and Market, Oakland WHEN: March 6, 2003 at 11 am* GreenAid -- http://www.green-aid.com/* ACLU of Northern California -- http://www.aclunc.org/* California Chapter of NORML -- http://www.canorml.org/* Americans for Safe Access -- http://www.safeaccessnow.org/* The Coalition for Medical Marijuana -- http://www.medicalmj.org/More information is available at: http://www.changetheclimate.com/campaigns/03_03_ca/ [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by Virgil on March 05, 2003 at 19:41:08 PT Oh boy, bumperstickers Might I suggestMake cannabis ill legal. We are only a letter away. [ Post Comment ] Post Comment