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Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 12:46:25 -0800
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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SLS: ALASKA SUPREME COURT DECISION TO ALLOW ALL U.S. CITIZENS
  TO GROW MARIJUANA

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>
>Cannabis Freedom Fund
>12021 Wilshire Blvd #356
>Los Angeles CA 90025
>
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
>
>DATE: March 27, 1997 
>CONTACT: Richard M. Davis
>TEL:  (310) 442-9073
>
>ALASKA SUPREME COURT DECISION ON CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PRIVACY 
>MAY ALLOW ALL U.S. CITIZENS TO SMOKE AND GROW MARIJUANA.
>
>	 	 
>The Cannabis Freedom Fund (CFF), a new California political action
committee, 
>plans a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the nation's cannabis
>(marijuana) 
>prohibition laws. The suit will be based on the Alaska Supreme Court
>decision in 
>Ravin vs State of Alaska, 537 P2d 494, 1975. The Alaska decision gave all
>adults in 
>Alaska over the age of 19 the right to both grow and smoke marijuana in the
>privacy 
>of the home, based on each citizen's fundamental right to privacy in the
>home.  This 
>means that the United States 	 Government has known since 1975 that the
>prohibition 
>of cannabis in the other 49 states of the nation is unconstitutional.
>
>The CFF points out that Section 2, Article 4 of the U.S. Constitution
>reads: The citizens 
>of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of
>citizens in the several 
>states.
>
>As the government must be held to obey the law and adhere to the
>Constitution, what 
>is not clear is whether or not all Americans already possess the
>fundamental right to 
>smoke and grow marijuana in the privacy of their homes, without further
>court action. 
>The CFF is encouraging the public to follow this case on the World Wide Web
>at: http://www.cannabisfund.org . 
>
>Alaska has also rescheduled cannabis to Schedule IVA, which allows licensed 
>physicians to recommend its use without interference from the federal
>government.  
>In light of the controversy over Proposition 215 in California and
>Proposition 200 in 
>Arizona, the Alaskan Supreme Court decision takes on new importance.
>
>The CFF mission is to end Cannabis Prohibition and insure a speedy return to 
>personal freedom in all uses of Cannabis. The group was formed by California 
>cannabis activists who recognize the tremendous potential benefit to the
>American 
>economy and environment represented by the industrial use of cannabis hemp
>for 
>paper, fiber, fuel, plastics, food, medicine, and building materials. These
>uses are 
>presently prohibited to farmers in the U.S., while Canadian farmers are
>free to grow 
>hemp in 1997.  Non- deductible donations to the CFF will help to speed the
>process 
>of bringing this vital issue to court.
>
>Richard M. Davis 
>CANNABIS FREEDOM FUND
>12021 Wilshire Blvd Ste. 366
>Los Angeles, CA 90025
>(310) 442-9073
> FAX: (310) 442-9072
>
>Email: edna@gte.net          http://www.cannabisfund.org
>Jim Rosenfield                      jnr@cinenet.net    
>tel:  310-836-0926                  fax:  310-836-0592
>Website -> http://mall.turnpike.net/~jnr/jnr.htm
>
>

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