Meeting 2009-03-02

From Cannabis Defense Coalition

In this Update:

CDC Agenda for March 2nd, 2009:

Lobby Day and Bills Olson case Michael Byers jury trial Matt Zugsberg DEA end to medical marijuana patients raids - what does tihs mean?

1. Lobby Day -

Monday, March 16, 2009 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Columbia Room, Legislative Building, Olympia

The day includes breakfast, lobby training, lunch, and meetings with your legislators.

Voting Rights Restoration House Bill 1517, Senate Bill 5534 http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1517&year=2009

Marijuana Reclassification House Bill 1177 http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1177&year=2009

SB 5516 Addressing drug overdose prevention. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5615&year=2009

2. Olson Case

Trial begins Monday March 9th continuing on Tuesday the 10th. We look forward to utilizing the B&B again as our pre-court preparation and debrief after the trial. Please be in the court room no later than 10 minutes before the start time with cell phones turned off.

3. Michael Byers -

A client of Dougs in Pierce county who has requested our legal observation skills in the court room. His trial resumes on April 7th 8:00am

4. Matt Zugsberg -

A Potline that caller was arrested by Kent police and wants to talk about his case and maybe point us or him in the right direction.

Pam has invited both Michael and Matt to the meeting.

5. New American Policy -

Attorney General Holder and DEA Administrator Leonhart told reporters that ending federal medical marijuana raids "is now American policy." On his campaign trail President Obama decried that he would not use Federal money to raid medical marijuana patients in States that have laws protecting them. Does this mean an end to local task force funding for these raids too? Or is it just about taking the DEA and DOJ out of the equation and States getting finances to continue the task forces from the Stimulus Package.