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Why I Am Willing to Go to Jail For Medical Marijuana (Kevin Zeese, Alternet.org, June 7, 2002) These are some of the reasons why I joined nine other reform leaders in Washington, D.C. in closing down the employee entrance to the Department of Justice. We decided to take direct action, even if it meant risking arrest, even though my organization, Common Sense for Drug Policy, does not advocate illegal activity nor does it encourage its staff to engage in illegal activity. The federal government is closing all alternatives to resolving this matter. As individuals we must challenge them. . . . The feds have done everything they can to block the seriously ill from getting their medicine. . . . We still hope the federal government will come to its senses, stop punishing the seriously ill in order to prop up their failed drug war, allow safe access to medical marijuana so that the will of the people can become reality. But today we needed to make a statement -- we will not go away, we will no longer tolerate this injustice, we will stand together against their denial of medicine, and in the end, we will prevail.
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