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Contact Jag Davies, MAPS Director of Communications (831) 336-4325 or [email protected] For Immediate Release February 13, 2007 DEA Judge Recommends End to Government Obstruction of Medical Marijuana Research

[Courtesy of the Center for Medicinal Canabis Research at the University of California] Corinna Kaarlela, News Director Source: Jeff Sheehy (415) 597-8165 or cell (415) 845-1132 E-mail: [email protected]

AMERICANS FOR SAFE ACCESS MEDIA RELEASE New Study of Medical Cannabis Shows Scientific Value for Patients with Neuropathic Pain National HIV/AIDS and Advocacy Groups, Experts and Study Participant Join to Call For Congressional Hearings

February 12, 2007 Contact: David Thorpe, Director of Communications 212-967-1500 x159 | [email protected] RECIPIENTS OF THE HOUSING WORKS THIRD ANNUAL KEITH D. CYLAR AIDS ACTIVIST AWARDS ANNOUNCED

News & Opinion This Week www.harmredux.org 1. Opening Address: The Second National Conference on Methamphetamine, HIV, Hepatitis and HIV: Science and Response: 2007 2. Some Alternative News Coverage from the Second National Conference on Methamphetamine, HIV, and Hepatitis in Salt Lake City

Drug Truth Network Update: Cultural Baggage + Century of Lies + 4:20 Drug War NEWS Half Hour Programs, Live Fridays... at 90.1 FM in Houston & on the web at www.kpft.org. "Those who support drug prohibition, through complicity, ignorance or silence are the best friends the drug lords could ever hope for." - Reverend Dean Becker, Drug Truth Network Producer

NEW MEXICO: Medical Marijuana Measure Passes Senate MINNESOTA: Patient-Protection Bills in Both Chambers OREGON: Right to Fire Patients Sought CALIFORNIA: Caregiver Status Before Supreme Court CALIFORNIA: Dispensaries OKed, Opening, Studied and Stopped

Join the National Movement to Protect Safe Access! To celebrate ten years of safe access to medical cannabis in California and growing access throughout the country, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has organized Medical Marijuana Week 2007. This will be the fifth annual Medical Marijuana Week, held during the week of 2/15 to commemorate the passage of Proposition 215, California's medical cannabis law.

Harm Reduction Coalition Statement: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, 2007 The HIV/AIDS crisis among African Americans demands increased commitment, innovative strategies, and coordinated action by government, community-based organizations, civic and religious groups, and the African American community. African Americans make up nearly half of all AIDS cases in the United States, and over half of new HIV diagnoses. The majority of women and infants living with HIV are African American.

[Courtesy of Draw Up Your Plant] On 25 January 2005, a common guideline was established by the Belgian Minister of Justice and the chief prosecutors in relation with offences against the law on cannabis consumption. Among others, this guideline* determines the following: