PRESS RELEASE - 28th August 2002

Politicians To Meet Medical Cannabis Users!

The NSW Compassion Club is inviting all members of the NSW Parliament to meet medical cannabis patients and carers outside Parliament House from 10am Tuesday 3rd of September. By way of a peaceful rally and meeting, many patients will highlight their need for the Carr Government to adopt its commissioned, Expert Working Party's recommendations on the medical use of cannabis. The rally will seek an urgency for implementation of appropriate measures that assist those who need cannabis for medical purposes.

"Premier Bob Carr has been sitting on his working party's recommendations for almost two years now," says Dr Andrew Katelaris, a leading authority on Australian medical cannabis research, who will speak at the rally. "The Premier and many other Cabinet members have voiced their support in the past with virtually no opposition to the reccommendatations". Dr Katelaris went on to say, "the Government's million dollar report is collecting dust on the Premier's desk while he is acutely aware of the plight and discomfort endured by thousands of ailing people in NSW who rely on cannabis as their primary source of therapeutic relief".
For further information contact:

Medical Cannabis Information Service 02)6689 1968

Friends,
Please try and find the time to support these good people.

Michael Balderstone
Inez Price
Nimbin HEMP Embassy