bob silvey
Active Member
I am a 100% disabled Viet-Nam Veteran, I live on a fixed income in constant pain from back injuries and suffer extreme PTSD, severe anxiety attacks, and also have colon cancer, lost a right elbow to shrapnel, Pancreatitis, and Sub-arachnoiditis from head trauma sustained while in the military in Viet-Nam.
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I was a user of Medical Marijuana because I received better pain relief and relaxation from it than most of the medicines the physicians will prescribe for pain and anxiety.
In October last year, I had a generalized warrant served at my home. The way I was arrested is insane. I answered my door completely unarmed with no intention of denying access or show aggression in any way. My wife was in Florida caring for her sisters children while they were on a vacation.
I was met by a 12 gauge shotgun in my face and after the initial shock noticed that there was 1. The Buffalo Trace Area Drug Development Task Force. 2. The Ky State Police 3. The Fleming County Sheriff's Dept, 4. The Mason County Sheriff's Dept, 5, A Swat team was on standby, 6. A helicopter was on standby for whatever reason.
I came to find out through my attorneys Petition for Discovery that this was supposedly an investigation into charges that I was trafficking Marijuana to Lexington, Ky. Selling Controlled substances, and possessed huge amounts of pills that were allegedly sold by me. (All were prescribed by the Veterans Affairs Administration by my primary care physician of 5 years). This was all based on anonymous tips from April to October and was told that my neighbors had all been interviewed and there was irrefutable evidence.
On the warrant, my name was spelled wrong and SSN was not correct, my wife's Birthdate was wrong and the Petition for discovery showed that the only evidence that was found was that there was allegedly some Marijuana leaves in my trash can which is located 750-800 ft from my residence on a highly traveled public highway.
My contention is that if there was this many funds allocated and wasted by this investigation, why was not one neighbor I have spoken with interviewed, why was there not one person who could corroborate that I had sold anything of any type to anyone and why were the names on the warrant and other information wrong.. That pot could have been placed in my trash by anyone who drives on US68 which is a major highway, up to and including the law enforcement agencies.
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My concern is that if they had truly investigated me, they would have known there is no traffic to my home by anyone except my Pastor and friends locally I attend church with who visit rarely. 10 days later my wife was arrested on the same charges and we were both held on 10,000 dollar cash bonds each.
As a result, My Blood pressure medicine, my pain medicine, and my seizure medicines were withheld from me by the local authorities.
They were in proper containers, recently dispensed by the VA Hospital and had the proper amounts in them. and I wound up spending four days in the local hospital being stabilized from seizures, dehydration and acute anxiety attacks.
I have still not fully recovered and will probably never be able to regain any sort of composure after this incident. thank God, my neighbors knew of my medical condition and when they heard the story, went voluntarily and got the money to get me out of that jail before I died. My wife had no sort of prior record although I did have prior minor convictions from when I was experiencing a severe case of PTSD in the time frame of 1975-1979. if this is not an utter waste of our tax dollars and an overkill attitude by these agencies, I would like to know why.
I sincerely believe that someone needs to look into why this incident occurred and why there was such shoddy information used to obtain a warrant when a simple phone call to the local Law enforcement would have netted the same results at a much greater savings in both money and my health. Plus the humiliation and way we were treated by this/these agencies was absurd and needless.
My wife was a substitute school teacher and was immediately relieved of her job which she loved, we are both active in the Church and local community affairs and I am an active advocate in trying to help our kids stay away from drugs and also maintain a web site try to help chronic pain patients, disabled and returning veterans get the help they so badly need upon their return.
My mission: www.k4mm.org
Kentuckians for Medical Marijuana Launches Interactive Website
2009-01-09
The mission of K4MM.org is to organize and lobby for an immediate change in Kentucky's marijuana laws to allow the use of marijuana for all the ailments for which it is therapeutic.
For_Immediate_Release:
Lexington, KY (PRWEB) January 9, 2009 -- K4MM.ORG launches the first Kentucky medical marijuana website to provide a place for Kentuckians to organize and lobby for an immediate change in Kentuckys marijuana laws .
16 other states and countless medical societies and groups recognize marijuanas many medical benefits and have passed laws and regulations to legitimize its use but Kentucky continues to categorize marijuana as a Schedule One Narcotic with no medical benefits and a high potential for abuse.
That is pure fiction and an absurd basis from which to try to enact reasonable laws addressing affordable health care and efficient law enforcement. We believe this has come about because our lawmakers and policy experts are uninformed regarding marijuana as a medicine. They are kept in the dark by certain interests who are making money off the current madness. Well, it is up to us to lead them into the sunlight of knowledge and insight which will result in allowing marijuana as a medicine in Kentucky. And that is what we intend to do.
This organization and site belong to youall, the disabled vet, the injured worker, the car accident victim and all those people trying to cope with chronic pain in an insane world where you are criminalized for associating with a safe natural medicine that is saving your life. This must change and you and your friends are agents for that change.
Alert everyone you know about our efforts. Send them to this site. Use our forums and post your thoughts on our message boards. Let us organize through our veterans halls and organizations, the American Legions, the VFWs, the Veterans and other hospitals and support groups like the Multiple Sclerosis and Asthma Societies. Get your church involved along with your local sheriffs and newspaper editors. Many people from many walks of life want this change to take place. Help us find them and lets organize to lobby the legislature.
The time is now and we are the agents of change.
Thanks for your help.
Gatewood Galbraith - k4mm.org Founder
SOURCE: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/ ... 23229.html
GOOGLE THIS: kentucky medical marijuana
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I was a user of Medical Marijuana because I received better pain relief and relaxation from it than most of the medicines the physicians will prescribe for pain and anxiety.
In October last year, I had a generalized warrant served at my home. The way I was arrested is insane. I answered my door completely unarmed with no intention of denying access or show aggression in any way. My wife was in Florida caring for her sisters children while they were on a vacation.
I was met by a 12 gauge shotgun in my face and after the initial shock noticed that there was 1. The Buffalo Trace Area Drug Development Task Force. 2. The Ky State Police 3. The Fleming County Sheriff's Dept, 4. The Mason County Sheriff's Dept, 5, A Swat team was on standby, 6. A helicopter was on standby for whatever reason.
I came to find out through my attorneys Petition for Discovery that this was supposedly an investigation into charges that I was trafficking Marijuana to Lexington, Ky. Selling Controlled substances, and possessed huge amounts of pills that were allegedly sold by me. (All were prescribed by the Veterans Affairs Administration by my primary care physician of 5 years). This was all based on anonymous tips from April to October and was told that my neighbors had all been interviewed and there was irrefutable evidence.
On the warrant, my name was spelled wrong and SSN was not correct, my wife's Birthdate was wrong and the Petition for discovery showed that the only evidence that was found was that there was allegedly some Marijuana leaves in my trash can which is located 750-800 ft from my residence on a highly traveled public highway.
My contention is that if there was this many funds allocated and wasted by this investigation, why was not one neighbor I have spoken with interviewed, why was there not one person who could corroborate that I had sold anything of any type to anyone and why were the names on the warrant and other information wrong.. That pot could have been placed in my trash by anyone who drives on US68 which is a major highway, up to and including the law enforcement agencies.
.
My concern is that if they had truly investigated me, they would have known there is no traffic to my home by anyone except my Pastor and friends locally I attend church with who visit rarely. 10 days later my wife was arrested on the same charges and we were both held on 10,000 dollar cash bonds each.
As a result, My Blood pressure medicine, my pain medicine, and my seizure medicines were withheld from me by the local authorities.
They were in proper containers, recently dispensed by the VA Hospital and had the proper amounts in them. and I wound up spending four days in the local hospital being stabilized from seizures, dehydration and acute anxiety attacks.
I have still not fully recovered and will probably never be able to regain any sort of composure after this incident. thank God, my neighbors knew of my medical condition and when they heard the story, went voluntarily and got the money to get me out of that jail before I died. My wife had no sort of prior record although I did have prior minor convictions from when I was experiencing a severe case of PTSD in the time frame of 1975-1979. if this is not an utter waste of our tax dollars and an overkill attitude by these agencies, I would like to know why.
I sincerely believe that someone needs to look into why this incident occurred and why there was such shoddy information used to obtain a warrant when a simple phone call to the local Law enforcement would have netted the same results at a much greater savings in both money and my health. Plus the humiliation and way we were treated by this/these agencies was absurd and needless.
My wife was a substitute school teacher and was immediately relieved of her job which she loved, we are both active in the Church and local community affairs and I am an active advocate in trying to help our kids stay away from drugs and also maintain a web site try to help chronic pain patients, disabled and returning veterans get the help they so badly need upon their return.
My mission: www.k4mm.org
Kentuckians for Medical Marijuana Launches Interactive Website
2009-01-09
The mission of K4MM.org is to organize and lobby for an immediate change in Kentucky's marijuana laws to allow the use of marijuana for all the ailments for which it is therapeutic.
For_Immediate_Release:
Lexington, KY (PRWEB) January 9, 2009 -- K4MM.ORG launches the first Kentucky medical marijuana website to provide a place for Kentuckians to organize and lobby for an immediate change in Kentuckys marijuana laws .
16 other states and countless medical societies and groups recognize marijuanas many medical benefits and have passed laws and regulations to legitimize its use but Kentucky continues to categorize marijuana as a Schedule One Narcotic with no medical benefits and a high potential for abuse.
That is pure fiction and an absurd basis from which to try to enact reasonable laws addressing affordable health care and efficient law enforcement. We believe this has come about because our lawmakers and policy experts are uninformed regarding marijuana as a medicine. They are kept in the dark by certain interests who are making money off the current madness. Well, it is up to us to lead them into the sunlight of knowledge and insight which will result in allowing marijuana as a medicine in Kentucky. And that is what we intend to do.
This organization and site belong to youall, the disabled vet, the injured worker, the car accident victim and all those people trying to cope with chronic pain in an insane world where you are criminalized for associating with a safe natural medicine that is saving your life. This must change and you and your friends are agents for that change.
Alert everyone you know about our efforts. Send them to this site. Use our forums and post your thoughts on our message boards. Let us organize through our veterans halls and organizations, the American Legions, the VFWs, the Veterans and other hospitals and support groups like the Multiple Sclerosis and Asthma Societies. Get your church involved along with your local sheriffs and newspaper editors. Many people from many walks of life want this change to take place. Help us find them and lets organize to lobby the legislature.
The time is now and we are the agents of change.
Thanks for your help.
Gatewood Galbraith - k4mm.org Founder
SOURCE: http://www.free-press-release.com/news/ ... 23229.html
GOOGLE THIS: kentucky medical marijuana