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Ferre
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 Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:11 am Post subject: AIDS and Essential Civilian Demand |
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| Paul von Hartmann wrote: |
Dear friends,
Here are three references, relevant to AIDS, the urgency of ending Cannabis prohibition and the need to begin intensive cultivation of an easily grown and improved organic crop, that can have enormous nutritional and economic benefit for people living in AIDS-stricken countries. Much depends upon the upcoming Supreme Court decision, for every country.
I would be very interested to know what people think about exercising "essential civilian demand" for a "strategic food resource" as a theme for this year's Million Marijuana March, and other expressions of non-violent public refusal to accept government jurisdiction over unique and essential resources.
When the real value of Cannabis for as a 'nutritionally therapeutic' food is recognized, the end of 'marijuana' prohibition will have arrived. Medical 'marijuana' is about to be recognized or dismissed by the U.S. Supreme Court, in the "Angel vs. Ashcroft" case ( Ashcroft vs. Angel Raich )
If the global community is prepared to voice its support for a positive decision in the case, we may be able to begin planting freedom, health and abundance by this Spring.
PvH
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1. BBC World documentary explores the relationship between HIV/AIDS and food security FAO’s field work is highlighted in the film 15 May 2003, Rome
http://www.fao.org/english/newsroom/focus/2003/aids.htm
Despite abundant natural resources, sub-Saharan Africa is not an easy place to be a farmer. Droughts, floods and other disasters regularly wreak their havoc, while chronic poverty, social problems, ineffective policies and civil strife can also contribute to food shortages and widespread malnutrition.
But in the last decade, HIV/AIDS has posed an additional challenge to this part of the world, where up to 80 percent of the population depends on small-scale agriculture for their food and livelihood. As the disease continues to kill millions, leaving countless others too sick, too young or too poor to farm and feed themselves, southern Africa is experiencing a new and different kind of crisis—one which is, in turn, creating more opportunities for the virus to spread. This is the message of a new half-hour documentary, Sowing Seeds of Hunger, which was produced by FAO in conjunction with the Television Trust for the Environment (TVE), a London-based independent film company, and airs on BBC World this week.
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Key Statistics
AIDS has killed about 7 million agricultural workers since 1985 in the 25 hardest-hit countries in Africa. It could kill 16 million more before 2020.
Food consumption has been found to drop by 40 percent in households affected by HIV/AIDS.
Biological and social factors make females more vulnerable to HIV, especially during youth and adolescence. About 60 percent of people living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa are women. In some countries, infection rates are three to five times higher in young women than in young men.
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2. International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
IAVI Brief: Women, AIDS & Vaccines
http://www.iavi.org/
HIV is rapidly becoming a women’s epidemic. Women’s vulnerability to HIV infection and their systemic disadvantage cannot be regarded as independent phenomena. In 1998, women accounted for 41% of HIV-infected adults. In 2004, women accounted for almost 50% worldwide, and nearly 60% in sub-Saharan Africa. Among young people, the inequity is even more striking: in sub-Saharan Africa, a young woman between the ages of 15 and 24 is 2.5 times more likely to be infected than her male counterpart.
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Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.
Tue, 15 Mar 2005
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon issue its landmark ruling on the "Ashcroft v. Raich" medical marijuana case. Would you please commit to taking action immediately after the ruling is issued? Please read on ...
At issue is whether the federal government has the constitutional authority to arrest and prosecute patients who are using medical marijuana in compliance with state laws. Visit http://www.mpp.org/raich for background on the case.
If the Court rules in favor of Angel Raich -- a medical marijuana patient from Oakland, California -- the federal government's war on medical marijuana will essentially be over.
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The case Raich v. Ashcroft was first launched in October 2002, when two medical marijuana patients—Angel Raich and Diane Monson—and two caregivers filed a motion asking a federal court to forbid the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) from arresting them under federal law. Raich and Monson were both using medical marijuana in compliance with the state law in California, where they live. In December 2003, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Raich and Monson, making their use of medical marijuana legal under state and federal law. The U.S. Department of Justice appealed the Ninth Circuit’s opinion to the Supreme Court, and the Court’s decision on this case—now referred to as Ashcroft v. Raich—is expected in the near future. Join Hundreds of Activists Around the Country!
The Raich case provides medical marijuana activists an opportunity to leverage widespread media attention in the wake of the decision.
http://www.raichaction.org/
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