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2)19} ednesday • March 22, 1995 ' ' ' rs Toons Thank 011 ^ou for pot - moking’ cal j{ atl) ® o ln m ) Marijuana club of- ear ers pot to cancer and JDS patients. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — ehind the nondescript door is o ordinary smoky dive. If your ose doesn’t detect the sweet lell of marijuana, the sign be- |ind the bar says it all: “Thank du for pot smoking.” At the San Francisco lannabis Buyer’s Club, [IDS, cancer and glaucoma l“ patients come to buy and li R Smoke the illegal weed they ..i.i ffay is one of the few things that give them relief. “This is about love,” said Jermis Peron, who founded the club after his partner died of — Dennis Peron, club founder jropti spontf DS j n 199Q “People in the , autumn, in the sunset of their lives, have a right to any medi- <|ne that helps them feel bet- TtU Although Peron knows he is frisking arrest, the 3,200-mem- bcr club has yet to be busted. I In 1992, the city Board of Tp« Supervisors, in a unanimous £1 if'solution signed by Mayor Brank Jordan, ordered police aakt oiieJfThis is about love, jcu people in the au- ;xpar| tumn, in the sunset ^ Of their lives, have a mmc right to any medi- *sj t y cine that helps them p" feel better." ton agedf 1 M I'ial.f n of I zed and the district attorney to pttake enforcing laws against marijuana as medicine their lowest priority. Jjg “The mayor supports medici )1CI nal use of marijuana as long as its under the supervision of a recyi doctor,” said Jordan spokes men s woman Meredith Halpern. i profit- To join the club, you have r ant to produce a photo ID and a y re: doctor’s letter certifying a condition that could be allevi- what ated by pot. Members are is- maii sued a prosaic-looking mem- more bership card (and if you lose way it twice, you’re out.) I The club, on the second story Hf a drab building near the Cas H~o, San Francisco’s mostly gay district, buys in bulk and sells at a small markup. I Since the drug is purchased ^Underground, it’s more expen &ive than growing your own Jind members are charged $5 to Tl^B>25 a gram. But Peron said j . .^Bhat’s about 50 percent cheaper | |han street prices. I Similar clubs have been formed in major U.S. cities in Becent years, said Bob Randall |pf the Washington-based A1 ; Biance for Cannabis Therapeu Tics. But he wouldn’t say where |>r how many, because the clubs | ire illegal. On a recent morning, the JpSlI I clientele at the nonprofit San “Yancisco Cannabis Buyer’ 'lub reflected the democrat! z Bng power of disease am nd iiis Stick The Battalion • Page 5 By AK/aro Spring Calendar # March HTL'T’ THERMITS that time OP" THE. SE.ME.'ST^.fc AfcAiu uweN we. read AU_ THE. FAN MAU. |Vt RECOViD THE. ONL'f DlFFC.RE.NCE is that twv; Tine T AC.TUAIC1 HAVE. 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Source - A&M Chapter of the American Meteorological Society ^ - , — rzzzzzzz^ii___L--T- -— ■ - ■ he 1995 Fay Lecture Series in Analytical Psychology^ \Jung and Buddhism Dr. Hayao Kawai Professor at Kyoto University Noted Japanese speaker and author Friday, March 24 Opening Reception; Alumni Center Introduction to Lecture Scries by Professor Kawai, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Banquct/Entcrtainmcnt, Alumni Center, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 25 Lecture I: Am I Buddhist and/or Jungian? 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Lecture II: Oxhcrding and Alchemy, 11:00 a m. - 12:30 p.m. ' Reception hosted by the Jungian Society of the Brazos Valley, Faculty Club, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. ’ Dinner/Banquet, Faculty Club, 6:30 - 7:45 p.m. Sunday, March 26 ' Lecture III: What is T?, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. ' Lecture IV: Personal & Non-Personal Relations in Psychotherapy, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. TICKETS: Student: $3 per lecture, $10 four lectures Non-Student: $6 per lecture, $22 four lectures Tickets, also available for Receptions and Banquets, may be purchased at the MSC Box offlcc/845-1234 after March 10 and at the door preceding lectures. 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