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Maloney will also talk about the
potential impacts of climate
change and the risks businesses
will face because of it. He said wind
or solar power may help to miti
gate this problem.
The symposium will run through
Saturday on campus and is free to
the public. For more information
about the symposium and a full list
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Foundation — or THG — to file two
lawsuits, one state and one federal.
“Federal agents do not belong on
state searches whatsoever because
(ensuring compliance with state law
is) an Oregon, not a federal, proce
dure,” he said. “Hopefully, this law
suit will help to change that.”
DEA Assistant Special Agent
Ken Magee, the Portland official
who oversees narcotics enforce
ment operations in Oregon, said a
cooperative agreement between
state and federal enforcement in
any narcotics investigation is es
sential to organizing task force
arrangements.
“Agents have a statutory obliga
tion to enforce the laws passed by
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the elected officials of this country,”
he said. “This is not the first time a
lawsuit of this kind has been filed.”
"I'd say at least 90
percent of vets could
benefit mentally and
physically from the use
of marijuana"
Leroy Stubblefield
veteran
Substance Abuse Prevention
Program director Miki Mace teach
es a class through SAPP called
“The Truth About Marijuana,” and
said she thinks lawsuits such as
Stubblefield’s could eventually lead
to an accordance between federal
and state laws.
“I think there has to be a day
when they agree, because lawsuits
will continue to occur until legisla
tion changes,” she said. “If any
thing, it should give somebody
pause as to whether things should
remain the same.”
Stubblefield’s attorney, Anne
Witte of Portland, said she intends
to ask state public health officer
Grant Higginson, administrator of
the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act,
and the American Civil Liberties
Union to file a suit with them in fed
eral court. She said she hopes to
stop Attorney General John
Ashcroft and the DEA from prose
cuting medical marijuana patients,
many of whom, like her client, are
war veterans.
At age 18, Stubblefield volun
teered to fight in Vietnam. By the age
of 20, Stubblefield said he had tried
marijuana twice and decided against
using it at all, especially while in
combat, because he thought it would
hinder his ability to function. In
1969, the 21-year-old soldier flew
home with a need for sleep and a de
sire for companionship.
Stubblefield went out on the
town, driving his parents’ car. About
a mile from home, he fell asleep at
the wheel and broke his neck in a
car accident, leaving him a quadri
plegic. The Coast Guard gave him
an honorable medical discharge for
passing out in a state of complacen
cy, casually referred to as a “safe
zone” by soldiers and veterans.
“I’d say at least 90 percent of
vets could benefit mentally and
physically from the use of marijua
na,” Stubblefield said, referring to
PTSD-related flashbacks he and
other veterans experience, which
can be controlled by constant con
sumption of “downers” like mari
juana, he said. Because of marijua
na, Stubblefield said he does not
have to use as much methadone, a
harsher medication previously
prescribed for his pain.
“I’m proud to be able to help
Leroy and others and continue this
fight,” said THC Executive Director
Paul Stanford, founder of the non
profit pro-marijuana group. After
the September seizure, THC gave
Stubblefield, Russell and Vandehay
seven new plants total and an ounce
of marijuana each.
Thankful for the support for his
case, Stubblefield said he wants
people to take a second look at
the system.
“What good does it do to cast a
vote,” he said, “when we, as the peo
ple, don’t get what we vote for?”
Caron Aiarab is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.