(6/27/14)
For Immediate Release—
Safer AZ Defendants’ Rights Conference to Feature High Profile MMJ “Outlaws”
Contact: Mikel Weisser, Executive
Director, Safer Arizona
What: Defendants’ Rights
Conference Featuring Billy Zonka & Billy Hayes
When: Thursday July 3, 2014
Where: Tempe’s Finest Up in Smoke
smoke shop, 25 w Baseline, Suite 2, Tempe, AZ 480-755-0187
In time for his
pretrial hearing Monday July 7th in Yavapai County, certified AZ
medical marijuana patient Chris Martin, a celebrated chef and the founder of Billy
Zonka 's edibles
and the trendy ZonkaGear clothing line,
is also facing more than 125yrs of charges for creating cannabis concentrates
while he had an AZ MMJ patient card. This case has generated national attention
and been profiled in PHX New Times:
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.
In conjunction w Safer AZ and The Human Solution East Valley, Martin will be holding a press conference at Up in Smoke smoke shop in Tempe, Arizona to educate the public on the rights of defendants charged w cannabis offenses . Also on hand will be another celebrated AZMMJ patient being prosecuted under outrageous charges. Billy Hayes, another noted MMJ activist and prosecuted MMJ patient, will be on the panel.
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.
In conjunction w Safer AZ and The Human Solution East Valley, Martin will be holding a press conference at Up in Smoke smoke shop in Tempe, Arizona to educate the public on the rights of defendants charged w cannabis offenses . Also on hand will be another celebrated AZMMJ patient being prosecuted under outrageous charges. Billy Hayes, another noted MMJ activist and prosecuted MMJ patient, will be on the panel.
The panel will discuss
the struggles mmj patients face when prosecuted and what protections are needed
to be built into the upcoming 2016 citizens' initiative for legalization. Safer
AZ, Arizona’s cannabis reform PAC, sponsored the 2014 AZ marijuana legalization
citizens initiative and is currently working with the cannabis reform groups
and national cannabis reform leader, the Marijuana Policy Project, on the public
outreach and drafting phases of the 2016
campaign.
Come to the event to share your experiences. Learn more about defendants’ rights and learn more about how you can help make marijuana legal in AZ in 2016.
Contact mikel weisser w Safer Arizona for more details:
928-234-5633
legalize@saferarizona.com
Visit our website at:
http://saferarizona.com/
How to obtain a marijuana license in the state of ArizonaMarijuana licensing Arizona
ReplyDelete