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Ashley Epis, 8, of Chico Calif., who is pictured on a series of billboards advocating medical marijuana, poses before one of the signs on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003, in Oakland, Calif. Epis' father, Bryan Epis, is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence for conspiracy to grow marijuana.
The Third-grader said she agreed to be on the billboard. 'I want everybody to know that my dad is not a criminal,' she said.
(AP Photo/Noah Berger)
August 2004
Medical Marijuana Activist Freed
Chico Man To Be
Released In Medical Pot Case
Federal Court
Orders Bail for Chico Man
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U.S. Park Police officers arrest Doug McVay with Common
Sense for Drug Policy (C, partially obscured) and Charles Thomas (seated
right), executive director of Unitarian Universalists for Drug Policy
Reform, for handcuffing themselves to the White House fence, September 23,
2002. The pair were protesting against the U.S. government's arrest and
prosecution of patients who use marijuana for medical reasons and their
providers. McVay and Thomas are calling for U.S. President Bush to pardon
Byron Epis who was convicted, and will soon be sentenced to a mandatory
minimum of ten years in a federal prison, for growing marijuana to treat
his back pain and for providing it to other seriously ill people.
REUTERS/ Hyungwon Kang
- Sep 23 2:04 PM ET
Pictures from October 5, 2002 D.C. Protest
WAMM Raided on September 5, 2002
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U.S. Park Police officers arrest Charles Thomas, executive director of
Unitarian Universalists for Drug Policy Reform, for handcuffing himself to
the White House fence on September 23, 2002, in protest of the U.S.
government's arrest and prosecution of medical marijuana patients and
providers. Thomas and others were calling for U.S. President Bush to
pardon Byron Epis who was convicted and will soon be sentenced to a
mandatory minimum of ten years in federal prison for growing medical
marijuana for his back pain and to providing it to other seriously ill
people.
REUTERS/ Hyungwon Kang
- Sep 23 1:45 PM ET
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Doug McVay (R), with Common Sense for Drug Policy, and Charles Thomas,
executive director of Unitarian Universalists for Drug Policy Reform,
handcuff themselves to the White House fence September 23, 2002. The pair
were protesting against the U.S. government's arrest and prosecution of
patients who use marijuana for medical reasons and their providers. McVay
and Thomas are calling for U.S. President Bush to pardon Byron Epis who
was convicted and will soon be sentenced to a mandatory minimum of ten
years in federal prison, for growing medical marijuana for his back pain,
and to providing it to other seriously ill people.
REUTERS/ Hyungwon Kang
- Sep 23 1:41 PM ET
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