MARIJUANA ACTIVIST DIES

LOS ANGELES - Peter McWilliams, an outspoken proponent of medical
marijuana use who was awaiting sentencing on drug charges, died
Wednesday. He was 50.

McWilliams, who died in his Laurel Canyon home, had cancer and was
suffering from AIDS, according to a statement from Libertarian Party
supporters.

The exact cause of death was not known.

McWilliams was scheduled to be sentenced in August for conspiring to
grow and sell marijuana to cannabis clubs. He pleaded guilty after a
federal judge forbade him to use California's state medical marijuana
law as a defense.