MONDOVI ACTIVIST TO TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON D.C. TO ASK, "IS MY MEDICINE LEGAL
YET?"

Two longtime Wisconsin medical marijuana activists are helping to
spearhead a Washington D.C. memorial for a New Jersey multiple
sclerosis patient and fellow medical marijuana activist who died of
complications from the disease on June 7.

Jacki Rickert from Mondovi and Gary Storck, of Madison, from the
group, IMMLY (Is My Medicine Legal YET?) will be traveling to
Washington to memorialize the late Cheryl Miller (www.cherylheart.org),
and visit congressional offices with other medical marijuana patients
and advocates September 22-23.

The two worked closely with Cheryl and her husband Jim, joining them
on a number of lobbying trips to Washington, including one in 1999,
when Jim Miller was arrested as the foursome blocked the former
Georgia Republican Rep. Bob Barr's office doorway, to protest his
opposition to medical marijuana.

Barr went on to lose a GOP primary in 2002 after the Libertarian Party
began airing a tv commercial featuring the seriously ill and paralyzed
Cheryl Miller asking Barr why he would keep medical marijuana from her
(http://drugpolicycentral.com/real/cherylmiller.rm).

Events will include a candlelight memorial vigil at the U.S. Supreme
Court on the evening of September 22, and a press conference and
lobbying day on September 23.

Supporters who cannot make the trip to Washington will be encouraged
to contact congressional representatives by phone on September 23.

Earlier on the 22nd, multiple sclerosis patients attending the event
will visit offices of the MS Society to protest the group's refusal to
support legal access to medical marijuana for MS patients, and their
failure to provide accurate information on the medicinal benefits of
marijuana

IMMLY founder and director Jacki Rickert said, "It's going to be
really hard to go to Washington and not see Cheryl. From the first
time we met back in 1997, we really hit it off. We made a pact -- we
would be friends and sisters for life. Cheryl was one person I could
never say no to."

Rickert said she and Cheryl had dreamed for years of holding a
candlelight vigil for medical marijuana patients in Washington, "She
kept asking, 'this time?' It's not like seeing Cheryl's physical
presence, but believe me, she will be there."

Rickert added, "She'll (Cheryl) have the best seat in the house."