MEDICAL POT ACTIVISTS PLAN WEEK OF EVENTS

Picnic Set For Golden Gate Park; Also Protests At Federal Buildings

Bay Area activists are planning events throughout the next week to raise
awareness and support for medicinal use of marijuana.

The week begins with a picnic and planting event at noon Saturday outside
the Conservatory in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Organizers will place
the first of 215,000 marijuana seedlings they hope to plant in honor of
Proposition 215, a 1996 state ballot measure that legalized the use of
medical marijuana.

Participants are encouraged to wear gardening clothes and bring shovels and
rakes.

At 4 p.m. Saturday, activists will erect a marijuana leaf banner atop San
Francisco's Twin Peaks. At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, the Compassion and Care
Center will host a party and short film presentation at 122 10th St., San
Francisco.

Protesters will gather at noon Tuesday outside federal buildings in San
Francisco and Oakland to "evict" the Drug Enforcement Administration from
its offices.

At noon Thursday, activists will dress up as U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein,
D-Calif., and rally outside the senator's office at Montgomery and Market
streets in San Francisco. Participants are encouraged to wear red.

From 4 p.m. until dark next Friday, activists will meet on the steps of
San Francisco City Hall before positioning themselves along Van Ness Avenue
with "Burma Shave-style" signs spelling out a pro-medical marijuana
message. From 7 to 10 p.m. that night, the Hemp Center at 4811 Geary St.
will host an open house with music and food.

For more information, call Americans for Safe Access at (510) 486-8083 or
go to www.safeaccessnow.org