Mayor Christopher Krohm, the City Council, of Santa Cruz, california, and over a thousand residents join in the distribution of medicinal marijuana to a dozen of their fellow residents, who are sick or dying, and have a certified medical need. This event, although not officially sponsored by the city, occurs in City Hall, in protest over the Drug Enforcement Agency’s raid of the Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana two weeks previous.

       [restored 11/19/2023]

       I think it’s a shame the 1863 NYC draft rioters lost their battle with the Union army. I think this ‘pot’ will have to boil over before the cooks agree on the cause of the mess. —- JL