Why sue the federal government?
• On September 5, 2002, federal agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (under the supervision of United States Attorney General John Ashcroft) raided the WAMM gardens where medical marijuana was cultivated. Dressed in military fatigues and wielding assault weapons, DEA officers seized numerous plants, life saving medicines, and other forms of property that assist in the cultivating process. • As a result of this raid, WAMM has been unable to provide its patients with the medicine they need. This has caused an insurmountable level of pain and suffering as well as hastening the deaths of the most vulnerable WAMM members. • This lawsuit, County of Santa Cruz v. Ashcroft et. al, asks the federal courts to enjoin the federal government from raiding the WAMM gardens again in the future. This relief will allow WAMM members to again cultivate the medicine that, in many cases, is the only medicine available to relieve their pain, nausea, sleeplessness, or other symptoms of their diseas
