Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 22:52:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Floyd Ferris Landrath <[aal 01] at [teleport.com]>
Subject: POT PUSHING PROTESTER, PART 2


                     AMERICAN ANTI-PROHIBITION LEAGUE
              3125 SE Belmont Street, Portland, Ore., 97214
                  phone 503-235-4524, fax 503-234-1330, 
                        email: [aal 01] at [teleport.com]
                     Floyd Ferris Landrath - Director

                             August 17, 1995

                      POT-PUSHING PROTESTER, PART 2 

    Source: The Oregonian newspaper, METRO Section front page.
    Dated: August 16, 1995
    Written by: Bryan Smith 
    Portland, Oregon, USA.

                             "LEGAL ADVOCATE"

       Michael Miller couldn't get arrested in this town, but it 
    wasn't for lack of trying.
       Miller, an advocate for the legalization of marijuana, set up a 
    "marijuana for sale" sign and pulled out a baggie of the green 
    stuff Tuesday afternoon in front of the Multnomah county 
    Courthouse.
       An act of civil disobedience, he called it.
       The Seaside man had hopped to get arrested to call attention to 
    his cause, just as he did recently in Salem.
       But no one would oblige; judges, lawyers and police officers 
    walked by with nary a glance.
       Finally, a Multnomah County sheriff's deputy -- trying hard to 
    suppress a grin -- radioed Portland police.
       The officer who responded, not grinning, gave the sign and 
    Miller the once over, then looked hard into the bag.
       Unable to determine whether the substance was indeed marijuana, 
    the officers confiscated the baggie and the sign, politely giving 
    Miller a receipt. (Miller, who said he does not use drugs, wasn't 
    even sure whether it was marijuana.)
       It the substance was indeed marijuana, the officer promised, 
    Miller probably would be charged with a crime later.
       After collecting a few signatures for his "legalize marijuana" 
    petition, Miller left a free man.
       He vowed, however, to return Wednesday and try again.

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