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Eddy's Medicinal Gardens Of Norther California Raided By DEA

Farmer Eddy Lepp Faces Double Life, Plus Ten Years

For Immediate Release

UPPER LAKE, Calif./EWORLDWIRE/Sep. 10, 2004 --- On Wednesday, August 18, special agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration, with the assistance of the Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement, the Lake County Sheriff's Office, and the Wolf Team of the California National Guard, conducted a historical, $130 million raid, according to DEA formula. The raid was on Eddy Lepp's medicinal garden, ministry, and home, known as Eddy's Medicinal Gardens, or EMG. The Ministry was growing 32,524 clinical cannabis plants on 25 acres of land located in Upper Lake for the patients that it is helping. All of the patients have valid medical conditions and legal recommendations from their physicians to use clinical cannabis to ease their pain, increase their appetites, or any of the numerous reasons this plant can help them to cope with their conditions.

In the raid, Government Officials took personal computers, souvenirs, and other artifacts that had nothing to do with EMG, and had no real significance to be considered evidence. A total of $2,300 from members of EMG was taken, but never admitted it into evidence. Also missing from the home was all of Lepp's files and paper work for his civil case against the DEA for an illegal raid they conducted two years prior. "We have heard numerous reports that the DEA has pressured all local and national news not to cover the story," Lepp said, "and we have reason to believe that the DEA shut down our e-mail accounts for a period of time, affecting our ability to conduct our business properly."

Probably the most disturbing information received by EMG and their sources was, while moving the load off the premises, the government officials involved spilled hundreds of pounds of cannabis all over highway 20's roadside. When people began to stop to gather the cannabis, not one single officer even attempted to stop them. Some of the citizens gathering up the cannabis were small children. As these children continued to gather the cannabis there seemed to be little or no concern from the officers, who just drove by.

Lepp's hearing for this raid is on October 4 at the San Francisco federal court building. Volunteers for EMG will be holding a peaceful protest at the ecntrance on the corner of Turk and Larkin, and they urge anyone willing to come and join them in their struggle for human rights. In an unprecedented move, the judge has allowed Lepp to travel within the continental United States. Due to this, Lepp would like to extend an invitation to any member of the press to visit EMG or allow him to come to them for an interview.

Lepp would also like to encourage all to contact him and Eddy's Medicinal Gardens And Multi-Denominational Ministry Of Cannabis And Rastafari at 707-275-8879, by e-mail, or online at http://www.eddysmedicinalgardens.com.

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CONTACT:
Erica Womachka
Eddy's Medcinal Gardens
9176 Upper Lake Lucerne Rd.
Upper Lake, CA 95485
PHONE. 707-275-8879
FAX. 707-275-9717
EMAIL: fotg [at] eddysmedicinalgardens.com
http://www.eddysmedicinalgardens.com