Ways to Help Charles C. Lynch

1. Charles C. Lynch will be sentenced on June 11, 2009 at 8:30 am at the Federal Court House in Los Angeles. Court support is greatly appreciated.  The courthouse is located at 312 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles.  Court supporters are encouraged to dress well and not wear T-Shirts with marijuana messages. At the last hearing one person had to turn put his shirt on backwards before they let him into the court room. Members of Americans for Safe Access (ASA), Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), and National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws (Norml), Reason.tv and patients and providers from around the state will be attending the sentencing. Your support is greatly appreciated.

2. Send Charlie an email.  Let him know that you support him and the other casualties of the Federal Government's war against medical marijuana.

3. Donate money.  Charlie has been unable to find full time work since the DEA and Local Sheriffs department violently raided his home and business. Charlie is facing bankruptcy and foreclosure of his home.

4. Offer Charlie a job. He's a former software engineer and lives in San Luis Obispo county.  Send an email to Charlie if you would like to receive a copy of his resume for consideration. 

5. Contact Government officials and demand policy change and clarification. Probably the quickest way to get the message out is to fax a letter to the White House, John Conyers and other government officials. Click here for a list of officials to contact.

6. Contact the media to tell them about this story and let them know how you feel. A number of sources have taken on the Lynch Saga, namely Reason.tv has done a short documentary on the case and followed the trial with daily updates. Rick Ray Films is working on a full blown feature film about the situation. CNN ran a news story on the trial of Charles C. Lynch. Also numerous other News Agencies have run stories on USA vs Lynch. Al Roker did a documentary entitled "Marijuana Inc. Al Roker Reporting" detailing Lynch's story on MSNBC. ABC News John Stossell did a segment on Lynch's case in his Bailouts and Bull documentary.

7. Contact your congress people.  E-mail, phone, write, and visit your Senators and your House of Representatives. If you don't know who your House of Representatives Congress member is go to www.house.gov and put your zip code +4 in the upper left-hand corner.  If you don't know who your Senators are go to www.senate.gov.  You can even visit your congress member's offices fairly close to your own home because they have satellite offices throughout their districts.  Contacting Congress is vital because laws change in Congress and the only reason why the DEA and federal prosecutors are allowed to do what they're doing is because of a federal law; that law needs to be changed.

8. Pray for Charlie's freedom and for Judge Wu to use divine justice. Also pray for other patients and providers that are being prosecuted and thrown in prison by our Federal Government.

9. Spread the word about Charles Lynch and the protest. Talk to family, friends, associates, co-workers, classmates, schoolmates, roommates, lovers, anyone who will listen.  Ask them what they think about the situation. If they don't know that much, inform them. Forward this email to everyone on your email list.  Repost this on facebook, myspace, craigslist, live journal, blogspot, and any other website or forum you frequent.

10. Thank those that have been fighting for justice in this situation.

11. Join organizations like Americans for Safe Access, Marijuana Policy Project, NORML, CANorml. These organizations are making changes in legislation so people like Charles C. Lynch do not have to suffer at the hands of the Federal Government.

Thank you for your support.
Friends of CCL

Last updated 02-18-2009