Will Foster is in severe pain: Governors: Please Do Not Extradite to Oklahoma
After spending over one year in jail for charges that have been dropped, he is still subject to extradition to Oklahoma, to face the remainder of a 20 year sentence for growing marijuana for his chronic pain.
Below is the letter I sent to the Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on 6/24/09 regarding my patient, Will Foster. Please read, and send a letter also if you would.
Instructions of sending letters to Governor Schwarzenegger of California and to Governor Brad Henry of Oklahoma follow below, at the end of my letter.
Blog posting immediately after this one will be a letter from Will Foster himself and a news story about his case from DRCNet.
Frank H. Lucido M.D.
Diplomate A.B.F.P.
2300 Durant Avenue
Berkeley, Ca, 94704
510-848-0958
fax 510-848-0961
DrFrank@DrLucido.com
Regarding:
William Joseph Foster, D.O.B. 9-12-1958
Oklahoma Incident # 687031 – 12-29-1995
Oklahoma Case # CF-96-49
Oklahoma Docket # 751133
California DOC #252721
6/24/09
Dear Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger,
I am writing to you out of extreme concern regarding my patient, William Foster.
After spending one year in jail for charges that have been dropped, he is still subject to extradition to Oklahoma, to face the remainder of a 20 year sentence for growing marijuana for his chronic pain.
Gov. Schwarzenegger, please recall the warrant of rendition signed against
William Foster. And please urge Gov. Henry of Oklahoma to commute William Foster’s sentence.
I have been Will Foster's primary care physician since 2003.
Will suffers severe chronic pain due to Rheumatoid Arthritis, and lumbosacral back pain with right-sided sciatic pain. He also has a chronic anxiety syndrome. All of these have been made worse by his incarceration, and the authorities refusal to allow his use of medical cannabis which significantly reduces his chronic pain. As his primary care physician, I have recommended that he use medical cannabis to control his severe pain, in compliance with the California Compassionate Use Act of 1996.
To make matters worse, the authorities have not allowed him to be evaluated by a back pain specialist, either in Berkeley, or closer to the site of his incarceration.
Continued incarceration will make his condition worse, and lead to more unnecessary suffering.
Now that the state and local charges have been dropped, it would be a travesty of justice for him to remain in jail, where he is subject to extradition back to Oklahoma to face charges of parole violation for cultivating and using medical cannabis legally under California law.
Please be an example for other public figures, and be an example of compassion, and fiscal restraint. Allowing seriously ill patients to be incarcerated and suffer needlessly is cruel punishment for growing and using a legal medication which has never caused a death.
I urge you to rescind your extradition order, and release Will to my care for further diagnosis and treatment.
I urge you to take the lead in ending the damage to the lives of our citizens and their families, that results from incarcerating patients for using this safe and effective medicine.
I have been practicing Family Medicine in Berkeley since 1979.
My practice standards described in my article "Implementation of the Compassionate Use Act in a Family Medical Practice: Seven Years Clinical Experience" co-authored with Mariavittoria Mangini, PhD, FNP
(Published in the Spring 2004 issue of O'Shaughnessy's, the Journal of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians)
are acknowledged to be among the best and most protective of any physician's.
http://www.ccrmg.org/journal/04spr/medicalpractice.html
and have been acknowledged favorably by the members of Medical Board of California.
See: http://www.medboardwatch.com/mbc-May-6-05-Frank-statement.htm
Sincerely,
Frank H. Lucido MD
Family Practice since 1979
Medical Cannabis Consultation
Expert Witness
2300 Durant Avenue
Berkeley Ca 94704
510.848.0958 (by appointment only)
(formerly MedicalBoardWatch.com)
www.DrFrankLucido.blogspot.com
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Will Foster And why we need to change things....
Please consider taking a few minutes to follow this link and send the
letter. Prison is like being tossed in a hole and having the world
forget you are alive. We have to right this injustice. Will you take
a moment to familiarize yourself with the history behind Will Foster,
and then do the right thing. We need to give this man his freedom.
CONTACT INFORMATION
RE: William Foster -- Contacting the Governors of California and Oklahoma
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To Email Gov. Schwarzenegger: Click the following link:
For Purpose of communication select "NEED HELP," - type in your first and
last name along with your email address. For your SUBJECT, select "PARDON
REQUEST," and click SUBMIT. This should bring you to the form where you
can copy and paste the letter that appears below. Please remember to sign
your name at the end of the letter.
To Email Gov. Brad Henry: Click the following link:
http://www.ok.gov/governor/message.php
Fill out the Required Fields. Under OKLAHOMA COUNTY select "TULSA." When
choosing your AFFILIATION we recommend you choose "POLITICAL ADVOCATE."
If you wish to fill in the TOPIC, we recommend “ William Foster’s
extradition.”
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Regarding:
William Joseph Foster, D.O.B. 9-12-1958
Oklahoma Incident # 687031 – 12-29-1995
Oklahoma Case # CF-96-49
Oklahoma Docket # 751133
California DOC #252721
fOR A PRE WRITTEN LETTER PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK:
ALSO: Send the letter by fax or mail to JANIELLE JENKINS -
Gov. Schwarzenegger's Extradition Specialist:
Janielle Jenkins - Extradition Specialist
Office of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
FAX: 916-558-3160
Will you help?
Richard Muller
posted by Frank H. Lucido M.D. @ 7/02/2009 09:56:00 PM
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