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==Cause of Death: An Overdose Of Government== | ==Cause of Death: An Overdose Of Government== | ||
The [[Federal government]] has decided that smoking marijuana, even for medical purposes, is a [[victimless crime|crime]]. In [[1998]], McWilliams was arrested for violating the Federal marijuana law. | The [[Federal government]] has decided that smoking marijuana, even for medical purposes, is a [[victimless crime|crime]]. In [[1998]], McWilliams was arrested for violating the Federal marijuana law. The judge prohibited him from pointing-out that medical marijuana is legal in California, which was his only defence. | ||
No longer allowed to use marijuana, his pain and nausia returned, he once again couldn't keep his medicine down, and he subsequently died a couple weeks later on Wednesday, June 14, supposedly choking on his own vomit. | In [[2000]], he lost the case. No longer allowed to use marijuana, his pain and nausia returned, he once again couldn't keep his medicine down, and he subsequently died a couple weeks later on Wednesday, June 14, 2000, supposedly choking on his own vomit. | ||
==Quotes by Peter McWilliams== | ==Quotes by Peter McWilliams== | ||