[hopeunlimited]

Dear Hope Group,


Hope Unlimited, a group of San Diego medical marijuana patients is seeking to inform our political representatives and the public about the key issues related to medical marijuana legislation. This issue has been at the forefront of California politics for over a decade and is now understood by San Diegans to be an issue of importance to our social and economic well-being, our health and our states' rights.

Cannabis use is a health issue not a criminal matter. Over 40,000 patients in San Diego have received doctor's recommendations to use and cultivate cannabis. 300 to 500 new patients are created every month from the existing doctor base in San Diego. These patients represent a wide spectrum of people. Together, an informed public and political leadership can replace the failed policy of cannabis prohibition with a policy that meets the needs of all San Diego County residents.

The Hope Group performs Crucial and Necessary San Diego Community Outreach Functions, such as passing out food to the homeless on Thanksgiving, or donating medicine to qualified members. Please not that each meeting the group passes a hat around and collects money to be IMMEDIATELY given back to the poorest of the group.

We advocate politically, we are bringing people together. We are educating people. We are bridging the gap between the Patients and the Politicians and Law Enforcement. We are a liason between the street and policy. Activists, Patients, Medical Professionals, and Public Policy people come together to exchange ideas. We are providing Politicans to direct access to their medical cannabis constituences. Our purpose is to lobby for ID cards issued by the City to patients to protect us from arrest and unnecceary use of tax dollars, and to replace the failed policy of cannabis prohibition with a policy that meets the needs of all San Diego County residents.

Let us come together and find common ground. San Diego medical cannabis patients continue to live in fear of arrest and incarceration for using medical cannabis within the limits of the law. San Diego cannabis patients refuse to live in fear. We refuse to stand by while others are hurting.


The Hope Group is will celebrate our three year anniversary in May of 2009. Three years of Hope members helping members heal from illness, ignorance, suffering, and despair.

San Diego Hope support group meetings will continue to provide the kind of sharing and caring that is crucial for a lifetime of wellness.



The Value of Hope Unlimited Support Group Meetings:

Giving you the opportunity to reach out to others and benefit from the experience of those who have "been there."

Helping to Motivate you to follow your treatment plan.

Helping you understand that your illness does not define who you are.

Helping you rediscover strengths and humor you may have thought you had lost.

Providing a forum for mutual acceptance, understanding and self-discovery.



Hope Group's focus topics for January 8th meeting

**The Hope Group cares and wants to learn about what you are doing that is working! **

**Workbook exercise on the Power of Affirmations**

**Come Learn How the local politics of medical cannabis have changed as a result another visit to City Hall by the Hope Group**

**If you need a caregiver or more information on how to obtain medical cannabis there will be a chance to let speak up and let people know you need help; although the hope group is not a dispensary we do practice free speech and can refer you to a collective in San Diego or north into Orange/Riverside/Los Angeles area**

**We will be discussing what a collective is and how patients can join together to ensure they have access to high quality medicine that heals them.**

**We will review any recent court cases, court decisions, precedents, and medical cannabis news**




Hope Unlimited Meeting
Thursday, January 8th at 7pm

The Old Mille Cafe (formerly Lumberjack Grille)
3949 North Ohio Street (in the North Park Neighborhood of San Diego)
San Diego, CA 92104


Free food and support.

Share your experience and give your personal input, meet other patients, growers, caregivers, friends and family of the San Diego medical cannabis community!

This is a relaxed, "chill" place, to make new friends, learn about San Diego cannabis politics.

Learn how to get involved, MEETING A CAREGIVER or GROWER are some of many possibilities at a hope meeting!



Gathering time 6:45-7pm

Welcome 7:05

Review what will happen at the meeting 7:10

Review discussion guidelines 7:15


Check-in 7:20


Discussion 7:40


Close the meeting 8:10

It is so wonderful to be a part of such an amazingly kind, considerate, and compassionate group of human beings.

Happy Holidays from the Hope Family!
Aaron Klein
Founder and Director
Hope Unlimited

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I love what Hope does for San Diego, so positive!
See you at the next meeting....