"This is a 33 minute video
from June 2016 of the first office meeting
at our clinic headquarters
in Portland, after the takeover.
My wife videoed it with her phone."
Paul Stanford is in danger of loosing his medical marijuana clinics after decades of work helping over a quarter million patients USA due to a hostile corporate takeover. One of the reasons many of us can go to the corner store to
buy our pot is the almost half century of work by hemp pioneer and cannabis champion Paul Stanford.
Paul and his wife Theresa have helped patients legally get the medical marijuana they need to heal and the information on how to best use it for their health issues. This evolutionary work in the face of insane prohibition laws has made Paul a target for the greed in weed that’s taking over, unless we stop it now.
Paul and his wife Theresa have helped patients legally get the medical marijuana they need to heal and the information on how to best use it for their health issues. This evolutionary work in the face of insane prohibition laws has made Paul a target for the greed in weed that’s taking over, unless we stop it now.
The Stanfords and their crew have done such excellent jobs helping
patients that big business came two years ago to take everything from their clinics
to Paul's name. They're doing it through a series of court maneuvers. Paul explained
in an email to his patients:
“…we are locked in an ongoing court legal battle for our medical
clinic, Empower, from a hostile corporate takeover by an Israeli-Canadian
energy company, Adira Energy, which is partially-owned by billionaire speculator, George
Soros. Since June 2016, we have been in a David versus Goliath legal drama and outspent
on attorneys by more than 10 to one.
The Israeli-Canadians took control of the medical marijuana
clinic at a 15 minute hearing that had not been scheduled. I was told to report
to the would go into court just the day before, an unscheduled or ex parte hearing. My lawyers appeared, but they advised me to not come
because they did not know what the Israeli-Canadian raiders would file or do. The
trial is currently scheduled for March 11, 2019 in Multnomah
County Court, Portland, Oregon, case number 16CV18448. Turns out that they’ve outspent
me 10 to 1 on legal fees.”
It is imperative that at least the cannabis dispensaries and recreational shops donate to Paul's
legal fund so they can continue to help people heal.
This corporate takeover makes patients records public, private information for sale,
with not even a fraction of a penny of it going to the Stanfords or, more importantly,
THEIR PATIENTS.
Another multi-decade cannabis / hemp activist, Kris Krane, who
is also a journalist at Forbes Magazine, wrote a powerful article earlier this year
The
Cannabis Industry Needs To Support Advocacy. Here's Why
How is it that with a lifetime of doing his best and beyond
to support the legalization process, Paul Stanford, founder of The Hemp and Cannabis
Foundation, THCF Medical Clinic and Empower Medical Clinics is fighting for his
patients privacy which can be sold for $100 each, his business and everything he
has?
Fortunately he has Theresa as his wife so we know they will make it through, yet, they sure could do with some help, especially from the industry that they helped build. Paul's email to his patients continues:
Fortunately he has Theresa as his wife so we know they will make it through, yet, they sure could do with some help, especially from the industry that they helped build. Paul's email to his patients continues:
“It is an incredible, modern David and Goliath story. and below
are links to 3 articles from the Huffington
Post, Salem News and Ganjapreneur that detail this complex international business deal which
includes decades of research and patients medical records. I was informed and have
to tell my patients that the possible new owners would sell patients' private medical
records for tens of millions of dollars. There is a 4th article below on how they
can sell private medical records. The previous clinic location are being run by
Adira Energy who has taken control in an unusual financial move called a "reverse merger."
The first appeared in the Salem
News, written by Bonnie King in August 2016:
The next one was written by Angela Bacca published by The Huffington
Post
I edited Bacca's article to expand and clarify a few crucial points, with hyperlinks
to sources. Ganjapreneur reported:
Ganjapreneur by TG Branfelt:
"The lawsuit stems from Stanford’s desire to do two things: raise funds for a ballot initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis in 2014 in Oregon and take his medical clinics company, Presto Quality Care — which operated dispensaries in Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Michigan, and California — public. Stanford said he was approached by Canadian venture capitalists about investing in his company, and in May 2014, he agreed he would work with them to launch Presto on the U.S. over-the-counter market if they agreed to give him $400,000 for the ballot initiative."
"The lawsuit stems from Stanford’s desire to do two things: raise funds for a ballot initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis in 2014 in Oregon and take his medical clinics company, Presto Quality Care — which operated dispensaries in Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Michigan, and California — public. Stanford said he was approached by Canadian venture capitalists about investing in his company, and in May 2014, he agreed he would work with them to launch Presto on the U.S. over-the-counter market if they agreed to give him $400,000 for the ballot initiative."
The Guardian explains how each person's private medical
records are worth over $100 each. Our privacy policy said that these records would
never be sold. Now, via a million dollar preliminary court injunction, unscrupulous
dishonest corporate raiders have been given your private medical data, entrusted
to us by you.
I have difficulty conceiving why Paul has to even ask for help
to raise legal fees to keep his clinics and his patients medical information private.
So far, he's spent over $170,000 fighting a hostile
corporate takeover. The raiders have spent over 10 times more on their extensive
legal team. If you are in any position to help, please contribute to his GoFundMe campaign.
Of course, knowing Paul and Theresa, they are already rebuilding. Paul reports:
"We have set up a new clinic on Sandy Blvd. in Portland,
just off of NE 28th Ave, to compete with our old business, as we fight in court
to regain control of Empower Healthcare.
Please call our office if you need to renew for your OMMP
card.
If you are not in Oregon, we can refer you to another physician.
Our number is 503-235-4606 and our new address is 2712 NE
Sandy Blvd. Portland, OR 97232.
This is our new website:
http://paulstanfordmedicalclinics.com/ "
"Kris Krane is co-founder of 4Front, a leading investment and management firm
in the cannabis industry. Follow 4Front on Twitter or subscribe to its newsletter."
As the cannabis / hemp industries follow the wisdom of cannabis champion Kris Krane we will succeed in implementing the hemp solution. Hemp / cannabis can solve so many of our problems. The peace pipe may even have an impact on our gun violence and suicide rates (yes, that’s why it’s called the peace pipe).
As the cannabis / hemp industries follow the wisdom of cannabis champion Kris Krane we will succeed in implementing the hemp solution. Hemp / cannabis can solve so many of our problems. The peace pipe may even have an impact on our gun violence and suicide rates (yes, that’s why it’s called the peace pipe).
It's time for Cannabis Common Sense!
