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Written by Richard Muller
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Wednesday, 16 July 2003 |
Roland
Heyne, Junior
Ohio medical marijuana activist.
Died 2003
Cincinnati lost a freedom fighter and friend: Arlington
Heights council member Roland Heyne, Jr., died July 16,
2003, at Jewish Hospital after a bout with cancer.
Roland was a local Medical Marijuana Activist and Civil
Rights freedom fighter as well. He took a stand against drug
testing as an invasion of privacy. A quck search of the
local media webpages showed that there was no shortage of
news articles on Heyne. Rob Ryan, Ohio Patient Network, put
a more detailed writeup on Heyne on a
temporary webpage. Heyne was a fighter for principles he
believed in. According to a 05-02-98
news report, Arlington Heights Council voted 5 to 0 in a
special meeting to remove Heyne from his seat on several
committees. Heyne said the action was taken against him in
''retaliation'' because he had recently sued the village's
police chief, clerk-treasurer and mayor to gain access to
village records. Heyne said he also thinks he was removed
because he supports legalization of marijuana for medicinal
purposes. ''I have constantly, since I have taken office,
been subjected to schoolyard bully tactics by the entire
council,'' he said, adding that he had no plans to resign.
He later collected damages in his lawsuit.
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