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Dr. Mike Alcalay 1941 - 2006: Longtime AIDS Activist and Medical Marijuana Advocate Dies of Leukemia

Democracy Now

Oakland, CA Nov 20, 2006 --Longtime advocate and activist, Dr. Mike Alcalay died Saturday in Oakland California. He was the medical director of the Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative - a free medical marijuana clinic under Proposition 215. Prop. 215 legalizes medical marijuana in California.

Dr. Alcalay lived with AIDS and was a medical marijuana patient himself. He was also a pediatrician and Vietnam veteran. Mike Alcalay was the founder of a migrant farm workers clinic in Watsonville, CA, and had used his medical skills all over the world -- including England, Germany, Kenya, Mexico and Nicaragua.

* Dr. Mike Alcalay, interviewed in 2004 for the "Steppin' Out of Babylon" radio series.
* Glenn Alcalay, brother of Mike Alcalay. He joins us in our firehouse studio.

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