August 31, 2000 -- MPP's Rob Kampia debates Congressman Bob Barr on national TV. November 29, 1999 -- A medical marijuana user pleas for compassion at MPP's news conference criticizing the Clinton administration's new medical marijuana research guidelines. March 18, 1999 -- Katie Couric interviews MPP's Robert Kampia on NBC's Today Show. March 16, 1999 -- MPP's Chuck Thomas debates former California Attorney General Dan Lungren (left) on the national FOX News Channel. September 15, 1998 -- Multiple sclerosis patient Renee Emry is arrested for smoking one medicinal marijuana cigarette in the office of U.S. Rep. Bill McCollum (R-Florida). Emry spent the rest of the day locked up with violent women and now faces a possible six months in D.C. jail. March 4, 1997 -- MPP Executive Director Robert Kampia speaks outside of the state capitol in Columbus prior to testifying before the Ohio legislature. February 20, 1997 -- "This is the government's health care plan for these patients," explains Chuck Thomas on CNN. March 14, 1995 -- Robert Kampia testifies before the U.S. Sentencing Commission in favor of reforming federal marijuana sentencing guidelines.

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