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# Marijuana Policy Project to celebrate 10th anniversary with Santa Monica gala
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/040805-story-20050408-2/
- Published: 2005-04-08T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T06:33:35.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Events, Pico, #archive-import

*By Daily press staff*

For symptoms of painful debilitating diseases, pass the grass. The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) is celebrating its 10th anniversary of fighting for marijuana policy reform by hosting a gala at the Sheraton Delfina Hotel on Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica.

Talk show host Montel Williams will serve as the honorary chair of the event. Williams, who uses medical marijuana to treat symptoms of multiple sclerosis, has advocated for protection of patient use on his television show, and on Capitol Hill.

Activists Angel Raich and Diane Monson also will be honored at the gala. Raich and Monson filed a joint lawsuit against the federal government. Raich began using marijuana after she was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. She had seizures, nausea, several chronic pain disorders, and was partly paralyzed. Raich is now legally allowed to use, possess and grow her own marijuana under state and federal law.

MPP has more than 17,000 members and 150,00 e-mail subscribers nationwide. The organization works to minimize harm associated with marijuana — both the consumption of marijuana and the laws that prohibit its use. MPP believes that the greatest harm associated with marijuana is imprisonment.

The gala will take place on Saturday, May 9\. For more information, log onto: MarijuanaPolicy.org Tickets are available at www.mpp.org/galas or through Blue Room Events at (310) 491-1401.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 8, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/040805.pdf?ref=smdp.com)