CA Medical Marijuana User Sentenced to One Year
Digital News Report
The
owner of a Morro Bay medical cannabis dispensary has been sentence to
one year in prison for five marijuana related offenses. The offenses
include manufacturing more than 100 plants and selling marijuana to a
minor, which, according to federal rules, is anyone under the age of
21. The sentence is a reduction from the five years mandated by federal
guidelines as U.S. District Judge George Wu felt that dispensary owner
Charlie Lynch deserved an exception and that his case “merits a
mandatory minimum.”
The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) has strongly condemned the federal
sentencing of Lynch. “Years from now, Mr. Lynch may well be remembered
as the last American to go to federal prison for a mistake, the final
victim of an already repudiated policy well on its way to the ash heap
of history, but whose mean-spirited effects still linger,” said MPP
executive director Rob Kampia. “This sentence is a cruel and pointless
miscarriage of justice.”
MPP also stated that Lynch’s medical marijuana collective was licensed
by the city of Morro Bay, and routinely inspected to monitor compliance
with state and local laws. The dispensary, which was raided in March
2007, had operated for 11 months without any incidents.
The case marks an important milestone in state and federal marijuana
laws. Under the Bush administration, the DEA regularly raided
dispensaries such as Lynch’s. However, Presdent Obama stated that he
was, “not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to
circumvent state laws.” U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder also alluded
to a change in policy shortly afterwards. This is the first such case
since those statements were made.
Lynch’s case and continued raids on dispensaries have made some in
Congress to ask for clarification on the new policies. There are
currently more than two dozen federal cases still pending. Under
federal court, those charged with marijuana offenses cannot use state
medical cannabis laws as a defense.
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Why in the world do we want jackbooted fascists running around deciding that chronically ill people can't smoke marijuana?
Another fraud is that a 20-year-old can be sent to Iraq to murder women & children (or be murdered him/herself) in a bogus war, but it's a serious crime to give him/her a joint???
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I really enjoy seeing this being challenged by the states. I mean 10 years ago this would not have been in the MSM or even widely debated. Now, there's a window of opportunity for discussion. Albeit a small one but it's a potential that didn't exist years ago.
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This along with the THC Oranges just might lead to our society becoming socially responsible by legalizing marijuana and possibly Cocaine. Think of the good it would do to take the profits away from the cartels and the boon to the budget when the government stops wasting money on useless interdiction attempts. Look at all the crime that the costs create.
Prohibition did not work!!!
Compare the behavior of a drunk to someone who is stoned. I would much rather deal with the stoner!!
But I dream on....I am sure that there is way too much money made by both sides for them to let that go.
And we all KNOW that the big money runs our "Democratic" government....
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