"I asked the sheriff
whether he didn't have better things to do than arrest sick people."
"He said, 'That's my job.'" And That Is In California For 3 Medical Marijuana
Plants!
(Marijuananews note:
Prohibitionists claim that Prop 215 made it impossible for the California police to
enforce the marijuana laws. In fact, much of California law enforcement is simply ignoring
both the spirit and letter of the law.)See
Is Lockyer Turning Into Lungren-lite?
Tells Mendocino County Its Plant Limit Is "Excessive." DA Defiant.
From Dale Gieringer of California NORML canorml@igc.apc.org
September 28, 1999
El Dorado County sheriffs cited a 70-year old cancer patient,
Gladys Ward, for growing 3 marijuana plants.
Ms. Ward reports that this is the first time she has been in any trouble with the law.
She did not have a doctor's recommendation for marijuana at the time of the arrests, but
has one now.
El Dorado County narcotics agents have raided at least a
half-dozen minor medical marijuana gardens in the last couple of months.
"I asked the sheriff whether he didn't have better things to
do than arrest sick people,"
Ms. Ward recounts, "He said, 'That's my job.'"
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