Colorado, the state that is now said to have the strongest and most comprehensive medical marijuana laws in the nation, will see an interesting test case in court Wednesday, although federal antidrug laws are likely take center stage. Chris Bartkowicz, the hapless pot grower from the Denver area busted by the DEA with hundreds of plants in a basement grow-op just a few blocks from an elementary school, will be in federal court hoping to have all charges dismissed—charges that could put him behind bars for as many as 40 years. His argument will hinge on Colorado’s medical marijuana law, which Bartkowicz claimed to follow although he couldn’t produce evidence of enough patients to justify all the plants. The law is specific in its patient-live-cannabis-plant limit, but allows for additional plants in special circumstances. Read more »
It is a documentary about "an acquaintance with suffering."
That's the self-description offered for the Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana, the subject of a new independent film, La Vie En Verte.
The marijuana-growing collective, founded in Santa Cruz after the passage of the Proposition 215 medical marijuana law, catered to severely ill medical pot users, including dying AIDS and cancer patients.
But in 2003, heavily-armed Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided the farm, rousting staff and patients and cutting down the crop. The collective, known as WAMM, sued the federal government.
In January, the U.S. Justice Department settled the suit. It assured WAMM and operators Valerie and Mike Corral that they could continue their work growing marijuana and helping terminal patients and others in their care.
REGINA — Police recently had to return marijuana grow equipment they seized from a licensed producer during a large drug bust in southern Saskatchewan in early December.
Alida resident Darcy Germain, 41, was one of 28 people arrested as part of a lengthy police investigation that targeted drug trafficking in Estevan and surrounding areas. Germain — who says he grows and uses marijuana for chronic pain — was charged with two counts of drug trafficking.
He isn't facing charges in relation to drug production, which is why an Estevan Provincial Court judge agreed on March 8 to issue an order for the return of Germain's property, said the Estevan lawyer who represented Germain at that court appearance.
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REGINA — Police recently had to return marijuana grow equipment they seized from a licensed producer during a large drug bust in southern Saskatchewan in early December.
