POT SMOKER CRITICIZES THE COUNTY'S GUIDELINES

Letter to the Editor:

This is in response to the article in the last issue of the The Trinity
Journal. I would just like to ask the sheriff's office and the district
attorney's office what part of the law do they not understand?

Judge Edwards stated in court very clearly that the court cannot oversee a
doctor's recommendation! Under the law, 11362.5 1-B, patients and their
primary care givers who obtain and use marijuana for medical purposes, upon
the recommendation of a physician, are not subject to criminal prosecution
or sanction.

Judge Edwards also stated, as there are no state guidelines on the amount
of plants a patient may possess, the county cannot amend state law 11362.5.
It is state law, and amending the law to your own personal belief is a
violation of the Constitution of the U.S. and you are in direct violation
of several state laws, other than 11362.5. This leaves you open to criminal
prosecution under both state and federal law for civil law violation.

I know hundreds of cannabis users, both medicinal and recreational, and
none of these people would be able to make it on one and a third pounds of
pot last a year. This idea of one and third pounds per year is totally
ridiculous.

If you will read the constitution of the U.S., you will find out that
federal law cannot supersede state law. Why were we even allowed to put
Proposition 215 on the ballot if it could?

The federal guidelines for marijuana patients are 7.2 pounds per year; why
should it be any different for state guidelines? Why not just follow the
guidelines the federal government has already established through their own
medical marijuana project?

If Sheriff Schmidt thinks that, like Jim Pope, he can turn my medical
marijuana over to the federal agents, it will open him up to criminal
prosecution.

As in the past two years, I will again be growing 12 medical marijuana
plants, two males and ten females, for personal use in my backyard. If this
is a problem for either the sheriff's office or the district attorney's
office, please contact me, or I guess we will see each other in court again
this year.

Russell Amos
Burnt Ranch