News (Media Awareness Project) - US CA: Marijuana Dispute Leads To Prison |
| Title: | US CA: Marijuana Dispute Leads To Prison |
| Published On: | 1999-08-07 |
| Source: | Washington Post (DC) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-06 00:06:16 |
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MARIJUANA DISPUTE LEADS TO PRISON
SACRAMENTO -- In a clash between federal laws that ban possession of
marijuana and California law that permits its medical use, a Vietnam veteran
was sentenced by a federal judge to 27 months in prison for cultivating a
marijuana crop the man claimed was legal under state law.
B.E. Smith, 52, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder after
serving two tours of duty in Vietnam, obtained a prescription for medical
marijuana after voters passed Proposition 215 in 1996. He became a
"caregiver" to nine other patients, for which state law permitted cannabis
cultivation.
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MARIJUANA DISPUTE LEADS TO PRISON
SACRAMENTO -- In a clash between federal laws that ban possession of
marijuana and California law that permits its medical use, a Vietnam veteran
was sentenced by a federal judge to 27 months in prison for cultivating a
marijuana crop the man claimed was legal under state law.
B.E. Smith, 52, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder after
serving two tours of duty in Vietnam, obtained a prescription for medical
marijuana after voters passed Proposition 215 in 1996. He became a
"caregiver" to nine other patients, for which state law permitted cannabis
cultivation.
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