COPS RELUCTANTLY SHARE CANNABIS WITH NO RUNNER

After months of delay, Donovan No Runner finally scored his weed from the
San Luis Obispo Police Department and fired up a joint in front of
headquarters.

The medical marijuana, for which the 23-year-old Grover Beach resident
possesses a valid physician's prescription, was taken by SLO cops in
August. Three months later, when the matter came to court, Judge Barry
LaBarbera dismissed possession charges and ordered police to return the
reefer. Police Chief Jim Gar4diner declined, citing conflicts between state
and federal law, and eventually retired, leaving the matter unsettled.

Last week, the San Luis Obispo City Council met in secret to decide if
members wanted to pursue an appeal to LaBarbera's oft-repeated order. They
did not, and ordered the city's new police chief, Deborah Linden, to return
the 8.4 grams of high-test pot to No Runner. She did, even though she
agrees, she said, with Gardiner's position on ignoring LaBarbera's court
order. Capt. Bart Topham handed over the stash in a back room at the police
department, away from the gaggle of reporters and photographers who tried
to witness the exchange.

"I am of like mind," Linden told New Times, referring to the matter of
returning marijuana to prescription holders.