JUDGE: COPS MUST GIVE PRESCRIBED POT BACK

Police must return 8.2 grams of marijuana confiscated from a medicinal
marijuana patient because he has a valid prescription, a judge ruled.

Donovan No Runner, 23, of Grover Beach was stopped by police Aug. 8 while
smoking pot in public. After he was searched, police found marijuana and
arrested him for misdemeanor possession.

No Runner has a prescription for the marijuana to treat symptoms of bipolar
disorder. After determining that the prescription was valid, the district
attorney's office dismissed the charges on Oct. 1. But police wouldn't
return the $100 worth of pot.

No Runner attorney Lou Koory said police had a right to confiscate the
marijuana until the prescription was validated, but that they should have
returned it.