DIARY OF A MAD COUNTY

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16 Laguna Beach's Ross Embry, who grew 12 marijuana plants
to use and share with neighbors at the Hagan Place apartment complex for
fellow HIV patients, pleads not guilty to felony charges of cultivation and
possession of pot for sale. If you're wondering why the 53-year-old is being
prosecuted given the state's Compassionate Use Act, you're not alone. "This
is ridiculous," Hilary McQuie, spokeswoman for Americans for Safe Access,
tells someone at the Reggie not yet let go. "He's a compassionate provider.
And 12 plants is a very small number." Unfortunately, the law's ambiguity
about how much pot one can grow is frequently pounced on by those boozers at
the Orange County district attorney's office.