News (Media Awareness Project) - US CA: Man Gets 10 Years For Growing Marijuana |
| Title: | US CA: Man Gets 10 Years For Growing Marijuana |
| Published On: | 2002-10-09 |
| Source: | Los Angeles Times (CA) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-21 23:02:03 |
MAN GETS 10 YEARS FOR GROWING MARIJUANA
Bryan James Epis, who was found guilty of growing at least 100 marijuana
plants in his Chico home in 1997 and conspiring to grow up to 1,000 plants,
was sentenced to a mandatory 10 years in prison.
Epis, 35, who says he started using marijuana to manage chronic pain from a
car accident, is the first person associated with a California medical
marijuana dispensary to be tried in federal court.
Epis says the plants were for him and four other seriously ill people whose
physicians recommended the drug under Proposition 215, the medical
marijuana initiative approved by voters in 1996.
Bryan James Epis, who was found guilty of growing at least 100 marijuana
plants in his Chico home in 1997 and conspiring to grow up to 1,000 plants,
was sentenced to a mandatory 10 years in prison.
Epis, 35, who says he started using marijuana to manage chronic pain from a
car accident, is the first person associated with a California medical
marijuana dispensary to be tried in federal court.
Epis says the plants were for him and four other seriously ill people whose
physicians recommended the drug under Proposition 215, the medical
marijuana initiative approved by voters in 1996.
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