cannabisnews.com: 46 Marijuana Plants Seized from Activist 46 Marijuana Plants Seized from Activist Posted by FoM on September 08, 2001 at 07:44:38 PT By Courtney Perkes Source: Orange County Register Medical-marijuana activist Marvin Chavez could face more criminal charges after police uprooted 46 marijuana plants from his Santa Ana back yard and seized 16 pounds of the packaged drug early Friday. Chavez is a vocal supporter of Proposition 215, a voter-approved initiative allowing medical patients to grow and smoke marijuana. Last year, Chavez was released from state prison after serving more than a year for selling and transporting marijuana. "They arrested me for exercising my rights," said Chavez, 46. Vickie Hix, senior deputy district attorney, said she would review the case to determine if charges should be filed against Chavez, who said he smokes marijuana to ease chronic back pain.Hix said the state law allows patients to grow the plant, but only for their personal use. Police said the amount of the drug seized was much more than one person could consume. In addition to the dried, packaged drug, the plants would have yielded about 50 pounds."If we make a determination that the cultivation is far beyond what would be for personal use, charges might be filed," Hix said.Santa Ana police officer Mario Corona said police received an anonymous tip and conducted a month long investigation before serving a search warrant at Chavez's house in the 1900 block of Meriday Lane.Chavez said he was three weeks away from harvest and had planned for the crop - which included plants 5 feet tall -- to last him a year. He said the plants were intended only for himself.Signs posted in his backyard greenhouse say that he's a registered patient with the Orange County Cannabis Co-op and that he is allowed to cultivate the plant. Plastic stakes in the ground detail the planting date and variety of marijuana."Cannabis is my No. 1 medicine," Chavez said. Note: Marvin Chavez contends the drugs were for his sole use, as Prop. 215 allows. Source: Orange County Register (CA)Author: Courtney PerkesPublished: September 8, 2001Copyright: 2001 The Orange County RegisterContact: letters link.freedom.comWebsite: http://www.ocregister.com/Related Articles & Web Site:Medical Marijuana Information Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/medical.htmPot Club Founder's Crop Seized http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread10853.shtmlReady To Inhale - Orange County Weekly http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread9518.shtml END SNIP --> Snipped Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #3 posted by dddd on September 08, 2001 at 08:15:33 PT ya got that right Kathy ...this aint no "paradise".....we got alot of brutal,hi-techSWAT wanna-be cops,,and alot of other bad stuff,too numerousto mention,,,I dont know where you got the idea that this issupposed to be "paradise"......unless it was in referenceto the weather...dddd [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by Kathy on September 08, 2001 at 08:05:44 PT check out http://www.BushorChimp.com California is supposed to be so liberal, but a friend of mine is doing 25 to life, and all he did was get drunk and get in the wrong car (mistaken identity)---having done no crime other than drunk and disorderly, (no violence, did not go anywhere in the car) they trumped up the charges, rigged the trial, and got an all white jury. He is dark, full blood Native American...I don't think CA is any paradise at all. This article reflect one more incidence of injustice. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by rabblerouser on September 08, 2001 at 07:54:32 PT hanfwelt- not off topic checkout this link. Have a german-english dictionary handy to translate. It's toogood. http://www.hanfwelt.de [ Post Comment ] Post Comment