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Medical Pot Grower's Case a Landmark 
Posted by CN Staff on December 27, 2002 at 16:24:02 PT
By Amy Lindblom
Source: Union Democrat
Because of a California Supreme Court decision this summer, Myron Carl Mower's criminal record is clean again. Convicted in Tuolumne County Superior Court in 1998 of growing marijuana at his Twain Harte home, Mower, a 40-year-old legally blind, frail and ill diabetic spent four years and four months on probation for raising the plants that help him stave off starvation, dehydration and constant pain.
Then, in a far-reaching decision welcomed by medicinal marijuana users nationwide, the state's high court justices ruled in July that Mower should have been allowed to use his medical condition as a defense. Within days of the decision, the Tuolumne County district attorney's office dropped all charges. For this landmark case, Mower is a Top 10 Newsmaker for 2002. Mower's wife, Laurie, said she sees the Supreme Court decision as a victory for her husband and other ill people who legitimately use marijuana to ease their symptoms. "My husband is not a crook, and I'm not a druggie," Laurie Mower said. "Myron was put on this Earth for a reason. He's here to get the marijuana laws changed. We get e-mails from people all over the country who have heard about Myron." Mower smokes marijuana to combat his almost constant pain. More than a dozen daily pills and insulin shots keep him alive, and marijuana helps numb his pain and calm the nausea caused by a gastrointestinal disorder. It also clears his vision enough so he can see the shape of someone's face with the 10 percent capacity he has remaining in his left eye. "If there was ever someone who should not have been prosecuted, it was Myron," said former Tuolumne County Deputy Public Defender Karen Davis, who represented Mower in his first trial. "It was so difficult to see him so sick during the trial, and he just didn't need to go through it." Davis said she followed the Mower case through to the last appeal. "He is not a criminal and never did anything wrong." Source: Union Democrat, The (CA)Author: Amy LindblomPublished: December 27, 2002Copyright: 2002 Western Communications, Inc.Website: http://uniondemocrat.com/Contact: letters uniondemocrat.comRelated Articles & Web Site:Medical Marijuana Information Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/medical.htmMedical-Pot User Won't Face New Trialhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14097.shtmlCourt Sends Victory To Marijuana Patients http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13507.shtmlCourt: Medicinal Marijuana is Legalhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13469.shtml
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Comment #4 posted by The GCW on December 27, 2002 at 18:44:56 PT
OVER & OVER, We are told to love.
"Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act." -Proverbs 3:27 
-Proverbs 3:27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in your power to do it (N.A.S.B).And look at the rest of Proverbs 3::: http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?passage=PROV%2B3&showfn=on&showxref=on&language=english&version=NASB&x=13&y=10We are told repeatedly, what to do and it amounts to Love.The Hitlers of the world, do the opposite. Bushit people in Hitler hats, don't bang drums.
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Comment #3 posted by mayan on December 27, 2002 at 18:23:58 PT
Hell To Pay
Mower's story had a happy ending. There are countless others just as sick as Mower who's stories don't end up so happy. If our government is so low as to harass the weakest and most vulnerable among us then I will put nothing past them. The day the drug-war crimes tribunal begins there will be hell to pay. The way out is the way in - Criticized 9/11 Poet Is Named Laureate of Newark Schools:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/19/nyregion/19POET.html?ex=1041656400&en=5330bc7ee2927684&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLEAmerica ‘Pearl Harbored’ - Fanatical Warhawks Drafted Blueprint for Bloody U.S. World Domination Years Ago:
http://www.americanfreepress.net/12_24_02/America_Pearl_Harbored/america_pearl_harbored.htmlThe 9/11 Truth Movement - Selected Resources for Researchers and Activists: http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/LEV212A.htmlPaul Thompson's Complete 9/11 Timeline: http://cooperativeresearch.org/completetimeline/More 9/11 Links: http://www.keystonereport.com/911.htm
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Comment #2 posted by The GCW on December 27, 2002 at 17:38:37 PT
Wow.
It is hard to imagine how sick a person must be to persue people like Myron Carl Mower.Perhaps those doing the hunting for the Myron Carl Mower's of the world are the ones that need to be contained for the safety of society.Is Our government really sick enough to do this, while the majority of citizens do not support this crime? The people responsible are insane and should be treated accordingly.
 
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Comment #1 posted by justgetnby on December 27, 2002 at 16:51:16 PT:
Thank You
Thank You Mr Mower
  I know that your ordeal was not voluntary, and was a matter of fighting the system to keep your health and freedom, but I thank you for your courage and perserverance.
 You could have folded under the incredibable pressure put upon you by the state legal system, but you didn't.
That took courage, and I thank you.                  Justgetnby
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