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California Cops Reject Medical Pot Law
Posted by CN Staff on April 15, 2003 at 19:05:19 PT
By The Associated Press 
Source: Associated Press
The voter-approved California law allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes is ignored by many police officers who consider it a scam for getting high, one of the law's authors told a hearing Tuesday for a California man seeking refugee status in Canada.Attorney Will Panzer said the California Narcotics Officers Association opposes the use of medical marijuana and other state law enforcement officers do so as well.
"They think it's just a scam for smoking pot and that's what officers are taught," he said.Panzer was testifying in the case of Steve Kubby, a former California resident seeking refugee status in Canada on political and compassionate grounds.Kubby, who says he needs to smoke marijuana to control symptoms of adrenal cancer, has Health Canada permission to grow and smoke about 12 pounds of marijuana a year."I see this as just a guy who's trying to stay alive," Panzer said of Kubby's efforts to obtain refugee status.The 1998 Libertarian candidate for governor of California fled to Canada to avoid a 120-day jail sentence.Witnesses who testified on Kubby's behalf last week also noted that state laws are superseded by federal regulations barring the use of marijuana and thus federal authorities don't recognize medical marijuana exemptions."In the States, marijuana is very much intertwined with left versus right politics," said Panzer. "Unfortunately people like Mr. Kubby get caught in the middle."Complete Title: California Cops Reject Medical Pot Law, Lawyer Tells Refugee HearingSource: Associated PressPublished: April 15, 2003Copyright: 2003 Associated Press Related Articles & Web Sites:Pot TV Newshttp://www.pot-tv.netThe Drug War Refugees http://freedomtoexhale.com/smk.htm Expert Says Pot Best Hope for Kubbyhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15943.shtmlRefugee Claimant Would Be Prosecutedhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15931.shtmlMedical Marijuana User Claims Persecution in UShttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15907.shtml
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Comment #7 posted by i420 on April 16, 2003 at 16:11:42 PT
ROCK N ROLL
Cops have always said if you don't like the laws change them, so it was changed by the PEOPLE and this is what they get?????  No matter WHERE you live if you see a crime drop the dime give the police more work than they can handle. If all 12,000,000 people who use mj in America did that the cops couldn't mess with us because they wouldn't have the time.
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Comment #6 posted by Truth on April 16, 2003 at 14:45:39 PT
Bill
Martha baked the cake for his wedding, it was tie died, Tony Serra performed the ceromony, the bouquet was centered with a huge purple indica bud. 
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Comment #5 posted by Truth on April 16, 2003 at 14:43:13 PT
Bill Panzer
Martha and I hired up Billy Panzer to help us with our little battle with the oppressors, he is the man, I highly recommend him if the need be needed.
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Comment #4 posted by WolfgangWylde on April 16, 2003 at 04:56:52 PT
So much...
... for the old "We don't make the law, we just enforce it" BS the cops like to spout.
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Comment #3 posted by freedom fighter on April 15, 2003 at 22:38:30 PT
Thanks Mr. Panzer
for tellin the truth..pazff
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Comment #2 posted by afterburner on April 15, 2003 at 20:35:50 PT:
Panzer Movement of the Heart.
"In the States, marijuana is very much intertwined with left versus right politics," said Panzer. "Unfortunately people like Mr. Kubby get caught in the middle."
Being in the middle is a good place to be; caught is not.ego destruction or ego transcendence, that is the question.
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Comment #1 posted by FoM on April 15, 2003 at 19:06:27 PT
Go Steve and Michele!
They sure don't respect the medical marijuana laws.
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