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Marijuana Light 
Posted by CN Staff on June 07, 2003 at 09:16:43 PT
Press Democrat Editorial
Source: Press Democrat
So long as it blindly resists efforts to help people who are suffering, the federal government should expect more examples of what happened Wednesday in a federal courtroom in San Francisco. For growing more than 100 marijuana plants in an Oakland warehouse, Ed Rosenthal was sentenced to one day in jail. He could have been sentenced to 60 years.Rosenthal said he was growing the drug under the protection of California's 1996 medical marijuana law. Pot has been shown to relieve the suffering of people with cancer, AIDS and other diseases.
Federal prosecutors claimed he was growing the grass for profit. But efforts to undermine medical marijuana laws in California and eight other states leave the federal government without any credibility when it comes to such claims.The federal arrest of patients and caregivers is both heartless and unpopular -- and detracts from the Justice Department's attention to real threats to public safety. State Attorney General Bill Lockyer last week joined the chorus of Californians asking Judge Charles Breyer for leniency in sentencing Rosenthal.Given the Justice Department's obstinacy, this is a just sentence that should send a message to Washington about the need for common-sense rules that provide for people who are ill.Note: Rosenthal sentence responds to feds' inflexibility on medical use.Source: Press Democrat, The (CA)Published: June 05, 2003Copyright: 2003 The Press DemocratContact: letters pressdemo.comWebsite: http://www.pressdemo.com/Related Articles & Web Sites:Ed Rosenthal's Pictures & Articleshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/trialpics.htmPot Guru Walks - San Francisco Examinerhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16541.shtmlGuru's Tirade on Marijuana Earns Respect http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16540.shtmlMedicinal Pot's Leader Receives Lenient Sentence http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16538.shtml 
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