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Marijuana Probation Terms Relaxed! 
Posted by FoM on January 27, 1999 at 17:12:13 PT

A judge eased the probation terms Tuesday of a woman convicted of drug dealing for operating a club that dispensed Marijuana for medicinal use. 
A judge drops a requirement for electronic monitoring but issues a stern admonition to a woman convicted of distributing medicinal pot. Diane R. Densmore, 51, will no longer have to wear an electronic bracelet to monitor her whereabouts. She will report to a judge instead of a probation officer and she can apply to the state Health Division to use marijuana for her own health problems. "Oh, this is wonderful, wonderful news," said a teary Densmore after the hearing. Densmore's attorney, Leland Berger, argued that voter approval in November of Measure 67, the medical marijuana act, made clubs like the Alternative Health Center unnecessary. In addition, Berger said Densmore could not afford the cost of the electronic monitoring. The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office has increased the cost to defendants and convicts, to an average of $12 per day for those earning minimum wage. However, prosecutors said what Densmore had been doing still would be considered illegal under the new law and argued to keep the full sanctions against her. Senior Deputy District Attorney Mark McDonnell argued that Densmore had not even finished a year of her three-year probation. Multnomah County Circuit Judge Janice Wilson said that hindsight does not make what Densmore did right. "You break that law at your own risk until the law does change," Wilson said. Although Wilson did not grant Densmore an end to her probation, she said some modification was appropriate. Densmore pleaded guilty Feb. 3, 1998, to two counts of delivery of a controlled substance. She was arrested after police raided the center at 333 S.W. Park Ave. and confiscated six pounds of marijuana. Police said at the time that undercover officers had bought the drug without showing medical need.By David R. Anderson of The Oregonian staff 
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