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  Marine Pot Grower Asks Cops To Return Plants

Posted by CN Staff on June 14, 2007 at 17:28:31 PT
By Tillie Fong, Rocky Mountain News  
Source: Rocky Mountain News 

Arapahoe County, CO -- A decorated Marine approved by the state to use marijuana for medical purposes is fighting to get back the dozens of marijuana plants seized from his basement by Aurora police in April. "I felt that I didn't do anything wrong," said Kevin Dickes, 38, of Aurora. Dickes, who was wounded by a grenade in Kuwait in February, 1991, was arrested April 27 for cultivation of marijuana, a felony that could send him to prison for six years. He spent six hours in jail before he was released on $6,000 bond.
He was in court today trying to get the case dismissed based on the medical marijuana exception in the state Constitution, which was passed by voters in 2000. "This is a waste of taxpayer's time," said Dickes' attorney Robert Corry, Jr. "The voters of Colorado said medical marijuana is legal." According to police, 71 marijuana plants were seized from Dickes' basement. At the time, officers reported that Dickes "knew he had cultivated too many marijuana plants" and that he told them he "enjoyed growing the marijuana plants." Police also reported that although Dickes told them he was on the state's medical marijuana registry, he told officers that the pot was "not necessary" to treat the pain in his leg but "because of his addiction to meth." Dickes disputed the police's account. "I use it for the pain," said Dickes. On Feb. 2, 1991, he was with a unit that was escorting prisoners of war in Kuwait when a grenade went off, killing three of his comrades and injuring Dickes. "I can't feel below the right calf," he said. Dickes said he took Vicodin and Percocet for the pain but it didn't help, since they're addictive. In January, he started using marijuana and in March, he got his doctor to sign off on the use of pot and obtained a medical marijuana registry card from the state after paying the $110 fee. He also started growing marijuana plants in his basement, using hydroponics. On April 27, he said he was working at his computer, when Aurora SWAT members burst into his home. "They had me down on the floor, with guns pointing at me," he said. "I had never been treated like that before, not even in Kuwait." Dickes said the officers left him six marijuana plants but they all died while he spent six hours in jail. Since then, Dickes said he continues to use marijuana obtained through the black market. Corry argued that under the medical marijuana exception, there was no limit to the number of plants that a person may cultivate for use as long as they were "medically necessary." He noted that many of Dickes' plants were "starter" plants, and some may die and some may turn out to be male, which doesn't produce the same medical benefits as female marijuana plants.Source: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)Author:   Tillie Fong, Rocky Mountain News Published: June 14, 2007Copyright: 2007 Denver Publishing Co.Contact: letters rockymountainnews.comWebsite: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/CannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml

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Comment #9 posted by FoM on June 15, 2007 at 10:22:45 PT
Truth
 That's really good to know! LOL!
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Comment #8 posted by Truth on June 15, 2007 at 09:49:04 PT
FoM
Good move, now you won't have to worry bout some upset Arapahoe warriors showing up at your doorstep : )
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Comment #7 posted by FoM on June 15, 2007 at 09:32:45 PT

Truth
I'll fix it. I made a mistake. Thanks.
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Comment #6 posted by Truth on June 15, 2007 at 09:30:45 PT

Rapahoe County
Back when I lived there they called it Arapahoe County, wonder where the A went.
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Comment #5 posted by FoM on June 15, 2007 at 09:12:56 PT

The GCW
One more.Veteran Challenges Arrest Under Medical-Marijuana Lawhttp://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070615/UPDATES01/70615009
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Comment #4 posted by The GCW on June 15, 2007 at 09:06:35 PT

Also in the Summit Daily, today.
US CO: Veteran challenges arrest under Colorado medical-marijuana law 
 Pubdate: 15 June 2007Source: Summit Daily News (CO)
 
Author: THE ASSOCIATED PRESSViewed at: http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20070615/NEWS/70615003CENTENNIAL — A former Marine who said marijuana helps him deal with injuries suffered during Operation Desert Storm is challenging the state’s medical marijuana law.Kevin Dickes, 38, of Aurora pleaded not guilty Thursday in Arapahoe County District Court to marijuana cultivation after police said they seized 71 plants from his home on April 27.He faces up to six years in prison if convicted. A hearing on a motion to dismiss the charge is set for next month.CONT.
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Comment #3 posted by FoM on June 15, 2007 at 06:28:41 PT

Veteran Using Medical Pot Fights Arrest
Related article from Snipped Source.http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_6143690
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Comment #2 posted by Had Enough on June 15, 2007 at 06:25:14 PT

War Zone
“On April 27, he said he was working at his computer, when Aurora SWAT members burst into his home. "They had me down on the floor, with guns pointing at me," he said. "I had never been treated like that before, not even in Kuwait."”Something is wrong when your own home becomes more dangerous than a Middle East War Zone!!!

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Comment #1 posted by The GCW on June 14, 2007 at 21:38:01 PT

SWAT?
SWAT?SWATSTIKA!
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