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September 2, 2009 in City
Pot law to get court test
Prosecutor, defense at odds over intent of medical marijuana rule
A legal showdown over Washington’s medical marijuana law is taking shape in Spokane.
At issue is a provision in the voter-approved law that allows caretakers to supply up to 1.5 pounds of marijuana at a time to those with state-issued medical marijuana cards.
Some medical marijuana advocates believe that allows them to lawfully supply one patient at a time. Spokane County prosecutors say the provision limits each caretaker to just one patient – period.
The case of a medical marijuana advocate charged with seven drug-related felonies illustrates a debate about a law prosecutors and pot advocates say is confusing.
Police …
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Bob_Knows on September 02 at 8:45 a.m.
The government should just get its corrupt hands off of the lives of the people.
The “war on drugs” destroys far more lives than it saves.
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Darral Good on September 02 at 1:12 p.m.
why does this newspaper article refer to the cannabis plant as:
“POT”
is this another case of yellow journalism ? I
IS THIS WHY IT IS SO HARD TO GET A LETTER PUBLISHED IF YOUR LETTER IS ABOUT THE CANNABIS PLANT?
http://community.seattletimes.nwsourc…
REMEMBER?
September 16, 2002
“With all the problems we've got, the U.S. government is worrying about a few ounces of marijuana? It's absolutely asinine,” said state Sen. Bob McCaslin, a Spokane Republican who has been a medical-marijuana supporter since watching his wife die of cancer several years ago.
how come we cannot find any pro cannabis letters in this newspaper?
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Marksman on September 02 at 6:02 p.m.
Since the Dept of Health was supposed to provide an alternative supply for patients starting back in 1998, and they don't agree with Darren McCrea or Change, maybe those recently seized 60,000 plants could be donated to medical patients to make use of?
Whether its through Change, Spocannabis or Darren McCrea, patients are being provided their legal medicine. (RCW 69.51A) The Government; still trying to figure out where to get it, and how to supply it to patients. Obamacare anyone?
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mommae on October 19 at 11:12 p.m.
the any one time. Well we all now what time is seconds minutes hours and so on so now that we know what the word time means in the dictionary it states a particular or definite point in time, as indicated by a clock. now how can we argue with that that is time.
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