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March 12, 2010 in City
Spokane police say marijuana growers didn’t have permit
Two men authorities describe as “hiding behind the medical marijuana law” were arrested early Thursday during a raid at a home in north Spokane.
Robert P. Thompson, 24, and Eric G. Franklin, 31, had four forged medical marijuana provider forms posted near 105 marijuana plants when detectives raided the home Thursday, according to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office. Those plants were seized, along with several hundred dollars in cash.
The growing operation had been at the home at 1527 E. Rockwell Ave. for two years but wasn’t discovered until March 1, when someone smelled marijuana wafting from the home, according to a news release.
Thompson and Franklin were selling the marijuana in the Everett area, detectives said. The men were booked into Spokane County Jail on one count each of manufacturing a controlled substance.
Human trafficking suspects released 
cowboy on March 12 at 12:19 p.m.
It doesn’t matter if the license was fake or not the cops still would have kicked the door down and confiscated the plants.
Medical card only allows you 15 plants every 60 days. And I have it on good authority the cops will kick your door down for your legal right, because weed is still against federal law, and that supercedes state law. Why else is there a unmarked car parked at the local grow store on Francis?
I too was going to get licensed and grow but found out I can still get busted, and hassled, because after they have my name they will be watching my every move. I know two people it has happened to.
I think the only safe way to grow is illegal. Sometimes following their law isn’t really the safest way to go.
The only person who smelled weed was the cop sneaking along the foundation of the house at 2 in the morning.
jway on March 12 at 1:29 p.m.
7,000 people were murdered by the Mexican drug cartels last year because we in the US kept marijuana illegal, many of the victims were children, police officers and politicians. This year the cartels are on track to kill at least 9,000 more. Who supports keeping it illegal?