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CO: Cops slip up on medical marijuana
Denver Post ^ | August 4, 2006

Posted on 08/04/2006 8:59:33 PM PDT by Wolfie

Cops slip up on medical marijuana

Not many people go to the Denver Police Department to pick up bags of marijuana, but Thursday a police officer handed Larisa Lawrence about 2 ounces of the drug.

"It's squished," she said, scrunching her nose and pressing down on the red evidence bags. "It's just not the same."

Late Tuesday, Lawrence's marijuana was seized by Denver police during a traffic stop even though she produced proof that she was allowed to carry it under the state's medical marijuana law.

Lawrence, 30, and her husband, Thomas, are caregivers who run a medical-marijuana support center in Denver. The couple said they are also patients allowed to use marijuana for medical purposes under a doctor's approval.

The police returned the marijuana Thursday after the couple had their lawyer, Robert Corry, contact the Police Department.

Corry says this is the second time the couple has had their marijuana confiscated and later returned by the Denver police.

He says the same thing has happened to six more of his clients.

Corry suspects there are more users of medical marijuana around the state who have had problems with police.

"I can't imagine how they would not know this is the law," Corry said. "Police officers take an oath to uphold the laws of Colorado. Obviously, this is a severe gap in their training."

Corry has offered to hold an educational seminar about Amendment 20 for law enforcement officers so that the law does not continue to be misunderstood.

Denver police Detective John White said the Lawrences did not have the proper documentation with them during the traffic stop, as they claim.

The law, enacted in June 2001, allows people with specified ailments to use marijuana for medical purposes.

Hundreds of Coloradans have obtained medical-marijuana registry ID cards through the state's Department of Public Health for ailments such as cancer, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, muscle spasms, severe pain and nausea.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; leo; mrleroybait; warondrugs; wod; woddiecrushonleroy; wodlist

1 posted on 08/04/2006 8:59:34 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Wolfie
God, these people are obviously long haired, maggot infested, dope smoking, FM listening types that should be locked up for a long time according to one oxy(hillbilly heroin) addicted talk show host.
2 posted on 08/04/2006 9:07:14 PM PDT by hodaka
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To: Wolfie


Hey, they took all the seeds!!


3 posted on 08/04/2006 9:09:38 PM PDT by phoenix0468 (http://www.mylocalforum.com -- Go Speak Your Mind.)
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To: Wolfie

EVERYBODY in Colorado law enforcement is familiar with this law...it was in all the papaers forever! The cops clearly STOLE it from them. Period.


4 posted on 08/04/2006 9:10:24 PM PDT by 2harddrive (...House a TOTAL Loss.....)
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To: hodaka

Plus, ya just know they have Steely Dan on vinyl.


5 posted on 08/04/2006 9:10:47 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Wolfie
No wonder people say that cops always have the best dope.

L

6 posted on 08/04/2006 9:10:49 PM PDT by Lurker (islam is NOT a religion. It's a political ideology masquerading as a one.)
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To: Wolfie
"It's squished," she said, scrunching her nose and pressing down on the red evidence bags. "It's just not the same."

Eeeewwww! It's squished

Want some cheese with that whine? Whatta crybaby.

7 posted on 08/04/2006 9:11:42 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Lurker

They do. They have some of mine.....lol


8 posted on 08/04/2006 9:12:43 PM PDT by When do we get liberated? ((Multi-culturism, go for a dirt nap. If you cant stand behind our troops, stand in front of them.)
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To: hodaka
God, these people are obviously long haired, maggot infested, dope smoking, FM listening types that should be locked up for a long time according to one oxy (hillbilly heroin) addicted talk show host.


9 posted on 08/04/2006 10:14:16 PM PDT by mugs99 (Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out alive.)
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To: mugs99

Oh, come on now. Lay off the Viagra Kid.

Whoever in this world who thinks cops follow the law instead of their own self interests is a deluded ignorami.

Start enforcing immigration laws, then those state laws against cohabitation and behavior of citizens in hotels. Let's hang a few adulterers. THEN we can discuss what folks smoke/drink/shoot at home.

Screwing around harms one hundred times as many children more deeply than drug addiction ever will be able to.


10 posted on 08/04/2006 10:50:04 PM PDT by 308MBR ( "She pulled up her petticoat, and I pulled out for Tulsa!" Abstinence training from Bob Wills.)
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To: 308MBR

LOL!
You're right...


11 posted on 08/04/2006 11:03:10 PM PDT by mugs99 (Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out alive.)
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To: mugs99

Hey wasn't that a picture of him around three hundred pounds ago.


12 posted on 08/04/2006 11:04:03 PM PDT by hodaka
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To: hodaka

Actuall, it's closer to twenty years and thirty pounds ago, but who's counting.


13 posted on 08/04/2006 11:07:14 PM PDT by 308MBR ( "She pulled up her petticoat, and I pulled out for Tulsa!" Abstinence training from Bob Wills.)
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To: metmom

You just have to roll it a little looser so it'll burn better.


14 posted on 08/04/2006 11:08:28 PM PDT by 308MBR ( "She pulled up her petticoat, and I pulled out for Tulsa!" Abstinence training from Bob Wills.)
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To: metmom

I have always just hated it when the "Law" handed my reefer back to me and let me go......

My glaucoma AND MS are acting up now. I'm moving to Denver.


15 posted on 08/04/2006 11:10:19 PM PDT by 308MBR ( "She pulled up her petticoat, and I pulled out for Tulsa!" Abstinence training from Bob Wills.)
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To: hodaka

300 hundred pounds and a wife ago!


16 posted on 08/05/2006 7:42:29 AM PDT by mugs99 (Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out alive.)
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