Posted on 10/08/2002 7:39:57 PM PDT by The FRugitive
Edited on 04/12/2004 5:45:23 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Bryan James Epis, the first person associated with a California medical marijuana dispensary to be tried in federal court for growing pot, was sentenced Monday in Sacramento to a mandatory 10 years in prison.
Epis, 35, insists the crop in his Chico house was only for himself and four other seriously ill people whose physicians had recommended the drug in conformance with California's 1996 Compassionate Use Act. But he ran head-on into federal law that makes no allowance for medical necessity.
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About the same time the whining begins on ending the war on crime...
Oh, I get it now ... it was the evil "draconian anti-drug types" who forced this poor soul to break the law. I hadn't realized that the WOD devils were using mind-control to force innocent dupes to do something that everyone knows you will get jail time for doing. What a racket! Not only can they ruin some poor innocent slob's life, but they get to keep the War on Drugs going at the same time. A plot worthy of Ming the Merciless!
Oh ... /sarcasm off
This is true of all anti-marijuana fanatics. They are unable to post factual stories of where smoking and growing pot are harmful to society comparable to how most legal drugs can be harmful if abused.
All they can do is hide behind propaganda that a it's against the law and pro-legalization is only conceivable in the minds of ignorant, burnt-out hippies. No matter how many scholars and geniuses you supply to them as an example of intelligent sources, they reply with the same reefer madness dribble.
I get tired of the same old arguments , but am confident that even their comments will only be perceived as what they are. Preposterous analogies of legalized marijuana causing rape, theft, terrorism, societal dependence and an uncontrollable decay of moral values.
I know, sounds a little like what gambling, alcohol and other legal activities may bring about but we won't discuss that because they would rather call people names than be proven a simpleton.
Yet, here you are, without fail, on every thread. Surely you're not so dense as to fail to see that your own advice applies equally well to you.
There is far, far more to life than worrying about other people smoking pot, Kevin. There truly is. And of course you won't "sit at the monitor and obsess over it long into the night;" instead, you'll spew your bile, ignore any reasonable discussion, and bide your time until another thread gives you another chance to display your handiwork.
Attorneys Robert Raich and David Michael, plaintiffs Angel McClary Raich and Diane Monson, Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley and Berkeley City Councilmember Kriss Worthington will hold a press conference at the California State Building in Oakland, 1515 Clay Street, Room 7 (2nd Floor) at 10:15 a.m. PDT, Weds. Oct. 9.
"The United States Government is waging a civil war against California medical cannabis patients like me. I am not willing to lie down and die on the battlefield," said Angel McClary Raich, who suffers from life-threatening wasting syndrome, nausea, an inoperable brain tumor, endometriosis, scoliosis, and numerous other disorders that cause severe, chronic pain and seizures. "I am violently allergic to most pharmaceutical drugs. Nothing else relieves my pain and allows me to eat and maintain my weight. My doctors agree that without medical cannabis I will die."
"These patients and their caregivers grow and consume medical cannabis entirely within California, using only equipment and supplies from within California," noted attorney Robert Raich. "For the federal government to attack patients and caregivers for activities that never cross state lines is an absolute violation of the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution." The suit, which also cites the Constitution's Ninth and Tenth Amendments, the Due Process clause of the Fifth Amendment, and the issue of medical necessity, asks for an injunction preventing the federal government from enforcing the Controlled Substances Act to bar the plaintiffs from growing or possessing marijuana for medical purposes, as allowed by California law.
"These two terribly ill patients are showing incredible courage by daring to publicly challenge the federal government," said Robert Kampia, executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project. "The public is revolted by these cruel attacks on the sick. We believe the courts will uphold the Constitution, the right of states to protect the health of their citizens, and the right of citizens to protect themselves from pain, suffering, and death."
Press Conference at California State Building in Oakland Oct. 9
Or they could take a page from Wickard v Filburn, and go after them for growing their own, and not engaging in interstate commerce. Talk about a Catch-22.
You gotta be joking. Asking KC to comment on the Constitution is like asking Clowntoon to comment on chastity.
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