Its obvious that you did not read the article. Had you done so, you would have found the following information:
A local Superior Court judge had ordered the city to return the marijuana it confiscated from No Runner last summer, ruling the 23-year-old Grover Beach man had a valid doctor's recommendation.
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Once the recommendation was verified, the District Attorney's Office dismissed criminal charges. But police would not return the pot or the pipe.
So, if its that important to you, why don't you go ask the Judge or the District Attorney for the name of the doctor.
Isn't that the newspaper reporter's job?
Oh well Dan, I guess you give all reporters the benefit of the doubt and that you don't think that they have a liberal bias. Uh Uh, no bias at all here.