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  • Pot author challenges drug convictions ('Guru of Ganja')

    09/13/2005 9:22:10 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 50 replies · 766+ views
    ap on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 9/13/05 | David Kravets - ap
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Attorneys for a man who has written books on how to grow marijuana and avoid getting caught asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to overturn his drug convictions. Ed Rosenthal, the self-described "Guru of Ganja," was convicted two years ago of growing and distributing hundreds of marijuana plants. He says he was authorized to do so by the city of Oakland under a 1996 California medical marijuana law. After U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer refused to allow a jury to hear that defense, Rosenthal was convicted of being a major drug supplier. Breyer sentenced him to...