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New Bill In Development 4-1-10
We are currently working with Senator Jerome Delvin to develop a bill that will specifically allow non-profit collectives, non-profit sales, protection from arrest, job loss, housing loss, and benefit loss as well as a number of other things. We are in the data stage atm and will be collecting relevant information on what is happening in other states, what is working and what is not, as well as what patients want to see. The data stage will take at least a month and then it is on to the language stage of the bill. Over the next few months we will be holding meetings for both sides of the issue separately and then together. We will be pre-filling this December. We need all the help we can get and when it comes time we will need everyone to work on this so we can finally get a bill that works. Peace
Seattle Hempfest was an experiance I wont soon forget.............
I got into town around 830AM and stoped for coffie and directions. After stopping at a local coffee shop getting a nice hot cup of coffee and some directions I sat outside and are prepared my camera gear for the shooting to come. Then I got back on my bike and and rode down to the entrance of Hempfest. This is one of the times that I am very very glad that I have a handicapped plate as I was able to park my bike less than 100 feet from the actual entrance of hemp Fest and was actually feeling a bit sorry for all the cagers out there for having to park way on the other side of the city and ride the bus in.....NOT! Anyway, when I got to the front line where they were stopping everyone because they didn't open until 10, one of the security guards approached me and said I couldn't come in. I had my camera around my neck and my backpack on my back and I asked him "...that's fine but can you tell me where the doctors are meeting for the 1030 symposium? He looked at me then looked at my camera and the looked back at me and said I could go ahead and go in. So I was all given access as a member of the press. Here I am walking around Hempfest at about nine o'clock in the morning with nobody there except those working on Hempfest so I was able to get a lot of great pictures. I took a whole lot of pictures and about 10 o'clock I called Dr. Carter and Mr. Hiatt, my Dr. and our attorney, but they had not arrived yet, they were going to meet me at the main stage just before 1030. We missed each other because by about 1015 there have to be at least 100,000 people there. So I waited and took pictures when they came on stage for their speeches and then when they completed I went around back stage. I spent the next hour and a half backstage of the main stage of Hempfest talking with many of the leading activists. Basically all the leading activists including those from WAAM down in California,NORML, MPP and all the other major and many minor activists were there. I spent some time speaking with the founder of the THCF foundation and got some great information on what they're doing here in the near term. By the time that my back said it was time to go it was just before 4:20 PM. I didn't make the connection at the time, as all I knew was my back was killing me and I was starting to get very nauseous so I know it was time to go. I gathered all my equipment and bid goodbye to all my new friends and my doctor and lawyer. I proceeded to walk around through the gate and out from backstage into a mass of people. You literally could not move at all there were so many people waiting for 420 at the main stage. And it wasn't just the main stage it was all of the stages and all of the area in between people were packed so tight it was like a sardine can. It took me over an hour to go less than an eighth of a mile to the entrance where I was parked. Now I'm not normally the type of person to freak out but boy with that many people and being in the pain I was in and feeling sick, I could feel an anxiety attack coming on. I had the breakout my pipe and smoke with everybody else at 420 and then I was fine except that I had moved but about 6 inches in 10 minutes. Eventually after 420 was over by about almost 30 minutes things started to move very slowly and I finally made my way out where I was parked. I got back on my bike, packed everything up and took off back to my to my room to pack everything else. Then I came home and it took about 10 minutes to download all of the pictures I had taken from hempfest. I have uploaded the majority of these pictures to the gallery section under Seattle had its 2009 enjoy
I got into town around 830AM and stoped for coffie and directions. After stopping at a local coffee shop getting a nice hot cup of coffee and some directions I sat outside and are prepared my camera gear for the shooting to come. Then I got back on my bike and and rode down to the entrance of Hempfest. This is one of the times that I am very very glad that I have a handicapped plate as I was able to park my bike less than 100 feet from the actual entrance of hemp Fest and was actually feeling a bit sorry for all the cagers out there for having to park way on the other side of the city and ride the bus in.....NOT! Anyway, when I got to the front line where they were stopping everyone because they didn't open until 10, one of the security guards approached me and said I couldn't come in. I had my camera around my neck and my backpack on my back and I asked him "...that's fine but can you tell me where the doctors are meeting for the 1030 symposium? He looked at me then looked at my camera and the looked back at me and said I could go ahead and go in. So I was all given access as a member of the press. Here I am walking around Hempfest at about nine o'clock in the morning with nobody there except those working on Hempfest so I was able to get a lot of great pictures. I took a whole lot of pictures and about 10 o'clock I called Dr. Carter and Mr. Hiatt, my Dr. and our attorney, but they had not arrived yet, they were going to meet me at the main stage just before 1030. We missed each other because by about 1015 there have to be at least 100,000 people there. So I waited and took pictures when they came on stage for their speeches and then when they completed I went around back stage. I spent the next hour and a half backstage of the main stage of Hempfest talking with many of the leading activists. Basically all the leading activists including those from WAAM down in California,NORML, MPP and all the other major and many minor activists were there. I spent some time speaking with the founder of the THCF foundation and got some great information on what they're doing here in the near term. By the time that my back said it was time to go it was just before 4:20 PM. I didn't make the connection at the time, as all I knew was my back was killing me and I was starting to get very nauseous so I know it was time to go. I gathered all my equipment and bid goodbye to all my new friends and my doctor and lawyer. I proceeded to walk around through the gate and out from backstage into a mass of people. You literally could not move at all there were so many people waiting for 420 at the main stage. And it wasn't just the main stage it was all of the stages and all of the area in between people were packed so tight it was like a sardine can. It took me over an hour to go less than an eighth of a mile to the entrance where I was parked. Now I'm not normally the type of person to freak out but boy with that many people and being in the pain I was in and feeling sick, I could feel an anxiety attack coming on. I had the breakout my pipe and smoke with everybody else at 420 and then I was fine except that I had moved but about 6 inches in 10 minutes. Eventually after 420 was over by about almost 30 minutes things started to move very slowly and I finally made my way out where I was parked. I got back on my bike, packed everything up and took off back to my to my room to pack everything else. Then I came home and it took about 10 minutes to download all of the pictures I had taken from hempfest. I have uploaded the majority of these pictures to the gallery section under Seattle had its 2009 enjoy
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Acquitted, Medical Pot Patient Leaves Boulder Court With Marijuana
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Rolling out of the Boulder County Justice Center in a wheelchair Thursday with a jumble of once-confiscated pot in his lap, Jason Lauve smiled and waved to supporters after a jury acquitted him of possessing too much medical marijuana.
Eight men and four women found the 38-year-old Louisville resident not guilty of a felony drug possession charge, as well as lesser charges of possessing marijuana and marijuana concentrate.
Lauve, who was prescribed marijuana to relieve the pain from a back injury, burst out crying, grabbed his defense attorney and nearly fell to his knees when the verdict was announced.
"Thank you so much," he yelled out to the jurors.
Boulder District Judge Maria Berkenkotter had to pause and admonish Lauve's supporters as they applauded and called out during her reading of the verdicts.
She ordered that more than two pounds of Lauve's marijuana supply, which had been confiscated by police in a raid of his home last summer, be returned to him.
"I have a right to live," Lauve said afterward. "All of us as patients have a right to have our own life, not the government's life. We should not be treated like criminals."
Laurie Borgers, a medical marijuana patient from Denver, said she was elated by the verdict.
"I am happy and relieved as expected to see justice was served today," she said outside the courtroom. "They need to stop picking on sick people."
Lauve could have spent up to three years in prison had he been convicted of the most serious charge.
Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett said Thursday his office will not appeal.
"That's the way the system works and we respect the jury's verdict and the work they put into it," he said.
State law at core of case
Lauve's case cast a bright light on Colorado's 9-year-old medical marijuana law, which lets patients with chronic pain and in debilitating health obtain a state-issued ID card clearing them to grow and buy pot.
Lauve joined the state's medical marijuana registry after he was severely injured by a snowboarder who plowed into him at Eldora Ski Resort in 2004. He said the collision reduced him from an avid cyclist and expert telemark skier to someone who relies on a cane and wheelchair to get around.
He testified during his four-day trial that he smoked pot three times a day and mixed the drug into his food once daily to relieve his pain. Medical marijuana was the most effective pain management tool he had come across, Lauve told the jury, and the drug allowed him to wean himself off of several addictive opiate-based painkillers.
Law enforcement authorities, acting on a tip from a neighbor, seized 34 ounces of marijuana from Lauve's home on June 26, 2008. Prosecutors claimed he violated the law by possessing far more than the 2 ounces of usable pot and six plants permitted by the statute.
But Lauve and his lawyer countered that the constitutional amendment voters approved in 2000 contains a provision that allows patients to present an "affirmative defense," ultimately giving them the power to determine the amount of marijuana appropriate for their needs.
Prosecutor Karen Lorenz contended in closing arguments that by ignoring the limits in the statute, patients and caregivers would essentially have "carte blanche" to possess whatever amount of pot they wanted, gutting the law's intent.
"There's no doctor to support this, there are random numbers being thrown around based on what he thinks he needs on a day-to-day basis," Lorenz told the jury. "That's not what the medical marijuana statute is for."
Lauve's attorney, Rob Corry, argued that prosecutors never came close to proving that his client was doing anything other than legally medicating himself and treating pain that only he could gauge.
"There is no evidence that he had more than what was medically necessary to treat his severe debilitating medical condition," Corry said. "Who gets to decide what is medically necessary?"
'We believed you'
Jury foreman Roger Grady said after the trial that he and his 11 colleagues simply attempted to interpret the state law as "common men" would.
"We believed you," he told Lauve outside the courthouse.
Grady, 64, said it was clear that the best person to determine how much medical marijuana a patient needs is the patient himself.
"We don't know what the limit is for medical marijuana, and the prosecution didn't produce anyone who knew what that limit was," he said.
If prosecutors were using Lauve as a "test case" for how the state's medical marijuana law should be applied, Grady said, they chose the wrong man. Grady accused prosecutors of not doing their "homework" and bringing a relatively weak case against Lauve.
"We thought, 'This guy is doing everything in the law as it was written,'" Grady said.
Garnett, the DA, said he didn't see the trial as a medical marijuana test case.
"It's a careful process we pursue to analyze a case," he said. "We try to treat every defendant individually and fairly."
But medical marijuana advocate Laura Kriho, of Boulder, said the case was a waste of public resources that brought misery upon a man who did nothing wrong.
She said she hopes Thursday's verdict will bring a fresh understanding of the importance of letting patients take the lead in determining the best treatments for themselves.
"The DA shouldn't be spending taxpayer dollars telling people how to medicate themselves," she said. "This sets a precedent that Boulder County juries are not going to convict medical cannabis patients for using the amount they see fit."
Jason Lauve, center, his brother Alex, left, and his attorney, Robert Corry, are greeted by cheers from supporters as they exit the courtroom
Jason Lauve, right, is hugged by a juror (who refused to give her name) after his trial ended at the Boulder County Justice Center on Thursday At left is jury foreman Roger Grady.
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Eight men and four women found the 38-year-old Louisville resident not guilty of a felony drug possession charge, as well as lesser charges of possessing marijuana and marijuana concentrate.
Lauve, who was prescribed marijuana to relieve the pain from a back injury, burst out crying, grabbed his defense attorney and nearly fell to his knees when the verdict was announced.
"Thank you so much," he yelled out to the jurors.
Boulder District Judge Maria Berkenkotter had to pause and admonish Lauve's supporters as they applauded and called out during her reading of the verdicts.
She ordered that more than two pounds of Lauve's marijuana supply, which had been confiscated by police in a raid of his home last summer, be returned to him.
"I have a right to live," Lauve said afterward. "All of us as patients have a right to have our own life, not the government's life. We should not be treated like criminals."
Laurie Borgers, a medical marijuana patient from Denver, said she was elated by the verdict.
"I am happy and relieved as expected to see justice was served today," she said outside the courtroom. "They need to stop picking on sick people."
Lauve could have spent up to three years in prison had he been convicted of the most serious charge.
Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett said Thursday his office will not appeal.
"That's the way the system works and we respect the jury's verdict and the work they put into it," he said.
State law at core of case
Lauve's case cast a bright light on Colorado's 9-year-old medical marijuana law, which lets patients with chronic pain and in debilitating health obtain a state-issued ID card clearing them to grow and buy pot.
Lauve joined the state's medical marijuana registry after he was severely injured by a snowboarder who plowed into him at Eldora Ski Resort in 2004. He said the collision reduced him from an avid cyclist and expert telemark skier to someone who relies on a cane and wheelchair to get around.
He testified during his four-day trial that he smoked pot three times a day and mixed the drug into his food once daily to relieve his pain. Medical marijuana was the most effective pain management tool he had come across, Lauve told the jury, and the drug allowed him to wean himself off of several addictive opiate-based painkillers.
Law enforcement authorities, acting on a tip from a neighbor, seized 34 ounces of marijuana from Lauve's home on June 26, 2008. Prosecutors claimed he violated the law by possessing far more than the 2 ounces of usable pot and six plants permitted by the statute.
But Lauve and his lawyer countered that the constitutional amendment voters approved in 2000 contains a provision that allows patients to present an "affirmative defense," ultimately giving them the power to determine the amount of marijuana appropriate for their needs.
Prosecutor Karen Lorenz contended in closing arguments that by ignoring the limits in the statute, patients and caregivers would essentially have "carte blanche" to possess whatever amount of pot they wanted, gutting the law's intent.
"There's no doctor to support this, there are random numbers being thrown around based on what he thinks he needs on a day-to-day basis," Lorenz told the jury. "That's not what the medical marijuana statute is for."
Lauve's attorney, Rob Corry, argued that prosecutors never came close to proving that his client was doing anything other than legally medicating himself and treating pain that only he could gauge.
"There is no evidence that he had more than what was medically necessary to treat his severe debilitating medical condition," Corry said. "Who gets to decide what is medically necessary?"
'We believed you'
Jury foreman Roger Grady said after the trial that he and his 11 colleagues simply attempted to interpret the state law as "common men" would.
"We believed you," he told Lauve outside the courthouse.
Grady, 64, said it was clear that the best person to determine how much medical marijuana a patient needs is the patient himself.
"We don't know what the limit is for medical marijuana, and the prosecution didn't produce anyone who knew what that limit was," he said.
If prosecutors were using Lauve as a "test case" for how the state's medical marijuana law should be applied, Grady said, they chose the wrong man. Grady accused prosecutors of not doing their "homework" and bringing a relatively weak case against Lauve.
"We thought, 'This guy is doing everything in the law as it was written,'" Grady said.
Garnett, the DA, said he didn't see the trial as a medical marijuana test case.
"It's a careful process we pursue to analyze a case," he said. "We try to treat every defendant individually and fairly."
But medical marijuana advocate Laura Kriho, of Boulder, said the case was a waste of public resources that brought misery upon a man who did nothing wrong.
She said she hopes Thursday's verdict will bring a fresh understanding of the importance of letting patients take the lead in determining the best treatments for themselves.
"The DA shouldn't be spending taxpayer dollars telling people how to medicate themselves," she said. "This sets a precedent that Boulder County juries are not going to convict medical cannabis patients for using the amount they see fit."
Jason Lauve, center, his brother Alex, left, and his attorney, Robert Corry, are greeted by cheers from supporters as they exit the courtroom
Jason Lauve, right, is hugged by a juror (who refused to give her name) after his trial ended at the Boulder County Justice Center on Thursday At left is jury foreman Roger Grady.
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ABC News goes Reefer Madness
'Reefer Madness' Redux, Is Pot Addictive? at ABC News Health is a real piece of work.
It purports to be a balanced look at whether cannabis is addictive or whether current fears are mere Reefer Madness, yet it allows an awful lot of its own Reefer Madness nonsense through...
Studies dating back to 1984 have documented a clinical syndrome characterized by "restlessness, anorexia, irritability and insomnia" that begins within 24 hours of discontinuation and can last for up to 10 days.Today, there are no FDA-approved drugs to counteract withdrawal symptoms, although the synthetic cancer drug Marinol shows some promise.
Really? Drugs to counteract cannabis withdrawal? Do we really need that? And are prescription THC pills supposed to be the answer (especially since, if we believe the fear-mongers, a big part of the problem is the increased level of THC in today's pot)?
As the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States, marijuana produces dependence and relapse rates comparable to other drugs some researchers believe.Really? Even a cursory look at the difference between tobacco smokers and marijuana smokers will quickly disabuse you of that notion.
With stronger pot, emergency rooms have reported more associated accidents. Just this week, seven people were killed when the driver -- drove the wrong way on a New York highway and collided head on with a pickup truck. Although the drivers family has disputed the results, toxicology tests showed high levels of alcohol and marijuana.Give me a break! Combination of the conjoined statement lie, the out and out plain old lie (use of the word "accidents" in the first sentence), and attributing marijuana causation in an accident involving high levels of alcohol.
"The marijuana that is now out has been cross-bred like people breed flowers so what you have now is different from what you had 20 to 30 years ago," said John Massella, regional program director for the Pittsburgh-based Gateway rehabilitation center, which treats 10,000 to 12,000 patients a year.Bull."They develop a tolerance and need more to get the desired effect," he told ABCNews.com.
Gateway has seen an increase in number of marijuana dependency cases, mostly adults who do not come of their own volition. Many have been referred by family or have had trouble with the law or have tested positive in an employment-related urine test.Yeah. In other words, they aren't addicted. They're showing up because of referrals.
[Roger A. Roffman] argues that the reform movement makes a "tragic mistake" to convince the public that marijuana is relatively harmless.
Hmm.... that last sentence sounds familiar.
New York Times July 19, 2009:
[Roger a. Roffman:] However, our debates need more honesty. Those favoring liberalizing marijuana policy ought to stop inferring that marijuana is harmless; it is not.
Boston Globe, June 23, 2008:
"I think [both sides] do a disservice to the general public," said Roffman, who has written papers and edited books on marijuana use and dependence. On websites of drug policy reform advocates, "you'll find lots of information about the very adverse consequences of criminalizing marijuana and very little mention of the very real harm associated with marijuana among some people in some circumstances," he said.
Exactly what I was talking about in my post Harmless?
Where Roffman gets the idea that it's my job to say that marijuana isn't harmless (particularly when every government and media lackey is willing to lie to do so) is beyond me, particularly when it isn't even relevant to the discussion of whether criminalization is the best way to deal with drugs.
[Thanks, Scott]
Source: StopTheDrugWar.org
PRESS RELEASE – AUGUST 2, 2009 – FROM JOHN MCCALL, ATTORNEY
On June 30, 2009 in the Federal District Court of New Mexico, Assistant US Attorney John Anderson agreed, on the record, to Honor the Medical Marijuana Recommendation of Charles Smith of Shasta Lake, California. Federal District Court Magistrate Judge Lorenzo Garcia further agreed to accept the State’s proposed recommendation of a Conditional Discharge upon provision of Mr. Smith’s Medical Marijuana Recommendation to the US Attorney’s office. This historic moment occurred during the federal Government’s prosecution of cases related to the Annual Rainbow Gathering that occurs in different states around the country and involves a large Federal Law Enforcement presence. The cases were prosecuted as civil collateral forfeitures and the records have been transferred to the Central Violations Bureau for the Federal Government. Five Medical marijuana recommendations were honored including those from Wyoming, California, Hawaii and Washington State. This is the first time in modern history, in which it is known that the US Attorney and the Federal District Court agreed to accept medical marijuana recommendations and licenses in order to dismiss marijuana possession charges.
This historic series of events followed the filing of a law suit by Bryan Krumm of New Mexicans for Compassionate Use in New Mexico Federal District Court in 2008. During those proceedings members of New Mexicans for Compassionate Use were able to speak to Justice Department representatives about the statements in March of 2009 by Eric Holder, US Attorney General, that medical marijuana would no longer be prosecuted. After this conversation in May of 2009, Attorney General Holder came to New Mexico in June of 2009 and again gave a public presentation on the matter stating that legally established medical marijuana distribution operations and legally sanctioned medical marijuana users (all under state laws), would not be prosecuted by the Federal Government. During the proceedings it was revealed that the AUSA’s prosecuting the cases in New Mexico told Defendants that they were not returning the medicine and that they would be prosecuted if they were caught with Marijuana in the National Forest again. During discussions with the US Attorney and his Assistants at the Court, long time Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Judy Rosenstein discovered that the US Attorney for New Mexico, Gregory J. Fouratt, was not involved in that decision to impose conditions on the Defendants.
Contact Attorney John McCall for more information on this case. Charles Smith has given permission for this information to be released to the public and is available, somewhere in the woods around Shasta Lake, if you want to find him and talk to him about his experience.
You can go to Youtube Lisa Law for video of the Rainbow Gathering and Law Enforcement activities.
John McCall
Attorney at Law
Law Works L.L.C.
823 Gold SW
Albuquerque NM 87102
(505) 256-1998
Cell (505) 480-7764
Read more: http://stopthedrugwar.org/in_the_trenches/2009/aug/05/m...
PRESS RELEASE – AUGUST 2, 2009 – FROM JOHN MCCALL, ATTORNEY
On June 30, 2009 in the Federal District Court of New Mexico, Assistant US Attorney John Anderson agreed, on the record, to Honor the Medical Marijuana Recommendation of Charles Smith of Shasta Lake, California. Federal District Court Magistrate Judge Lorenzo Garcia further agreed to accept the State’s proposed recommendation of a Conditional Discharge upon provision of Mr. Smith’s Medical Marijuana Recommendation to the US Attorney’s office. This historic moment occurred during the federal Government’s prosecution of cases related to the Annual Rainbow Gathering that occurs in different states around the country and involves a large Federal Law Enforcement presence. The cases were prosecuted as civil collateral forfeitures and the records have been transferred to the Central Violations Bureau for the Federal Government. Five Medical marijuana recommendations were honored including those from Wyoming, California, Hawaii and Washington State. This is the first time in modern history, in which it is known that the US Attorney and the Federal District Court agreed to accept medical marijuana recommendations and licenses in order to dismiss marijuana possession charges.
This historic series of events followed the filing of a law suit by Bryan Krumm of New Mexicans for Compassionate Use in New Mexico Federal District Court in 2008. During those proceedings members of New Mexicans for Compassionate Use were able to speak to Justice Department representatives about the statements in March of 2009 by Eric Holder, US Attorney General, that medical marijuana would no longer be prosecuted. After this conversation in May of 2009, Attorney General Holder came to New Mexico in June of 2009 and again gave a public presentation on the matter stating that legally established medical marijuana distribution operations and legally sanctioned medical marijuana users (all under state laws), would not be prosecuted by the Federal Government. During the proceedings it was revealed that the AUSA’s prosecuting the cases in New Mexico told Defendants that they were not returning the medicine and that they would be prosecuted if they were caught with Marijuana in the National Forest again. During discussions with the US Attorney and his Assistants at the Court, long time Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Judy Rosenstein discovered that the US Attorney for New Mexico, Gregory J. Fouratt, was not involved in that decision to impose conditions on the Defendants.
Contact Attorney John McCall for more information on this case. Charles Smith has given permission for this information to be released to the public and is available, somewhere in the woods around Shasta Lake, if you want to find him and talk to him about his experience.
You can go to Youtube Lisa Law for video of the Rainbow Gathering and Law Enforcement activities.
John McCall
Attorney at Law
Law Works L.L.C.
823 Gold SW
Albuquerque NM 87102
(505) 256-1998
Cell (505) 480-7764
Read more: http://stopthedrugwar.org/in_the_trenches/2009/aug/05/m...
Richland man says he wasn't growing too much medical pot
By Kristin M. Kraemer, Herald staff writer
A 51-year-old Richland man with a license to have medical marijuana pleaded innocent to allegations he had more plants than he's allowed.
Joseph Dean Webb faces trial Oct. 12 for possession of marijuana over 40 grams.
Richland police got a tip that Webb was growing marijuana on his Casey Avenue property. After getting a warrant, officers searched the home June 27 and found 28 marijuana plants, court documents said.
Webb showed police a medical marijuana license, which allows him to possess 15 plants.
He told officers "that he was recently offered several 'pedigree' plants, so he purchased them," documents said.
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- A medical marijuana user is scheduled to go on trial in Boulder, accused of possessing too much of the drug.
Thirty-eight-year-old Jason Lauve was arrested in June 2008 after police found more than 30 marijuana plants in his Louisville home.
His trial is scheduled to start Monday.
Colorado's medical marijuana law allows people to have six marijuana plants and two ounces of usable marijuana. However it also allows patients to prove they need more to treat their condition.
Lauve has said that he had trouble growing marijuana and that dozens of the plants were unusable. He said he kept them in trash bags in his garage because he didn't want to leave them outside for trash pickup.
Police say undisclosed evidence leads them to believe Lauve broke the law.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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