Ed Rosenthal Gets 1 Day Jail Time In Marijuana Case / Thanks To Ed Rosenthal Medical Marijuana Fight Continues

SF: JUDGE DENIES ROSENTHAL ATTORNEY'S FEES FOR DISMISSED FINANCIAL CHARGES


A federal judge has turned down a bid by Oakland marijuana activist Ed Rosenthal for attorney's fees for his costs of fighting tax evasion and money laundering charges that were dismissed before a trial.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco issued a ruling rejecting the request Friday afternoon, shortly after he sentenced Rosenthal to one day already served in jail for marijuana cultivation.

Breyer wrote that even though he dismissed the financial accusations, the charges weren't frivolous and the government therefore should not be required to pay Rosenthal's legal costs.

The judge wrote, "The court does not find that the government acted maliciously or with an intent to harass the defendant.''

Convicted medical pot grower avoids prison sentence


SAN FRANCISCO—Ed Rosenthal, the self-described "Guru of Ganja," will not spend any time in prison despite a conviction for growing and distributing hundreds of marijuana plants, a federal judge ruled Friday.
A jury convicted Rosenthal, 63, in May of three cultivation and conspiracy charges after U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer prohibited his lawyers from telling the jury that Rosenthal was working for a pot club sanctioned by the city of Oakland.

On Friday, Breyer said the one-day prison sentence was still punishment enough for Rosenthal, who once wrote the "Ask Ed" column for High Times magazine and has written books with titles including "The Big Book of Buds" and "Ask Ed: Marijuana Law. Don't Get Busted."

Nonetheless, Rosenthal said he still planned to appeal his conviction.

"I should not remain a felon," he said.

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Angel Raich Loses Medical Marijuana Appeal / US Government Has No Compassion

When will this government realize that the people have spoken and they want the "Medical Marijuana Laws" passed?
They need to realize that the outdated laws concerning Marijuana are total bullshit. I wonder if most people realize that Marijuana is put in the same class as Heroine and Meth? The highest class you can get on the drug class list. That’s insane considering how mild of a drug it is compared to the rest of the drugs in that class.
The number of arrests and jail/prison sentences are skyrocketing day by day and that fills the jails and prisons so they need more space to lock-up the real criminals who deserve to be there. The prison game is big money in this country and the taxpayers are suffering because of it.
Wake-up Washington and do something about these insane drug laws before everyone is in prison for smoking a joint... BJC

Calif. appeals court rules against dying woman in medical marijuana case

SAN FRANCISCO - A woman whose doctor says marijuana is the only medicine keeping her alive can face federal prosecution on drug charges, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

The ruling was the latest legal defeat for Angel Raich, a mother of two from Oakland suffering from scoliosis, a brain tumor, chronic nausea and other ailments who sued the federal government pre-emptively to avoid being arrested for using the drug. On her doctor’s advice, Raich eats or smokes marijuana every couple of hours to ease her pain and bolster her appetite.

Dying Woman Loses Appeal on Marijuana as Medication

SAN FRANCISCO, March 14 — Federal appellate judges here ruled Wednesday that a terminally ill woman using marijuana was not immune to federal prosecution simply because of her condition, and in a separate case a federal judge dismissed most of the charges against a prominent advocate for the medicinal use of the drug.

Medical Marijuana: Should getting high be legal

The legalization of marijuana has been a source of social and political conflict in the United States for decades.

At PLU, illegal marijuana use is the most common drug abuse violation with more than 10 reported violations in the last three years.

Despite federal prohibition, attempts to legalize marijuana have appeared on several state ballots including Alaska, Arizona, California, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington.

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Attention all Medical Marijuana patients, Caregivers and supporters!
Rick's biography page has to be temporarily put on hold for these two special notice's to all of our Medical Marijuana patients and supporters! Supporters, Medical Marijuana patients & Caregivers alike read this very closely. Act now and do not let any more of our Medical patients State Rights be violated. Get your fliers printed up now! You can be and active part of this movement to stop violating medical necessity rights. Quick tip: Cargivers stay out of this lime lite, but do act by going to Kinkos and having a banner made up for your medical patient to display to these Jurors! " Kinkos will do a beautiful job you should see mine" I was the original person that wrote this script 6 years ago before I went on my 5 year vacation for the Fed's :). I want to take this moment to make a special thanks to the University students that took my banner to D.C. ( they are the true warriors of this script). Thank you Rocky Neil of Sac. State University. You are the finest true blooded Indian I have ever known and I love you brother!

Medical Marijuana in America

"What was done with the seed saved from the India Hemp last summer? It ought, all of it, to have been sewn again; that not only a stock of seed sufficient for my own purposes might have been raised, but to have disseminated the seed to others; as it is more valuable than the common Hemp."
George Washington - Former President


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