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    Marijuana mystery in Texas

    http://www.marijuana.com/marijuana-mashup/95734-marijuana-my...
    41 days ago in Marijuana.com An Herb Garden of Knowledge · Authority: 101

    They nabbed him with a twelfth of an ounce of marijuana and he was charged with a Class B misdemeanor, with a possible 6 months in the can and a $2000 fine. His lawyer said he could have gotten off with a slap on the wrist, ... More...

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    Marijuana mystery in Texas [Effect Measure]

    http://newage.org/health/marijuana-mystery-in-texas-effect-m...
    41 days ago in NewAge.org — · Authority: 16

    I sometimes wonder if ordinary people in Texas are as stupid as many of the leaders they elect, but the evidence is that most aren’t. Take the west Texas jury who heard case of Tim Stevens of Amarillo, 53 years old, and suffering from HIV/AIDS. He also had a cyclical vomiting syndrome, for which he treated himself with a toke here or there from some inhalable Mary Jane. So who cares? Some asshole who notified police after they saw Stevens share a joint on a friend’s porch. They nabbed him with a twelfth of an ounce of marijuana and he was charged with a Class B misdemeanor, with a possible 6 months in the can and a $2000 fine. His lawyer said he could have gotten off with a slap on the wrist, but instead he invoked a defense of “medical necessity,” that is, that he had to break the law to prevent an even worse harm. Not a promising defense in an extremely conservative region of the state that elected George W. Bush Governor: Read the rest of this post… | Read the comments on this post…