Senior Citizen Cancer Patients Marijuana Charges Dropped
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San Bernardino medical marijuana users Rich McCabe, 74, and his wife Jo Anne Cates were raided by the County Sheriff’s Department, charging the senior citizens of cultivating and selling marijuana despite the existence of Prop 215. The raid went as far as confiscating items that were no longer related to marijuana such as a microwave and cash from a social security check. The Sheriff’s department claimed that the 2 San Bernardino medical marijuana users were large scale drug runners.
However, Judge Rodney Cortez finally dismissed the charges at the County Superior Court. Zenia Gillig and Danny Schultz, attorneys who represented the couple said the willingness of San Bernardino County Deputy District Attorney Jamie Adams to hear reason was substantial in having the charges dropped.
The two senior San Bernardino medical marijuana users faced 3 felony drug counts for medical marijuana use in compliance with state law and to relieve the symptoms associated with cancer treatment as well as other painful conditions; putting members of the community up in arms. The Marijuana Anti-Prohibition Project in Palm Springs, an affiliate of ASA, had hosted several events in order to raise money aimed in helping for the legal defense of the two senior San Bernardino medical marijuana users. On the other hand, the legal process caused the two San Bernardino medical marijuana patients financial hardships, putting them in debt since the County Sheriff wanted to arrest a sick elderly couple only to drop charges after a year and a half of struggles.
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors has been spending a great amount of county resources in a long drawn out appeal to the US Supreme Court, fighting the responsibility of their health department to issue ID cards to San Bernardino medical marijuana patients who were legally qualified to use medical marijuana.
Scott Bledsoe had filed a lawsuit against the San Bernardino County in order to compel to begin issuing state-mandated medical marijuana ID cards as well as to stop arresting and prosecuting qualified patients who have valid recommendations from their doctors. It should be recalled that the medical marijuana ID card is part of a 2003 California Medical Marijuana Program Act.
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