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Title: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on August 30, 2007, 10:57:57 AM
Feds raid man's house for marijuana

KOB.com
Posted at: 08/28/2007 06:21:57 PM

A drug task force made up of local agencies and the D.E.A. raided a man's home Tuesday in the Eddy County town of Malaga, looking for marijuana.

The man who was the target of a federal raid is a wheel-chair bound man who lost his legs about 20-years-ago.

Investigators say 44-year-old Leonard French had six potent Marijuana plants.

French is licensed by the state to grow and smoke medical marijuana, but the investigators did not know that until after the raid.

The state recently announced it would let qualified patients grow their own marijuana, because health officials feared that they would be vulnerable to federal drug prosecution.

French said he smokes medical marijuana for chronic pain and muscle spasms. He says marijuana is better than taking valium because it has less severe side effects.

French says he worked with his doctor and the state to get a medical marijuana license, so he could smoke it and grow it, but now he says he doesn't know what to do for medicine.

"I'm kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place, it makes me fee like someone says here's your drivers license to drive, and the first time I left the drive way, they took my car away," said French.

French has not been charged, but the press release sent out by investigators Tuesday says they still expect to file drug charges against French, even though he is licensed by the state to grow and smoke medical marijuana.

French says he let the officers into his home when they knocked on his door, believing he wasn't doing anything wrong.

http://kob.com/article/stories/S179565.shtml?cat=519



Disgusting.
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: Tanjential on August 30, 2007, 11:08:24 AM
seriously, we don't need to be hating on anyone but those godless republicans

-T
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: STONED KITTY on August 30, 2007, 11:18:29 AM
Yeah but fuck them if they believe in doing that shit.
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on August 30, 2007, 11:22:44 AM
Even worse, the DEA promised not to go after patients... :-\
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: Bay Area Jat on August 30, 2007, 11:32:54 AM
those bastards!
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: Tanjential on August 30, 2007, 01:05:08 PM
Yeah but fuck them if they believe in doing that shit.
that's what I'm saying, these fools are republicans

-T
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: STONED KITTY on August 30, 2007, 02:33:04 PM
Yeah but fuck them if they believe in doing that shit.
that's what I'm saying, these fools are republicans

-T

I know you were. I hate most republicans anyways, well the neo-con version which they represent and are probably war mongers besides and they worry more about unnecessary shit like this.
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: Tanjential on August 30, 2007, 03:48:43 PM
yeah it is the neo-cons. old school republicans are kinda cool. Like Teddy Roosevelt? he was the shit. hell even Eisenhower was a good guy. and as much as I hate the bastard, Nixon had to implement tons of liberal policy because of the time that he lived in.

-T
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: acgrundy on August 30, 2007, 05:56:03 PM
Feds raid man's house for marijuana

KOB.com
Posted at: 08/28/2007 06:21:57 PM

A drug task force made up of local agencies and the D.E.A. raided a man's home Tuesday in the Eddy County town of Malaga, looking for marijuana.

The man who was the target of a federal raid is a wheel-chair bound man who lost his legs about 20-years-ago.

Investigators say 44-year-old Leonard French had six potent Marijuana plants.

French is licensed by the state to grow and smoke medical marijuana, but the investigators did not know that until after the raid.

The state recently announced it would let qualified patients grow their own marijuana, because health officials feared that they would be vulnerable to federal drug prosecution.

French said he smokes medical marijuana for chronic pain and muscle spasms. He says marijuana is better than taking valium because it has less severe side effects.

French says he worked with his doctor and the state to get a medical marijuana license, so he could smoke it and grow it, but now he says he doesn't know what to do for medicine.

"I'm kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place, it makes me fee like someone says here's your drivers license to drive, and the first time I left the drive way, they took my car away," said French.

French has not been charged, but the press release sent out by investigators Tuesday says they still expect to file drug charges against French, even though he is licensed by the state to grow and smoke medical marijuana.

French says he let the officers into his home when they knocked on his door, believing he wasn't doing anything wrong.

http://kob.com/article/stories/S179565.shtml?cat=519



Disgusting.

I always find this argument funny.  The people who don't really have a medical condition, yet have a medical marijuana license, are the ones to blame for this.  The real patients, who actually use the weed to help w/ their conditions are the real ones who suffer.  If it was a lot stricter to get a license, and you really had to have a condition, where marijuana was the only solution, then the feds would not be going after it.  but a majority of the people with the license, do not need to smoke weed...they just like to smoke weed.  NIK, what is your medical condition, where weed is the only solution?
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on August 30, 2007, 06:04:34 PM
How would you know what I use it for, Acgrundy? Weed is the best solution to rid my headaches and intense stomach pains, not to mention I get joint cramps, lack of appetite, AND insomnia... It's a much better solution than Valiums or other shitty prescribed medications that doctors give to anyone with 10,000 side effects. You don't have to be a cancer patient to use weed for its medicinal values, bro. Who's side are you on?...PeACe
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: acgrundy on August 30, 2007, 06:31:26 PM
lmao.  You smoke weed to get high.  Make all the excuses you want, just like you do with everything else.  I swear, you are the goddamn king of excuses.  someone your age should have no problem finding multiple weed connects, if you do, that is really sad.  a 70 year old lady, who hasn't been waking up for the past 30+ years to bong rips, and who has glacoma, and is introduced to medical marijuana, and it actually works better than the medication she has been using...this is a lady who needs medical marijuana.  an 18 year old kid, does not need medical marijuana.  You should know plenty of people who slang the shit, and should have no problem getting it.  You get high for recreation, not for medical reasons.

who's side am I on?  What the fuck do I care.  I don't give one fuck about medical marijuana.  Having weed illegal didn't stop me and I smoked for 10+ years.  I had pounds in my closet.  I slung a shitload of weed, I bought a shitload of weed, and I smoked a shitload of weed, and I knew many people who did the exact same.  I didnt' need a medical marijuana license, and I would never get one.

Trust me, you, and people just like you, are the reason why this man got busted.  If you are disgusted by it, then stop buying your weed from a medical marijuana club.  Do you know how many fucking people in this country smoke weed?  6 fucking plants?  Thats nothing.  the feds would never ever waste their time w/ this guy if he wasn't a medical marijuana user, but actually an "illegal" user.
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: Tanjential on August 31, 2007, 09:46:19 AM
lmao.  You smoke weed to get high.  Make all the excuses you want, just like you do with everything else.  I swear, you are the goddamn king of excuses.  someone your age should have no problem finding multiple weed connects, if you do, that is really sad.  a 70 year old lady, who hasn't been waking up for the past 30+ years to bong rips, and who has glacoma, and is introduced to medical marijuana, and it actually works better than the medication she has been using...this is a lady who needs medical marijuana.  an 18 year old kid, does not need medical marijuana.  You should know plenty of people who slang the shit, and should have no problem getting it.  You get high for recreation, not for medical reasons.

who's side am I on?  What the fuck do I care.  I don't give one fuck about medical marijuana.  Having weed illegal didn't stop me and I smoked for 10+ years.  I had pounds in my closet.  I slung a shitload of weed, I bought a shitload of weed, and I smoked a shitload of weed, and I knew many people who did the exact same.  I didnt' need a medical marijuana license, and I would never get one.

Trust me, you, and people just like you, are the reason why this man got busted.  If you are disgusted by it, then stop buying your weed from a medical marijuana club.  Do you know how many fucking people in this country smoke weed?  6 fucking plants?  Thats nothing.  the feds would never ever waste their time w/ this guy if he wasn't a medical marijuana user, but actually an "illegal" user.

Uh actually dogg, the medical marijuana community was very strict, under wraps and close-knit-legit for years and the feds gave such organizations plenty of shit until there eventually was so many supporters and involved people (people like NIK who came more recently) that the feds couldn't stop the medical marijuana industry from becoming what it's become. If it stayed small to just AIDS and Cancer patients and shit, it never would have gotten big enough to not just get stamped out. So actually, that 70 year old lady or that old man or whatever wouldn't have such easy access in the first place (because they're not 18 year old stoner kids) if not for people blowing that shit the fuck up to the point where perhaps a less countercultural person like a 70 year old woman would fuck with it.

NIK wasn't attacking anyone and you turned it from "i think you're wrong about this" to "You always make excuses". You sound like an ex-girlfriend still trying to find shit to grill her old dude about.

But on the other hand, i do see what you're saying about how some aspects of the organization can be deteriorated by the over-involvement of people less or seemingly less in medical need of marijuana. Alot of clubs have been shut down due to such reasons but alot of clubs stay alive through doing legit business. Trust that it relies way more on the club and how they handle their shit than the patrons themselves.

And also yes, as far as access there is no need for medical marijuana prescriptions cause yeah you or I can get loads of dank without the cannabis club. but that legal fallback is nice. I've seen alot of friends get let go by the cops lately, even in the I.E., for having their medical prescriptions.

I've never had my script, but I've been a caretaker and I've been in cannabis clubs and bought stuff and it's not just 18 year old dudes man. there's 30 and 35 year old dudes in those clubs that seem just as "Hell yeah" about it as you or me.

I think I will get the script though when I get the money though because I really do use it medicinally. Since I was quite young my stomach and head have been sensitive and prone to headaches and weed's always helped with that. occasionally I'll lack appetite or the ability to sleep and it helps with that too. AND I like to get high. is there really anything so wrong with that?

And don't talk all angry when you reply to me, there's no reason to, I'm just talking to you like a reasonable human being. And reasonable human beings should be able to talk to each other without making degrading assertions about each others character over the internet.

-T
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on August 31, 2007, 10:45:05 AM
lmao.  You smoke weed to get high.  Make all the excuses you want, just like you do with everything else.  I swear, you are the goddamn king of excuses.  someone your age should have no problem finding multiple weed connects, if you do, that is really sad.  a 70 year old lady, who hasn't been waking up for the past 30+ years to bong rips, and who has glacoma, and is introduced to medical marijuana, and it actually works better than the medication she has been using...this is a lady who needs medical marijuana.  an 18 year old kid, does not need medical marijuana.  You should know plenty of people who slang the shit, and should have no problem getting it.  You get high for recreation, not for medical reasons.

who's side am I on?  What the fuck do I care.  I don't give one fuck about medical marijuana.  Having weed illegal didn't stop me and I smoked for 10+ years.  I had pounds in my closet.  I slung a shitload of weed, I bought a shitload of weed, and I smoked a shitload of weed, and I knew many people who did the exact same.  I didnt' need a medical marijuana license, and I would never get one.

Trust me, you, and people just like you, are the reason why this man got busted.  If you are disgusted by it, then stop buying your weed from a medical marijuana club.  Do you know how many fucking people in this country smoke weed?  6 fucking plants?  Thats nothing.  the feds would never ever waste their time w/ this guy if he wasn't a medical marijuana user, but actually an "illegal" user.


Damn, dude...Sometimes you can be a stubborn muthafucka who thinks he knows everything. People like me are why the MMJ movement is as strong as it is. If there were only dying cancer patients smoking the weed, DEA woulda' been able to shut down the industry a LONG ass time ago. Stop acting like you know something when you truly don't. Anyone against safe access is a dickhead...PeACe
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on August 31, 2007, 10:49:33 AM
lmao.  You smoke weed to get high.  Make all the excuses you want, just like you do with everything else.  I swear, you are the goddamn king of excuses.  someone your age should have no problem finding multiple weed connects, if you do, that is really sad.  a 70 year old lady, who hasn't been waking up for the past 30+ years to bong rips, and who has glacoma, and is introduced to medical marijuana, and it actually works better than the medication she has been using...this is a lady who needs medical marijuana.  an 18 year old kid, does not need medical marijuana.  You should know plenty of people who slang the shit, and should have no problem getting it.  You get high for recreation, not for medical reasons.

who's side am I on?  What the fuck do I care.  I don't give one fuck about medical marijuana.  Having weed illegal didn't stop me and I smoked for 10+ years.  I had pounds in my closet.  I slung a shitload of weed, I bought a shitload of weed, and I smoked a shitload of weed, and I knew many people who did the exact same.  I didnt' need a medical marijuana license, and I would never get one.

Trust me, you, and people just like you, are the reason why this man got busted.  If you are disgusted by it, then stop buying your weed from a medical marijuana club.  Do you know how many fucking people in this country smoke weed?  6 fucking plants?  Thats nothing.  the feds would never ever waste their time w/ this guy if he wasn't a medical marijuana user, but actually an "illegal" user.

Uh actually dogg, the medical marijuana community was very strict, under wraps and close-knit-legit for years and the feds gave such organizations plenty of shit until there eventually was so many supporters and involved people (people like NIK who came more recently) that the feds couldn't stop the medical marijuana industry from becoming what it's become. If it stayed small to just AIDS and Cancer patients and shit, it never would have gotten big enough to not just get stamped out. So actually, that 70 year old lady or that old man or whatever wouldn't have such easy access in the first place (because they're not 18 year old stoner kids) if not for people blowing that shit the fuck up to the point where perhaps a less countercultural person like a 70 year old woman would fuck with it.

NIK wasn't attacking anyone and you turned it from "i think you're wrong about this" to "You always make excuses". You sound like an ex-girlfriend still trying to find shit to grill her old dude about.

But on the other hand, i do see what you're saying about how some aspects of the organization can be deteriorated by the over-involvement of people less or seemingly less in medical need of marijuana. Alot of clubs have been shut down due to such reasons but alot of clubs stay alive through doing legit business. Trust that it relies way more on the club and how they handle their shit than the patrons themselves.

And also yes, as far as access there is no need for medical marijuana prescriptions cause yeah you or I can get loads of dank without the cannabis club. but that legal fallback is nice. I've seen alot of friends get let go by the cops lately, even in the I.E., for having their medical prescriptions.

I've never had my script, but I've been a caretaker and I've been in cannabis clubs and bought stuff and it's not just 18 year old dudes man. there's 30 and 35 year old dudes in those clubs that seem just as "Hell yeah" about it as you or me.

I think I will get the script though when I get the money though because I really do use it medicinally. Since I was quite young my stomach and head have been sensitive and prone to headaches and weed's always helped with that. occasionally I'll lack appetite or the ability to sleep and it helps with that too. AND I like to get high. is there really anything so wrong with that?

And don't talk all angry when you reply to me, there's no reason to, I'm just talking to you like a reasonable human being. And reasonable human beings should be able to talk to each other without making degrading assertions about each others character over the internet.

-T


100% on point...and you should definitely get your script, for safer/easier access. Anyone who says getting a MMJ rec doesn't get you safer/easier access is just straight up upset that they never had one. And it's amazing how people on a message board think they are able to determine what you need weed for (or how much you need it) better than a doctor can...
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: Tanjential on August 31, 2007, 10:52:12 AM
My only hesitation is that I want to be a teacher and I'd hate for a school to not hire me because they know I'm a mmj patient.
But at the same time I wonder what kind of access would the school have to such information. That's why shit like the Patriot act is scary.

-T
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on August 31, 2007, 10:53:17 AM
My only hesitation is that I want to be a teacher and I'd hate for a school to not hire me because they know I'm a mmj patient.
But at the same time I wonder what kind of access would the school have to such information. That's why shit like the Patriot act is scary.

-T


They don't have access to that unless you get a state issued card, so don't trip...Lemme know whenever you want one, I'll take you to a doctor that does em for 95 bux... 8)
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: Tanjential on August 31, 2007, 10:54:28 AM
95?

I've noticed that the cheaper the doctor the sketchier the doctor is. For example, alot of doctors have malpractice lawsuits and hustle MMJ recs to raise money for lawyers. You know this doctor's not embroiled in any such situations?

damn...a state card would be nice though....eh

-T
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on August 31, 2007, 10:59:32 AM
95?

I've noticed that the cheaper the doctor the sketchier the doctor is. For example, alot of doctors have malpractice lawsuits and hustle MMJ recs to raise money for lawyers. You know this doctor's not embroiled in any such situations?

damn...a state card would be nice though....eh

-T



No way, dude, this doctor is amazing. He's very beloved...Everytime I go to a club, and I hand them over my rec, they're like "you got the best doctor!"...And their office is pretty much ALWAYS available for patient verification. I'd definitely recommend this doctor to you...PeACe
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: Tanjential on August 31, 2007, 11:02:07 AM
tight.

This other doctor that my friends had Doctor Tollette was well loved by the cannabis clubs (frankly it's probably not hard for a licensed MD to get love from a bunch of stoners that he supports) but it didn't change his lawsuit shit you know?

But if you say it's straight I trust, which actual city is his recommendation office in?

-T
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on August 31, 2007, 11:16:23 AM
It's like 5 mins from where we were stayin at Narrators...The guy is beloved as an "excellent doctor" not as a friend. Some of the people working at the clubs told me they got their rec from him. Dude is as pro as they come...Just lemme know when you're ready to go, homie... 8)
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: Tanjential on August 31, 2007, 11:35:20 AM
HELL yeah, that's the best sounding situation with a rec yet.

-T
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
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Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: acgrundy on August 31, 2007, 06:07:57 PM
like I said, how many times have you heard of the feds raiding someone's house for 6 plants that wasn't a member?  hmm...probably never.  Of course the fuckin feds were raiding this shit when it was stricter to get a license...but they sure as shit were not as heavily involved in it as they are now.  Easier access to a license means more people have it, meaning the feds are going to be more heavily invovled.  I think it is so fuckin funny how people on here talk out of their ass.  NIK, when you were sucking on your mom's tit, one of my best friends dad was growing and selling this shit to the clubs.  I've known about this shit for 10 years just about.  And even back when it was "strict" it sure as hell wasn't as "strict" as you guys believe it to be.  Its a fucking business you guys...the doctors do this shit to make money.  How fucking strict are they going to make it?  I don't really care what you guys don't know, or would like to believe in your imaginary worlds.  Think what you want, do what you want, has no effect on me...but if you are truely disgusted by that story, just know that it is people like you that are partly to blame for it.
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on September 01, 2007, 12:33:49 PM
like I said, how many times have you heard of the feds raiding someone's house for 6 plants that wasn't a member?  hmm...probably never.  Of course the fuckin feds were raiding this shit when it was stricter to get a license...but they sure as shit were not as heavily involved in it as they are now.  Easier access to a license means more people have it, meaning the feds are going to be more heavily invovled.  I think it is so fuckin funny how people on here talk out of their ass.  NIK, when you were sucking on your mom's tit, one of my best friends dad was growing and selling this shit to the clubs.  I've known about this shit for 10 years just about.  And even back when it was "strict" it sure as hell wasn't as "strict" as you guys believe it to be.  Its a fucking business you guys...the doctors do this shit to make money.  How fucking strict are they going to make it?  I don't really care what you guys don't know, or would like to believe in your imaginary worlds.  Think what you want, do what you want, has no effect on me...but if you are truely disgusted by that story, just know that it is people like you that are partly to blame for it.


Again with the dumbness, man...If it wasn't for people like me, there would be no protests, very few clubs, nobody standing up against the DEA, etc. What do you know about this movement? Obviously nothing. Medical Marijuana is not only for the dying, it is for people who find that marijuana's medicinal value helps them more than prescription drugs from various doctors... even people with back pains from a car accident can find marijuana useful...If it weren't for people like me, this guy wouldn't even have safe access to begin with, becuase this went down in New Mexico, and other states started passing the medical marijuana laws only after it became so popular in Cali...Do you realize that the Feds don't give a shit about who's smoking weed? They just want the industry shut down so people don't make money off it. These people don't give a fuck, you think they have compassion? LOL! If it were only cancer patients using safe access, then the industry woulda disappeared a long time ago, and there's no arguing that. The feds probably didn't even know they were busting a patient, they promised to never bust patients, and this is in the strict district of New Mexico anyways, where you have to have a major illness to obtain a card and clubs don't exist, so your "argument" makes no sense to begin with...PeACe
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: Al Bundy on September 01, 2007, 12:39:47 PM
don't even argue with acgrundy. he's a bitch boy who will argue till death over petty shit.
Title: Re: Feds Raid Paraplegic Mans House For Medical Marijuana.
Post by: Tanjential on September 01, 2007, 02:05:58 PM
I never had problems with dude until this post/cock used for vagina term post. Hell I even defended him in that one post where everyone was getting on him about his beef/basketball game with NIK but yeah dude is ornery. Sounds kind of old to be honest. I guess I'll be pissed when I'm past my prime too.

-T