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"'Shifting positions' on medical pot cited in reduced sentence"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this new item from the "Weed Wars" section of the Sacramento Bee. Here are the details: One of the most compelling cases pitting California's medical marijuana law vs. federal authority to prosecute medicinal pot unfolded in the coastal town of Morro Bay. There, Charles Lynch opened a marijuana dispensary called Central Coast Compassionate Caregivers in early 2006. The mayor, City Council members and officials from the local chamber of commerce came out for the ribbon-cutting. But in 2007, at the behest of the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department, federal drug agents raided the dispensary. Lynch was arrested on five felony counts, including conspiracy to distribute marijuana and providing marijuana to person under 21...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 03, 2010 (boomark / email).