romney on MMJ: "aren't there issues of significance you'd like to talk about?"

deprave

deprave

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UncleBuck said:
you can't come up with a single state compliant federal conviction.
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Perhaps you missed my previous posts citing this case:

http://m.monroenews.com/news/2012/may/02/federal-conviction-shocks-marijuana-grower/


A Summerfield Township man convicted in federal court of distributing marijuana says he was compliant under state laws and was shocked by the verdict and is planning to appeal.Gerald Lee Duval Jr., 52, and his son, Jeremy, 30, face years in prison after their convictions on four felony charges in U.S. District Court. Mr. Duval told The Evening News that his case was the first of its kind because the family operation was legitimate under Michigan law.
The federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) was involved in the investigation, so the case was tried in federal court, which views marijuana as a schedule 1 controlled substance. There are no federal medicinal marijuana laws.
“This is a nightmare,” Mr. Duval said. “This is costing me everything I own. This is a complete nightmare.”
Mr. Duval says he has been targeted for years. He said he never was a distributor but his two adult children were legally licensed to sell marijuana to card-holders. His son, Jeremy, and daughter, Ashley, 27, were allowed to grow 72 plants each for their five patients. His daughter was never charged.
“I never distributed to anyone,” Mr. Duval said. “But I had a right to possess and grow 12 plants.”
Mr. Duval said two greenhouses on the family farm off Ida Center Rd. were compliant with state law. He said fences were installed around the greenhouses and the state-issued licenses were made visible.
“It was legal,” he said. “Michigan law says you can grow it, possess it and distribute it. We were 100 percent legal.”
However, a jury found the two guilty of conspiracy to manufacture more than 100 marijuana plants, manufacturing marijuana plants with intent to distribute and maintaining a place to distribute marijuana under federal law.
Rodel B. Babasa, special agent in charge at the DEA’s Toledo office, said the two had their day in court and were convicted by a jury.
“The record stands for itself,” Mr. Babasa said.
Mr. Duval, who is a convicted felon, faces 10 years in prison while his son could be sent away for five years, a possibility that he said was “scary.” Jeremy Duval’s attorney, Thomas Lavigne of Detroit, said he is appealing the verdicts and filing a motion to keep the men out of jail until the appeal is granted.
Mr. Lavigne, an expert on marijuana laws, said the case was the first of its kind because even when medicinal marijuana growers and suppliers are compliant with state law, they can be charged federally. The state had 200,000 card-carrying medicinal marijuana users and suppliers and anyone could be targeted, Mr. Lavigne said.
“It’s really one of those shell games,” he said. “That was the unique aspect of this case; they were convicted even though they were fully compliant under state law. We were shocked.”
Mr. Duval, who suffers from diabetes, said fighting the case has cost him the family farm and he has accrued $150,000 in attorney fees. He said he believed the operation was legal but he and his son now face prison because it was illegal under federal law.
“This is really a screwed-up law,” he said.
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abandonconflict

abandonconflict

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You idiots are just now realizing why I asked for anecdotes? LOL Now that shows how stupid you are. I win either way, either you can't find any or you prove that only dispensaries and not individuals are being targeted. Now everyone here knows that truth as well thanks to the anecdotal reports. You were better off with vague news stories.
 
deprave

deprave

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abandonconflict said:
You idiots are just now realizing why I asked for anecdotes? LOL Now that shows how stupid you are. I win either way, either you can't find any or you prove that only dispensaries and not individuals are being targeted. Now everyone here knows that truth as well thanks to the anecdotal reports. You were better off with vague news stories.
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http://m.monroenews.com/news/2012/may/02/federal-conviction-shocks-marijuana-grower/


A Summerfield Township man convicted in federal court of distributing marijuana says he was compliant under state laws and was shocked by the verdict and is planning to appeal.Gerald Lee Duval Jr., 52, and his son, Jeremy, 30, face years in prison after their convictions on four felony charges in U.S. District Court. Mr. Duval told The Evening News that his case was the first of its kind because the family operation was legitimate under Michigan law.
The federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) was involved in the investigation, so the case was tried in federal court, which views marijuana as a schedule 1 controlled substance. There are no federal medicinal marijuana laws.
“This is a nightmare,” Mr. Duval said. “This is costing me everything I own. This is a complete nightmare.”
Mr. Duval says he has been targeted for years. He said he never was a distributor but his two adult children were legally licensed to sell marijuana to card-holders. His son, Jeremy, and daughter, Ashley, 27, were allowed to grow 72 plants each for their five patients. His daughter was never charged.
“I never distributed to anyone,” Mr. Duval said. “But I had a right to possess and grow 12 plants.”
Mr. Duval said two greenhouses on the family farm off Ida Center Rd. were compliant with state law. He said fences were installed around the greenhouses and the state-issued licenses were made visible.
“It was legal,” he said. “Michigan law says you can grow it, possess it and distribute it. We were 100 percent legal.”
However, a jury found the two guilty of conspiracy to manufacture more than 100 marijuana plants, manufacturing marijuana plants with intent to distribute and maintaining a place to distribute marijuana under federal law.
Rodel B. Babasa, special agent in charge at the DEA’s Toledo office, said the two had their day in court and were convicted by a jury.
“The record stands for itself,” Mr. Babasa said.
Mr. Duval, who is a convicted felon, faces 10 years in prison while his son could be sent away for five years, a possibility that he said was “scary.” Jeremy Duval’s attorney, Thomas Lavigne of Detroit, said he is appealing the verdicts and filing a motion to keep the men out of jail until the appeal is granted.
Mr. Lavigne, an expert on marijuana laws, said the case was the first of its kind because even when medicinal marijuana growers and suppliers are compliant with state law, they can be charged federally. The state had 200,000 card-carrying medicinal marijuana users and suppliers and anyone could be targeted, Mr. Lavigne said.
“It’s really one of those shell games,” he said. “That was the unique aspect of this case; they were convicted even though they were fully compliant under state law. We were shocked.”
Mr. Duval, who suffers from diabetes, said fighting the case has cost him the family farm and he has accrued $150,000 in attorney fees. He said he believed the operation was legal but he and his son now face prison because it was illegal under federal law.
“This is really a screwed-up law,” he said.
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lifegoesonbrah

lifegoesonbrah

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deprave said:
not true at all, completely made up, Link to where he says he is for decrim and "possibly legalization"
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Obama said that he is opposed to decriminalization. Unclebuck thinks hes a liar and just doesn't want to spend the political capital on ending the war on marijuana growers.

What a leader.
 
lifegoesonbrah

lifegoesonbrah

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UncleBuck said:
deprave and his gay little brother are really on a losing streak today.
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LOL only in your distorted little mind, where Obama hasn't spent more on the drug war and Michigan patients haven't been prosecuted under Federal law.

There has never been a plant restriction that you didn't love.
 
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