Enough Is Indeed Enough

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Does anyone really believe this is the best way to utilize scarce law
enforcement resources, pursuing a paralyzed man for his medicinal use
of marijuana?

Something is terribly wrong here.

Greg Meyer



2/24/99

Information:
A quadriplegic who was convicted three years ago of growing marijuana in
his backyard for personal medicinal purposes is facing another drug
charge.
    Police in this Toledo suburb have charged Daniel Asbury, 42, of
Oregon, with felony drug possession after he allegedly received three
pounds of marijuana in the mail from a supplier in Sweden.
    A police detective dressed in a postal uniform delivered the package
addressed to Asbury on Jan. 4 after U.S. Customs Service officials
intercepted it.
    Asbury was given a summons and turned himself in to Oregon Municipal
Court on Feb. 10.
    Oregon police are awaiting the results of an analysis of the
package's contents by the Ohio Bureau of Identification and
Investigation to verify it is marijuana, Lt. Virginia Todd said on
Tuesday. She said the case will be presented to a Lucas County grand
jury if the contents test positive.
    Paralyzed from a spinal injury suffered in a fall nearly 19 years
ago, Asbury says he uses marijuana to alleviate pain.
    Asbury, who gets around in a motorized wheelchair, was convicted of
aggravated trafficking in 1996 after Oregon police seized about a dozen
marijuana plants that were growing in his yard.
    Asbury received a suspended prison sentence on the trafficking
charge. The judge placed him on probation for two years and warned him
to stay away from illicit drugs.
    Since then, Asbury has been active in the fight to legalize
marijuana for medicinal uses. In 1997 he made a five-day trip to
Columbus in his wheelchair to raise awareness on the medicinal uses of
the plant.
    He appeared in August in a black-and-white striped prisoner's
costume at a rally in front of the Toledo Municipal Court to protest
marijuana laws.











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