Re: Enough Is Indeed Enough

[escape@alt-escape.com]

At 05:31 PM 2/24/99 -0800, you wrote:
>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?
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>Something is terribly wrong here.
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>Greg Meyer
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Greg,

I'm not a big fan of U.S. prohibition policies on drugs, but

1. 3 pounds of marijuana is far in excess of personal use
2. Marijuana is not known for strong anesthetic properties.
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>2/24/99
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>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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