Calif. Patrol Sued for Seizing Medical Pot

[Syrinx]

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- Medical marijuana advocates filed a lawsuit
Tuesday demanding California Highway Patrol officers stop confiscating
pot from authorized users.

The lawsuit is the latest salvo in the long-running debate over
medical marijuana in California, approved by voters in 1996, opposed
by federal authorities ever since and applied unevenly all over the
state.

The lawsuit against the highway patrol -- which also names Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Bill Lockyer -- says CHP's ``rigid
policy'' of seizing medical marijuana ``causes law abiding citizens to
suffer pain, humiliation, loss of dignity, extreme anxiety and a fear
of the police.''

``It's been more than eight years since California voters approved the
right to use marijuana medically and since that time law enforcement
has resisted upholding that right,'' said Kris Hermes, legal director
of Americans for Safe Access, the Berkeley-based group bringing the
lawsuit. ``While this resistance is pretty widespread across
California, CHP are the worst violators by far.''

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Medical-Marijuana.html

[libodem]

1. I hope they sue their asses off

[dxdem]

2. ...and win! n/t

[sam sarrha]

3. they should buy their own damn weed.. instead of ripping off sick peoples