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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 06:38 PM
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CA Supremes: Pot growing limits, bans UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Edited on Thu Jan-21-10 06:54 PM by Bennyboy
Source: Emerald Triangle News

California Supreme Court Voids California’s Medical Marijuana Growing Restrictions,
calling them UNCONSTITUTIONAL!
SAN FRANCISCO — A unanimous California Supreme Court has struck down a law that sought to impose limits on the amount of marijuana a medical patient can legally possess.

The California Supreme Court ruled today that over zealous state lawmakers were wrong to limit patients marijuana when they illegally changed provisions of the popular voter-approved Proposition 215. The 1996 measure allowed for patients with a doctor’s recommendation to possess an unspecified amount of marijuana.

(((SNIP)))

Read more: http://mendonews.wordpress.com/2010/01/21/breaking-news-california-medical-marijuana-limits-tossed-out/



Whoa boy...can of worms opened now...
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 06:39 PM
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1. Swell. We can all be happy and stoned
while our corporate overlords reduce us to serfdom.
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glinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 07:33 PM
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12. That is the plan.
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 07:57 PM
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13. They are probably smoking it..
Edited on Thu Jan-21-10 07:57 PM by butterfly77
and probably taking more drugs than that..
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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 06:39 PM
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2. Ooops. That's not SCOTUS
It's SCOSOC. Supreme Court of the State of California. You should change your subject line.
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 06:40 PM
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3. That would be SCOCA, not SCOTUS. nt
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frog92969 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 06:44 PM
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4. Somebody unreced this?
Do we have a social conservative in our midst?
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truedelphi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 06:47 PM
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6. Maybe their pot stash was missing? n/t
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 06:46 PM
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5. Damn I blew it....sorry, CA Supremes....
Still though, this is going to be very strange the next six months around here...
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UrbScotty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 06:52 PM
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9. You can edit your post while you have time
You have until an hour after you started your post.
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 07:02 PM
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11. Thanks...
I was worried about the five minute thing...
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Myrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 06:50 PM
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7. Shit I was gonna say at least they did something right today ...
:smoke:
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Meldread Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 06:52 PM
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8. Great News, any chance of this going to the SCOTUS?
I know there have been issues in CA with the Feds coming into the State causing problems for growers and consumers.
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 06:55 PM
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10. You know, I think there is similar case
before the SCOTUS too and that led to my confusion....Or I may have been wrong about that...
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