Blind Sacramento man evicted for medical pot use

[The Straight Story]

Blind Sacramento man evicted for medical pot use


SACRAMENTO, CA - A Sacramento apartment complex is evicting a blind tenant for smoking medical marijuana in his unit.

Eric Stewart, 37, received a 60-day eviction notice Jan. 14 from the Acacia Meadows apartment complex, citing illegal possession and use of drugs.

Stewart was permanently blinded by a gunshot to the face in 1993 and displays his medical marijuana certificate on the wall of his apartment. Stewart said he uses marijuana for pain and depression.

"Where can you use medical marijuana? If you can't use it in your home, where can you use it?" Stewart asked.

The property's resident manager referred questions to the management company, Sterling Asset Management Company of Davis. A call to the company was not immediately returned.

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[DisgustipatedinCA]

1. I called the apt complex and the mgmt company

Accacia Meadows (916-525-3600) referred me to Sterling Asset Mgmt (530-757-4444). The person who answered the phone at Sterling gave me the name Sara Vasseur, and forwarded me to her voicemail. I left her a message letting her know I'm a blogger (they hate that for some reason), and that I'd like to ask her a couple of questions and see if she had a statement to give before I published. I left my number, and I'm hoping for a callback. I also posted to Twitter, in hopes that it would be picked up by someone with more of an audience than I have. These pinheads should be made to suffer some scorn while attempting to justify their actions.