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US: Marijuana Minister Pleads Not Guilty

Local6

Friday 30 May 2008

Man Says Pot Used As Religious Sacrament

PALM BAY, Fla. -- The self-proclaimed minister of a fellowship that promotes marijuana use as a religious sacrament pleaded not guilty on Thursday after a raid on his Brevard County home netted over 100 cannabis plants in an elaborate grow house operation.

Steven Swallick, 56, of Palm Bay, was arrested May 8 and charged with cultivation of marijuana after police raided his home on Hulda Street near Northeast in Palm Bay.

Police said an elaborate marijuana grow operation was uncovered at Swallick's home, where he operated a makeshift church by the name of Hawaiian Cannabis Ministries.

"It was a pretty sophisticated operation," said Agent Clifton Graves in a statement. "This grow house easily netted approximately $100,000 per month."

Police did not elaborate on the ministry, but several Web sites offer special kits and certificates to those interested in incorporating marijuana as a religious sacrament akin to the unleavened bread and wine used as communion in Christian services.

Swallick is being held in the Brevard County Jail on $20,000 bond.

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