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US CA: Pot Guru Set To Begin Federal Drug Trial In SF
ccguide Wednesday 22 Jan 2003 Pubdate: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 Source: Press-Enterprise (CA) Copyright: 2003 The Press-Enterprise Company Contact: Website: http://www.pe.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/830 Author: Associated Press Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Ed+Rosenthal POT GURU SET TO BEGIN FEDERAL DRUG TRIAL IN SF SAN FRANCISCO -- Ed Rosenthal is a noted pot guru, author of a dozen marijuana self-help books and a magazine cannabis advice column, "Ask Ed." Today -- in a federal court in San Francisco -- Rosenthal is scheduled to stand trial on charges related to his arrest for growing marijuana to be sold under Oakland's medical marijuana ordinance. If convicted on all three counts -- the 58-year-old Rosenthal faces a minimum of 10 years in prison. He was arrested last February for growing pot plants in a warehouse in Oakland. But at its heart, Rosenthal's trial shows the growing rift between the Bush administration and the state over the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Federal officials say pot is illegal -- regardless of its intended use or who's growing it. On the other side, some state and local officials see the trial as an effort to undermine the 1996 statewide initiative passed by California voters. Proposition 215 makes marijuana legal for medical use. Eight other states have similar laws. - --- MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart
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