Medical pot patient prevails in court

New Times Magazine (San Luis Obispo, CA) ^ | 17 Oct 2002

[MrLeRoy]

Donovan No Runner, who staged a month-long "occupation" of the county courthouse steps in San Luis Obispo to protest his arrest and police confiscation of his medical marijuana supply, has been vindicated.

Charges of marijuana possession were dismissed recently, and Judge Barry LaBarbera issued a court order to San Luis Obispo police to return No Runner’s stash. The Native American suffers from a bipolar condition and has a physician’s prescription for the drug. He said he explained that to officers who cited him and took his pot, but to no avail.

"It went as expected," said No Runner’s San Luis Obispo attorney Lou Koory of the court proceedings. "Judge LaBarbera’s ruling was appropriate. Mr. No Runner will get his medication back."

During No Runner’s residency on the courthouse steps, he erected a tent and was accompanied by his wife and infant. Koory said that time, "There’s nothing more American than what Donovan No Runner is doing."

[robertpaulsen]

"I would not wish there to be MORE addicts."

I see. You think that legalizing crack cocaine will result in LESS addicts? Would you call that 'fact' or 'logic'? I would call it stupid, but, hey, what does an honest, upright, tax paying citizen scumbag know about that?

By the way, that brave woman didn't want drugs in her neighborhood and around her children, legal or illegal. Let's leave the blame where it belongs.

[dcwusmc]

OK. The blame for that belongs to YOU, the drug warriors. If you did not exist to imprison or kill people for ingesting unapproved substances, there would be NO DEALERS RUNNING THE STREETS ready to kill to protect their illegal and inordinately profitable turf. We would not have Crips and Bloods and drive-bys and arson that kills innocents. We would not have a shredded Constitution and an impending police state. We would not have asset seizures without even FILING criminal charges.

So thank YOU, robertpaulsen, drug warrior, for contributing to the death of this woman and her children. You should be proud of yourself. It's only every day, pretty near, that someone dies because of you and your nasty ilk. May you AND the firebug spend the rest of your miserable lives in prison. You deserve each other.

[MrLeRoy]

One case?!

No, one scientific article entitled “Cannabis- THC and Bipolar Disorder”.

From what I was able to get from your article [...] is that marijuana is not recommended for any psychiatric illness.

Wrong. "There is good evidence that the petitioner is gaining great relief from his use of cannabis based upon his physician’s assessment as well as the fact that he has remained non-hospitalized since his use began 10 years ago. It appears that Cannabis has managed the manic phase effectively after many unsuccessful medication trials. The side-effect profile is well within acceptable range. It is reasonable to extrapolate from the petitioner’s experience to conclude that there are a significant number of Oregonians who may benefit from medically monitored cannabis use."

[MrLeRoy]

It might as well be said, for a product that is claimed to "cause ZERO deaths." (That quote can be found with a little Googling. I'll leave it to the reader as an exercise.)

Google comes up with two instances of that phrase: "a battle with non-lethal weapons will cause zero deaths" and "plutonium dioxide will cause zero deaths". So where's the evidence that drug-freedom supporters say people with coronary artery narrowing should smoke pot?

[MrLeRoy]

So where's the evidence that drug-freedom supporters say people with coronary artery narrowing should smoke pot?