New guy w/?'s

Bamaman · regular contributor Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 40

I have been reading here all day and I have some questions.

1. Is the exemption defense only usable in states that allow medical use?

2. Are there any members in Alabama that have had their charges dropped with this defense?

3. Is the normal scenario that they simply drop the charges?

4. Do they drop the charges to avoid a cannabis precedent being set?

Stokes · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 7:02 am Post subject:

Answers to your questions:

1. No. The THC religious defense has nothing to do with medical marijuana and can be used in any state, as long as the defendant is knowledgable and sincere about sacramental Cannabis use.

2. Without looking further into it, I honestly don't know if any Alabama folks have been relieved of Cannabis charges in that particular state. Perhaps one of our fellow Ministers can help with this question?

3. As in life, there is never any 'normal scenario' for anything ... especially where law enforcement is concerned.

4. In my opinion, charges against THC Ministers have definitely been dropped many times to avoid the effort and cost of prosecution. As far as a 'precedent setting case' goes ... I'm looking very much forward to it.

Hope this helps,

Stokes
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Bamaman · regular contributor Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 40

So why isn't the Rastafarian case(Guerro sp?), considered the precedent?

Is this because it pertained to someone in Guam and not in a mainland state?

Stokes · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 6:53 pm Post subject:

Here's an interesting discussion from a search on this forum under the keyword 'Guam':

http://www.thc-ministry.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1423&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
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