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This is an outrage: Washington man says pot cured his pain, but he may get prison term
WASHINGTON — Larry Harvey, 70, found a remedy for his gout and chronic knee pain.
"At night that thing just throbs," he said. "But my wife can make a marijuana cookie, just a small one. And I'll eat it and in five minutes, the pain is gone, man. I mean, the pain is gone."
Harvey stopped eating his cookies in August 2012, after federal authorities raided his farm near Kettle Falls, Wash., seizing 44 pot plants, his 2007 Saturn, his guns and $700 in cash.
With his trial set to begin Monday in Spokane, Wash., the retired trucker and commercial fisherman faces a minimum 10-year prison sentence if he's convicted.
"At night that thing just throbs," he said. "But my wife can make a marijuana cookie, just a small one. And I'll eat it and in five minutes, the pain is gone, man. I mean, the pain is gone."
Harvey stopped eating his cookies in August 2012, after federal authorities raided his farm near Kettle Falls, Wash., seizing 44 pot plants, his 2007 Saturn, his guns and $700 in cash.
With his trial set to begin Monday in Spokane, Wash., the retired trucker and commercial fisherman faces a minimum 10-year prison sentence if he's convicted.
MORE HERE: http://wonkynewsnerd.com/washington-man-says-pot-cured-pain-may-get-prison-term/
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I don't know how many medical pot users there are in conservative eastern Washington.
In a state that has legalized pot, this case doesn't make any sense. I know it's still illegal on a federal level, but this just seems like a stupid test case.
Just my opinion.
