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[bertman]

the attitude is changing. Reading his story of PROSECUTION to the hilt, job loss, lost income, etc. does not make me feel that we are gaining any ground.

A friend of mine got popped when the popo were chasing a perp through his yard and saw the plants he was growing for his own consumption (and for friends) but not for "pushing". $Ten Grand$ later he got the charges dropped. If he had not been able to raise the $10,000 from a relative he would have been pulling time for growing with intent to sell, because he could not afford a lawyer.

So, I revise my comment to "We're Number One in Incarcerating Non-Violent Americans for Possessing a harmless plant".

I'm trying to be optimistic, too.