Man Says 'Higher Power' Told Him To Grow Pot

[matcom]

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A man who told sheriff's deputies that a higher power ordered him to grow marijuana is on trial in federal court this week, after Broadwater County deputies discovered more than 700 plants in his home east of Canyon Ferry Reservoir last March.

Deputy Mark Weidman said that Mark Culkin - who also goes by the name Helios - said he is on a spiritual mission, part of which involves growing what he calls talma, or marijuana.

"He had two reasons to grow it," Weidman testified in U.S. District Court on Monday. "He was ordered by Lord Malacheck to do it, and it was supposed to help with his microplasma syndrome."

That "order" led to the arrest of Culkin, 51, and his roommate, Peter Sollberger, on charges including manufacturing and distributing marijuana. Culkin's trial before Chief United States District Judge Donald W. Molloy in Helena is expected to end today; Sollberger's trial will start afterward.

Culkin and Sollberger came to officers' attention on March 8, after Culkin was shot in the neck in what he and Sollberger said was a robbery by masked men at the Ray Creek home they rented together.

The duo initially told officers they were in a teepee at the property when three masked men, armed with shotguns, approached. One of the trio allegedly shot Culkin and bound him and Sollberger with duct tape, then ransacked the house and took five pounds of marijuana, worth about $20,000.

Sollberger - who also goes by the name Yosik - said he used a small knife to free them, then drove Culkin to St. Peter's Hospital in Helena. Culkin was treated and released.

http://www.helenair.com/articles/2004/11/23/helena/a01112304_04.txt

[underpants]

1. Someone has been staring at the Grand Funk Railroad albums too closely

:smoke:

[matcom]

3. I've been staring at my Meatloaf Albums for 2 hours!

i want mashed potatos NOW DAMMIT!

[underpants]

4. Hungry?

Still?

[matcom]

5. you would ruin THANKSGIVING DINNER for me!

if you wanted to x(

[underpants]

7. What? It was a picture of a caring mother and her son

Right?

:bounce:

[matcom]

9. "Hi Mom! Or can I just call you BOB?"

:scared:

[truthbetold]

2. Interesting...

But aren't you supposed to hear the "high powers" AFTER you smoke it?

[flakey_foont]

6. And the Higher Power Said

Legalize it
Don't criticize it
Legalize it, yeah, yeah
And I will advertise it

Some call it tamjee
Some call it the weed
Some call it Marijuana
Some of them call it Ganja

Nevermind, got to legalize it
Don't criticize it
Legalize it, yeah, yeah
And I will advertise it

Singers smoke it
And players of instrument, too
Legalize it, yeah, yeah
That's the best thing you can do

Doctors smoke it
Nurses smoke it
Judges smoke it
Even the laywers too

So you've got to legalize it
Don't criticize it
Legalize it, yeah, yeah
And I will advertise it

It's good for the flu
It's good for asthma
Good for tuberculosis
Even numara thrombosis

Got to legalize it
Don't criticize it
Legalize it, yeah, yeah
And I will advertise it

Birds eat it
Ants love it
Fowls eat it
Cooks love to bake with it

So you've got to legalize it
Don't criticize it
Legalize it, yeah, yeah
And I will advertise it

[buckettgirl]

8. He's an old hippie!

And he don't know what to do.

So he grows a little garden in the backyard by his fence.
He's consuming what he's growing, nowadays in self-defense.
He get's out there in the twilight zone
Sometimes when it just don't make no sense.