NV Judge Orders Drug Offender Write Report On Pot

[MedicalNeed]

GARDNVERVILLE, Nev. – A Nevada judge has an unusual sentence for a 25-year-old Sacramento man who sold marijuana to a police informant in a casino parking lot at Lake Tahoe.

District Judge Dave Gamble ordered Matthew Palazzolo to write a report on what the judge called the "nonsensical character" of California's medical marijuana law.

Gamble gave Palazzolo 90 days to complete the paper discussing his realization that marijuana led him to use more powerful narcotics.

Palazzolo, who works for a Sacramento law firm, was arrested outside a Stateline casino in February after selling the informant a quarter-pound of pot for $1,060. Palazzolo said he grew it after using complaints of a sore back to get a California medical marijuana card. But he said the pot was for recreational use.


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[skycowboy]

Where'n' hell does it say anything about "more powerful narcotics" ? Did the judge want him to say he came to the realization that he might think about using more powerful,,, wait, this is bullstuff,, #@$&*@# judges, mumble,grumble

 

[Steve McStoferson]

if this guy takes the plea and had nothing to do with other narcotics, it will be a sad day

 

[Seraphim]

If I were him I would like to think I would take the opportunity to state the following basic message:

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Are there people who really need medical marijuana due to their legitimate medical conditions? - Yes (and discuss evidence)

Are there people who are using medical marijuana for recreational purposes rather than medical needs? - Yes, of course there are. I would however point out that recreational users would smoke anyway. Medical or not.

In light of that, the real question then becomes clear.

Is keeping recreational users from getting medical marijuana

worth

keeping medicine out of the hands of those who really need it?

Whoever answers that question within themselves will learn a little more about what kind of person they really are.
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[SnowBender]

Nevada? where gambling, prostitution, everclear and fully automatic weapons are legal?

This could be on hell of a paper...