Medical Marijuana Patient to Speak about Upcoming Criminal Trial

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Medical Marijuana Patient to Speak about Upcoming Criminal Trial

[Boulder, CO] -- Jason Lauve, a disabled Boulder County resident who is
being prosecuted by Boulder County for legal possession of medicinal
cannabis, will speak at a public talk next week along with his attorney,
Rob Corry and patient advocate Timothy Tipton from the Rocky Mountain
Caregivers Cooperative.

The talk, titled "Medical Marijuana: How Patients and Caregivers Can
Protect Themselves", is set for Tuesday, July 28 at 7:00 pm at the
University of Colorado in Boulder, Room UMC 247. Click here for more
information:
Colorado 420 Coalition

Jason’s case is important for all Colorado medical marijuana patients,
since Jason was in 100% compliance with all the laws and regulations
required to use medicinal cannabis in Colorado, yet he was still
arrested and prosecuted. The Boulder District Attorney's office wants to
make an example of Jason and in the process create fear among the
thousands of sick and dying people that benefit safely from medicinal
cannabis in Colorado every day. Jason’s trial has been set for Monday,
August 3 in Boulder District Court at the Boulder County Justice Center
on 6th and Canyon.

Cannabis is a Constitutional right for Colorado citizens. Article 18,
Section 14 of the Colorado Constitution, known as Colorado's Medical
Marijuana Law, allows patients with debilitating medical conditions to
use cannabis as medicine if their physician recommends it. Jason was
arrested when the Boulder County Drug Task Force raided his home in last
summer. Jason presented the police with his valid Medical Marijuana
Registry ID card issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment, which is supposed to make him exempt from the state's
criminal laws regarding cannabis possession. Instead of respecting his
legal right to use cannabis as medicine, Boulder County destroyed his
garden, seized all his medicine, arrested him, and charged him with
felony marijuana possession.

Jason suffers from severe chronic pain from an accident at Eldora Ski
Area in 2004, in which he was seriously injured by a snowboarder. The
accident left Jason with crippling spinal injuries. He is in severe
constant pain and uses cannabis as an inexpensive and safer alternative
to the dangerous and addictive narcotics and nerve blockers that most
chronic pain patients are forced to take.

According to his physician's recommendation, he had only enough cannabis
that was medically necessary to adequately treat his condition. Jason's
attorney, Rob Corry, has provided Boulder DA Stan Garnett with Jason's
complete medical records along with statements from Jason's physicians
and therapeutic cannabis experts to prove that Jason is a legitimate
patient. But DA Garnett refuses to drop the charges.

"The Boulder District Attorney should be protecting patients' rights
under the Constitution, not prosecuting and punishing them for their
legal choice in medicine," says Rob Corry.

The talk is free and open to the public.

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