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(01-29) 12:46 PST SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) -- A man who grew nearly 100 marijuana plants he said were necessary to alleviate pain from
his thyroid cancer was found innocent Monday of growing marijuana in excess of his medicinal needs.
The nine-woman, three-man jury found 47-year-old Alan MacFarlane not guilty of two counts of cultivation of marijuana and one count of
possession of psychedelic mushrooms.
MacFarlane was arrested during two raids on his Santa Rosa home. In May 1999, sheriff's deputies discovered 72 marijuana plants at his home. During another visit in August 1999 they found 36 more and promptly uprooted them.
Sonoma County District Attorney Mike Mullins blamed Proposition 215 for failing to specify exactly how much marijuana patients can use and where they should obtain it from.
MacFarlane's attorney had argued that people who qualify for medical marijuana have no idea what limits exist on their crop cultivation. In fact, no limits have been defined.
Californians passed Proposition 215 in 1996. The law allows possession, cultivation and use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
Implementation of the measure has proven difficult, however, as lawmakers struggle to agree on guidelines for prescribing and
distributing the drug.
Last month a Hesperia man went to court to get his confiscated marijuana plants back from the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department.
Wayne Hobbs' 162 pot plants were confiscated after authorities found them while responding to a burglar alarm at his house.
his thyroid cancer was found innocent Monday of growing marijuana in excess of his medicinal needs.
The nine-woman, three-man jury found 47-year-old Alan MacFarlane not guilty of two counts of cultivation of marijuana and one count of
possession of psychedelic mushrooms.
MacFarlane was arrested during two raids on his Santa Rosa home. In May 1999, sheriff's deputies discovered 72 marijuana plants at his home. During another visit in August 1999 they found 36 more and promptly uprooted them.
Sonoma County District Attorney Mike Mullins blamed Proposition 215 for failing to specify exactly how much marijuana patients can use and where they should obtain it from.
MacFarlane's attorney had argued that people who qualify for medical marijuana have no idea what limits exist on their crop cultivation. In fact, no limits have been defined.
Californians passed Proposition 215 in 1996. The law allows possession, cultivation and use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
Implementation of the measure has proven difficult, however, as lawmakers struggle to agree on guidelines for prescribing and
distributing the drug.
Last month a Hesperia man went to court to get his confiscated marijuana plants back from the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department.
Wayne Hobbs' 162 pot plants were confiscated after authorities found them while responding to a burglar alarm at his house.