Local Medical Marijuana Provider Gets a Year in the Pen--Call Bob Lee and Ask Why!

The Sentinel's Hoey story and comments can be found at http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2007/November/01/breaking/stories/02breaking.htm
Hoey got his sentence based on D.A. Bob Lee's theory that any medical marijuana sales, even to those with valid cards, if not a part of a close "caretaker relationship" is illegal.

Worse, Lee selectively applies this, ignoring clubs in the City of Santa Cruz, but going after growers and sellers in the County.

While the courts and the law may be ambiguous about this, Santa Cruz County's public opinion is not. After all, we voted overwhelmingly for Measure A in 1993, even before Proposition 215 passed in 1996. Lee should be censured and recalled if he continues to prosecute people under this abusive interpretation.

That, of course, would require some activism. Like getting our local Measure K Commission (meets 11-14 6 PM at City Hall) to pass a resolution regarding the issue.

Or demanding the Board of Supervisors pass a set of guidelines binding the D.A. and the Sheriff's Department.

As the three previous comments indicate, the entire drug war is [expletive]. Indeed claiming they can go after marijuana providers because they aren't "caregivers" and selectively doing so (avoiding political hot potatoes like Greenway) is both hypocritical and anti-democratic (i.e. violates the voters' mandate).

Call Bob Lee at 454-2400 and ask him what gives.