What’s interesting here is that the California Supreme court has refused to listen to this case, letting the Appeals court ruling, which ordered a return of the cannabis to the patient, stand. Now perhaps California law enforcement will start doing what it is paid to do – enforce California’s laws, not each officer’s personal morality!<\/p>\n
Acting on court orders, Huntington Beach police returned 30 grams of pot taken from a medical marijuana patient last year. <\/p>\n
An appellate court ruled in a Garden Grove case that seized medical marijuana must be returned to a patient, and three weeks ago the California Supreme Court declined to review the appeals court ruling. <\/p>\n
That meant Huntington Beach resident David Alan Lucas could retrieve his high-grade purple urkel marijuana and a couple of smoking pipes. The 43-year-old man, who uses pot to relieve stress, says he’s surprised to get it back. <\/p>\n
Police Capt. Chuck Thomas says the department is complying with the court order. California voters in 1996 approved the Compassionate Use Act allowing medical marijuana use. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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