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Newsbrief:
Update
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Colorado
Confrontation
on
Hold
Pending
Federal
Court
Ruling
2/6/04
Drug War Chronicle reported
last week on Colorado resident Don Nord and his fight to make the cops
give his medicine back (https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/322/colorado.shtml).
Nord, who suffers from a variety of ailments, grew his own marijuana in
compliance with Colorado law, but his crop was seized by a joint federal-state
anti-drug task force. Nord successfully moved to have his property
returned, but the task force declined to return his marijuana, saying it
was illegal under federal law. The nine members of the task were
scheduled to appear in state court this week to answer contempt charges,
but that hearing was postponed at the request of a federal judge called
in by the Colorado US Attorney, who is representing the task force members
against the state contempt charge.
At a January 29 hearing,
Nord's attorney, Kris Hammond, and federal prosecutors argued before federal
District Court Judge Walker Miller over whether the federal courts should
assume jurisdiction over the case. Miller made no decision last week,
and a hearing is set to hear more complete arguments over the jurisdictional
issue next week.
In the meantime, Nord, who
lives on a disability pension of $655 a month, and Hammond, who is receiving
a token $100 monthly payment from Nord, are seeking contributions to a
defense (and offense) fund to cover the costs of litigating what has turned
into a federal-state confrontation over medical marijuana. The $100
a month "just about pays the cost of phone calls in this case," said Hammond.
To contribute to Nord's defense
(and offense), send a check to: Don Nord, P.O. Box 1616, Hayden,
CO 81639.
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Issue #323, 2/6/04
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