Theyr'e many people in CA who have been arrested for cultivating/distributing. Case in point: Eddy Lepp(Google the name - Lake County, CA). As a disc jockey on KPFZ 104.5 FM Lake County Community Radio I had the good luck to interview Eddy & his wife Linda(an absolute saint of a woman) a few times- talking of the political & legal fights he had for the rest of us in this horrible & unnneeded war on medical marijuana. He actually had marujuana siezed & then returned by the local C.H.P. a few years ago. Christ, when will this end? Sick & dying patients need this medicine, when will the politicans & law enforcement realize they are not doctors, they do not know whats best for our individual health needs.

I object to this continuing war on individuals' right to use any medical treatment they think will help them, especially if it is proven scientifically to work, but even those that are "unproven" should be available to those people who want to take the risk. After all, who owns your body? You? Or the government?

Peace and prosperity can only come within a society of justice and freedom, a society of responsible individuals who respect property rights.
-Michael S. Rozeff (in Spooner and Beyond)

And the very first (and most important) property one owns is one's own body! I expect government to respect and protect my property rights, beginning with that most important property -- my body and extending that right up through every single piece of property I acquire -- from clothing to art objects to stocks/bonds/money to real estate and with no restrictions on how much I may acquire, nor which items.

A civil society does not use force to punish people for their personal indiscretions or unpopular lifestyles, nor does it erect national bureaucracies and militarized police agencies to address issues properly addressed at the personal, family, and community level.
- Anthony Gregory

[T]here is only one kind of rights: individual rights.
- Scott McPherson, policy advisor at The Future of Freedom Foundation.

While we are focusing on the issue of medical marijuana, it might be good to remember the dastardly tactics used by the courts. The fact that California, unable to prosecute because of the Compassionate Use Act, turns people over to the Feds for prosecution is a shame. The fact that prosecutors can prevent the complete disclosure of evidence in a trial is a shame. The fact that these people now face a criminal record and harassment from law enforcement for the rest of their lives is a shame.

How much longer will the states tolerate this blatant interference with the will of its citizens? Are the gains from the Federal cash cow so lucrative that the states cannot operate without it? Does any of this sound like...addiction?

I for one am sick and tired of the courts, Judges refusing those on trial to present their evidence. Who do they think they are telling people well you can testify but you can't tell the whole truth. Judges like that should be taken from the courtroom by the People and forever bared from entering one again, unless as a defendant in their own trial.In fact they should be tried for treason against the People for their actions.
One can not have a legitimate trial, a fair and balance trial, if they are not allowed to present any and all evidence in their defense against unreasonable and unconstitutional laws.
It is high time that the People rose up against this tyranny and the Feds Kangaroo court system.