high all....awesome news...just awesome it is.......cannabis

melodious

You know this is absolutely wonderful news..taken from Jack Herer's my space accoutn...Mr. Herer and Jeannie and their crew has been extremely kind to me...

Celebrate...celebrate...dance to the music....celebrate....

Eddy Lepp's charges dropped on 32,512 cannabis plants!


BREAKING NEWS:
Charges Dropped on HIGH TIMES Freedom Fighter Eddy Lepp After Feds Seize 32,512 Pot Plants



2006-12-13

Source: HIGHTIMES.COM

By Mary Ought Six

Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, has ruled to drop all charges against Charles Edward "Eddy" Lepp stemming from a 2004 raid of his Lake County, California property, on the grounds of an invalid search warrant.

Lepp told HIGH TIMES, "This motion should have been turned in the day after my arrest and it all should have been over within thirty days."

The raid netted 32,512 marijuana plants, the largest bust of its kind in the United States, with the ensuing legal battle earning Lepp the HIGH TIMES Freedom Fighter of the Year Award at the 2004 Cannabis Cup.

After starting off with powerful attorneys Dennis Roberts and then Tony Sera, Lepp eventually fired them both for refusing to file a motion using the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) as a defense. Four months ago, the court appointed him Assistant Federal Public Defender Shawn Halbert, who immediately requested permission to resubmit all previous motions along with a motion on RFRA. Evidence of the faulty search warrant was on the top of the stack, and witnesses claim Patel took less than fifteen minutes to drop all charges.

Lepp told HIGH TIMES that the warrant used to raid "Eddy's Medicinal Gardens" had only his name, the judge's name, and the property address on it. The reason for the raid and the descriptions of the property were both glaringly missing.

Lepp still continues to face charges stemming from the February 2005 raid of nearly 7,000 indoor plants on the same property, but he remains confident, again on the grounds of procedural error. According to Lepp, the photos of outdoor plants that were used as due cause turned out to be on his neighbor's property. Also, the wiretap that provided the evidence of a sale was finally released, revealing a DEA Agent saying into the tape that Lepp had left and was heading down California Highway 20, and then counting out $2,500 dollars. No mention of a sale and no police paperwork from the day of the recording points to Lepp possessing marijuana, much less selling it.

The hearing for the 2005 raid will take place on January 9th at the San Francisco Federal Court House, with Judge Patel once again presiding.




http://www.hightimes.com
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melodious

soulsinging

i must say, i admire your passion for marijuana. you might not pick the most critical issue facing the world today, but damn do you take it seriously

melodious

You do not seem to get the gest of my purpose; it's not about getting high. It's about a human being having a right to thrive on this planet as our ancestors have in times past.

I truly believe in the name of god and the universe, that cannabis/ hemp is the cornerstone to the earth's photosynthesizing processes...(scientists help me because i know there's a better word). Have you ever wondered about how folks during Micheangelo's ages lit their homes? It was with hemp oil...

Have you studied social studies and touched over the concept of cottage industries? What exactly do you think they spun on those spinning wheels? gold? No it was different fibres of hemp. Each strand's width depended on the size of the stalk...

Furthermore, I have recently come to learn that hemp was used as far back as Egyptian pyramids. The plaster was composed of different minerals and hemp fibres to bind it...;)

sapperskunk

melodious wrote:

You do not seem to get the gest of my purpose; it's not about getting high. It's about a human being having a right to thrive on this planet as our ancestors have in times past.

I truly believe in the name of god and the universe, that cannabis/ hemp is the cornerstone to the earth's photosynthesizing processes...(scientists help me because i know there's a better word). Have you ever wondered about how folks during Micheangelo's ages lit their homes? It was with hemp oil...

Have you studied social studies and touched over the concept of cottage industries? What exactly do you think they spun on those spinning wheels? gold? No it was different fibres of hemp. Each strand's width depended on the size of the stalk...

Furthermore, I have recently come to learn that hemp was used as far back as Egyptian pyramids. The plaster was composed of different minerals and hemp fibres to bind it...;)

But do you smoke it?

soulsinging

melodious wrote:

You do not seem to get the gest of my purpose; it's not about getting high. It's about a human being having a right to thrive on this planet as our ancestors have in times past.

I truly believe in the name of god and the universe, that cannabis/ hemp is the cornerstone to the earth's photosynthesizing processes...(scientists help me because i know there's a better word). Have you ever wondered about how folks during Micheangelo's ages lit their homes? It was with hemp oil...

Have you studied social studies and touched over the concept of cottage industries? What exactly do you think they spun on those spinning wheels? gold? No it was different fibres of hemp. Each strand's width depended on the size of the stalk...

Furthermore, I have recently come to learn that hemp was used as far back as Egyptian pyramids. The plaster was composed of different minerals and hemp fibres to bind it...;)

dont get me wrong, i fully support its legalization for any and all purposes and recognize its utility. just amused that the only posts you make are about the latest breaking development in the field

RockinInCanada

melodious wrote:

You do not seem to get the gest of my purpose; it's not about getting high. It's about a human being having a right to thrive on this planet as our ancestors have in times past.

I truly believe in the name of god and the universe, that cannabis/ hemp is the cornerstone to the earth's photosynthesizing processes...(scientists help me because i know there's a better word). Have you ever wondered about how folks during Micheangelo's ages lit their homes? It was with hemp oil...

Have you studied social studies and touched over the concept of cottage industries? What exactly do you think they spun on those spinning wheels? gold? No it was different fibres of hemp. Each strand's width depended on the size of the stalk...

Furthermore, I have recently come to learn that hemp was used as far back as Egyptian pyramids. The plaster was composed of different minerals and hemp fibres to bind it...;)

AH my favorite marijuana advocate has come back....been wondering where you have been hiding.

Great to here that story....just hoping that Canadian marijuana king Marc Emery is not extradited to the USA for charges of, this is pathetic, selling seeds over the internet....good to see you back Melody

A Surprise Left

over 30,000 plants!?!! :eek: i hardly think it was just for personal use. i'm not a pot smoker although i wouldn't have strong feelings if it was to become legalised. however this dude was a major dealer of an illegal substance and should have done major jail-time.

MrBrian

A Surprise Left wrote:

over 30,000 plants!?!! :eek: i hardly think it was just for personal use. i'm not a pot smoker although i wouldn't have strong feelings if it was to become legalised. however this dude was a major dealer of an illegal substance and should have done major jail-time.

well if you feel that strongly about laws and rules, then you should have no problem with this case and the charges being dropped, after all, it was due to an invalid search warrant.

fair is fair right? rules are rules, laws are laws.

melodious

It was a grow for California Compassonate Act. We are allowed to have caregivers. You see it goes like this. I go to the doctor. I have a recommendation. I can grow up to 6 plants on my own property (in some places there are ordinances against outside grow) I can also give my recommendation to someone else who has a grow. Now this person can have 6 for themselves and 6 for me..If the caregivers has 5000, clients, then it's not illegal to posess that quantity of plants. Also I argued this then and I will argue this now. To talke a figure such as 32, 500 creates an image of 32,500 full mature plants 10-15 feet high. You cant' think that many of those plants were either clones or immmature and big boyz wanted to create a statistic....


He has done nothing that is immoral nor against the law. He has been trying to establish precedent for you and for me..Just last week he was at local Board of Supervisor meeting fighting for the local patients who are too chicken to stnad up.


Good to see you toooooo RiC......

RockinInCanada

melodious wrote:

It was a grow for California Compassonate Act. We are allowed to have caregivers. You see it goes like this. I go to the doctor. I have a recommendation. I can grow up to 6 plants on my own property (in some places there are ordinances against outside grow) I can also give my recommendation to someone else who has a grow. Now this person can have 6 for themselves and 6 for me..If the caregivers has 5000, clients, then it's not illegal to posess that quantity of plants. Also I argued this then and I will argue this now. To talke a figure such as 32, 500 creates an image of 32,500 full mature plants 10-15 feet high. You cant' think that many of those plants were either clones or immmature and big boyz wanted to create a statistic....


He has done nothing that is immoral nor against the law. He has been trying to establish precedent for you and for me..Just last week he was at local Board of Supervisor meeting fighting for the local patients who are too chicken to stnad up.

This dude sounds exactly like Emery....not that is a bad thing......

CorporateWhore

I would support legalization of marijuana.

At the same time, I think it is incredibly ignorant to smoke it. It is terrible for your brain.

RockinInCanada

CorporateWhore wrote:

I would support legalization of marijuana.

At the same time, I think it is incredibly ignorant to smoke it. It is terrible for your brain.

I don't buy that for a second...meth fucks with your brain....marijuana I don't think so.

melodious

It's time to go sleepy tight...your mind can be burnt on many things that docs prescribe...don't get me going....

ever herd of oxycordon?

I am just glad to see that there are still judges who look for the people and not the corps, all the time. It means that he doesn't do the five life sentences...can you imagine having five life sentences? No...eddy lepp is human being; he is a man you can talk to intelligently, and his experiences make him extremely knowlegeable.

It's not about getting high. It's a lifestyle.


cheers to eddy.....

melodious

CorporateWhore wrote:

I would support legalization of marijuana.

At the same time, I think it is incredibly ignorant to smoke it. It is terrible for your brain.

so, what, we eat it then? or better yet, use a vaporizor; i hear their wonderful for asthma patients.......

CorporateWhore

Rockin'InCanada wrote:

I don't buy that for a second...meth fucks with your brain....marijuana I don't think so.

False.

It is proven that marijuana fucks up your brain.

SweetHarmonics

How exactly is a plant made illegal in the first place? Something tells me they didn't really have an educated debate before enacting these drastic laws.

melodious

SweetHarmonics wrote:

How exactly is a plant made illegal in the first place? Something tells me they didn't really have an educated debate before enacting these drastic laws.

Propaganda. It's in this book, but I have read a lot of the sutff that has astounded me via articles on the internet too. I found out about the egyptian flair by simply writing the words hemps used by egyptians and found an entire page of articles.

jackherer.com has part of his book that he has conducted a lot of research about it....i'll be back with a book from u.s. history. we search through old publications looking for hemp articles and references to find out how the gov'[t has fooled the american people..be back in an edit....with a worthwhile link....

it's in TEXT. here's the direct download link (for the text file ZIPPED) .

http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext03/rolaw10.zip


tx, tjj
***************

sapperskunk

SweetHarmonics wrote:

How exactly is a plant made illegal in the first place? Something tells me they didn't really have an educated debate before enacting these drastic laws.

I'm definately no expert on drug manufacuring, but what about harder drugs from coca or opium.

69charger

This is one thing I can agree with America-Hating Hippes on!

Legalize It!

RavennaSeattle1911

i voted for pot and medical pot

i wonder if these states siadin law how its to be carried out? bush tryed to stop it?

so we need judges to rescue the law?

usa screwed up country

SweetHarmonics

sapperskunk wrote:

I'm definately no expert on drug manufacuring, but what about harder drugs from coca or opium.

Well I wouldn't put pot and heroin/coke in the same category, obviously.

but....

One point of view would be that the process of creating heroin or coke are actually outdated pharmaceutical ventures that became non-PC in the latter half of the 20th century. As far as legislating morality goes, it's definitely more endangering for a society to have the criminal element controlling the entire operation of the most profitable industry on the planet.

So yeah, making plants illegal is really dumb at the end of the day and it's hard to rationalize it as anything besides a time/money wasting low point of our government's history.

mookie blaylock 10

CorporateWhore wrote:

False.

It is proven that marijuana fucks up your brain.

marijuana does not actually have any long term negative effects on the brain. it is quite helpful in many cases where people have issues with migraine headaches, appetite problems, sleep disorders, multiple sclerosis, and so on. it has helped me immensely to alleviate problems with migraines and the nausea and insomnia that result from the migraines. i know of many others who have benefited from its use. people also use it recreationally, and i do that as well. i don't have a problem with people smoking or consuming marijuana either way, whether it be for medicinal purposes or for recreational purposes.

mookie blaylock 10

melodious wrote:

You know this is absolutely wonderful news..taken from Jack Herer's my space accoutn...Mr. Herer and Jeannie and their crew has been extremely kind to me...

Celebrate...celebrate...dance to the music....celebrate....

Eddy Lepp's charges dropped on 32,512 cannabis plants!


BREAKING NEWS:
Charges Dropped on HIGH TIMES Freedom Fighter Eddy Lepp After Feds Seize 32,512 Pot Plants



2006-12-13

Source: HIGHTIMES.COM

By Mary Ought Six

Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, has ruled to drop all charges against Charles Edward "Eddy" Lepp stemming from a 2004 raid of his Lake County, California property, on the grounds of an invalid search warrant.

Lepp told HIGH TIMES, "This motion should have been turned in the day after my arrest and it all should have been over within thirty days."

The raid netted 32,512 marijuana plants, the largest bust of its kind in the United States, with the ensuing legal battle earning Lepp the HIGH TIMES Freedom Fighter of the Year Award at the 2004 Cannabis Cup.

After starting off with powerful attorneys Dennis Roberts and then Tony Sera, Lepp eventually fired them both for refusing to file a motion using the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) as a defense. Four months ago, the court appointed him Assistant Federal Public Defender Shawn Halbert, who immediately requested permission to resubmit all previous motions along with a motion on RFRA. Evidence of the faulty search warrant was on the top of the stack, and witnesses claim Patel took less than fifteen minutes to drop all charges.

Lepp told HIGH TIMES that the warrant used to raid "Eddy's Medicinal Gardens" had only his name, the judge's name, and the property address on it. The reason for the raid and the descriptions of the property were both glaringly missing.

Lepp still continues to face charges stemming from the February 2005 raid of nearly 7,000 indoor plants on the same property, but he remains confident, again on the grounds of procedural error. According to Lepp, the photos of outdoor plants that were used as due cause turned out to be on his neighbor's property. Also, the wiretap that provided the evidence of a sale was finally released, revealing a DEA Agent saying into the tape that Lepp had left and was heading down California Highway 20, and then counting out $2,500 dollars. No mention of a sale and no police paperwork from the day of the recording points to Lepp possessing marijuana, much less selling it.

The hearing for the 2005 raid will take place on January 9th at the San Francisco Federal Court House, with Judge Patel once again presiding.




http://www.hightimes.com
_________________
melodious

thanks for the post mel good news.

mookie blaylock 10

SweetHarmonics wrote:

Well I wouldn't put pot and heroin/coke in the same category, obviously.

but....

One point of view would be that the process of creating heroin or coke are actually outdated pharmaceutical ventures that became non-PC in the latter half of the 20th century. As far as legislating morality goes, it's definitely more endangering for a society to have the criminal element controlling the entire operation of the most profitable industry on the planet.

So yeah, making plants illegal is really dumb at the end of the day and it's hard to rationalize it as anything besides a time/money wasting low point of our government's history.

well said, sweetharmonics.

enharmonic

Man, this guy needs a Real Men of Genius commercial from Bud Light. I can hear it now...

Here's to you, Mr. Marijuana Plantation Owner
MR. MARIJUANA PLANTATION OOOOOWWWWN-ERRR!



The stuff doesn't do it for me, but I've never met a violent weed smoker, so I have no problem with it.

farfromglorified

A silly story to go along with a silly law.

macgyver06

melodious wrote:

You do not seem to get the gest of my purpose; it's not about getting high. It's about a human being having a right to thrive on this planet as our ancestors have in times past.

I truly believe in the name of god and the universe, that cannabis/ hemp is the cornerstone to the earth's photosynthesizing processes...(scientists help me because i know there's a better word). Have you ever wondered about how folks during Micheangelo's ages lit their homes? It was with hemp oil...

Have you studied social studies and touched over the concept of cottage industries? What exactly do you think they spun on those spinning wheels? gold? No it was different fibres of hemp. Each strand's width depended on the size of the stalk...

Furthermore, I have recently come to learn that hemp was used as far back as Egyptian pyramids. The plaster was composed of different minerals and hemp fibres to bind it...;)

YOU HAVE SMOKED YOURSELF RETARTED

know1

melodious wrote:

You do not seem to get the gest of my purpose; it's not about getting high. It's about a human being having a right to thrive on this planet as our ancestors have in times past.

I truly believe in the name of god and the universe, that cannabis/ hemp is the cornerstone to the earth's photosynthesizing processes...(scientists help me because i know there's a better word). Have you ever wondered about how folks during Micheangelo's ages lit their homes? It was with hemp oil...

Have you studied social studies and touched over the concept of cottage industries? What exactly do you think they spun on those spinning wheels? gold? No it was different fibres of hemp. Each strand's width depended on the size of the stalk...

Furthermore, I have recently come to learn that hemp was used as far back as Egyptian pyramids. The plaster was composed of different minerals and hemp fibres to bind it...;)

With all the other regulations and restrictions that we humans have on our lives, legalizing marijuana is but a drop in the ocean when it comes to "having the right to thrive on this planet as our ancestors did in times past".

Collin

69charger wrote:

Legalize It!

That's two things we can agree on.

PJPOWER

CorporateWhore wrote:

False.

It is proven that marijuana fucks up your brain.

I would love to know where you get your information.............There was actually a study done not to long ago that THC (the active component in marijuana) is the most benificial "drug" ever found in decreasing the plaque formation in the brain that causes Alzheimers, in turn being the most best thing we have so far in delaying the onset of Alzheimers disease. Here's one of many articles on the subject which, as apposed to your post, "These findings that cannabinoids work both to prevent inflammation and to protect the brain may set the stage for their use as a therapeutic approach for [Alzheimer's disease],".......................
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/02/050224111638.htm

MCG

Rockin'InCanada wrote:

AH my favorite marijuana advocate has come back....been wondering where you have been hiding.

Great to here that story....just hoping that Canadian marijuana king Marc Emery is not extradited to the USA for charges of, this is pathetic, selling seeds over the internet....good to see you back Melody

Now see, here's a case of actual injustice Marc Emery.

That guy in the article above got off on a techincality, but he's obviously a drug dealer. 35,000+ plants is not thriving off of plants, he didn't build his house with it, he sold it to people for the purpose of intoxication. This is a massive grow op, and that is illegal.

I smoke pot, I love it, but I think there is a big difference between personal use, or like Marc Emery selling seeds, and being a major drug dealer. Unless there is something I'm missing here, did he use his profits to benefit underpriviliged kids or something?

EDIT: Whoops should have read more, medical grower my bad.