Police took my Ounce.

There is precedent for getting your medicine back, so if you have the time and patience, take it through the courts. ;)

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As well, the feds stranglehold may be loosening:
CA : Judge says Feds violated 10th Amendment by subverting state marijuana laws - Marijuana.com

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Originally Posted by MrCandela

I was in a similar situation as well a few days ago, but it was only 4 grams: 2 G.D.P. and 2 Bubba Kush. :mad: Even though I told them that I am a registered patient and that I did have my meds in my car, they still put me in the back of their squad car and searched my vehicle without asking permission. I give them a small, wallet-sized copy of my doctor's recommendation so that they may verify it and one of them tells me that it isn't valid within Riverside County. :wtf: I'm guessing these guys were either rookies or just didn't know anything about the medical marijuana laws since they had a third officer show up a few minutes later, had a brief conversation with him and then he just left...
They didn't even state the reason for pulling me over; they just handed me a notice to appear in court for a traffic violation (no traffic violation stated, just possession of marijuana) and let me go about my business. It somewhat feels like a case of unjustified narcotics profiling to me. Any advice?

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I do not understand why people feel it necessary to volunteer this kind of information. I would tell them NOTHING. The only thing I would ask is why am I being pulled over, accept a traffic ticket. if the cop tried to keep me, I'd ask if I'm being detained, if yes, why.

If no, have a nice day. You can't expect these jerks to follow THIS law, they can't follow half of the other laws on the books...why should this be any different?


Patients need to educate themselves about how to deal with the cops BEFORE this happens, not after...

BTW they didn't need a search warrant at that point-by telling them you had your meds-what THEY consider to be illegal in most cases-you gave them probable cause. You can fight to get your meds back---as was posted above, but don't give the cops ammo to use against you in the first place! You only got a possession ticket, but now you have to go through all of this pain in the arse stuff...

And yes, go to court. Let the judge sort it out.

Realize that oftentimes we are our own worst enemies when dealing with the cops. Maybe I shouldn't say "we" when I mean the uninformed among us. But of course when you're in the company of such uninformed individuals, they can sure cause the rest of us a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Hang around with ignorant people and you're going to get your fingers burned.