Parents accused of child abuse for having medical marijuana operation in home

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Regardless of how the law is currently written and the multiple interpretations it can provoke...

Police do not interpret the law, nor should they. Besides, the law in question admits only one interpretation; No one could possibly argue that marijuana is not a controlled substance. It's a zero-tolerance policy with absolutely no room to wiggle. Again, the problem is not the police or the DA, who seem to have behaved properly, but that they are duty-bound to enforce this law which must be updated to include reasonable exceptions.

the police/enforcement should know it better than most because of how delicate this all is.

I agree entirely. Police should know the law better than most. I think most of them know much more about the law than your average citizen, who lives in complete ignorance of it. More education is needed on both sides, but particularly on ours; Mr. Lightfoot and Ms. Wildenstein probably would not have chosen to grow had they bothered to educate themselves or consult an attorney, and learned that they risked losing custody of their children.