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-Caveat Lector- pot people in berlin, london, paris, rome and prague are planning pro-ed rosenthal actions at the us embassies..i feel you folks should organize one in your communitySAN FRANCISCO -- An author of how-to books on growing marijuana and
avoiding the law was convicted Friday on federal charges of marijuana
cultivation and conspiracy.
Ed Rosenthal, the self-described "Guru of Ganja," maintains he was
growing pot to help the sick, which is legal under California law.
His case represented the latest clash between state and federal
authorities over the medical use of marijuana.
Several people in the courtroom, including Rosenthal's wife and
daughter, wept as the verdicts were read by a court clerk.
"This was not a trial. It was called a kangaroo trial," Rosenthal,
who remains free on bail, said as supporters chanted: "We love you
Ed."
The federal jury concluded Rosenthal was growing more than 100
plants, conspiring to cultivate marijuana and maintaining a warehouse
for a growing operation. Rosenthal, 58, faces a maximum of 85 years
in prison when sentenced June 4.
The verdicts were a victory in the federal government's battle
against California's 1996 voter-approved medical marijuana law.
Rosenthal's arrest last year was among a string of Drug Enforcement
Administration raids on medical marijuana suppliers in California.
Under strict orders from U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer,
Rosenthal was never able to tell the jury that he was growing
marijuana as "an officer" for the city of Oakland's medical marijuana
program.
Oakland's program and others throughout California were authorized
under Proposition 215. California and seven other states -- Alaska,
Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Oregon and Washington -- also allow
the sick and dying to smoke or grow marijuana with a doctor's
recommendation.
But federal authorities do not recognize those laws.
"There is no such thing as medical marijuana," said Richard Meyer, a
DEA spokesman. "We're Americans first, Californians second."
Jury foreman Charles Sackett III said outside court that jurors were
following federal law in finding Rosenthal guilty, but he hoped the
verdict would be overturned.
"We had no legal wiggle room," Sackett said.
The government essentially portrayed Rosenthal as a major drug
supplier. Because federal laws trump state laws, Breyer ruled that
Rosenthal could not defend himself under the color of California's
Proposition 215. Marijuana, under federal rules, has no recognized
medical benefit.
Rosenthal said he's anything but a drug dealer, noting that the
plants agents seized didn't have buds, the part of the plant normally
smoked for a high. He planned to give out cuttings to seriously ill
people.
A founder of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana
Laws, Rosenthal used to write the "Ask Ed" column for "High Times"
magazine, and has researched and written nearly 20 books on
marijuana.
Millions of copies have been sold, mostly in the United States, with
titles such as "The Growers Handbook," "The Big Book of Buds,"
and "Ask Ed: Marijuana Law. Don't Get Busted."
Copyright � 2003, The Associated PressARON KAY-
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