NV: Woman Arrested During Drug Raid Speaks Out

cynicallyoptimistic

cynicallyoptimistic

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KLAS-TV 8 News NOW | March 22, 2011

LAS VEGAS - Rhonda Shade's garage used to be packed with pot. Dozens of marijuana plants are now gone. The lights that used to hang in the garage were seized in a drug raid.

"They've taken our finished medicine, which was ready for use, and they took all of our equipment," she said. "Law enforcement is taught to look for these lights and these plants growing, and maybe it looks crazy to them, but it was beautiful to us. That was our medicine, and we took pride in it. There's nothing wrong with that, and I'm not going to be ashamed of that."

Shade says she would rather treat her back pain with pot than a prescription drug. The Nevada Division of Health accepted her application for a medical marijuana card. She claims a doctor's note indicates her husband can grow more than the seven plants the law allows.

Shade recently lobbied the Nevada Legislature to relax Nevada's medical marijuana law. She had just returned from Carson City Saturday night, when Metro Police showed up armed with a search warrant.

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Beansly

Beansly

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Yeah I live in las vegas, I heard about this. The story is that her doctor gave a recommendation for more than the state legal limit (99 plants), and thats what she was growing. The state law in nevada says that a card carrier can have up to 7 plants growing. Plus she was selling out of her house..

Idk how I feel about this.
I feel bad for them, but at the same time the law says 7, and I'm happy about that. I don't like people like this going crazy and messing shit up for the rest of us. By the time we know it, were gonna lose local support and they're gonna make growing illegal again. I think if you really need 100 plants to ease your pain, then you really should move to california. Plus if she really needed all that weed, she wouldn't have been selling it.
 
BBYY

BBYY

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Beansly I agree with you.

If anyone is trying to support proper legislature in medical marijuana then they need to abide by them laws being set.

I am not sure about being a caretaker and maybe growing for the few who dont wanna do it them selves. But it sounds in that article they were trying to loophole a system and make gains and got caught.
 
BBYY

BBYY

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and read on in user comments on that website...The "shades" sound like a family who has no right lobbying for cannabis.
 
cynicallyoptimistic

cynicallyoptimistic

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As I've said many times before - If you're going to walk a slippery slope you best keep your mind clear, your eyes open, and watch your step. One wrong move can be fatal.

It is of interest to note that during alcohol prohibition people could go to doctor and get a prescription for it. There was a song about it entitled "Oh! Doctor" written in 1920. The similarities between cannabis prohibition and alcohol prohibition are striking.
 
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