Medical Cannabis Patient Charged with Possession for Having Pot on Federal Land

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Prosecutors offered to drop the charge if the Arizona resident paid half the fine, but he’s choosing to fight double-standard weed laws in court instead.

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Here’s a sobering reminder of the stupid times we live in: Even if your state has legalized medical marijuana and you are a licensed patient in that region, you can still get busted for possession if you bring your doctor-prescribed medicine onto federally-owned land because cannabis is still (some how) federally illegal.

This is exactly what happened to Nathan Freddy. Last April, Freddy and some friends...

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