Marin County District Court Judge William H. Stephens dismissed charges of marijuana cultivation against migraine headache sufferer Kymberly Marr and her husband/caregiver in two separate rulings activists are calling “firsts” for the medical marijuana movement.
“This is the first migraine patient in the state to be set free under Proposition 215, and I’m very happy that the Marin County District Attorney’s office is recognizing the patients’ rights to medical marijuana under our new law,” said Lynette Shaw, Director of the Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana. Shaw said that she believed Ms. Marr’s husband is also the first caregiver freed under California’s year-old medical marijuana law.
Law enforcement officials arrested the Marr’s and seized 14 marijuana plants after Ms. Marr’s failed to produce sufficient documentation demonstrating she smoked marijuana for a bona fide medical need. She later submitted evidence to the Marin County district attorney’s office indicating that her physician approved of her marijuana use. The district attorney’s office reportedly encouraged Judge Stephens to dismiss the charges.
“I’m pleased to have been able to help the Marr’s with their case, and I commend the San Anselmo Police Department for their cooperation,” said Shaw.
For more information, please contact either Lynette Shaw of the Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana at (415) 256-9328 or Dale Gieringer of California NORML at (415) 563-5858.