cannabisnews.com: Mondovi Woman, 48, Won't Face Drug Charges





Mondovi Woman, 48, Won't Face Drug Charges
Posted by FoM on April 13, 2000 at 12:48:12 PT
By Meg Jones of the Journal Sentinel staff
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
She has admitted using marijuana to relieve pain, give her an appetite.Drug charges will not be filed against a disabled Mondovi woman who said she smokes marijuana for medicinal purposes, an official said Wednesday.
Buffalo County District Attorney James Duvall declined to file charges against Jacki Rickert after police confiscated a small amount of marijuana from her home last month."I will not file charges because of the particularly unusual facts of the case," said Duvall, who declined to comment further.Rickert, 48, weighs 98 pounds and uses a wheelchair because of debilitating illnesses. She admitted using marijuana to relieve chronic pain and to give her an appetite.When Mondovi police showed up at her home in March to investigate a theft complaint, an officer asked Rickert if she had marijuana in her house. When Rickert told them she did, police got a search warrant and confiscated marijuana and other items from her home.Rickert could not be reached for comment Wednesday. But her daughter said she was happy to learn from a reporter that charges would not be filed against her mother."I was hoping for this," said Tammy Rickert, 28. "Mondovi is a very small area and my mom is a very quiet person, never harmed anybody. She's kind of a church mouse."I'm extremely happy. I think they realized that if they put my mom in jail it would kill her," she said.Rickert suffers from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder, and reflex sympathetic dystrophy. She has lost much of her muscle and fatty tissue, and her joints dislocate easily.She lives on her own but relies on caregivers for help. Rickert said in March she was allowed to participate in a federal program where thegovernment issued marijuana cigarettes for medicinal purposes. But the program folded before she received government-supplied marijuana, Rickert said.Published: Thursday, April 13, 2000 Journal Sentinel correspondent Keith Edwards contributed to this report.Related Articles & Web Site:Drug Policy Forum Of Wisconsinhttp://www.drugsense.org/dpfwi/index.htmConfiscated Marijuana Described as Medicinehttp://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread5077.shtmlMedical Marijuana Must Be Allowedhttp://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread3784.shtml
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