cannabisnews.com: U.S. Says To Retry Ganja Guru Ed Rosenthal U.S. Says To Retry Ganja Guru Ed Rosenthal Posted by CN Staff on April 13, 2007 at 16:19:29 PT By Reuters Source: Reuters San Francisco, CA -- The U.S. government said on Friday it would retry marijuana advocate Ed Rosenthal after a judge last month ruled its tax evasion and money laundering case against him was vindictive and dismissed the charges.Rosenthal, dubbed the "ganja guru" for his books on marijuana, will once again face charges for growing and distributing marijuana, though prosecutors will not seek time behind bars beyond a one-day sentence he has already served, said Natalya LaBauve, a spokeswoman for the interim U.S. attorney in San Francisco, Scott Schools. LaBauve said the U.S. Attorney's Office had no further comment.Rosenthal, of Oakland, California, said he is looking forward to another trial, scheduled to start on May 14."I welcome this, I welcome this," Rosenthal, 62, told Reuters. "This is a tipping-point case because this is about federal medical marijuana policy."Rosenthal, author of "Why Marijuana Should Be Legal," was the first prominent marijuana activist brought to trial by federal prosecutors for growing and providing marijuana for medical purposes after California voters in 1996 approved that use of the drug.In 2003, he was convicted on charges of growing marijuana and sentenced to a day in jail. The conviction was overturned on appeal and a new trial ordered. With the case renewed, prosecutors added tax evasion and money laundering charges.U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer held on March 14 that prosecutors had added those charges vindictively. But the judge denied Rosenthal's request to dismiss the original cultivation charges.That same day, a majority of a three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held the U.S. government may ban marijuana use despite California's law allowing its use for medical purposes.The majority, agreeing with a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court opinion, found there is no fundamental right to use marijuana for medical purposes as plaintiff Angel Raich had argued. The Oakland woman uses marijuana to ease pain from an inoperable brain tumor and other ailments.Source: Reuters (Wire)Published: April 13, 2007Copyright: 2007 Reuters LimitedRelated Articles & Web Site:Ed Rosenthal's Pictures & Articles http://freedomtoexhale.com/trialpics.htmFeds Will Retry Pot Activist on Cultivation Chargehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread22867.shtmlFederal Prosecutors Will Retry 'Guru of Ganja'http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread22866.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #25 posted by Hope on April 14, 2007 at 15:55:32 PT Earthquake Movies Those cracks in the Earth were alarming, to say the least. [ Post Comment ] Comment #24 posted by Hope on April 14, 2007 at 15:48:30 PT "deck of a huge cruise ship" Uh oh.That doesn't sound particularly good. [ Post Comment ] Comment #23 posted by whig on April 14, 2007 at 12:45:25 PT Hope Either I'm imagining it or I can feel the earth here as a sort of shifting surface, like walking on the deck of a huge cruise ship. [ Post Comment ] Comment #22 posted by Hope on April 14, 2007 at 12:01:00 PT Tornadoes, Hills, Earthquakes Thankfully, I live about half way up the side of a large gentle hill. Tornadoes have jumped us miraculously.I've had to be on the New Madrid fault when bad quakes were expected. It felt like I could feel lava warming the floors.Earthquake movies probably made me imagine that. [ Post Comment ] Comment #21 posted by FoM on April 14, 2007 at 11:30:17 PT whig The dreaded earthquake. After spending a couple of weeks in West Hollywood after the North Ridge earthquake when I got home and stepped into my house I stopped and said to my husband the ground isn't moving. It actually surprised me for a second. I had become accustomed to the tremors that sometimes made the hanging plants move in my son's apartment. [ Post Comment ] Comment #20 posted by whig on April 14, 2007 at 11:07:43 PT But don't forget Chance of earthquake.... [ Post Comment ] Comment #19 posted by whig on April 14, 2007 at 11:05:53 PT Bay area Of course out here the weather is as astounding as a little damp and rainy sometimes, and otherwise pleasant. [ Post Comment ] Comment #18 posted by FoM on April 14, 2007 at 11:02:33 PT whig That's how it is where we live too. Pittsburgh sure isn't far from here. We have hilly terrain and lots of trees. That helps slow up tornadoes. They need flat land to go crazy like what happened in Xenia, Ohio back in the 70s. [ Post Comment ] Comment #17 posted by whig on April 14, 2007 at 11:01:12 PT Strange I lived in Pittsburgh for so long I never realized how unusual it really was. In the most tremendous storms, you could literally go outside without it being likely much of a risk. You knew you'd get soaked and it was wild to see the pyrotechnics, but unless you were thinking about driving in those conditions it was never dangerous.... But now with global warming I wonder if that will change. [ Post Comment ] Comment #16 posted by whig on April 14, 2007 at 10:58:07 PT Hope Pittsburgh has such a geography that tornadoes rarely form or do much damage when they do. At least so far as is reported. Best to be sheltered as always, but it's not like the flat lands where the storms build up such a dangerous swath of destruction. I don't recall anything more significant than some possible minor property damage in the storm I was talking about. [ Post Comment ] Comment #15 posted by Hope on April 14, 2007 at 08:51:25 PT Storms They scare me, though. [ Post Comment ] Comment #14 posted by Hope on April 14, 2007 at 08:48:57 PT "stayed dry at our location" :0)Wow. That's so cool.Party on, Man! [ Post Comment ] Comment #13 posted by whig on April 14, 2007 at 00:06:12 PT Little Amsterdam Tori Amoshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k_aUI0mkmg [ Post Comment ] Comment #12 posted by whig on April 14, 2007 at 00:03:45 PT Hope I remember when I lived in Pittsburgh, there was a day when we actually had huge storms and tornadoes on all sides, and right in the middle of it all we had a scheduled party and stayed dry at our location. [ Post Comment ] Comment #11 posted by Hope on April 13, 2007 at 22:07:57 PT Weather Thank you, FoM.I've been concerned and watching the sky all day. The forecasts were very alarming. Turned out it was relatively easy on us right through this area. Bad stuff all around though. Huge hail. Tornadoes.Here the rain and thunder were so loud that I kept checking to make sure windows weren't open. I heard one loud, hail like, clank somewhere out back during the the maelstrom... We were spared, but some places got softball size hail. [ Post Comment ] Comment #10 posted by FoM on April 13, 2007 at 21:31:36 PT Hope I wanted to say that I was worried about you when I saw how bad the weather was in your neck of the woods today. Glad to know you are ok. [ Post Comment ] Comment #9 posted by The GCW on April 13, 2007 at 20:40:46 PT When evil is exposed, it's good. Ed, "will once again face charges for growing and distributing marijuana, !!!though prosecutors will not seek time behind bars beyond a one-day sentence he has already served!!!They can not win anything. What are they thinking?The attention this news will deliver will help the Cause.-0-ALSO, what I came for:"""We learned recently 13 members of the North Bay Police Service earned more than $100,000 in 2006. A new contract and overtime costs are driving the budget higher"""And We see what the community is getting for their hundredgrand X13: """many are charges for simple possession of marijuana, a relatively innocuous substance that at one time was going to be decriminalized."""IT'S CLEAR WHY POLICE WANT TO PERPETUATE PERSECUTING CANNABISTS.CN ON: Editorial: How Much Is Too Much?Pubdate: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 Source: North Bay Nugget (CN ON)http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n470/a05.html?397 [ Post Comment ] Comment #8 posted by Hope on April 13, 2007 at 20:25:04 PT Tax man And... How dare they waste our tax funds like this? They are using real money out of our real pockets for their real debacle of gross injustice.More gross injustice upon gross injustice.I could not believe it when I saw the title of this article. But there it is. [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by Hope on April 13, 2007 at 20:20:22 PT The Federales are like a pack of hyenas after Mr. Rosenthal.Rosenthal's a very strong man and I really do admire him, but it's not right for them to stress a citizen like this over something like this. It's not right. [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by Hope on April 13, 2007 at 20:17:09 PT "No fundamental right " to use cannabis? That's just profoundly, bare-assed naked, stupid. [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by Dankhank on April 13, 2007 at 17:16:01 PT and then there's ... Dee Lay ...who gives a rat's ass what Delay thinks or wants ...?anyone who is as sleazy as he is ... [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by FoM on April 13, 2007 at 17:11:16 PT Christen-Mitchell You are right. I bet he doesn't even know about the Mississippi Farm yet. [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by mayan on April 13, 2007 at 16:57:25 PT We Aren't Afraid! "I welcome this, I welcome this," Rosenthal, 62, told Reuters. "This is a tipping-point case because this is about federal medical marijuana policy."I love it!!! Ed has already won this battle, even if he loses this case. The feds are only displaying their bulging ignorance by their non-stop,futile harassment of Ed. They can't stand the fact that Ed isn't afraid of them and they are terrified that his courage will rub off on others! Thank you, Ed!!! THE WAY OUT IS THE WAY IN...After Imus, DeLay Calls for Rosie to Be Fired (VOTE!!!): http://news.aol.com/entertainment/tv/articles/_a/after-imus-delay-calls-for-rosie-to-be/20070413103809990001Nine Eleven: Media Panic: http://www.etherzone.com/2007/stang041307.shtmlFormer Bush Speechwriter Hints at 9/11 Inside Job: http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2007/130407insidejob.htmSquare rally: 9/11 was U.S. 'plot': http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-4/117635795076840.xml&coll=3911: Bet You Didn't Know This: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=23819“Activism is Terrorism” According To The Police In NYC: http://911blogger.com/node/7849 [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by Christen-Mitchell on April 13, 2007 at 16:56:50 PT: Mr Obama is Mistaken Federal law may prohibit possession, but they have been making exceptions for decades with UofMississippi providing medicine to less than 10 users under the Compassion Act. It shows the level of the FedGuvMint's compassion that it stopped at 9 people. And the lack of sincerity when they carped for more research and haven't taken a dot of it from the folks they supply. Hemptopia [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by FoM on April 13, 2007 at 16:23:38 PT This is Very Interesting: Federal Law Excerpt: "I welcome this, I welcome this," Rosenthal, 62, told Reuters. "This is a tipping-point case because this is about federal medical marijuana policy."***Quote from an Obama E-mail:Excerpt: I am aware of the arguments that legalizing marijuana would make the drug more "controlled" or safer, and that it may curb the violence associated with the sale of an illegal substance. I also appreciate that many physicians believe that medicinal marijuana can be helpful to some patients. Currently, Illinois state law prohibits the use of marijuana for medical purposes unless the user has applied for permission and proven their need for use. As you may know, the Supreme Court last year issued a ruling on medical marijuana, deciding on a 6-3 vote that the Federal government has authority to override state laws that allow for the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Federal law prohibits the possession or cultivation of marijuana for any purpose, including medicinal uses, and no exceptions have been made on the national level. PS: I don't know if this is accurate since it was from an unnamed person and posted.http://www.hightimes.com/ht/news/content.php?bid=551&aid=3 [ Post Comment ] Post Comment