cannabisnews.com: CU Police Return Marijuana To Student CU Police Return Marijuana To Student Posted by CN Staff on September 22, 2008 at 13:31:16 PT By Vanessa Miller Source: Daily Camera Colorado -- University of Colorado police on Monday returned marijuana to a CU student -- who's a medical-marijuana cardholder -- after officers in May confiscated about two ounces of the drug from the freshman outside his residence hall room.Now-CU sophomore Edward Nicholson, 20, had threatened to sue the university after he said CU police confiscated marijuana that he's legally certified to administer to his brother -- who Nicholson said suffers from chronic, debilitating pain from football injuries. Nicholson said he's been, buying, holding and administering the drug to his 23-year-old brother for more than a year. State law allows marijuana to be used if it's recommended by a doctor for debilitating medical conditions.Caregivers, like Nicholson, must carry state-issued medical-marijuana cards. Nicholson is a cardholder for his brother, he said, because he said pot is easier to buy in Boulder than in Aurora, where his family lives.Nicholson said he feels he was "targeted" last year when CU police smelled pot coming from his residence hallway and assumed it was coming from his dorm room. After confiscating the drug in May, CU officials threatened to suspend Nicholson for a semester, require he do 24 hours of community service and comply with drug and alcohol testing. He also was charged to write a paper about the harmful effects of the drug on his schooling.CU officials dropped the case against Nicholson after his attorney, Robert Corry, threatened a lawsuit. Nicholson now lives off campus.CU officials also revised their housing policy this fall to ban students from storing marijuana in their dorms, even if they're medical-marijuana cardholders. Freshmen can, however, be released from the on-campus residency requirement if they are cardholders, said CU lawyer Jeremy Hueth.There are 1,955 cardholders in Colorado, according to last year's statistics from the state health department.Colorado Attorney General John Suthers said about the CU case that the medical-marijuana law has become a "front for widespread marijuana distribution.""The proponents of these laws make them intentionally ambiguous, causing significant problems for law enforcement in Colorado and elsewhere," he said.The Associated Press contributed to this report.Source: Daily Camera (Boulder, CO)Author: Vanessa Miller Published: September 22, 2008 Copyright: 2008 The Daily CameraWebsite: http://www.dailycamera.com/Contact: openforum dailycamera.comCannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #5 posted by OverwhelmSam on September 24, 2008 at 07:10:28 PT Front For Marijuana Distribution? Sue Them Yes, that's right. So what's wrong with marijuana distribution? They make it sound like a bad thing. Yes, sue the University for everything you can get. Only if they get their fingers singed, will they leave their hands off of cannabis users. Try for a few million at least! Do it now! [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by Storm Crow on September 23, 2008 at 06:47:19 PT Poor little Johnie-boy...... "John Suthers said about the CU case that the medical-marijuana law has become a "front for widespread marijuana distribution.""The proponents of these laws make them intentionally ambiguous, causing significant problems for law enforcement in Colorado and elsewhere," he said."Maybe since about 75% of the American public (his bosses!) support MMJ, we ought to try something new- like legalizing ALL medical usage- from OTC headache cure to cancer! THAT would certainly cure any "significant problems for law enforcement in Colorado and elsewhere." Our economy is in a financial crisis, let's stop wasting money on "weed control"! Helicopters are expensive to run, but they are criss-crossing the country, looking for plants to destroy! Millions of man-hours are wasted in the mid-west, trying to eliminate "ditch weed", feral hemp which is just a weed bearing little or no THC. The value is artificially raised to make the DEA "look good". All of this is on the tax-payer's (your) money. [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by runruff on September 23, 2008 at 06:23:06 PT Why thank you. "The proponents of these laws make them intentionally ambiguous, causing significant problems for law enforcement in Colorado and elsewhere," he said.That there is about the finest complement we have ever had paid to us by a prosecuting attorney. In other words, we done good! Way ta go!!!!! [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by HempWorld on September 22, 2008 at 14:40:54 PT It's going to take a lot more civil disobedience and lawsuits to fight gung-ho cops and overzealous prosecutors, who have absolutely no idea what damage they are doing to the democratic process and have no compassion for their fellow human being.It is going to take a LOT MORE ACTION FROM ALL CANNABIS ACTIVISTS ALL OVER TO STOP THE REPRESSION AND HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATIONS! On a mission from God! [ Post Comment ] Post Comment