medical marijuana dispensary owner found guilty of pushing drugs

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http://reason.com/blog/show/127940.html

 

Charles Lynch, the owner of a medical marijuana dispensary in Morro Bay,

California that was fully compliant with state laws, has been found

guilty in federal court of pushing drugs. The grim details, courtesy of

The Los Angeles Times:

 

The owner of a Morro Bay marijuana dispensary was found guilty today

in federal court of five counts of distributing drugs.

Charles Lynch, the owner of the dispensary, faces a minimum of five

years in prison.

His closely watched trial involved conflicting marijuana laws and

went to a federal court jury Monday. Jurors were asked to determine if

Lynch was guilty of violating federal drug laws.

During a week-and-a-half-long trial in U.S. District Court in Los

Angeles, federal prosecutors sought to depict Lynch as a common drug

dealer who sold pot to teenagers and carried a backpack stuffed with

cash.

Lynch was charged with distributing marijuana, conspiring to

distribute marijuana and providing marijuana to people under the age of

21.

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Hanneke