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light emanating from Joe's roof,
* indicating the escape of a large amount of heat, while the other roof-
* tops were black.
*
* Joe was arrested and took his case to trial. The jury found Joe
* guilty of cultivating marijuana, but not guilty of possessing it with
* intent to distribute.

I said before the Drug War was highly politicized.

It's a matter of politics over matter when the government's Drug War elevates
marijuana above its true pharmacological controlled substances classification;
it's a matter of hysteria to escalate it to the same top category as heroin
and LSD, 'Schedule I Substances'. Even cocaine is only Schedule II.

Late 1996 / early 1997, several states, including California, passed laws
via citizen initiative ballots that legalized marijuana if a doctor prescribes
it. Usually for nausea or weight loss from chemotherapy or AIDS.

A massive Federal and State Drug War hysteria
campaign failed to stop people approving it.