I don't know if it's procedure on these forums to personally post a request for prayers/support, but my co-defendant/boyfriend and I could really use some!
Here's a short version of our story.
We were cultivating in Northern California for our personal use and decided we wanted to start vending the surplus to dispensaries in the Los Angeles area. We were under the belief that working as cultivators with legal dispensaries would make us a co-op or collective... I understand now it is not like that.
My boyfriend and I were driving in Hollywood when I was pulled over for having unregistered plates, although both my plates and tags were brand new and I had my paper work on me because I had been to the DMV a few days prior. Later on in a police report I supposedly made an illegal lane change to elicit being pulled over and searched. They of course found the MMJ on us and the rest is history.
Well 2 months later, after having our home raided, robbed and then evicted we took a "no contest" plea, that led to a deal of 180 days, 3 years probation, 30 days of community service. 1 week after sentencing I was released with a ticket to appear in court. 2 months and 1 week after my release my co-defendant/boyfriend's mother posted bail to get him out. Tomorrow we go to court for our preliminary hearing, if you could perhaps say a little prayer, or send your thoughts out to us it would really help! And remember on next years ballot to vote for the Tax Regulate and Control Cannabis Act of 2010.
"1. Generate an estimated $1.4 Billion dollars in revenues for California each year through taxes and fees.
2. Prohibit minors under the age of 21 from obtaining and using cannabis by mandating that only adults over the age of 21 have access to cannabis.
3. Save California millions of dollars in costs related to the criminal justice system by repealing all existing criminal penalties related to cannabis.
4. Mandate that all taxes and fees collected as a result of the cannabis regulation be spent on education, healthcare, public works, and the environment.
5. Create new green markets through the sustainable farming of hemp.
6. Make cannabis available for scientific, medical, industrial and research purposes.
7. Permit the State of California to fulfill obligations under the United States Constitution to enact laws concerning health, morals, public welfare and safety.
8. Continue to enforce all laws relating to driving and contributing to the delinquency of a minor."
-cited from :
http://www.californiacannabisinitiat...t-of-2010.html
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