Pubdate: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 Source: Auburn Journal (CA) Copyright: 2000 Auburn Journal Contact: 1030 High St., Auburn, CA 95603 Website: http://www.auburnjournal.com/ Author: Bruce Schuknecht, Journal Staff Writer GUNS, MARIJUANA TAKEN IN BURGLARY Thieves broke into a Colfax home and stole several guns and marijuana used for medical treatment, a resident told authorities last week. On Sunday, Kathleen Campbell was still waiting to hear from deputies after reporting the theft to the Placer County Sheriff Department on Monday. She said she did not know who would break into her family's home in rural Colfax. Campbell told deputies someone used a ladder to break through her living room window to gain entry and steal three firearms and a 5-foot marijuana plant. She valued the property at about $2,100. The weapons taken included a .45 caliber H&K pistol, a Ruger .30 caliber rifle and another rifle, she said. Thieves, however, didn't take all of her marijuana plants, said Campbell, 40. "The marijuana was legal for me to use for medical purposes," said Campbell, who listed her occupation as a mentor. "I use it strictly for medical use." Campbell said she has a doctor's permission to smoke the marijuana to manage pain from migraine headaches caused by a brain ailment. "It's permissible in this county," said Campbell, adding she plans to use the surviving plants. "Deputies said they might come back for the other(s)." Deputies on Sunday did not return a phone call for comment about the break-in. In 1996s, California voters approved Proposition 215, called the Compassionate Use Act. The initiative granted patients the right to use marijuana with a physician's recommendation, but lawmakers and law enforcement officials have not agreed how to implement the measure. - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D