Pubdate: Fri, 06 Sep 2002
Source: Post-Star, The (NY)
Section: Nation - World - Briefly
Page: A3, top item, left hand column, above the fold
Copyright: 2002 Glens Falls Newspapers Inc.
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FEDERAL AGENTS RAID MEDICAL POT FARM

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. --  Federal agents raided a marijuana farm Thursday and 
arrested the owners, who helped write the state law legalizing medical use 
of the plants.

Officers seized more than 100 marijuana plants, three rifles and a shotgun, 
said Richard Meyer, a spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration in 
San Francisco.

Valerie and Michael Corral were arrested on federal charges of intent to 
distribute marijuana and conspiracy, he said. A spokesman for the U.S. 
attorney could not determine Thursday afternoon whether formal charges had 
been filed.

"These are incredibly compassionate people who've worked closely with law 
enforcement to help the sick and dying in our community," said Ben Rice, an 
attorney for the Corrals. "This is absolutely outrageous."

The Corrals helped write the 1996 law that allows patients and their 
caregivers to grow marijuana for their own medicine. They work with local 
authorities to dispense their pot to people with doctors' recommendations 
to use marijuana.
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