Pubdate: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 Source: Log Cabin Democrat (AR) Copyright: 2002 The Log Cabin Democrat Contact: http://thecabin.net/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/548 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Cannabis - California) US AGENTS RAID MEDICAL MARIJUANA FARM SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) -- 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. The couple's attorney did not immediately return messages Thursday. A spokesman for the U.S. attorney could not determine whether formal charges had been filed. 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. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom