Pubdate: Thu, 10 Apr 2008
Source: Monterey County Herald (CA)
Copyright: 2008 Monterey County Herald
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POLICE RETURN MAN'S MEDICAL MARIJUANA

HUNTINGTON BEACH - Acting on court orders, Huntington Beach police 
returned 30 grams of pot taken from a medical marijuana patient last year.

An appellate court ruled in a Garden Grove case that seized medical 
marijuana must be returned to a patient, and three weeks ago the 
California Supreme Court declined to review the appeals court ruling.

That meant Huntington Beach resident David Alan Lucas could retrieve 
his high-grade purple urkel marijuana and a couple of smoking pipes. 
The 43-year-old man, who uses pot to relieve stress, says he's 
surprised to get it back.

Police Capt. Chuck Thomas says the department is complying with the 
court order. California voters in 1996 approved the Compassionate Use 
Act allowing medical marijuana use.

- -- Herald wire reports
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom