Pubdate: Thu, 30 Aug 2012
Source: Great Falls Tribune (MT)
Copyright: 2012 Great Falls Tribune
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Author: John S. Adams

MILES CITY MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROVIDER DIES IN FEDERAL CUSTODY

HELENA - Richard Flor, a former Miles City medical marijuana 
caregiver sentenced in April to five years in federal prison on 
charges that he illegally maintained drug-related premises, died in 
federal custody Wednesday.

Flor, along with his wife, Sherry, and their son, Justin, ran a 
medical marijuana caregiver business out of their home and from a 
Billings dispensary. Richard Flor was also a co-owner of Montana 
Cannabis, one of the state's largest medical marijuana operations and 
a target in the March 2011 raids by federal agents on marijuana 
providers across Montana.

Kristin Flor, 36, confirmed her 68-year-old father's death early 
Thursday. Kristin Flor said she was at her father's bedside at a 
medical facility near Las Vegas when he died following a pair of 
massive heart attacks.

According to his daughter, Richard Flor suffered from a long list of 
serious medical problems, including diabetes, dementia, osteoporosis, 
hepatitis C and many other ailments.

At Flor's sentencing in April, U.S. District Judge Charles Lovell 
recommended that he "be designated for incarceration at a federal 
medical center" where Flor's "numerous physical and mental diseases 
and conditions can be evaluated and treated."
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