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Another Ohio medical marijuana patient is facing charges for medical marijuana use

Friday, 16 October 2009 00:29 Tonya Davis

Addie Jane Cyrus, relative of Bille Ray Cryus,  is facing charges for medical marijuana cultivation. Addie Jane Cyrus, from Knox county, Ohio, cannot tell a judge she grew the plants for her medical use.

Addie had under the 999 grams allowed for cultivation in Ohio, which she could have pleaded the affirmative defense for personal use up to 999 grams. They had to stop that from happening and add the illegal manufacture of drugs which has no personal use defense. This woman is devastated, and I dont blame her. They have taken away life as she knows it, all because she grew some plants to help ease her pain.  Below is the link to her court case, which is public record.

09CR04-0042 STATE OF OHIO vs. STATE OF OHIO CYRUS, ADDIE J

Her husband was self-employed with a trucking business which they used to make a living and pay their taxes in Knox county, Ohio.  Neither Addie nor her husband had ever been in trouble before.  Since he lallowed the use in his home, he would lose his CDL license if convicted.

Before the marijuana indictment, the Cyrus' had been considered upstanding members of their community. They volunteered their time for charity and did whatever was asked for service. This is a travesty.

 

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Maternal Tobacco and Alcohol Use, But Not Marijuana, Associated With Psychotic Symptoms In Offspring, Study Says

Wales, United Kingdom: The maternal use of tobacco and alcohol during pregnancy is linked with increased incidences of psychotic symptoms in adolescents, according to the results of a longitudinal study published in the October issue of The British Journal of Psychiatry.

Investigators at the University of Bristol in Great Britain assessed whether maternal use of tobacco, alcohol, or cannabis during pregnancy increased the risk of psychotic symptoms in their offspring. Researchers examined the drug use habits of the mothers of over 6,300 adolescents – approximately 12 percent of which exhibited some symptoms of psychosis.

Authors concluded: "Frequency of maternal tobacco use during pregnancy was associated with increased risk of suspect or definite psychotic symptoms (in offspring.) Maternal alcohol use shows a non-linear association with psychotic symptoms, with this effect almost exclusively in the offspring of women drinking >21 units (approximately a half-pint of beer or a glass of wine) weekly. Maternal cannabis was not associated with psychotic symptoms."

For more information, please contact Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: paul@norml.org. Full text of the study, "Maternal tobacco, cannabis and alcohol use during pregnancy and risk of adolescent psychotic symptoms in offspring," appears in the British Journal of Psychiatry.