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Jurors in Florida Marijuana Case Accept Medical Necessity Defense

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 03/04/2015 - 14:48

A man suffering from anorexia successfully argued that he needs cannabis to stay alive.

|Mar. 4, 2015 2:47 pm

Jacob SullumLast fall 58 percent of Florida voters supported a constitutional amendment that would have made it legal for patients to use marijuana as a medicine. That was two points shy of the supermajority needed to pass the measure. This week six jurors in Broward County nevertheless supported Jesse Teplicki's right to grow medical marijuana, which he uses to treat the anorexia from which he has suffered since he was a child. According to the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, this is the first time in Florida's history that a jury has accepted a "medical necessity" defense in a marijuana case.

The jurors, who deliberated for less than an hour, accepted Teplicki's argument that marijuana had kept him alive by relieving his nausea and boosting his appetite....

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