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‘Medical necessity’ defense for growing pot wins acquittal in Florida case

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 03/30/2015 - 13:43

Just about every day for more than 30 years, Jesse Teplicki consumed marijuana in one form or another to ease the relentless symptoms of chronic anorexia nervosa. And for the last decade, he quietly grew and harvested his own supply, even processing the plants into pats of butter.

So by the time police officers, acting on an anonymous tip, came to his Hollywood home two years ago, Teplicki was ready — and open about his pot use. He allowed the two Broward County Sheriff’s deputies into his home, escorting them to the locked garage where he had 16 potted marijuana plants growing. Then he showed them the other 30 plants taking root in his backyard also for personal use.

But Teplicki did not see his arrest — or the manufacturing cannabis criminal charge — as trouble. He saw it as liberation.

“I took a bad moment and said this is...

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