Online fundraiser launched for indicted medical marijuana caregiver

PARIS — A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to pay for the legal defense of a Paris medical marijuana caregiver who had his operation raided and his crop burned by the Police Department.

Richard Jackson, 48, of King Hill Road, was indicted in October 2015 — more than a year after the raid seized roughly $500,000 worth of marijuana — on one count of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs and one count of marijuana cultivation.

Jackson has been a licensed medical marijuana caregiver with the state of Maine since 2010 and "has provided a great benefit to members of his community by producing and providing high-quality medications to qualified patients," according to a Nov. 1, 2015, letter from his attorney, Gregory Braun.

The crowdfunding campaign is through Funded Justice at www.fundedjustice.com/en/projects/25575-Caregiver-Richard-Jackson-Legal-Defense-Fund and has a goal of raising $20,000 by May 2, 2016. Braun launched the...

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