13Sep/108:14 PM
Video: Licensed marijuana caregiver arrested for cultivation
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A Las Vegas man with a license to possess small amounts of marijuana is in trouble with police for growing and smoking pot. John Emerick is a licensed medical marijuana caregiver, who has been charged by police for growing 12 marijuana plants in his back yard. Police say his licence with the New Mexico Department of Heath only allows him to transport marijuana to give it patients, not smoke it or grow it. According to a criminal complaint, police responding to a burglary in the area noticed the plants growing from a back alley in Emerick's backyard. Investigators contacted Emerick who showed him his medical marijuana care giver card but police seized the plants and some pipes. Las Vegas Police Narcotics Sgt. Mack Allingham said he didn't believe all the pot was being used legally. "{Emerick} can care-give up to four patients according to his medical card that he produced to us," said Allingham. "but he can not grow, and he told me that he does ingest marijuana that day on scene. That he smokes it." Emerick's cancer patient Robert Jones says all the plants at Emerick's house were his and called the medical marijuana laws confusing. Emerick said all of the plants at his house were supposed to be male plants with much lower levels of T-H-C and meant for pollinating Jones pot crop that he cultivated separately. Jones says many state officials aren't aware of how hard it is to keep an adequate supply. |
