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Read About the Don Nord Case! Colorado law enforcement officers are sworn to defend the Constitution of the State of Colorado, but in this case they knowingly and willingly conspired with federal agents to deny the rights of Colorado citizens. Unfortunately this is not the only case.
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January 8, 2004 - Steamboat Pilot & Today
Officers get contempt citations
"Contempt citations were issued Wednesday to nine area police officers who seized marijuana during a drug raid and did not return the drugs to their owner, a registered medicinal marijuana user, as ordered by a county judge." Full Story
January 30, 2004 - By Charlie Brennan, Rocky Mountain News
Pot laws duel in federal court
"Before the hearing, Nord said, "I thought I was doing the right thing" by growing marijuana for medical use. "I thought I was able to do this because the state said I could do it."
Meanwhile, a hearing on potential contempt charges against the government is scheduled for Monday afternoon in Routt County Court." Full Story
February 8, 2004 - Steamboat Pilot & Today
Our View: Marijuana's legality
"Nord's case is the latest in a
national dispute between federal and state laws regarding marijuana. Whether
he gets back the 2 ounces of marijuana that federal agents seized is no
longer important; determining whether Colorado and other states have the
right to implement medicinal marijuana laws is.
In the 2000 general election, Colorado residents approved Amendment 20 by a
margin of 53.5 percent to 46.5 percent. That amendment gave those suffering
from "debilitating medical conditions" the right to register and use
marijuana for medicinal purposes. Nord is a registered medicinal marijuana
user and complied with the state law..."
Full Story
February 13, 2004 - Steamboat Pilot & Today
"One of the officers involved in the raid was a federal agent, while the others were local officers who were deputized to serve on the Grand, Routt and Moffat Narcotics Enforcement Team, a federal task force." Full Story
March 10, 2004 - Rocky Mountain News
Medical Marijuana case going to federal court
"Nord's marijuana was seized by a federal agent and local law enforcement officers. State charges against Nord later were dismissed, and a Routt County judge ordered the marijuana returned. It wasn't, and Nord sought a contempt citation against the officers involved. Federal lawyers then asked to move the case to federal court." Full Story
Other News
September 22, 2003 - Denver Post
Medical pot users, doctors face tangle of conflicting laws
"Although state law allows the use of marijuana by authorized patients, state officials can't help those legal users acquire the drug. ...Chuck Stout, director of the Boulder County Health Department, thinks he has a solution. Colorado could provide safe, pure marijuana, at cost, to certified users, Stout said. Instead of burning confiscated marijuana after it is released from police evidence lockers at the end of court cases, Stout said, it could be shipped to a designated lab at Colorado State University where it could be graded and checked for impurities. Then it could be sold to certified medical marijuana patients at cost, perhaps $10 or $15 an ounce, by designated pharmacies." Full Story
September 22, 2003 - Denver Post
"It is so wonderful to have law enforcement on my side now. For the first time I don't feel like a criminal," said Bishop.
Among those in her care are Jerry Ives, 47, who suffered a brain injury while serving with the U.S. Army 27 years ago, and Eric Guilford, 38, who is an engineer with the Colorado Department of Transportation." Full Story
March 24, 2004 - Rocky Mountain News
Don't undermine the initiative process
"Sen. Ron Teck has proposed a referendum that would make it harder to pass future amendments to the state constitution. While not quite as drastic as it seems on the surface, it's still too drastic for us." Full Story