Nevada Judge Refuses to Dismiss Medical Marijuana Case
Yesterday a Las Vegas criminal court judge denied a motion to dismiss a case charging defendants with distributing marijuana. The defendants claim they were merely giving away the marijuana in accordance with Nevada medical marijuana laws and accepted donations. Over a dozen people have been charged in the case.
Nevada medical marijuana laws allows people suffering from certain diseases to apply for a medical marijuana card so they may take the drug as pain-killers. A Nevada medical marijuana card is good for one year and permits the cardholder to legally possess under state law no more than one ounce of marijuana at a time. Technically federal authorities may still arrest a cardholder for possessing marijuana since federal law doesn't allow medical marijuana use. However federal authorities tend to focus their efforts on large scale drug rings as opposed to ailing patients following state law.
Nevada law keeps confidential the names of applicants to and members of the medical marijuana program. They also keep private the person's physician and caregiver. But the state government may release information to law enforcement if they call into question the person's right to possess medical marijuana.
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To learn about how much medical marijuana a cardholder is permitted to have, see our informational video on Nevada Medical Marijuana Laws
