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Owner of Medical Marijuana Dispensary Sentenced to One-Year Term

HeadlineJun 12, 2009

An owner of a California dispensary for medical marijuana has been sentenced to one year in prison. The owner, Charles Lynch, was given the jail term despite the Obama administration’s vow not to prosecute medical dispensers who comply with state law. But Federal Judge George Wu said the new federal policy would not affect his ruling.

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