CASE FILE: Joanna McKee
by James Rutenberg Joanna McKee, founder of the Green Cross Patient Co-op case in Seattle, is facing trial with a colleague on "manufacturing of a controlled substance" charges for growing the 140 marijuana plants worth $300,000 that were confiscated from McKee's home last Spring. Restricted to a wheelchair for the last 20 years since a car accident mangled her spinal cord--leaving her in constant pain and with limited mobility in her legs--McKee discovered pot's painkilling qualities on her own. She was arrested and thrown in jail overnight after delivering marijuana to a sick patient who couldn't get out of his house.
Additional Information: http://turnpike.net/~jnr/buyclub.htm
and the throwing out of the case: http://www.calyx.net/~schaffer/other/seatt.html
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