That’s correct: A cannabis dispensary owner could wind up serving the kind of prison term that’s typically reserved for society’s most heinous and violent criminals.
Aaron Sandusky was operating three medical marijuana dispensaries in compliance with state law, but over the weekend a federal jury convicted him of a handful of drug-related charges that carry a minimum sentence of 10 years to life in prison, according to the L.A. Weekly.
Last October, Sandusky received threatening letters from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, as did many other dispensaries across the state, as the Journal noted at the time. Local dispensary owners and their landlords have received similar letters.
These federal crackdowns on state law-abiding dispensaries run counter to public statements by President Barack Obama and his attorney general, Eric Holder (see video above). But, as noted by The Huffington Post, the judge wouldn’t allow Sandusky to use those statements in his defense.
Sandusky’s sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 7.
This article appears in Bag by Bag.
He’s surely made a large pile of money – spend it on a good lawyer. Also, tough name to have these days.
He is treating this MJ problem correctly.
I realize this amount of punishment sounds harsh, but that’s only because you’re used to murderers locally getting plea deals and avoiding trial, and growers, well, do growers get much of a punishment at all?