'Guru of Ganja' beats federal pot rap

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court Wednesday overturned the pot-growing conviction of the self-proclaimed “Guru of Ganja,” a marijuana advocate who has written books on how to grow pot and avoid getting caught.
The court cited jury misconduct in overturning Ed Rosenthal’s conviction, but it otherwise upheld federal powers to charge marijuana growers.
Rosenthal was convicted in 2003 for cultivating hundreds of marijuana plants for a city of Oakland medical marijuana program. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer sentenced him to one day in prison, saying Rosenthal reasonably believed he was immune from prosecution because he was acting on behalf of city officials.
The government sought a two-year prison term and appealed. Rosenthal cross-appealed.
Rosenthal once wrote the “Ask Ed” column for High Times magazine and has written books with titles including “The Big Book of Buds” and “Ask Ed: Marijuana Law. Don’t Get Busted.”

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Comments

[Brian]

Score one for the good guys!

BTW, Ed still writes an advice column for the bi-monthly magazine Cannabis Culture. A ganja genius to be sure.

I only wish more people would take the time as Ed did to educate themselves about this much maligned plant and form their own opinions rather than the pure propaganda fed to us by our government for the past 80 years.

-Brian

[Tracee]

I couldn't agree wit ya more!!

[openmind]

Once again Brian, keep up the good fight.

[A]

So a guy who writes a book about breaking the law and getting away with it is a god? I bet OJ Simpson is your hero too?

[Champion of Justice]

Legalize it.

[openmind]

wait a minute, champ do we actually agree on something?

[Champion of Justice]

Openmind. We probably agree on a lot of things. You just need to come around to men's rights.

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[You know me Ed]

You're an ass. People that know you already know this. You had others edit and write your books then ripped then off, jerk. You are a person that needs to be behind bars.