Pubdate: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 Source: Los Angeles Times (CA) Copyright: 2007 Los Angeles Times Contact: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/248 Referenced: the opinion http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/G036250.PDF Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Marijuana - Medicinal) News in Brief Garden Grove POLICE MUST RETURN MEDICAL POT An appeals court ruled Wednesday that police must return the medically prescribed pot they confiscated from a man during a traffic stop in 2005. Police cited Felix Kha, 22, after finding a third of an ounce of marijuana in his car. Prosecutors threw out the charges because Kha had a doctor's approval to use the drug, and an Orange County Superior Court judge ordered city officials to return the marijuana. Police refused, alleging that federal drug laws trump the state's medical marijuana law. The ruling this week upholds the judge's original order. In the unanimous decision, the panel of three judges wrote that "it is not the job of the local police to enforce the federal drug laws." - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake