Pubdate: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 Source: Los Angeles Times (CA) Page: A24 Copyright: 2010 Los Angeles Times Contact: http://mapinc.org/url/bc7El3Yo Website: http://www.latimes.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/248 Referenced: Judge Orders Offender to Write Paper About Medical Marijuana http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10.n682.a04.html POT LAW MAKES NO SENSE: DISCUSS A judge has an unusual sentence for a 25-year-old Sacramento man who sold marijuana to a police informant in a casino parking lot at Lake Tahoe. District Judge Dave Gamble ordered Matthew Palazzolo to write a report on what the judge called the "nonsensical character" of California's medical marijuana law the Gardnerville Record-Courier reported. Gamble gave Palazzolo 90 days to complete the paper discussing his realization that marijuana led him to use more powerful narcotics. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake