Plants Were for His Wife's Pain, a Local Man Contends. Police Say Indiana Doesn't Allow Medical Use.

MUNCIE -- The owners of a Muncie business, arrested and charged with marijuana possession, said Wednesday that they grew the plant in their rural Henry County home for medicinal purposes.

Police officers and prosecutors -- besides noting that Indiana law does not allow marijuana use for medical purposes -- say they've never heard that defense used before.

"We're going to plead not guilty, and we'll take it to the Supreme Court if we need to," said Jeffrey L. Johnson.

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