THIBODAUX -- A man authorities arrested last month on drug-possession charges returned to California this week after a district judge granted him permission to seek treatment while awaiting his next court date.

Hours before he returned to his home in California on Wednesday, Matthew Zugsberger said he remains resolute in his fight to prove his California license for medical marijuana should be recognized in Louisiana and anywhere else in the U.S.

Zugsberger, 32, faces three drug charges stemming from a June arrest where State Police allegedly discovered 951 grams, or 2.12 pounds, of marijuana inside his apartment, 2316 St. Bernard Road Apt. E.

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