OLYMPIA -- Monica Ginn says she grows marijuana for medical uses, but she wasn't allowed to use that defense at her trial on drug charges Tuesday. Judge Thomas McPhee ruled a day earlier that Ginn does not meet all of the requirements to justify using that defense against charges of growing and distributing marijuana, a controlled substance.

"They disarmed us yesterday," said Ginn, 53, as she sat in the courtroom late Tuesday, shortly after the jury began deliberations.

The jury resumes deliberations today.

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