If you live in a city named Weed and you produce a legal product, you might assume that it would be legitimate to promote that product with a slogan such as "Try Legal Weed."

But that's not the federal government's take on it.

Vaune Dillmann, owner and president of Mount Shasta Brewing Co. in Weed, was recently informed by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau that he can't use that slogan on his bottle caps.

No stranger to fighting for what he believes are his business rights, Dillmann has appealed that decision, and now he's gaining allies for his cause.

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For the past six years, Marie Matlock has been registering medical marijuana patients in Siskiyou County and providing them with identification cards.

Matlock founded Siskiyou County Medical Cannabis Co-op/Research & Registration Center as a non-profit public benefit incorporated organization. She operates as CEO and chairman of the board.

Though the cards are not officially recognized by government entities, Matlock sees them as "an aid to help law enforcement to identify medical marijuana patients."

Those who voluntarily register for the ID cards become members of SCMCC/R&RC and receive a packet of membership rules and guidelines, a packet of information detailing the rights of medical marijuana patients and information about growing medical marijuana.

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