"Radical" RussIt is great that #LukeScarmazzo, the last person in #California to be federally imprisoned over #MedicalMarijuana, is finally free.
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/luke-scarmazzo-marijuana-medical-cannabis-california/
But the coverage of his release and *why* he was targeted by feds for what California deemed okay is missing a key element of the story.
If he hadn't made this https://youtu.be/E5niNz39Fco, the compassionate medical marijuana angle might have played better in court.
Last-known Californian in prison for federal cannabis charges released after 15 years
Medical marijuana has been legal in California for more than a quarter of a century, but the impact of the federal ban is still apparent all these years later. One Bay Area man is finally free after serving 15 years in prison for opening a licensed medical cannabis shop.