Sacramento judge sentences medical pot traveler to jail

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from the Sacramento Bee:



Sacramento judge sentences medical pot traveler to jail

By Peter Hecht
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Published: Friday, Apr. 9, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 1B


A medical marijuana user convicted of transporting 3 pounds of pot at Sacramento International Airport was sentenced to 120 days in jail Thursday and ordered not to travel in California with more than 1 ounce of pot.

In imposing sentence on Matthew Zugsberger, 34, of Mendocino County, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Roland Candee settled for well less than the maximum of four years in prison.

Zugsberger has been in custody for 33 days and could be out in 27 days with time off for good behavior.

A former deep-sea diver, he was convicted March 9 of illegally transporting pot duct-taped in a scuba suit and packed in a metal dominoes container. He also was carrying a stash of pot in his pants as he prepared to board a flight to New Orleans in December 2008. ........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/04/09/2666032/sacramento-judge-sentences-medical.html

[Toots]

1. If a person is put into jail and has a prescription for medical marijuana will he be denied

his medicine while in jail? How about any other prescription, say blood pressure medicine? :shrug: