California Cops: Here's Your Pot Back, 3 Years Later

By Charlotte Innes . Posted September 18, 2008.

Uhh, here's your weed back:

A medical marijuana user has his pot back, nearly three years after police in Huntington Beach, Calif., seized it. A judge Tuesday ordered police to return about four ounces of marijuana to Jim Spray. Spray says he used the pot to relieve back pain. He was arrested but charges were dropped. Police have been struggling to decide how to deal with California law allowing marijuana use for medical reasons but federal law that prohibits it.

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