I am posting this here because this is the sort of story my friend Raindog would have been all over.

[Warren DeMontague]

I am devastated by the news of her passing.

The only thing I can think of vis a vis DU right now is that the best way I can honor her memory is to carry on a little bit of the great work she did.

http://www.oregonlive.com/marijuana/index.ssf/2014/07/medical_marijuana_in_oregon_be.html

During his flight, Mackenzie used a morphine pump to control pain from what he said is stage-four angiosarcoma, a rare and especially deadly form of cancer that affects the blood vessel lining. He said he hopes to rely less on narcotics once he obtains cannabis oil from one of Oregon’s medical marijuana dispensaries.

Here's a guy with terminal cancer, being prosecuted as a felon--- for growing pot. Almost certainly going to prison. Your tax dollars, the drug war at work.

http://qctimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/mackenzie-family-found-guilty-at-marijuana-trial/article_5d4ada2b-1946-5fc2-9718-c1efd59777d8.html

A jury found Benton Mackenzie and his family guilty Wednesday at their marijuana trial without hearing a medical defense he tried so desperately to introduce

http://qctimes.com/news/local/walton-defends-prosecution-of-mackenzie-family/article_d356a740-83d1-5196-b4b3-d2437cd31a74.html

Mackenzie said he took the plea in 2011 to avoid going to trial on more charges and likely going to prison if found guilty.

"I just needed to be able to stop this legal battle and start addressing my cancer," Mackenzie said. "If I only get two years of probation, I can survive that."

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With Mackenzie's prior record taken into account under the "habitual offender" status, he faces a total of 15 years in prison when he is sentenced Aug. 28. Walton said at least three years of that is mandatory.

...15 years.