Sometime after midnight on a moonlit rural Oregon highway, a state trooper checking a car he had just pulled over found less than an ounce of pot on one passenger: A chatty 72-year-old woman blind in one eye.<\/p>\n
She insisted the weed was legal and was approved by the U.S. government.<\/p>\n
The trooper and his supervisor were doubtful. But after a series of calls to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Drug Enforcement Agency and her physician, the troopers handed her back the card – and her pot.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It’s only 4 people, but the precedence is a bit scary. We have food stamps, why not pot stamps? Or… wait for it… outright BEER stamps?<\/p>\n
Somewhere in some cubicle the bureaucrat who manages this program is wondering about ways to keep his job when these 4 die off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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