Monday, October 14th, 2019
Jennifer IMPORTANT please read, view + share
Aloha all, as many of you already know my father, Mike Ruggles, was facing 77 years in prison for helping medical marijuana patients find medicine from other patients. His trial is starting this week. Jury selection is starting tomorrow, Monday October 14th. This will be the FIRST MEDICAL MARIJUANA CASE TO EVER GO TO TRIAL by jury in Hawaii. We need as many people as possible to come and show the court and the jury that the community cares and that people are watching. Please come if you can make it. It will start at 9am and go everyday at the Hilo Courthouse on the 3rd story, in the last court room down the hall. Trial will probably begin Tuesday or Wednesday. I’ve finally installed messenger on my phone so you can message me if you have a question about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGlGRF01Tg4
By showing up you will:
1. Help set legal precedence for medical cannabis collectives in Hawaii.
2. Save an innocent and cherished father, grandfather, uncle, brother, friend, and local freedom fighter from prison.
3. Make a statement that medical cannabis patients are not a danger to society and do not deserve to die in prison.
If you can’t make it another way to support would be to LIKE and SHARE this post, and write a letter to the editor:
Tribune Herald: https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/letter-to-the-editor/
West Hawaii Today: https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/letter-to-the-editor/
Star Advertiser: https://www.staradvertiser.com/editorial/submit-letter/
Here’s some of the background:
In 2015 Act 178 amended the medical marijuana law and removed the requirement that medical “distribution” had to be limited to patients and caregivers. In the hearings police testified against the law change because it would “allow patients to distribute amongst themselves,” however, it PASSED. Based on this, my father opened a not-for-profit medical marijuana collective where patients brought their excess medical cannabis and transferred it to other patients, strictly following federal and state laws on controlled substances.
The collective became a resource and support group for medical marijuana patients suffering from debilitating medical conditions. It had lab equipment available to patients to test the quality of medicines to make sure there were no molds or pesticides, and vacuum purge oven to purify medicines for sensitive patients. A HIPPA certified nurse handled all the intake forms, which had strict requirements for membership. 100’s of patients joined including veterans, cancer patients, and people with chronic pain where cannabis provided the relief they needed that pharmaceuticals could not provide. There was a certified public accountant that kept legal accounting requirements and paid taxes. This video has details. ... See more
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