After 17 Years, Feds Stop Trying To Imprison a Licensed Medical Marijuana Provider

 After 17 Years, Feds Stop Trying To Imprison a Licensed Medical Marijuana Provider

Charlie Lynch’s ordeal is a vivid reminder of a senseless prohibition policy that persists thanks to political inertia.

Seventeen years ago, the federal government raided Charlie Lynch’s medical marijuana dispensary in Morro Bay, California, and charged him with five drug felonies. Lynch, whose business complied with …