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February 21, 2013
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Jury deliberating on Craigslist pot buy case

A case that revolves around whether or not it was lawful for a medical marijuana patient to sell part of the pot he cultivated is in the jury’s hands after two days of testimony. Ronald Hansen, 54, was arrested in November 2011 after a Nevada County Sheriff’s narcotics task force member responded to his Craigslist.org advertisement, arranged to buy 1-1/2 ounces for $300 and set up a meeting with him in the parking lot of a Grass Valley restaurant. At the beginning of Hansen’s trial in Nevada County Superior Court, Deputy District Attorney Jim Phillips said the case was about …

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