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Tim Braun said "To someone with AIDS marijuana can be the difference between living and dying. I'm attached to a morphine pump, but the Bush administration won't let me have legal access to medical marijuana. That's crazy" he continued "They've given me a death sentence." shortly after saying this he died(42 ).

Post Millennium harassment

Medical cannabis advocate Grant Krieger was convicted of drug trafficking for providing cannabis to the disabled, his reaction to this, made him say he was "ashamed to be Canadian"(43 ).

Two men were sentenced to prison, one for 21 years (Oliver W. Wanger) and 20 years for the other (Ricardo Ruiz Montes) for their part in running a Modesto California medical-marijuana operation. Modesto attorney Robert Forkner, who represented Montes, said "This is a sad day for all California voters and citizens who approved Proposition 215 by an overwhelming majority," he also said. "Mr. Scarmazzo and Mr. Montes do not deserve 20 years in prison for operating a legally licensed business."(44 ).

Charles C. Lynch operated a medical cannabis operation called Central Coast Compassionate Caregivers in Morro Bay, California. Charlie worked with city of Morro Bay and the county of San Luis Obispo to obtain a business license. San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Patrick Hedges didn't like that. Working against the people of California, and with the feds, he went to work on busting Charlie. An early attempt to use state officials failed, because state officials found nothing wrong with Charlie's operation. Advocate Cheryl Aichele explains the fallout "By some estimates Charlie faces up 100 years in federal prison. However, anytime behind bars would be a travesty of justice in this situation," and the scope of his operation "Charlie was out of work and more than 2,000 patients with doctor's recommendation to use medical marijuana lost their safe access to medicine that helps their chronic conditions and terminal illnesses."(45 ).