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Newsjock

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Thu May 3, 2012, 08:49 PM May 2012

(Montana) Medical marijuana advocate pleads guilty to federal drug charge [View all]

Source: Missoulian

An activist who long advocated for strict regulation of Montana’s once-booming medical marijuana industry pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal drug charge.

“I’m an honest person. I plead guilty,” Tom Daubert told U.S. Magistrate Jeremiah Lynch in response to a charge of conspiracy to maintain drug-involved premises.

Daubert, 59, faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a $500,000 fine and three years’ supervised probation. Lynch set sentencing for Sept. 6.

... Daubert fashioned the 2004 voter initiative that legalized the medical use of marijuana in Montana, and was an outspoken proponent of regulation.

Read more: http://missoulian.com/news/local/medical-marijuana-advocate-pleads-guilty-to-federal-drug-charge/article_e857a4c6-9554-11e1-8fe5-001a4bcf887a.html

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