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Guide for medical cannabis ministers
and medical marijuana ministers
This is a Guide for medical cannabis ministers and medical marijuana ministers.
This Guide outlines some of the topics you may need to prepare for in order to have a successful legal defense in both federal (U.S.) and state (California) court for working as a medical marijuana minister or medical cannabis minister in a California medical cannabis collective, dispensary, or cooperative.
Exact material will vary greatly by religion. I provide examples from my own religion, although many of the examples may not apply to your religion. You will want to prepare your own defense, probably with the help of a lawyer skilled in first amendment and criminal law.
Malleus Maleficarum
Malleus Maleficarum or “the Witch’s Hammer” was the primary Roman Catholic document about how to persecute Witches. It was written by Jacob Sprenger and Heinrich Kramer, Domincan monks working on orders from Pope Innocent VIII.
In 1484 Pope Innocent VIII issued an edict entitled Summis desiderantes affectibus alleging that many men and women were in collusion with the Devil. All Christians were required to assist the two Dominican monks, Jacob Sprenger and Heinrich Kramer, placed in charge of handling this supposed Witchcraft problem.
Pope Innocent VIII put Sprenger and Kramer in charge of seeking out and fighting people who supposedly in association with Satan to cause disease and pestilence, harm harvests and cattle, and perpetuate other heinous crimes.
In 1486 Sprenger and Kramer published Malleus Maleficarum or “the Witch’s Hammer”, codifying the charges, interrogation procedures, and judicial resolutions for Witchcraft trials.
cover of the seventh Cologne edition, 1520
Latin Text: “MALLEUS MALEFICARUM, Maleficas, & earum h¾resim, ut phramea potentissima conterens”
English Translation: “The Hammer of Witches, smashing the Witches and their heresies with a mighty spear.”
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The courts have already ruled in multiple cases that a person who starts preparing a religious defense (including gathering certificates and other paperwork) after arrest loses all chance to use the late religious defense. It is essential that you prepare your defense before you are arrested. Adequate preparation may even prevent arrest. With that in mind, doesn’t it make sense for at least one collective owner somewhere to pay me minimum wage to work on preparing these materials on a full time basis? Even the most callous cooperative owner should realize that low paid workers facing prison sentences are likely to change sides and testify for the police? On the other hand, if the workers have a religious defense ready then they need not fear going to prison and have no incentive to testify against the owner. I don’t care how jaded and selfish a dispensary owner is, it just makes good sense to have a strong religious defense ready for your workers.
These web pages are not professional legal advice. Nothing on this website should be considered as a substitute or replacement for professional legal advice. Persons should seek the advice of qualified legal providers.
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