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The verdict is in Thursday afternoon for a Grants Pass woman accused of handing out ginger snap and molasses cookies laced with marijuana.

The two-day trial of Rycke A. Brown ended Thursday afternoon. A jury found her guilty of one count, of possessing a controlled substance. However, Brown was found not guilty of the more serious felony charges: Delivering a controlled substance to a minor, and forced ingestion of a controlled substance.

Rycke Brown admits that she handed out cookies laced with marijuana, while she also handed out literature in favor of legalizing all drugs. But she vehemently denies giving cookies to minors or people who didn't know there marijuana was one of the ingredients. "Giving pot cookies to people who don't know there's pot in them, that's a crime. That would tick me off. But giving cookies to people who want them, that's loving your neighbor as yourself."

Brown claims the alleged victims are using her as a scapegoat, because some of them lived at the mission, and intentionally claimed they didn't know about the pot, so that they wouldn't get in trouble during random drug testing.

Brown says, "I'm a crazy woman giving pot cookies to unsuspecting little kids, handing them out willy-nilly to all comers. Michelle Davis tells of me handing them out to crowds of people. Here, have a cookie. Everybody have a cookie. Get nice and high and come back and beat me to a pulp for putting you through it. How much time do people think I have for baking cookies with expensive ingredients?"

But prosecutors say it doesn't matter whether or not the consumers were told about the marijuana. Josephine County District Attorney Stephen Campbell says simply allowing an illegal cookie to be distributed is a crime. "If she hands it over, it doesn't matter what goes on before. That is delivery, so let's be clear about that. Delivery occurs whether someone asks for it, doesn't ask for it, begs for it, or anything else."

Brown handed out the cookies as an act of civil disobedience, because she believes the government does not have the constitutional authority to regulate or outlaw drugs.

Once again, the verdict is guilty on one count of possessing a controlled substance, but not guilty on all of the more serious felony charges. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled.


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Source: 420Times.com
Pubdate: Friday, 01 September 2006
Copyright: 2006 California Oregon Broadcasting
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