CASE DISMISSED AGAINST MEDICAL MARIJUANA USER

DENVER- Prosecutors have dropped drug charges against a state-approved
medical-marijuana user, saying they couldn't prove guilt at trial.

Police had claimed that James Scruggs had 20 plants in his house and about
28 ounces of usable marijuana. Under the state's medical-marijuana law,
patients are limited to 2 ounces of usable marijuana and six plants.

Scruggs maintained he had four marijuana plants and 16 off-shoots that he
was cultivating. He said he uses marijuana to calm Crohn's disease, a
chronic inflammation of the bowel.

Lynn Kimbrough, spokeswoman for the Denver district attorneys' office, said
problems arose in preparing the case because the plants had died and police
photographs didn't clearly show how many plants were found.