Story out of Hanover, New Hampshire:
Getting caught with a small amount of marijuana is supposedly not a big deal anymore. Even in New Hampshire — the only New England state yet to decriminalize pot — first-time offenders just have to appear in court, plead guilty and pay a fine. Then they are free to move on with their lives.
Or at least that’s what many New Hampshire cops, prosecutors and lawmakers would like you to believe.
Three days after Lebanon police knocked on the door of their one-bedroom apartment and a search turned up a small amount of marijuana, the couple had another unannounced visitor. This time, the landlord’s director of property management had come to hand deliver an eviction notice.
Sevigny, 62, and Cardinale, 59, have until June 14 — five weeks from the date of their arrests — to get out, according to the eviction notice.
Sevigny and Cardinale are both disabled, and say they smoke pot for pain relief. She’s dealing with the debilitating effects of a traumatic brain injury incurred long ago in a car crash. He suffers from multiple sclerosis, a disease of the central nervous system for which there is no known cure. Cont.
Story from - Valley News
Image from - Robert Tortorelli - Flickr
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