Feds bust man for growing medical marijuana

LIVES THERE WAS JOKING. THE D-E-A HAS SWOOPED IN ON A NEW MEXICAN’S HOME IN THE FIRST MEDICAL MARIJUANA RAID IN THIS STATE. THE MAN WHO LIVES THERE WAS LICENSED BY THE STATE TO GROW THE POT. STUART DYSON'S LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE DETAILS. IN THIS PRESS RELEASE THE D-E-A SAYS IT RAIDED THE MAN'S HOME TODAY IN MALAGA — THAT'S IN EDDY COUNTY. THE D-E-A SAYS 44-YEAR-OLD LEONARD FRENCH HAD 6 POTENT MARIJUANA PLANTS -- ALONG WITH EQUIPMENT TO GROW POT AND SOME DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. AFTER THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT RECENTLY ANNOUNCED IT WOULD NOT GROW OR DISTRIBUTE MEDICAL MARIJUANA OUT OF FEAR OF FEDERAL PROSECUTION OF ITS WORKERS -- IT ANNOUNCED THAT LICENSED MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO GROW POT ON THEIR OWN. THE LIMIT -- 4 MATURE PLANTS AND THREE SEEDLINGS. AS OF A COUPLE WEEKS AGO -- THERE WERE 30 LICENSED MEDICAL MARIJUANA USERS IN NEW MEXICO -- USUALLY IT'S FOR AIDS ... CANCER OR GLAUCOMA. NOW THE MAN WHOSE PROPERTY WAS RAIDED WAS NOT ARRESTED -- BUT THE FEDS DO SAY THERE WILL BE CHARGES. WHAT CAUSED A