Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

June 30, 2009

Will Foster suffers from degenerative arthritis, a highly painful condition he treats through the medical use of marijuana. He was arrested in Oklahoma in 1993 on drug charges, then eventually paroled to California, a state with more lenient laws governing medical marijuana.

Despite obeying all laws and complying with the terms of his parole, Foster was threatened with arrest and extradition to Oklahoma, because of a disagreement between that state?s parole system and California?s. Foster was able to beat back that effort.

A false report to the police against Foster resulted in a drug raid on his California home, where he legally cultivated marijuana. Jailed once again, Foster once again faces the prospect of going back to prison in Oklahoma ? even though he has done nothing wrong.

Foster?s case is quite typical of the American system of prison and parole, which incarcerates more people than any other penal system in the world.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.