According to reports, the first federal cannabis case in Oregon since 2011 targets a local teenager. Federal data indicates prosecutors charged 2,349 people with marijuana possession in the United States. Nineteen year old Devontre Thomas can now be counted among the many still facing life long consequences for consuming a miracle plant. The case was filed in April, approximately one year after the supposed crime, one count of marijuana possession. Reports state Thomas was not in possession of cannabis at the time but his friend had fragments and remnants. It is not clear why federal prosecutors are pursuing this case. What is apparent is that even in “legal states” the government is still locking up otherwise law abiding and productive
