Medical marijuana user tries to stop DMV from taking her license

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Medical marijuana user tries to stop DMV from taking her license

By BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press Writer
Last Updated 5:15 am PST Wednesday, December 22, 2004

SACRAMENTO (AP) - The Department of Motor Vehicles postponed a driver's license test for a medical marijuana user with a case before the Supreme Court after her lawyer claimed she was being unfairly targeted for review without any driving violations.

Diane Monson received notice from the DMV earlier this month that she needed to appear at a re-examination hearing Thursday or would lose her license. The notice did not say why she was selected, but she said with the exception of a speeding ticket 15 years ago she had spotless record.


"I still feel very strongly that I've done nothing whatsoever to warrant this investigation," Monson said Tuesday after being notified the hearing was scrapped.

DMV brass put the hearing on hold and launched a "top to bottom" internal review of the case after Monson and her lawyer hand-delivered a cease-and-desist notice to the agency's headquarters, said spokesman Bill Branch. Inquiries from news reporters brought the matter to the attention of officials.

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http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/11836321p-12724271c.html

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1. must... waste... tax payer.. money

does not compute