Weedman Still Defiant, Even on his Day of Reckoning

Jeannie Herer
Jan Hefler


 
Ed Forchion, widely known as NJ Weedman, wassentenced to probationWednesday for possessing a pound of pot.  But first he got in a few defiant jabs at the prosecutor, the judge, and a legal system that he says criminalizes a plant.
At a hearing in Mt. Holly, Assistant Prosecutor Mike Luciano pushed for a 12-month prison term.  “He’s one of the most interesting characters I’ve come across,” said Luciano, who earlier was mailed an unsolicited package of marijuana seeds by the longtime marijuana activist.
 
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