Well, I Guess It Does Kill People.

[GregS]

Mich. medical marijuana card holder commits suicide after police ‘witch hunt’ over pot ‘butter’

DAVID EDWARDS

17 NOV 2014 AT 14:48 ET                   

 

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A former corrections officer took his own life over the weekend after being found guilty in a case involving marijuana-infused butter, his attorney said.

Attorney Matthew Newberg told MLive.com that 49-year-old Timothy Bernhardt’s life had come to a “tragic” end on Sunday.

Bernhardt and three other Kent County Sheriff’s Department corrections officers werecharged earlier this year with making marijuana butter. Although three of the men had medical marijuana cards, Michigan law does not protect patients who use edibles.

Bernhardt, who spent 22 years in law enforcement, had pleaded guilty to reduced charges of maintaining a drug house, which carried up to two years in prison.

Defense attorneys had argued that the men were doing the best they could to follow the state’s poorly-written medical marijuana law.

Attorney Bruce Block, who represented one of the men, insisted to MLive.com in March that “this was medical use beginning and end.”

“My understanding is (authorities) only found out about these officers because the caregiver that was supplying them was their registered caregiver like they were supposed to do under the law,” Block explained. “The cops apparently raid the caregiver, they see the cards and then the witch hunt begins.”

“They were trying to follow the act… they didn’t apparently do it quite right because the law, in my opinion, has been twisted and warped,” he added.

Newberg on Monday said that Bernhardt’s family was “understandably devastated” by his death.

He recalled how proud Bernhardt was of his law enforcement career, and the way that his former co-workers embraced him outside the courtroom the day that he pleaded guilty.

“That speaks volumes to his character and his legacy,” Newberg pointed out.

In a post on Facebook, Bernhardt’s wife called him “the most honorable man I ever met in my life.”

 

[ozzrokk]

A total sad shameful situation................. Now why dont someone tell me again how harmless the COA ruling on marijuana edibles,concentrates, etc is??????????? What a fuking shame..................

[trichcycler]

^^^!

[budpuffer]

what a shame,,,i feel sorry for the folks left behind grieving for the loss of their loved one...when will people wake up to the fact that using MJ is not a reason to send them to jail,,,this is just so sad...bp

[t-pain]

fired from his job due to the conviction, possibly lost his pension, facing 2 years jail time with first hand knowledge of what happens in prisons, forced to testify against his friends and fellow coworkers and mm patients.

 

for a plant? and some butter.

[Willy]

just shows how fast them fukers will turn on there own, pigs got no honor.

[phaquetoo]

just shows how fast them fukers will turn on there own, pigs got no honor.

Word!

 

Peace

[phaquetoo]

he had no more first hand knowledge than me. he wasnt a prison guard he was a county jail/deputy guard!

 

I have been told that prison is way easier than county time, your not locked in a cell all day, your toilet isnt in your cell. They would never of put him some where that some one knew he was a c.o most likly he would have gotten fed prison if any time, they say max 2 yrs, do you know how many times people get the max on 1st offense, he may of gotten 11 months and 29 days county time, in the very jail his compatrates still work at (not the ones that go popped) and if he had to do 2 yrs, it isnt the end of your life, I could do it standing on your head!

 

Peace

[phaquetoo]

love ya greg pot didnt kill, he took his own life!  I feel horrible for his family, but I have to say I would be terribly let down if some one I knew took their life instead of a few yrs in jail!

 

Peace

[knucklehead bob]

he had no more first hand knowledge than me. he wasnt a prison guard he was a county jail/deputy guard!

 

I have been told that prison is way easier than county time, your not locked in a cell all day, your toilet isnt in your cell. They would never of put him some where that some one knew he was a c.o most likly he would have gotten fed prison if any time, they say max 2 yrs, do you know how many times people get the max on 1st offense, he may of gotten 11 months and 29 days county time, in the very jail his compatrates still work at (not the ones that go popped) and if he had to do 2 yrs, it isnt the end of your life, I could do it standing on your head!

 

Peace

 

Yeah ? ? ?  Well yer not gonna do it standing on my head . . .   

[phaquetoo]

and I wouldnt be standin on the head either(toilet head)lol

 

Peace

[GregS]

love ya greg pot didnt kill, he took his own life!  I feel horrible for his family, but I have to say I would be terribly let down if some one I knew took their life instead of a few yrs in jail!

 

Peace

I guess my cynicism and sarcasm just didn't come through.

[trichcycler]

some people end their lives because their boyfriend broke up with them again. I'd understand completely if someone chose to exit rather than be imprisoned. just a personal observation from an older dude who never spent an hour behind bars.

[budpuffer]

i don't think any of us know, if any one thing put him over the edge,a combo of all,or some other monster in his soul....i do know, no one takes their life without a reason or reasons,within their mind, they are unable to bare...and those can be many...jmho...bp

[+washtenaut]

Who was that state senator that wanted to sit on the concentrate legislation and wouldn't bring it to the senate floor for a vote? 

[knucklehead bob]

This is a fine example of how Truth and Justice will suffer at the gate of Law and Order !

 

 

How does one stop terror with war when the Federal Govt. of the United States is the main perpetrator of said terror ? 

[Restorium2]

Senator Randy Richardville.

 

Devil's Right Hand

[trichcycler]

There is an easy answer given to us hundreds of years ago, before they had tazers and stun grenades, back when the Army supported us rather than politicians, a daunting reality.

[Norby]

That's why there are different "arms" of the gov't.  If we just had either, cops, judges, military, the president OR politicians on our side.  We can't even get one.  We have to pay and vote it in ourselves.  A little help people!

[phaquetoo]

I guess my cynicism and sarcasm just didn't come through.

It did greg!  Im just kinda not liking how all of a sudden the idiots that run the country are starting to try and find things they can say mj caused the death, I like it saves life better!

 

Peace Bro