Marijuana Minister Update
WALA Fox Ten News
October 16, 2007

BALDWIN CO., Ala. -- A strange case out of Baldwin County will soon go to court. It involves a minister and his wife accused of growing marijuana they claimed to use in worship. If the judge buys the defense's argument, it could change how the law in Alabama interprets the use of drugs for religious reasons.

On the Green Earth Ministries website, the massive 28-pound marijuana plant the Baldwin County Sheriff's office seized is called the Tree of Life.

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