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Marijuana Mom Awaits Her Fate; Prosecutors Unswayed by Disease Defense

Chris Burley, Senior Campaigns Manager for the online petition site, Care2, displays a copy of a petition seeking mercy for Shona Banda. (Photo by Bryan Thompson)
Chris Burley, Senior Campaigns Manager for the online petition site, Care2, displays a copy of a petition seeking mercy for Shona Banda. (Photo by Bryan Thompson)

A Garden City medical marijuana activist is making national news. Shona Banda's home was raided and her son was placed in protective custody—at least in part due to something the boy said during an anti-drug presentation at school. Heartland Health Monitor’s Bryan Thompson has more.


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A Garden City woman who openly processed marijuana into cannabis oil to treat her Crohn’s disease could be facing a long prison sentence. As the Heartland Health Monitor’s Bryan Thompson explains, prosecutors say it doesn’t matter if it was used as a medical treatment.


 

Bryan Thompson has been KPR's Health Reporter since 2000. He's a lifelong Kansan, and a graduate of Wichita State University. He's been involved in radio news longer than he'd care to admit, serving as news director at stations in El Dorado, Liberal, and Salina before joining KPR. He and his wife, Cindy, are the parents of six outstanding children--one of whom now looks down on them from above. In his spare time, Bryan enjoys music and sports.