Jovan Jackson -- himself a medical marijuana patient -- was acquitted last year of similar charges stemming from a raid at the Kearny Mesa collective in which an undercover detective bought marijuana in the summer of 2008.
The medical marijuana dispensary -- called Answerdam Alternative Care -- was also raided on Sept. 9, 2009, leading to the second set of charges against the 32-year-old Jackson.
Defense attorney Lance Rogers has said that part of the problem is the vagueness of the state law, which allows medical marijuana patients to grow the drug for medicinal purposes.
The California Attorney General's Office issued guidelines in 2008 on how medical marijuana could be grown and distributed, but those guidelines are interpreted differently in different counties.
Another problem is "cross-sworn officers" who are charged with enforcing both state and federal law, because all marijuana possession is illegal under federal law, Rogers said.
Jackson faces up to five years in prison if convicted.
Source: 10 News - San Diego
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