Post by grasshopa on Feb 18, 2007 23:25:57 GMT -5
Sad but true. It looks like we've lost one of our pot pioneers! Ken Gorman was shot and died after a home invasion last night. Our hearts and sympathy go out to Ken's family. 
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(CBS4) DENVER A Denver man known as a pioneer in Colorado's
medical marijuana community was shot and killed Saturday night
after his house was broken into.
Ken Gorman, an outspoken advocate for legalizing marijuana,
grew pot in his home on the 1,000 block of South Decatur Street.
Denver police said they are investigating the shooting, but
were releasing few details Sunday afternoon. Family members
told CBS4 Gorman was the victim in the crime.
Last weekend, CBS4's Rick Sallinger did an investigation on
Colorado's medical marijuana law that centered on Gorman.
Gorman had recently been giving seminars on how to use the law
to obtain the drug even if you aren't sick.
Gorman was on Colorado's medical marijuana registry. He said he
had been suffering chronic pain from bersitis.
A CBS4 employee recently approached Gorman with a hidden camera
and told him he only wanted marijuana to get high. Gorman then
filled a form designating CBS4's employee as one of his
caregivers.
"When we passed the law we passed a great, great law," Gorman
said to the CBS4 employee. "There are so many holes in it that
for us, the patient, police can't do anything."
Gorman was also the host of an annual large marijuana smoke-out
at the state capitol. He once ran for the state's highest
office, and earned the nickname, "the governor."
Colorado is one of 11 states that has legalized the use of
marijuana for medical reasons.
cbs4denver.com/topstories/local_story_049181630.html
me
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(CBS4) DENVER A Denver man known as a pioneer in Colorado's
medical marijuana community was shot and killed Saturday night
after his house was broken into.
Ken Gorman, an outspoken advocate for legalizing marijuana,
grew pot in his home on the 1,000 block of South Decatur Street.
Denver police said they are investigating the shooting, but
were releasing few details Sunday afternoon. Family members
told CBS4 Gorman was the victim in the crime.
Last weekend, CBS4's Rick Sallinger did an investigation on
Colorado's medical marijuana law that centered on Gorman.
Gorman had recently been giving seminars on how to use the law
to obtain the drug even if you aren't sick.
Gorman was on Colorado's medical marijuana registry. He said he
had been suffering chronic pain from bersitis.
A CBS4 employee recently approached Gorman with a hidden camera
and told him he only wanted marijuana to get high. Gorman then
filled a form designating CBS4's employee as one of his
caregivers.
"When we passed the law we passed a great, great law," Gorman
said to the CBS4 employee. "There are so many holes in it that
for us, the patient, police can't do anything."
Gorman was also the host of an annual large marijuana smoke-out
at the state capitol. He once ran for the state's highest
office, and earned the nickname, "the governor."
Colorado is one of 11 states that has legalized the use of
marijuana for medical reasons.
cbs4denver.com/topstories/local_story_049181630.html