MS Medical Marijuana User in New Jersey Facing 20 Years For 17 Plants

Judge won't let Franklin Township, New Jersey man cite medical need for marijuana

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP -- A Somerset County man won't be able to use multiple sclerosis as a defense for the 17 marijuana plants police found growing behind his house, a Superior Court judge ruled today.

A claim of personal use simply does not apply to the charges against Franklin Township resident John Ray Wilson, Judge Robert Reed said, following a hearing today in Somerville.

Wilson, 36, is accused of first-degree maintaining or operating a drug-production facility, second-degree manufacturing and third-degree drug possession. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison.