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Some will remember a guy who showed up here a few years ago asking for $ for legal fees after his arrest, claiming to be a buster. Turned out he was a serious dealer. The thing about a lawsuit (which is very unlikely for someone who's not dealing, but of course not impossible) is that while it might bring publicity, it couldn't set a legal precedent making it okay to grow and/or use banned substances to treat CH. The jury could "nullify" the law and find the defendant not guilty, but the law would still be the law, and if there was a next person, s/he would have to again to hope to win over the jury. There were lots of jury nullification cases for medical marijuana, for example (with people freely admitting that they grew and smoked mj to treat medical conditions and the jury returning not guilty verdicts), but each one was a crapshoot for the defendant until the laws were changed.I woul I would hope, as Denny says, that the busting community would come to the aid of anyone who was arrested and wanted to fight it. That's a lot of $, though.

1LS, Only speaking for myself. So far as I know no one using 'our' medicine exclusively for treating our CH has been prosecuted. IMHO, bringing unnecessary attention to ourselves would likely bring more negative attention than positive. There are many more naysayers that don't have the first clue about how bad CH is, would say we need to take an aspirin instead. Most of the world is too close minded, and narcissistic in my opinion. J

Has the CH community ever thought about a pre-planned legal fight to defend someone that had been charged with possession of any of these MEDICATIONS ?? I was just wondering if the CH community and/or organizations have ever stepped in to help someone that took or had in their possession MM (Or another alternative med)? I read in a thread somewhere that a man was arrested, charged, and eventually plead guilty to a lesser felony charge which left him on probation for years and ended up costing him alot of money. He posted that he wished he would've fought it against it tooth and nail because it was a MEDICATION that helps him. I personally know of some doctors, neurologist, and other 'headache specialist' that 'Unofficially' support the use of these MEDICATIONS for the treatment of cluster headaches. Some of these doctors are very well known and highly respected individuals. Are there any lawyers that believe in this and would be willing to step in to help that person PROVE that they had this for MEDICAL PURPOSES ?? I think a legal fight WITH THE HELP AND SUPPORT of fellow clusterheads, lawyers, and doctors might be a way to gain big time attention and awareness to cluster headaches and the treatment, or lack there of. It may even open the door for further studies into this as a real and LEGAL way to treat clusterheads. Opinions ?? And BTW, NO, I'm NOT in any legal troubles nor do I intend to be to unless I a had a bandwagon of support up front. If I had that kind of support, I'd risk it to raise awareness, to possibly help others, and to possibly change the law about using this as a MEDICATION.

This topic has been discussed for 15 years. It may have been more helpful 15 years ago but we are at the point now that it would not help and could hurt. Most of the reasons have been noted. One note, jury nullification is nice if you can get it. The problem is with federal law, you can not use any evidence for defense that explains WHY you did it. If people could, there would be a LOT more jury nullification. In some cases, even if I was on the stand defending myself and I mentioned I had cluster headaches, the prosecutor could ask for a mistrial. This is why people used to get life sentences for stealing a loaf of bread to feed their starving children. In some jurisdictions, the price of a loaf of bread can put you into felony range and you'd be charged with grand theft. (just a sad side note to explain the slippery slope of American justice) We will be opening a psilocybin study for clusters very soon. Weeks, months? days? Very soon. We've come a long way and are really at the point that the progress we've made could be harmed and publicity of this sort now wouldn't move the needle to far forward. There are many other reasons its not a good idea and I hope we never have to defend someone. As to the previous post regarding someone in jail now, I'm very surprised to hear of this and even more that the first I would hear of it in 3rd hand in the message board. ​ Can you Zgreek, either have this friend of yours contact me or get me some contact info. She can write to me at bob@clusterbusters.org Bob Wold

Just today I was speaking to a V.P. of Business Development for hospital chain here in CA. She is a friend. She related a story of a neurologist she knows personally who is in jail now for "advising" and or helping a cluster patient obtain our special medication. I believe that this is a "crapshoot". Just hope THEY understand that this IS medication.

I agree with J here....and I'm not aware of anyone that's ever been busted and prosecuted for "busting....all that bein said, I think our worldwide community has become so robust in the past several years that in the event that someone did get busted, that the community would rally to finance whatever the best defense was.