Man sues BP, claims harassment over medical pot

deming man claims he’s being harassed every time he crosses a border patrol checkpoint… because he’s carrying medical marijuana. his attorney says that’s legal, but alleges border patrol agents impose fear on him. abc-7’s jamie warren is live from our new mexico mobile newsroom. jamie? rick and estela, in this criminal complaint, it states that marrufo is forced to drive through the checkpoint to las cruces because there aren’t any dispensaries in deming. today i spoke with a woman who also travels to las cruces for medical marijuana … but she’s had a much different experience. victoria trujillo 5:21:33 when i did get pulled over i just immediately told them that i was a medical cannabis patient and then they asked me to step out of my car, checked and then they left me alone victoria trujillo is a customer and employee at mj expresso, which legally sells medicinal cannabis to cardholders. she tells me she crosses the deming check point almost 5 days a week 5:21:49 in my experience i have not had a bad experience but in this complaint, marrufo’s attorney says his client feels harassed when asked if he’s carrying illegal drugs. claiming if he says yes, he’ll be treated like a drug smuggler. no, he’d lying to a federal agent 5:35:49 phoner does he always feel that any day he could be detained? yes oh absolutely. absolutely. he lives with that horrible fear…4:13:54 no matter how he answers them them being the us border patrol, there’s a problem his suit does not allege he’s actually been charged with any crime at a checkpoint. trujillo hasn’t had that same fear at the check point… 5:20:42 i can understand why people would feel that they’re being harrassed because the negative light medical marijuana sheds sometimes, a lot of patients benefit from it though the border patrol has not yet responded to my request for comment. jw, abc7 our annual operation noel mini- telethon begins at 6:30 p.m. immediately after this newscast. all