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SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- A Santa Rosa family is waging a battle over their neighbors medical marijuana garden, saying it has gotten out of control, invites crime and poses a danger to their safety.
Alan MacFarlane started growing medicial marijuana in his back yard to help relieve pain related to a cancerous thyroid he had removed years ago.
Those plants have grown tall enough to be seen from over the fence that divides his yard from the Gardea familys next door.
Since then, Jeremy Gardea said hes seen people entering his property and hopping the fence in order to get to the marijuana.
The police told us were basically on our own, Gardea said. We cant really do a whole lot.
Californias Proposition 215, passed in 1996, legalized the growth and possession of marijuana for those with a valid doctors recommendation.
Gardea said hes not against the use of marijuana, but that hes worried about the safety of his three kids and wife. He believes the size of the operation leads to a criminal element.
Macfarlane, who was unavailable to speak with KTVU, told The Press Democrat that his garden is legal and provides for the needs of four other patients.
Thats quite a bit of marijuana in one residential house, said Gardea. If hes going to do it let him go out to the country, you know buy a piece of property out there.
The stench from the garden has become so strong that dozens of neighbors have joined with the Gardea family in speaking out against it.
Gardea, whos lived next door to MacFarlane for over a decade, last week built signs in his driveway directing potential visitors to the pot farm next door.
Please dont pull a home invasion here. Indoor buds are next door at #116, reads one sign. Another reads: Pot farm next door #116.
Gardea also bought two guard dogs to ward off potential intruders, and vows to take the battle to small claims court if the feud is not resolved.
Alan MacFarlane started growing medicial marijuana in his back yard to help relieve pain related to a cancerous thyroid he had removed years ago.
Those plants have grown tall enough to be seen from over the fence that divides his yard from the Gardea familys next door.
Since then, Jeremy Gardea said hes seen people entering his property and hopping the fence in order to get to the marijuana.
The police told us were basically on our own, Gardea said. We cant really do a whole lot.
Californias Proposition 215, passed in 1996, legalized the growth and possession of marijuana for those with a valid doctors recommendation.
Gardea said hes not against the use of marijuana, but that hes worried about the safety of his three kids and wife. He believes the size of the operation leads to a criminal element.
Macfarlane, who was unavailable to speak with KTVU, told The Press Democrat that his garden is legal and provides for the needs of four other patients.
Thats quite a bit of marijuana in one residential house, said Gardea. If hes going to do it let him go out to the country, you know buy a piece of property out there.
The stench from the garden has become so strong that dozens of neighbors have joined with the Gardea family in speaking out against it.
Gardea, whos lived next door to MacFarlane for over a decade, last week built signs in his driveway directing potential visitors to the pot farm next door.
Please dont pull a home invasion here. Indoor buds are next door at #116, reads one sign. Another reads: Pot farm next door #116.
Gardea also bought two guard dogs to ward off potential intruders, and vows to take the battle to small claims court if the feud is not resolved.
