Medical marijuana supporter arrested again

The medical marijuana advocate on probation for selling the drug to local patients is back in jail.

On March 19, Las Vegas police executed a search warrant on a southwest Las Vegas home Pierre Werner had been leasing and found 96 marijuana plants in three upstairs bedrooms, according to the police report.

Police also found T-shirts with "Medical Marijuana Referral" printed across them and a phone number that matched Werner's number.

It appeared Werner was not living at the residence, the report said.

He was arrested the next day.

In August, Werner pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, a felony.

Police found 34 plants at Werner's home in 2004.

Werner had been growing the drug at his home and selling it to medical marijuana patients, who according to state law are allowed to grow the plant or choose one person to cultivate it for them. That caretaker cannot provide the drug for any other patients.

He received probation but was arrested in December after he violated the terms of his probation and drove while under the influence of the drug to meet his probation officer. His medical marijuana license at the time was expired.

At a probation revocation hearing in January, District Judge Valerie Adair ordered him to spend 10 more days in jail and then granted him probation again, this time taking away his license.

"This is your last and final chance," Adair told him at a Jan. 4 hearing.

Werner will appear in her court April 12, where Adair will decide whether to incarcerate him for the duration of his sentence.