An Athens middle school teacher who was arrested this week for allegedly manufacturing marijuana in his home is claiming he that he grew pot for medicinal purposes.
In a “Note to coworkers” published online through Google Docs, Joseph Weston LePage states that only two pot plants were seized during a search of his home on Wednesday, not the “several” that authorities said.
“Yesterday my home ... was raided in the confiscation of two flowering marijuana plants that I was cultivating for my own personal medicine,” LePage wrote.