In January, Joe Hart prevailed against the State Attorney's Office in Key West after his arrest for receiving a package of marijuana through the mail. He is suffering from a multiple myeloma, cancer of the bone marrow. His immediate goal is to make his next birthday. His legal case goes back several years, when he was the director of a now-defunct cannabis providers club in Key West.
Cannabis is the technical name for marijuana.
An unsolicited package of marijuana was mailed to Hart, tipping off local law enforcement. His arrest came after city, county, state and federal agents, using a battering ram, broke down his door and threw the retired military man to the floor. The state brought felony charges against Hart for possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession with intent to distribute. But, ironically, it was the aggressiveness of the arrest that would ultimately free Hart. The case lingered on through 1998, with both sides accusing the other of dragging their feet.