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Excerpt:

D.C. Superior Court Judge Robert E. Morin originally sentenced Marion Christopher Barry, 31, to six months in prison for a felony PCP charge and 90 days for a misdemeanor marijuana charge but suspended the sentences and ordered Barry to drug and grief counseling. Barry’s mother, Effi, died from acute myeloid leukemia at 63 in 2007; he was arrested in May. 

“I am persuaded that the drugs were used to self-medicate for grief,” Morin said. “You have a significant substance abuse issue that has gone untreated since your mother’s death.”