07-12-2018 22:58 via kvoa.com

Medical marijuana user, 78, evicted from subsidized housing

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A 78-year-old man who uses a wheelchair and takes marijuana for back pain has been evicted from his federally subsidized apartment in upstate New York.
John Flickner is staying at a Niagara Falls homeless shelter after being escorted from his Niagara Towers apartment Tuesday.
A lawyer for the housing facility, which is subsidized by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, notes the eviction proceedings began before Flickner obtained a state crede
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