​Last week, in what may be the largest single cop-to-grower marijuana transaction ever (the largest amount of pot returned by cops we’re aware of was 11 pounds, but that was given back a little at the time), the San Francisco Police Department gave seven pounds of cannabis back to grower Cody Phillips, whose cultivation for sale charges were dismissed in August.

SF Weekly. The cops also gave him back everything else they seized in the June raid, including grow lights and cash. The seven pounds of pot — in good condition, according to his attorney! — wasn’t all that Phillips got back, reports Chris Roberts at. The cops also gave him back everything else they seized in the June raid, including grow lights and cash.

The grow equipment had been returned earlier, according to attorney Derek St. Pierre, but figuring out how to return the marijuana was problematic. There is apparently no standing protocol for cop-to-civilian marijuana returns, especially for such large amounts. (Toke of the Town suggests that someone at the SFPD should get right on that.)

SF Weekly, but SF General wanted no part of the seven pounds of marijuana, St. Pierre said. Seized pain pills returned by the cops are usually processed through San Francisco General Hospital, according to, but SF General wanted no part of the seven pounds of marijuana, St. Pierre said.