Record-Courier, 19 Aug 2010 – District Judge Dave Gamble ordered a 25-year-old drug offender to write a report on what the judge called "the nonsensical character" of California’s medical marijuana program. On Tuesday, Gamble told Matthew Palazzolo to submit a paper within 90 days to him and to his counselor also discussing the defendant’s realization that marijuana was a gateway drug that led to use of more powerful narcotics.