PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — Kitsap County Superior Court jurors have acquitted an Olalla, Wash., medical marijuana user of growing pot illegally and attempting to sell it.

Medical marijuana advocates hailed Tuesday's verdict in the case of 55-year-old Bruce Olson, who suffers from arthritis and other ailments after decades as a stone mason.

Olson says he lost his home and now lives in a travel trailer due to costs involved in fighting the two felony charges filed in May 2007.

Detectives raided Olson's home after an informant told them he had seen the man selling pot. Detectives said they found 48 plants and contended that violated the state's original medical marijuana law that said patients could have as much as a "60-day supply."

Since the charges were filed, the state Department of Health has adopted a rule defining that supply as a maximum 15 plants and 24 ounces of pot.

Defense lawyer Thomas Balerud told jurors that none of Olson's 48 plants contained any marijuana that was ripe or usable for medicinal purposes and thus the 48 shouldn't count against the limit.