Photo: Pacific Northwest InlanderTomorrow will mark one week since Jerry Laberdee has eaten a meal. The 56-year-old medical-marijuana patient and dispensary owner has been in a Spokane County jail cell since last Tuesday, after he refused to take his court-ordered drug test. He’s now pledging to go without food until he’s released and allowed to take the medicine that he was legally authorized to take under Washington law.Laberdee’s daughter, 28-year-old Jessica Vogel, tells Seattle Weekly that she’s had very little communication with her dad since he was locked up, but that she hopes his hunger strike will “wake people up.””I want people to open their eyes and realize this is not just about marijuana, it’s about our constitutional rights are being stripped away,” she says. “People should be rioting in the streets.” Jessica NunaA photo of the MHP raid in progress.We reported on the raid on Medical Herb Providers in which Laberdee was first cited, back in May. Jessica Nuna, an employee at MHP, described DEA agents and Spokane Police officers calmly showing up and methodically going through everything in the store, ultimately taking 32 pot plants, $1,400 in cash, several ounces of ready-to-smoke marijuana, and several laptops, cell phones, and other electronic devices.The raid on MHP was one of several in eastern Washington, authorized under U.S. Attorney Michael Ormsby, and is part of a broader effort by the federal government to crack down on medical-marijuana use in several states.Laberdee was questioned extensively by agents at the time. And after being charged with with possession of marijuana and intent to distribute, he was allowed to remain out of jail prior to his court hearings–as long as he quit smoking pot, got rid of any he still had, and submitted to random drug tests.Vogel says that Laberdee has a host of chronic pain issues, and that he only gets relief from cannabis, so he wasn’t about to quit taking his medicine. He also sees his arrest as part of a bigger effort to silence people who speak about about cannabis reform.”Mainly, I want him to get out of jail,” says Vogel, one of six children that Laberdee raised. “But I also hope that people realize that we need to stand up for the people who are already making a stand.”Those interested in “making a stand” need not quit eating, but can instead join Laberdee’s wife and other supporters for a rally today at 10 a.m. outside the Federal Building in Spokane.Vogel also asks that people send words of encouragement to:Jerry Laberdee1100 W. Mallon St.Spokane WA 99260Cell block 4518wFollow The Daily Weekly on Facebook and Twitter.