CHRIS BRENNAN, Daily News Staff Writer brennac@phillynews.com, 215-854-5973 Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2014, 3:01 AM

RICHARD TAMACCIO, a/k/a Nikki Allen Poe, must see a federal judge about new drug activity before he can face the city's voters as the Libertarian candidate for a May 20 special election to fill a vacant at-large City Council seat.

Tamaccio, a marijuana-legalization activist on probation since Dec. 13, tried to beat a Feb. 25 drug test by "consuming large amounts of water," according to a probation report filed in federal court yesterday.

The report said Tamaccio then admitted that he "accidentally ate a cookie laced with marijuana" three days before.

The report also says Tamaccio admitted in an April 3 probation interview that he had used cocaine and Percocet. That interview happened one day after he became a candidate.

A hearing is scheduled for tomorrow to consider a request to modify Tamaccio's probation terms. He is already in an outpatient treatment program for the latest drug activity.

Tamaccio yesterday accused federal prosecutors and probation officials of "doing everything they can to quell my political dissent and political views."

He vowed to fight a request from probation officials to prohibit him from associating with "The Panic Hour," an activist group that holds "Smokedown Prohibition" events at Independence National Historic Park.

"It's not going to affect my campaign in any capacity," Tamaccio said of the hearing. "The fact that I'm a victim of the drug war for my political beliefs is something that I'm proud of."

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Drug test troubles for Libertarian City Council special election candidate