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OPP Seizes Paper's Files on Marijuana Grower 
Posted by FoM on November 08, 2001 at 09:32:51 PT
By Kate Harries, Ontario Reporter 
Source: Toronto Star 
Ontario Provincial Police investigators have seized photographs and computer files from a weekly newspaper, but not a reporter's notes on a medical marijuana growing operation.Bart Kreps, editor of the Brighton Independent, said the terms of a search warrant executed Tuesday had been changed from an earlier version and the notes were not sought.
Kreps said Independent owner and publisher Stasha Conolly had already told police the newspaper did not have the notes and considered them to be the reporter's property.Instead, the newspaper was notified that it will face a subpoena for the notes when the case against Dianne Bruce, who is charged with possession, production of and trafficking in marijuana, goes to trial."I believe there are more opportunities to fight a subpoena,'' said Kreps, adding that police were provided with a disk of photographs and the original draft of an article by reporter Tom Philp, himself a former OPP officer.Kreps said there was no indication of a public security risk or imminent danger that the newspaper's materials could avert.But, he said, "we were told that if we refused them access we'd most likely be charged with obstruction of justice.'' The paper was unwilling to face the prospect of jail for its staff or a protracted court battle, he said.Bruce's case may be a test of Canada's tortuous laws on medical marijuana. She has stated that 56 people with Health Canada exemptions permitting them to use it as a painkiller designated her to grow it for them.Prior to Aug. 1, there was no legal method of obtaining the drug for exempted Canadians who lack the skill, health or space to grow the plant. Source: Toronto Star (CN ON)Author: Kate Harries, Ontario Reporter Published: November 8, 2001Copyright: 2001 The Toronto Star Contact: lettertoed thestar.com Website: http://www.thestar.com/ Related Articles & Web Site:FTE's Canadian Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/can.htmPolice Get Warrant To Search Newspaper http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread11268.shtmlMarijuana Exemptee Freed After Nine Days http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread11232.shtmlDrug Squad Raids Cramahe Farm Property http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread11197.shtmlSuffering Few Who Legally Possess Marijuana http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread11135.shtml 
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