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Pot Campaign Delayed Two Weeks!
Posted by FoM on June 03, 1999 at 13:54:22 PT
By Brock Ketcham 
Source: Calgary Herald
Seriously ill Calgarians who use medicinal marijuana to ease their suffering could begin receiving the illegal drug again in two weeks following a break-in at a house where a hydroponic crop was being cultivated, says pot crusader Grant Krieger.

Universal Compassion Club, Calgary, which is to be launched officially this month, lost about $8,000 worth of dried pot and 10 near-mature plants when thieves broke in early Monday, Krieger said. Krieger, 44, who has multiple sclerosis, said he was holding the dried pot on consignment for delivery to members. `Sad, isn't it?' deadpanned Calgary police Staff Sgt. Paul Laventure, head of the drug unit. `By his own admission, he had $8,000 worth of marijuana in his house? If he's got dope and somebody else wants it, they're going to come in to steal it.' Krieger said his informants have told him that a small-time criminal who lives nearby recognized him and realized he might have a stash. `They've seriously hurt the club,' he said.'right now, we're just dead in the water. `But this is just a temporary setback until I have some funds come in and cannabis.' Laventure said Krieger is free to call police. However, the victims of such crimes do not benefit if police locate such loot, he said. `You could probably face some (legal) jeopardy if you identify it a yours.' The UCC, which Krieger has been organizing for several months, has about 25 members, Krieger said. Members said the loss will hit them hard.`It's upsetting.' said Brenda Fischer, 37, who has a rare, incurable connective-tissue disorder called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. People `really, really need this as medication.' Mara Czayka, 37, a Turner Valley area resident who has fibromyalgia, said her first thought was Krieger's wee-being. `All that work and money and people who are going to suffer,' she said. `That was the crop that I was actually waiting for.' Krieger said he will now take pains to spread his crops and inventory among several locations to minimize the effect of any theft. Krieger, who questions the legitimacy of marijuana law, has two marijuana convictions. A Calgary judge fined him $550.00 in October 1998 after he lit a joint in front of the courthouse. A Regina judge gave him an 18-month suspended sentence in January after convicting him of trafficking. 
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