cannabisnews.com: Police To Get Pot Grow List Police To Get Pot Grow List Posted by CN Staff on July 11, 2003 at 07:33:44 PT By Maria McClintock, Ottawa Bureau Source: Calgary Sun Ottawa -- Solicitor General Wayne Easter vowed yesterday to ensure police officers get the names of Canadians authorized to grow pot so they're not targeted in drug raids. Easter, who has witnessed firsthand drug raids at marijuana grow operations, told Sun Media he was unaware police were not being provided that information by Health Canada, but insisted he will be "talking to his counterparts" about it. Currently, there are 582 Canadians authorized to have pot for medicinal purposes -- 413 of them licensed to grow the weed. "It's obviously something that we have to find a way to address ... it's an issue that is absolutely going to be addressed one way or another," Easter said. "We've got to respect privacy but ... we don't want the overburden on privacy to put at risk someone's life. "I've seen how some of these marijuana grow operations are taken down, and if an individual is provoked and somebody went in guns blazing ... then we'd have great difficulties." RCMP Staff Sgt. Marc Pinault, the national co-ordinator of the marijuana grow operation squad, is pleased Easter is prepared to take action. "It makes me happy that something might move forward on this," Pinault said yesterday. "Our ultimate goal is to prevent people from getting hurt." Pinault said efforts over many months to convince Health Canada to hand over a list of names has gone nowhere. In at least four cases across the country during the last several months, police have raided marijuana grow operations run by people who were licensed by the federal government. Health Canada has set up a toll-free number that police officers can call during business hours to get the information, but Pinault said that set-up is useless for officers who get tips in the evening. Note: Solicitor general vows authorized users won't have to worry about raids.Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)Author: Maria McClintock, Ottawa BureauPublished: Friday, July 11, 2003Copyright: 2003 The Calgary SunContact: callet sunpub.comWebsite: http://www.fyicalgary.com/calsun.shtmlRelated Articles & Web Site:Cannabis News Canadian Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/can.htmPolice Slam Grass Pricehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16822.shtmlPolice Want List of Growershttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16817.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #2 posted by freedom fighter on July 13, 2003 at 12:11:42 PT It's your Guns buddy! RCMP Staff Sgt. Marc Pinault, the national co-ordinator of the marijuana grow operation squad, is pleased Easter is prepared to take action. "It makes me happy that something might move forward on this," Pinault said yesterday. "Our ultimate goal is to prevent people from getting hurt." "ultimate" goal? Oh, please.. just stop raiding and put your guns away. pazff [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by Dankhank on July 11, 2003 at 11:09:51 PT I Don't ... believe him ..."Note: Solicitor general vows authorized users won't have to worry about raids" [ Post Comment ] Post Comment