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Mounties' Pot Bust Leaves Patients Without Supply
Posted by CN Staff on May 30, 2004 at 10:11:23 PT
By Sandra McCulloch, Times Colonist 
Source: Times-Colonist 
The seizure by Mounties of marijuana plants from an East Sooke home and outbuilding last week means 390 ill people will now have to rely on the black market for their supply, said Phillippe Lucas, president of the Vancouver Island Compassion Society.On Thursday, West Shore RCMP officers acting on a search warrant raided a home and outbuilding in the 5000-block of Mount Matheson Road. They arrested two men, one of whom was a paid caretaker and the other a friend who stopped by, said Lucas. The two men face charges of growing and trafficking in marijuana. Their names have not been released.
Police described the grow operation as very sophisticated and Lucas agrees with the assessment."It produced the absolutely safest and most standardized medicinal cannabis supply in Canada," he said Saturday.The Vancouver Island Compassion Society provides marijuana to its members for medical purposes. Lucas faced marijuana trafficking charges in July 2002 but provincial court Judge Robert Higinbotham threw out the case on the basis that Lucas was trying to lessen the suffering of others."He provided that which the government was unable to provide -- a safe and high quality supply of marijuana to those needing it for medicinal purposes," said Higinbotham in his July 5, 2002 ruling.The compassion society ran a lab-style marijuana-production and research facility in East Sooke to benefit people suffering from critical and chronic illnesses, said Lucas. Snipped: Complete Article: http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/leaves.htmSource: Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC)Author: Sandra McCulloch, Times Colonist Published: Sunday, May 30, 2004Copyright: 2004 Times ColonistContact: letters tc.canwest.comWebsite: http://www.canada.com/victoria/timescolonist/Related Articles & Web Sites:VICShttp://www.thevics.com/CannabisNews Canadian Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/can.htmPot 'Club' Had Police OK, Court Toldhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18906.shtmlThe Catch-22 of Compassion http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15592.shtmlPolice Question Pot Club’s Policing Efforts http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15591.shtml
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Comment #16 posted by FoM on June 01, 2004 at 09:03:17 PT
EJ We Shouldn't Leave Them Off The Hook
Everyone in power that can change the laws and doesn't should be held accountable. 
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Comment #15 posted by E_Johnson on May 31, 2004 at 10:03:41 PT
I won't let him off the hook FoM
I didn't expect him to cvhange the laws but he could have withheld that one stupid prosecution. What would that have cost him?Maybe the DEA probably would have leaked to the press proof that he used cocaine in the past.Maybe that's what it was all about FoM,.Nixon started this terrible war and I have been waiting and waiting for the Democratic Messiah who will come into politics and end it.Finally we get the liberals in office and what happens -- Clinton makes all out war like this community has never seen before.It's not a matter of just not having courage. He made war on us, he did damage, he was proactively damaging to this communtiy.He took the War on Herb and poured accelerant on it and lit a match and stood back and watched people die.
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Comment #14 posted by kaptinemo on May 30, 2004 at 19:06:33 PT:
Maybe I'm simply too paranoid
But I tend to look for patterns...and am often vindicated in finding them. Recall a few short weeks ago the sudden influx of stories in the media regarding cannabis raids which occurred on both sides of the border. And of course, the more recent blip of "Cannabis is stronger and therefore more dangerous." dreck that we've seen the past fortnight.Patterns, I said. Here's what I believe is the latest pattern: First, the raid in Oregon. Notice that the primary excuse of the police is to see *whether the participants in growing are operating within the guidelines of the law*. Also notice that in the Oregon case, they engage in hair splitting; hashish is found, and the owner charged because hashish is not covered by the law. When it is nothing but pure resin glands, which are found all over cannabis leaves and flowers. Hash is actually *healthier* for an individual as the majority of plant materials and their combustion byproducts are physically removed in processing. If you can't make oil or vape, then hash is the next best route.Like I said, hair splitting. ANY excuse. Any at all to interfere.Now the raid up in BC, on an outfit that has been in operation for a *long* time. And using the same threadbare excuse: compliance with the (hard fought) medicinal cannabis laws. But in this case, the Mounties made a tactical error; they admitted that they DIDN'T KNOW what the limits were, and acted without verifying whether their actions were permissible by checking with the supposed authorities.This is, in police parlance, "oops upside the head". As in getting around prisoner mistreatment regulations by "Gee, Yer Honor, I can't help it if the defendant is clumsy and bashed his head against my nightstick. That's why he's in hospital in a coma; he's just plain uncoordinated." Disingenuousness of the rankest order.Established *legal* operations being harassed. On both sides of the border. But I would maintain were that were it not for pressure from "War"shington, I doubt very seriously that Ottawa would give a damn. Uncle is the omnipresent 800 pound gorilla taking up oxygen in Paul Martin's office...just as he did with M. Chretien. It's getting so the RCMP might as well turn in those fancy red uniforms and don DEA goon squad duds. Or a streetwalker's attire might be more appropriate. For the same reasons.
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Comment #13 posted by The GCW on May 30, 2004 at 18:18:24 PT
1 John 3:17
"But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?"
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Comment #12 posted by FoM on May 30, 2004 at 18:12:58 PT
A Note Concerning Marc Paquette
I just read a note from Marc in the CCC List. He had something go wrong with his Liver and is very sick. I thought some of you might want to drop in his forum and leave a little comment. http://www.medpot.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=4839&st=0&#entry5961
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Comment #11 posted by FoM on May 30, 2004 at 17:10:41 PT
I Know What You Mean
I know Clinton could have changed the laws but he didn't. Why do politicians not listen to what the people want? My opinion is they don't want to upset big contributors so they forget what the people want. If only campaign finance reform could become a reality. If money could be removed from the picture laws would change in favor of the people I think.
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Comment #10 posted by E_Johnson on May 30, 2004 at 17:09:02 PT
Virgil you really hit the nail on the head
Maybe to most Democrats it wouldn't sound logical for me a Democrat to be more angry with Clinton than with Bush, but that's the betrayal trauma at work.
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Comment #9 posted by E_Johnson on May 30, 2004 at 17:01:36 PT
Some can blame prohibition, some can not
FoM I see people who make decisions that harm other people because they are under the gun or trying to protect others under the gun, and then there is Bill Clinton, who brought death and pain on our community out of nothing more than his own desire to gain political advantage.Advantage that he didn't even gain! 
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Comment #8 posted by FoM on May 30, 2004 at 16:45:57 PT
Just a Comment
They just showed pictures of those killed in Iraq on 60 Minutes. The music they played was the theme song from the movie Platoon. It made me cry. I will never forgive Bush for this war. We have to stop the madness. 
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Comment #7 posted by FoM on May 30, 2004 at 15:04:06 PT
That Would Be Good
Clinton waited to say oh by the way marijuana should be decriminalized as he left office. He was a day late and a dollar short. 
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Comment #6 posted by E_Johnson on May 30, 2004 at 14:49:28 PT
Clinton had a choice back then
He chose wrong in a major way. I wish some day he would admit just how wrong he chose.
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Comment #5 posted by FoM on May 30, 2004 at 13:33:45 PT
Hypocrisy and Democracy: By Richard Cowan
Hypocrisy and Democracy: Raid on Medical Cannabis Research Facility Critical of Health Canada's Schwag Challenges Canada's Values. What Will The Politicians Say? http://www.marijuananews.com/news.php3?sid=747
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Comment #4 posted by FoM on May 30, 2004 at 13:25:01 PT
I Agree About Kerry 
I blame prohibition on Peter's death. I don't blame anyone in particular. Prohibition is the enemy I see. I hope Kerry wins because of Bush and how he took us into a war that was not necessary but not because of our issue. I don't put faith in any one person, organization or political party. Kerry can do what he says he will or do nothing. I expect nothing and will be pleasantly surprised if he does do something for us.
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Comment #3 posted by E_Johnson on May 30, 2004 at 12:54:56 PT
Betrayal trauma -- that's what I have with Clinton
He killed Peter and imprisoned Todd. I totally blame that on him. Totally. Him and Janet Reno.I know other people like to blame someone else but my finger points to the very top.And that keeps me from getting behind Kerry.I hate to admit it but I feel comfortable with Bush because I know he's my enemy. I don't expect him to support me so I don't feel betrayed when he doesn't.I can just keep my mind on fighting him without feeling the confusion of fearing the same people I usually support.
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Comment #2 posted by Virgil on May 30, 2004 at 11:31:47 PT
A gathering storm
The NYT has a four page article on a group in Minnesota fighting the drug importation laws that are clearly designed to boost the profits of the most profitable industry in America. Where the oil companies employ the public services of the military for private gain, the pill companies use federal research for their private gain and now so control the FDA that they contribute much of the funding.Anyway this article says that on May 19th a lawsuit was taken saying that 9 pill companies have kept the price of pills at artificially high prices- http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/30/magazine/30DRUGS.html?pagewanted=4The wagons are circling on those that hijacked the government and the mission of government must be restored to working for the best public good instead of tyranny and corruption for the benefit of the traitors that now rule by treason.Remember the Rainbow Bridge.
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Comment #1 posted by Virgil on May 30, 2004 at 10:44:26 PT
Have those guys got problems?
What gave them the right to take all the plants when some were already documented and nothing said the others could not. This is another atrocity stacked on top a malicious fraud that is going to cost some taxpayers some big money when the judgements come in.I can understand conserving compassion where there is so little, but I cannot see how they can cross over the line using wishful thinking as justification in stealing lawful property. I was reading the Narcosphere comments on the Epilogue of the 14 chapters of the book by Bill Conroy. The woman whose father was a border guard introduced the terms "leadership betrayal" and "betrayal trauma." Groundhog Day will now be different tomorrow. Here are three paragraphs from that woman from http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2004/2/18/63141/3732 What happens to the civil servant, or soldier who finds out their leaders have betrayed them? According to trauma specialists -- it is a life changing experience - not for the good! New in trauma research are recent conclusions regarding political betrayal, or leadership betrayal. Betrayal trauma occurs when the people or institutions we depend on for survival violate us in some way. Repetitive betrayal, even in the 'grown-up' leads to chronic conditions that run the gamut of neurophysiological response. Dr. Judith Freyd has written a number of books on it, and currently leads Oregon University's Psychology Department. For more on political betrayal and trauma, visit my latest notebook entry at http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2004/3/1/19 2648/9938. And thanks, Bill for another revealing chapter on law enforcement corruption. A subject, sad to say, dear to my heart, the definition of 'dear' this instance: Costly!
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