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Medical Pot Farm Busted
Posted by FoM on April 12, 2001 at 07:24:49 PT
By John Colebourn, The Province
Source: Province
At the very moment the federal health minister was discussing medicinal marijuana with B.C.'s "compassion clubs," police were raiding the club's supply. About 1,000 marijuana plants were chopped down and hauled away from the club's grow operation at a greenhouse in Richmond on Tuesday -- the same day the group met with Health Minister Allan Rock to discuss the distribution of medical marijuana. 
The club's founder thinks Rock deliberately had the Mounties haul away their stash. "Can you believe it -- holy irony, eh?" Hilary Black said after the bust. Black said Rock had requested a meeting with members of the B.C Compassion Club Society to discuss the operation's distribution of marijuana to those in medical need. Black said that, while she was talking with Rock and his assistant David Herferd, she received a phone call informing her that one of the club's contracted production sites was being raided by police. She says 1,000 plants seized by police would have supplied the club's 1,400 members with low- cost, high-quality medicinal cannabis. Black noted the bust followed close on the heels of Rock's announcement that Ottawa will begin clinical trials of medicinal marijuana. "It seems like two hands of the government doing different things," she said. The club is supplied by 12 growers who sign a cultivation contract. The growers cannot sell to anyone else and agree to visits from the club's inspectors who make sure the pot is organically grown. The pot raid was at the research farm of Dr. Paul Hornby. Hornby, a herbal medicine researcher, has a licence from Health Canada to possess and produce cannabis. The address on his licence was that of his lab, but the greenhouse is located on his research farm. Hornby is upset at the treatment he received from the RCMP. "They held my five-year-old son and 65-year-old mother-in-law at gunpoint," he said. Two volunteer gardeners along with Hornby were arrested and likely face drug charges. "It's such a heartbreak," said Black. "It's the only place we can get herb that's not criminally priced." Note: Plants destroyed as compassion club leaders met with Allan Rock. Source: Province, The (CN BC)Author: John Colebourn The Province Published: Thursday, April 12, 2001 Copyright: 2001 The ProvinceContact: provedpg pacpress.southam.caWebsite: http://www.vancouverprovince.com/Related Articles & Web Site:The Compassion Clubhttp://www.thecompassionclub.org/Arthritis Society Lauds New Drug Ruleshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread9299.shtmlOttawa Unveils Rules for Medical Use of Pot http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread9290.shtml
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Comment #3 posted by FoM on April 12, 2001 at 20:14:11 PT
I'm Sorry Hempity
You guys don't need this. It's not your fault so don't blame yourself. You believed that things were ok so you reacted like a nice person would. If you can keep us posted please do and if you can't I sure understand. Take care of your heart. We don't need another martyr. Please!Peace, FoM!
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Comment #2 posted by hempity on April 12, 2001 at 19:31:53 PT
First legal medicinal cannabis farm busted!! 
Hiya All,Sorry, this was my fuck up.....I one of the "cannabis facilitators" inside the greenhouse when the "warrant" was served. I should never have allowed the door to be openend. The RCMP couldn't figure how to get in, the doors open out, not in, so thier battering rams didn't work.This is becomming national news, the tv truck just left and the RCMP have not quit lying yet(Dr. Paul gave them his old rusty .22), and the RCMP have turned it into an assalt rifle. The RCMP have not figured what to charge us with yet, because we have a permit to produce cannabis. We cannot control the lies that come accross on the newz, however on this media we can.Rock is on our side (i think?), he asked them not to bust us, the justice department isn't listening to the health dept. on this, they are afraid of losing jobs and income.Mitaoyate,hempity
marijuana party
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Comment #1 posted by hempcanadian on April 12, 2001 at 09:44:57 PT:
Medical Pot Farm Busted
Dear Editor, What were the RCMP smoking when they raided the compassion clubs growing farm? Shame on every politician and law enforcement member in Canada who allows this tirade on the sick and vunerable to carry on. Health minister Allan Rock needs to take immediate action to quel the invasion and confiscation of sick peoples' medicine by police forces across this country. Don't get me wrong, my fellow exemptees and the estimated 150,000 Ontario medicinal pot smokers enjoy a challenge and some daily stimulation, but home invasions by swat teams and defending ourselves in court is not effective treatment for what ails us. Not only that, but the new regulations for medical use don't even recognize compassion clubs for what they are- a nessessity of life for the sick and dying.What do we have to do to get fair treatment and effective quick relief?Move to Columbia? Stephen J VandeKempOntarioCanadawww.hempcanadian.com/ 
The Hemp Canadian
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