COOKIES CONTAINING CANNABIS ENTERED AS EVIDENCE IN VICTORIA MEDICAL
MARIJUANA TRIAL

Cookies -- peanut butter, chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin -- were entered
as evidence this week in the trial of a Victoria medical marijuana activist.

The cookies, 44 in total, were in plastic Tupperware-style containers and,
according to Health Canada, contained cannabis resin and in one case -- the
oatmeal raisin -- tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the active chemical in
cannabis.

Bottles of massage oil, jars of salve and capsules were also entered as
evidence. The products were seized during a March 21, 2002, search of the
Cannabis Buyer's Club in Victoria.

The club supplies marijuana to people suffering from medical conditions or
disabilities. "The cookies are quite large. They have good ingredients.
They are quite nutritious," said club founder Ted Smith. Mr. Smith is on
trial, charged with possession of cannabis resin for the purpose of trafficking.