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MARIJUANA CRUSADERS BUSTED IN NIGHT RAID

Medical marijuana crusader Lynn Harichy and her husband, Mike, face new
narcotics charges after London police raided their Teeple Terrace home.

The police street drug unit seized 58 grown marijuana plants Monday night,
some 1.5 metres (five feet) in height. More than 2,300 grams of marijuana
were also seized.

Police pegged the total value of the seizures at more than $71,000.

Harichy and her husband appeared in court yesterday, charged with
unlawfully producing marijuana and possession of marijuana for the purpose
of trafficking.

They were released.

Harichy said she couldn't comment because of the charges, but noted police
would also face charges over the incident.

Police believe Harichy, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, doesn't have a
licence to produce and consume marijuana, said police spokesperson Cost.
Ryan Holland.

"None was turned over to police or was found last night," he said.

Harichy said she's been working through MP Sue Barnes (L -- London West) to
obtain a licence for herself and her husband.

"It's in the mail," she said.

Three years ago, Harichy became a national figure when she tried to smoke
pot on the steps of London police headquarters and was arrested. She said
she needed to smoke marijuana to control MS symptoms, such as severe
shaking and nausea. A possession charge was stayed last year.

The couple also ran the now-defunct Cannabis Compassion Centre on
Wellington Street, delivering marijuana to more than 600 people with
illnesses such as MS, AIDS, cancer, epilepsy and chronic pain.

Mike Harichy pleaded guilty last year to trafficking pot through the centre
and was fined $300.

Harichy took her case directly to federal Health Minister Allan Rock when
he made a swing through the area in 1998. Rock later approved the medicinal
use of marijuana on a trial basis for a select group of people given a
special exemption.