CLUB RE-OPENS WITHOUT CANNABIS

Organizers of Kingston's first medical marijuana dispensary say the
club will re-open.

In a statement last week, the Kingston Compassion Club Society
announced plans to re-open Aug. 22, more than two months after closing.

On June 19, Kingston police responded to a report of a break-in at the
club's office in the Medical Arts Building on Princess Street.

The incident was reported after club workers noticed an online
security video feed from the office had been interrupted.

When police arrived, officers determined none of the three club
workers present at the time was legally permitted to possess marijuana
for medical reasons.

Police removed the club's supply of marijuana, about 825 grams, and
two days later returned with a search warrant and removed the centre's
computer system and patient records.

Shortly after the closing, club spokesperson Matt Thornton said police
had no option other than seizing the club's marijuana but he added
that closing the club would force people allowed to use marijuana for
medical purposes to buy the drug on the street.

The police still have the marijuana and the re-opened club will not be
dispensing cannabis to patients.

"The people who robbed us and the police still have our stock and
funds. There will be no cannabis on site," Thornton said in a
statement announcing the club's scheduled re-opening.

"We will not be dispensing any cannabis products, period."

The club will accept new members and help register people for the
Health Canada's Medical Marijuana Access Regulations program.