POT CRUSADER FACES NEW CHARGE

Marijuana crusader Grant Krieger has been arrested and charged again for
possessing pot for the purpose of trafficking after a routine traffic stop
in Calgary.

After officers seized 550 grams of marijuana from Krieger's car together
with drug trafficking paraphernalia, the medicinal pot advocate's wife
spoke out against the police.

Krieger, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, has been waging an ongoing
battle with police and through the courts for years, advocating the use of
marijuana for medical reasons.

In recent years, Krieger was charged with possessing marijuana for the
purpose of trafficking, and had a court acquit him, saying he was justified
in selling pot to the chronically ill.

Soon afterwards, he was arrested and charged with the same offence again.

As those earlier battles continue to move through the courts, Krieger was
arrested again yesterday. Because the quantity of marijuana discovered and
because of the other equipment found in the car, the charge was laid, Staff
Sgt. Roger Chaffin of the drug unit said.

Krieger's wife, Marie, said police knew her husband was servicing plants
for 115 people who use pot for medicinal reasons.

"There will be a lot of disappointed people out there again," she said.