News (Media Awareness Project) - CN BC: Marijuana Crusader Arrested By RCMP |
| Title: | CN BC: Marijuana Crusader Arrested By RCMP |
| Published On: | 2001-11-27 |
| Source: | Globe and Mail (Canada) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-25 03:20:00 |
MARIJUANA CRUSADER ARRESTED BY RCMP
Gibsons, B.C. -- Jim Wakeford, one of the first Canadians granted a medical
exemption to smoke marijuana for medicinal purposes, has been arrested. He
said RCMP seized 28 marijuana plants and a quantity of dried marijuana.
Also seized were 16 packages of marijuana he allegedly mailed earlier to
friends with medical exemptions in Ontario, he said. Charges of trafficking
are pending against him.
Gibsons, B.C. -- Jim Wakeford, one of the first Canadians granted a medical
exemption to smoke marijuana for medicinal purposes, has been arrested. He
said RCMP seized 28 marijuana plants and a quantity of dried marijuana.
Also seized were 16 packages of marijuana he allegedly mailed earlier to
friends with medical exemptions in Ontario, he said. Charges of trafficking
are pending against him.
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