ARREST OF LOCAL EXEMPTEE ATTRACTS INTERNATIONAL INTEREST

Letters have been flowing into our e-mail inbox in response to our
front page news story last week on the arrest of marijuana exemptee
Dianne Bruce, and our editorial entitled "Canada's big drug problem -
the law." The story about a Cramahe Township medical marijuana
operation clearly attracted wide interest - within a few days of
posting the article and editorial on our website, we had received
correspondence from points as far away as Alberta, Texas, and
California. So far the letters have been unanimous in support of
exemptees who had contracted to receive medical marijuana from Bruce,
and in opposition to the police confiscation of the herb.

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