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CN AB: Marijuana Crusader Awaits Court Ruling
ccguide Saturday 14 Oct 2000 Pubdate: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 Source: Calgary Herald (CN AB) Copyright: 2000 Calgary Herald Contact: Address: P.O. Box 2400, Stn. M, Calgary, Alberta T2P 0W8 Fax: (403) 235-7379 Website: http://www.calgaryherald.com/ Forum: http://forums.canada.com/~calgary Bookmark: More items on Grant Krieger: http://www.mapinc.org/grant.htm MARIJUANA CRUSADER AWAITS COURT RULING Marijuana crusader Grant Krieger will have to wait to see if he convinced a Calgary court of his need to grow and sell pot for medicinal purposes. Court of Queen's Bench Justice Darlene Acton reserved her decision Friday on whether Krieger's charter rights have been infringed. The 46-year-old is battling charges of trafficking and cultivating marijuana, which he claimed was used to help members of his Universal Compassion Club, a local group which advocates the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. The charges were laid in August 1999. Krieger suffers from multiple sclerosis. He and his lawyer, Adriano Iovenelli, argued during the four-day hearing that the charges should be dropped on the grounds that growing medicinal marijuana is guaranteed under a section of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which provides for liberty and security. Acton will deliver her decision Dec. 11. - --- MAP posted-by: Don Beck
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