Pubdate: Thu, 11 Jan 2001
Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)
Copyright: 2001 The Calgary Sun
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Author: Kevin Martin

DRUG HURDLE FACES CROWN

The controversial court ruling allowing drug crusader Grant Krieger 
to grow his own pot is being challenged by the prosecution.

But the Crown may be facing a more pressing dilemma in its fight with 
the Calgary man -- what to do when he shows up for jail with his own 
home-grown marijuana.

Krieger, 46, said yesterday he will begin serving a 22-day sentence 
on Jan. 22 for not paying two fines for breaching probation.

At that time he'll bring with him more than 100 grams of pot -- which 
he needs to alleviate the pain he suffers from multiple sclerosis, he 
said.

"I'm not going to jail in a wheelchair," said Krieger, who has been 
left unable to walk in the past when forced to refrain from taking 
pot to ease his pain.

Krieger won a landmark ruling last month allowing him to grow pot for 
his own use.

Justice Darlene Acton said it was "absurd" the federal government 
grants medical exemptions to its possession laws, but provides no way 
to get the drug.
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