Pubdate: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 Source: Toronto Sun (CN ON) Copyright: 2001, Canoe Limited Partnership. Contact: http://www.fyitoronto.com/torsun.shtml Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/457 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmjcn.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal - Canada) MEDICAL POT MAN BUSTED GIBSONS, B.C. -- One of the first Canadians granted a medical exemption to smoke pot for medicinal purposes has been busted by police. Jim Wakeford, 57, said RCMP seized 28 marijuana plants, and a quantity of dried pot along with his home computer and office files. Charges of trafficking are now pending against him. Wakeford, a longtime social activist who was diagnosed with AIDS 10 years ago, was one of the first two people granted an exemption to Canada's drug laws in Under current regulations, medicinal users may only possess seven plants and 30 grams of pot. - --- MAP posted-by: Josh