Pubdate: Thu, 21 Dec 2006
Source: Kingston Whig-Standard (CN ON)
Copyright: 2006 The Kingston Whig-Standard
Contact:  http://www.kingstonwhigstandard.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/224

MAN SHOT, FOUR FACE CHARGES

Police have laid charges against four men after a Portland man was 
shot in the leg in September while thieves stole his medicinal marijuana.

The pot pirates raided the man's home in September, wearing police 
jackets and barging in early in the morning. When he protested, they shot him.

Police later said the man was licensed to have medicinal marijuana in 
the home and the thieves targeted his cache.

The government no longer directly supplies the drug to patients with 
prescriptions -- used to relieve things like chronic pain or nausea 
- -- but allows them to either grow their own or designate someone else 
to grow it for them.

A 20-year-old man from Innisville is charged with attempted murder, 
impersonating a police officer, using a firearm during the commission 
of an indictable offence, break and enter and conspiracy to commit an 
indictable offence.

A 23-year-old man from Smiths Falls is charged with conspiracy to 
commit an indictable offence and breach of probation.

Two Ottawa men, aged 33 and 37, are charged with conspiracy to commit 
an indictable offence.
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