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. - --- MAP posted-by: Elaine