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Smith Beats Marijuana Cookie Rap
Pubdate: Sun, 25 Sep 2005
Source: Edmonton Journal (CN AB)
Copyright: 2005 The Edmonton Journal
Contact: http://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/134
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmjcn.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal - Canada)
SMITH BEATS MARIJUANA COOKIE RAP
VICTORIA -- Ted Smith, Victoria's high-profile champion of medical
marijuana, has beaten a trafficking charge on appeal.
Smith said on Friday the result is a relief for him and the other members
of the Victoria Cannabis Buyers' Club, a compassion club that supplies
marijuana to people who can prove they have an incurable medical condition.
On Thursday, Smith received a letter from the federal Department of Justice
saying it had reviewed his appeal and decided he should be granted a new
trial. The Crown, however, has determined it will not proceed and will ask
the Court of Appeal to enter an acquittal.
A British Columbia provincial court judge convicted Smith in June of
trafficking in cannabis resin and sentenced him to a nine-month conditional
discharge.
Evidence during the trial centred on laboratory analysis which showed
cookies, handed out at the club, contained cannabis resin, an illegal
substance.
Smith testified Cannabis Club cooks made the cookies by starting with
marijuana, steeping it in vegetable oil and heating it. That oil, after it
had cooled and been filtered, was used in making the cookie dough.
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