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Jan.19, 00
Ottawa Sun
By Donna Casey
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A Beachburg-area man who got permission from Health Canada to smoke dope last week is worried police may charge his wife if she waters his marijuana plants while he's away. Robert Brown is leaving for a vacation to see family in British Columbia and Saskatchewan tomorrow and he's worried the constitutional exemption he received to smoke pot for medical use doesn't go far enough to protect his wife from possible charges. Not Protected: Brown, 43, who suffers from hepatitis C, received a call over the weekend from an OPP officer who originally charged him with possession, cultivation and intent to traffic marijuana in December 1998. The officer warned him the exemption doesn't extend to his wife Linda. "There's a potential that she could be charged with cultivation if she even puts water on my plants," Brown said. Brown is westward bound thanks to a supporter who bought him a plane ticket during his two-day protest on Parliament Hill last week. Predicament: Brown's lawyer Rick Reimer said there's no guarantee Linda Brown would be safe from prosecution but he planned to alert Health Canada, local police and the Crown attorney about the predicament. Tim McCann, the federal Crown attorney, is now re-examining the case against Brown in light of the constitutional exemption. A member of the OPP's drug enforcement section said he couldn't see police spending a lot of time to probe the moisture of Brown's pot plants while he's away. "I wouldn't suggest a whole lot of manpower and investigative resources to look into this," said Det.-Sgt. Paul Henry.
Copyright © 2000, Canoe Limited Partnership.
Ottawa Sun
By Donna Casey
****
A Beachburg-area man who got permission from Health Canada to smoke dope last week is worried police may charge his wife if she waters his marijuana plants while he's away. Robert Brown is leaving for a vacation to see family in British Columbia and Saskatchewan tomorrow and he's worried the constitutional exemption he received to smoke pot for medical use doesn't go far enough to protect his wife from possible charges. Not Protected: Brown, 43, who suffers from hepatitis C, received a call over the weekend from an OPP officer who originally charged him with possession, cultivation and intent to traffic marijuana in December 1998. The officer warned him the exemption doesn't extend to his wife Linda. "There's a potential that she could be charged with cultivation if she even puts water on my plants," Brown said. Brown is westward bound thanks to a supporter who bought him a plane ticket during his two-day protest on Parliament Hill last week. Predicament: Brown's lawyer Rick Reimer said there's no guarantee Linda Brown would be safe from prosecution but he planned to alert Health Canada, local police and the Crown attorney about the predicament. Tim McCann, the federal Crown attorney, is now re-examining the case against Brown in light of the constitutional exemption. A member of the OPP's drug enforcement section said he couldn't see police spending a lot of time to probe the moisture of Brown's pot plants while he's away. "I wouldn't suggest a whole lot of manpower and investigative resources to look into this," said Det.-Sgt. Paul Henry.
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