A medical marijuana dispensary was raided by the RCMP in Burnaby yesterday, the latest in a string of crackdowns against B.C. pot distributors this summer.
Federal police agents made three arrests and seized marijuana, patient files, personal computers, and business documents during yesterday's noon-hour raid of Metrotown Medical Marijuana Dispensary.
The dispensary opened last April, The Tyee reported at the time. It is Burnaby's sole medical marijuana distributor.
While officials from both the RCMP and Health Canada maintain that medical marijuana dispensaries are illegal in Canada, medical marijuana advocates says such raids violate previous court rulings and are unconstitutional.
The three suspects apprehended during yesterday's raid were arrested on possible charges of drug trafficking, possession of an illegal substance with intent to traffic, and other related violations. Two of those arrested are said to have arrived at the dispensary in the middle of the raid. All three were subsequently released on a Promise to Appear arrangement.
"It is a violation of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to dispense marijuana," says Corporal Rick Skolrood, a media relations official for the Burnaby detachment of the RCMP. Accordingly, there are only two legal ways to obtain medical marijuana in Canada: "You get it from Health Canada or you get a license to produce it yourself."
http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Health/2011/07/29/potbustRCMPBurnaby/
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