From: dont@botherme.com   
      
   That is a VERY SAD story and has what to do with the vancouver case?   
   NOTHING!!! I lived in Vancouver! I KNOW the story I have FOLLOWED it for   
   YEARS!!! Not what someone told me!   
   In vancouver at the time there was no medical marijuana. If you had been a   
   SERIAL KILLER perhaps they wouldnt have cared about your plants! What they   
   did was see that you werent dying and busted you! You live in a state where   
   you MIGHT possibly get your medicine back or at least have some recourse.   
   These people don't even know for sure if their loved ones ARE DEAD!!! And to   
   blame that FIASCO on looking for marijuana 1)doesnt put into context the   
   time 2)doesnt take into consideration the many investigations, the pig farm   
   or any of  the many other circumstances!   
      
   The case, whether is SOUDS PLAUSABLE or not actually HAS FACTS!!! And the   
   FACTS will ALWAYS be facts, whether or not some medicine user (Incidently, I   
   have a medical reason to smoke but MY state doesnt allow it!!) So if the   
   police come to MY HOUSE and see MY GARDEN I do HARD TIME!!! Period! And that   
   has WHAT to do with vancouver???   
      
   Everybody has an anecdotal story that is bullshit and meaningless. Anyone   
   got a story about the FACTS of this case!?! Not that there are cops who hate   
   drugs WHO DOESNT know that!!!!!   
   "kavajim"  wrote in message   
   news:X_zkc.3737$Sw2.717@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com...   
   > In Solano county California my partner called 911 because I was having a   
   > bizarre reaction to a new sleeping pill I had never taken before. I woke   
   up   
   > after sleeping 18 hours in a uncontrolled rage. I was PISSED at everything   
   > and rambeling incoherently.   
   >   The 911 operator sent the police because she heard me screaming in the   
   > background.   
   > When the cops arrived, they did a quick search of my medical marijuana   
   > garden.   
   >  They ALL immediatly dropped all interest in my mental health or my   
   reaction   
   > to a prescription medication and instead focused solely on my garden.   
   >   
   > I told them I had a legal doctors recommendation and told them where it   
   was   
   > on my wall. They took it, killed all my plants, and charged me with   
   > cultivation, posession, and posession with intent to sell because they   
   found   
   > my hand scale I used to measure daily dosages.   
   >   
   > They never even bothered to call my doctor to verify that I was legal or   
   > not.   
   >   
   > It is now 9 months later. I was forced to hire a private attorney because   
   > the public defenders are not trained in current pot law. Being on Social   
   > security disability I make less than 10 thousand a year. This so far has   
   > cost me over 8000 dollars. In court yeaterday, EVEN THE DA has not called   
   my   
   > recommending physician to even check anything.   
   >   
   > It was not the intent of the law writers to have law enforcement treat   
   sick   
   > people like they are guilty. I should know. William Panzer, my attorney,   
   > co-authored CA medical marijuana law.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > "Rob"  wrote in message   
   > news:YF6jc.1029$Qcs.699@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...   
   > > I was speaking with a Vancouver, Canada criminal lawyer last week, who   
   has   
   > > had involvement in the case of a serial killer of prostitutes in that   
   city   
   > > that has shocked the country -- perhaps Americans are even aware of the   
   > > crime.   
   > >   
   > > The accused owned a farm outside the city and apparently ushered them to   
   > the   
   > > site and then murdered them and buried them throughout his property.   
   > We're   
   > > talking double figures here, in terms of the number of killings.   
   > >   
   > > The case has brought storms of protest that the cops were negligent in   
   > their   
   > > investigations -- that the killing of prostitutes was given short shrift   
   > by   
   > > the boys in blue, on the basis that the disappearance of  streetwalkers   
   is   
   > > not worthy of investigation.   
   > >   
   > > Turns out the reality is a little more pragmatic, and not so judgmental.   
   > >   
   > > Turns out that, because any investigation into prostitution likely   
   reveals   
   > > drug use, connections, dealers ... that the cops were quickly diverted   
   to   
   > > that activity, that the force was too easily distracted by the chance of   
   > > making a drug bust ...   
   > >   
   > > So, in Vancouver, making a drug bust trumps the serial murders of human   
   > > beings ...   
   > >   
   > > Proof that the drug war is more deadly than any drug.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >   
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