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RCMP expert admits Mounties lacked data to back up medical pot affidavit

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 03/06/2015 - 13:38

The RCMP had no data to back up their claims that medical marijuana grow operations under Canada’s old licensing system were inherently dangerous to producers and magnets for violent thieves and organized criminals, an expert told the Federal Court Thursday.

RCMP Corporal Shane Holmquist, a supervisor on the Federal Serious Organized Crime Section’s marijuana enforcement team, made headlines last year when he filed his affidavit in this case stating there was an “overwhelming temptation” for growers licensed under the old federal medical marijuana system to divert extra pot to the black market. His affidavit also stated that such producers face risks from mould, fire and electrical hazards and also attract organized crime groups because, quoting a 2005 RCMP report, “marihuana cultivation and trafficking represents the single most common (and most lucrative) activity pursued by organized crime.”

Concerns about criminal activity formed part of the rationale that led Health Canada to...

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