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FIRST NATION PROTESTS DISPENSARY RAID

Supported by the Ontario Provincial Police, the Anishinabek Police Service raided a dispensary on Wahnapitae First Nation in Ontario—despite entreaties from Wahnapitae Chief Larry Roque, who attempted to convince the police to leave, saying the community is working to pass its own cannabis regulations.
Sudbury.com

Quick Hits

  1. Before legalization, dispensary workers used to be able to expect many judges would just drop charges. That may be changing. In London, ON, nine defendants arrested in dispensary raids immediately before and after legalization pled guilty to trafficking cannabis.
    London Free Press
  2. As flowering season is upon us, so apparently begins the season of people stealing whole plants out of neighbours’ yards and sheds.
    Stratford Beacon Herald, St Catherine’s Standard