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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hamilton Spectator
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Saturday 05 Aug 2006
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Pot crusader Chris Goodwin was denied bail yesterday after his arrest 10
days ago for allegedly flouting the terms of previous releases from jail
on charges of possessing small amounts of marijuana.
Goodwin, who will celebrate his 27th birthday Monday at the
Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre, is the owner of the Up In Smoke Cafe.
The King Street East cafe, which is currently low on stock following a
police raid July 26, had been selling cannabis seeds, marijuana cookies,
pot-advocacy magazines, pipes and bongs. It also held itself out as the
only compassionate club in the city where medically exempt users of
marijuana could light up a joint and smoke hassle-free.
Following two days of evidence and arguments from federal drug
prosecutor Jeffrey Levy and defence lawyer Peter Boushy, justice of the
peace Lillian Ross decided to cancel all of Goodwin's previous releases
on bail. She then denied his latest bail application.
"My heart goes out to Chris," said Boushy. "He's a highly intelligent
guy with a great deal of potential. Perhaps he should run for the NDP,
which I understand has a platform to decriminalize marijuana."
Goodwin was arrested July 26 after stepping off a flight from Vancouver
at Hamilton's international airport. Police then raided the Up In Smoke
Cafe and seized drug paraphernalia and edible marijuana products.
Police have visited the pot cafe hundreds of times since it opened in
August 2004. There have also been several raids where staff and patrons
were arrested for pot possession.
About a dozen of Goodwin's supporters attended his bail hearing this
week, including Alison Myrden, of Burlington, a medically exempt user of
marijuana, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at age 13.
Myrden, a former corrections officer, is licensed by Health Canada to
possess and cultivate small quantities of pot for the management of her
pain.
"I'm here to support Chris. I want to see him get out of jail," she said.
"I'm just afraid that they're not going to give him another chance."
Goodwin was remanded to Aug. 22. He has a tentative trial date of Aug. 29.
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Saturday 05 Aug 2006
[/FONT]
Pot crusader Chris Goodwin was denied bail yesterday after his arrest 10
days ago for allegedly flouting the terms of previous releases from jail
on charges of possessing small amounts of marijuana.
Goodwin, who will celebrate his 27th birthday Monday at the
Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre, is the owner of the Up In Smoke Cafe.
The King Street East cafe, which is currently low on stock following a
police raid July 26, had been selling cannabis seeds, marijuana cookies,
pot-advocacy magazines, pipes and bongs. It also held itself out as the
only compassionate club in the city where medically exempt users of
marijuana could light up a joint and smoke hassle-free.
Following two days of evidence and arguments from federal drug
prosecutor Jeffrey Levy and defence lawyer Peter Boushy, justice of the
peace Lillian Ross decided to cancel all of Goodwin's previous releases
on bail. She then denied his latest bail application.
"My heart goes out to Chris," said Boushy. "He's a highly intelligent
guy with a great deal of potential. Perhaps he should run for the NDP,
which I understand has a platform to decriminalize marijuana."
Goodwin was arrested July 26 after stepping off a flight from Vancouver
at Hamilton's international airport. Police then raided the Up In Smoke
Cafe and seized drug paraphernalia and edible marijuana products.
Police have visited the pot cafe hundreds of times since it opened in
August 2004. There have also been several raids where staff and patrons
were arrested for pot possession.
About a dozen of Goodwin's supporters attended his bail hearing this
week, including Alison Myrden, of Burlington, a medically exempt user of
marijuana, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at age 13.
Myrden, a former corrections officer, is licensed by Health Canada to
possess and cultivate small quantities of pot for the management of her
pain.
"I'm here to support Chris. I want to see him get out of jail," she said.
"I'm just afraid that they're not going to give him another chance."
Goodwin was remanded to Aug. 22. He has a tentative trial date of Aug. 29.