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EDMONTON – Users of medical marijuana are upset over a drug bust in Edmonton last week in which police raided a dispensary and charged the family that operates it.
The owners claim, up until last week, police left them alone. On Wednesday morning, that changed. ALERT’s Green Team seized all marijuana products from the Mobile Access Compassionate Resources Organization Society (MACROS).
The non-profit group sold medical marijuana to people who have a prescription. It served more than 1,000 clients.
“We always knew there was a possibility of law enforcement coming in because we are an illegal entity,” said Aaron Bott, who runs MACROS with his mother and stepfather. “But we weren’t prepared to be arrested like a common criminal.”
The dispensary had been operating in Edmonton for 11 years prior to the bust and is the only place of its kind in the city.
Bott faces one drug-related charge while his...
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