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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Accused in Edmonton marijuana-dispensary raid will fight charges 🌿Accused in Edmonton marijuana-dispensary raid will fight charges
The head of a marijuana dispensary raided in July says he hopes the related charges are resolved quickly, but he’s prepared to fight a lengthy court battle.
“We’ll go to the Supreme Court if we have to,” Aaron Bott said outside the courthouse Tuesday where a crowd of supporters stood nearby after his first appearance on a trafficking charge. “We’re a little bit confused on why we have to defend ourselves. We’re not criminals.”
In July, Bott was taken by surprise when officers from the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams showed up at 4121 118th Ave., the marijuana supplier his family has run for more than a decade.
The non-profit Mobile Access Compassionate Resources Organization Society, or MACROS, supplied marijuana to users with a Health Canada medical-marijuana licence or a prescription from their doctor. More than 1,000 customers had health problems ranging from cancer to chronic pain, Bott said.
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