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A man from southern Ontario is resorting to some partial nudity to get his bong and medical marijuana back from local police.

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Wearing nothing but socks, running shoes and a pair of brightly coloured briefs, 31-year-old Jeffrey Shaver has been sporadically protesting outside the Kitchener, Ont., courthouse and various police stations in the region for two weeks while smoking a bong.

Beside the Cambridge, Ont., man are usually two signs, reading “Return My Bong” and “Return My Marijuana.”

Shaver said he is a registered medical marijuana user but was arrested by Waterloo regional police in October for possession of marijuana.

“The police aren’t really familiar with the law, but they are charging you under it anyway,” Shaver said, adding that police seized about two grams of pot and a bong from him.

Shaver — who said he smokes pot to treat anxiety, depression and back pain — said initially he started smoking a bong, while fully clothed, outside police stations in the area in protest a few days after the arrest. He then took his protest to the regional courthouse in Kitchener and the police station nearby.

“I’ve been at the courthouse for the past four months or so, protesting — of course with clothes on — in the smoking section,” Shaver said. “My case hadn’t been getting traction.”