6500 pot plants: 'personal use' Another example of how they do things differently in Canada: a 30-year-old man was caught red-handed with a marijuana grow operation on his property. Plants worth approximately $2.5 million were found. The man claimed they were for "personal use" and the judge, believing this particular individual to have a high likelihood of rehabilitation, sentenced him to an 18 month probation, including 9 months of house arrest, and 100 hours of community service. It's not every day the cops find 6500 marijuana plants in your backyard and essentially let you off the hook for it; even though he claimed personal use, he wound up pleading guilty to "possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking and production of marijuana," which in America would have had a much higher minimum sentence as well as offering the guy a great likelihood of getting shot when they busted down his door. Way to go, Canada! Keep blazing that trail for, uh, slightly less insane drug policies. Or something. » more at: www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com Posted By Scotto at 2007-06-18 08:32:35 permalink | comments Tags: marijuana » More ways to bookmark this page



