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A New Brunswick Mountie who has run afoul of a policy that says RCMP officers can’t smoke medicinal marijuana while in uniform has returned his red serge and accused the government and the force of not doing enough to support RCMP members with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Cpl. Ron Francis wept as he arrived Friday at the RCMP headquarters in Fredericton after he said he was ordered to return the dress uniform.

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“Members of the RCMP are not sacrificial to the government or to the organization,” Francis said. “They are people and they deserve the right to be protected while they go to work and be taken care of by the Canadian public that they defend.”

But he did not return a 20-year exemplary service medal, removing it before handing over the iconic Mountie uniform, hat and boots.

“They can have their uniforms, but this is my medal. I earned this with my blood, my sweat, my tears,” he said.

“I have not one flaw on my service record. My only flaw is I stuck up for the Canadian people.”