Medical marijuana patient taken from hospital bed in Canada to face charge

[elehhhhna]

Oct. 13, 2005, 12:33AM

Lawyer: Medical marijuana patient taken from hospital bed in Canada to face charge in U.S.
Associated Press

SEATTLE — An Army veteran who fled to Canada to avoid prosecution for growing marijuana to treat his chronic pain was yanked from a hospital by Canadian authorities, driven to the border with a catheter still attached, and turned over to U.S. officials, his lawyer says.

He then went five days with no medical treatment and only ibuprofen for the pain, attorney Douglas Hiatt said.

Steven W. Tuck, 38, was still fitted with the urinary catheter when he shuffled into federal court for a detention hearing Wednesday, Hiatt said.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3394103

[Bonobo]

1. F-in' Hippie deserves what happens to him!

*sarcasm off*

[fooj]

2. WTF? I hope these bastards rot in hell...

Alberto Gonzales is a war criminal. What is he doing dragging people out of hospital beds? I'm going to be sick!!!

Peace.

[gulfcoastliberal]

3. Let freedom reign!

Fucking heartless bastards.

Thanks for the braveness, Canadian neighbors. Now I know what country NOT to flee to.

[elehhhhna]

4. He's a VETERAN who got f'd up PARACHUTING. Nice country we got.

[indepat]

5. Reichous-styled freedom and liberty dispensed by mendacious

and sanctimonious hypocrites?

[johnaries]

6. Another thing - giving him highly addictive morphine for 16 years is ok

but smoking relatively harmless marijuana for the same purpose is not?
:wtf:

[William Bloode]

7. I wondered what happened to Tuck.

I had not talked to him in quite sometime. He just disapeared more or less a bit over a year ago, giving up his seed buisness and all. He was worried something like this might happen, which i figure led to his little disapearing act.

Damn Tuck, i really feal for ya. It's a shame we aint at the cafe smokin' hash again :(