title: Vancouver Island Compassion Club president receives absolute discharge.
abstract: On 5 July 2002, the BC Provincial Court released written reasons for sentencing in R v Lucas. The president of the Vancouver Island Compassion Club had been arrested and charged with possession for the purpose of tracking after police searched the club and his home and seized less than three kilograms of marijuana.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carey
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D001955:British Columbia; D002188:Cannabis; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008517:Phytotherapy; D012952:Societies
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs