Jim Finnel
Fallen Cannabis Warrior & Ex News Moderator
On 17 March the local police performed a house search at the office of the German Association for Cannabis as Medicine (ACM) and the private offices of the chairman of the ACM, Dr Franjo Grotenhermen, and seized files of the ACM and IACM. In addition, a copy of the computer’s hard disk was taken. The house search was carried out based on a warrant from the lower court of Hamburg of 3 March 2009 on an application by the Office of the Public Prosecutor of Hamburg due to the suspicion of a violation of the narcotics law. The inquiry authorities hope to find suggestions of criminal activities concerning the Cannabis Pharmacy.
The website of the Cannabis Pharmacy went online in 2005 to help severely ill people, who benefit from the medical use of cannabis, to get free access to cannabis products. According to the principles of the Cannabis Pharmacy a treatment with cannabis products "had to be truly indicated and urgently necessary" and at the same time, a treatment with dronabinol (THC) was not possible, for example because the health insurance denied payment for the treatment. Anonymous donors of cannabis were brought into contact with patients by an e-mail address. Among the members of the solidarity committee designated were Dr Franjo Grotenhermen, Dr Lorenz Boellinger, Professor of Law at the University of Bremen, and Dr Sebastian Scheerer, Professor of Criminology at the University of Hamburg.
News Hawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: ENCOD
Author: Franjo Grotenhermen
Copyright: 2008 European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies
Contact: Encod.org
Website: IACM BULLETIN - Encod.org
The website of the Cannabis Pharmacy went online in 2005 to help severely ill people, who benefit from the medical use of cannabis, to get free access to cannabis products. According to the principles of the Cannabis Pharmacy a treatment with cannabis products "had to be truly indicated and urgently necessary" and at the same time, a treatment with dronabinol (THC) was not possible, for example because the health insurance denied payment for the treatment. Anonymous donors of cannabis were brought into contact with patients by an e-mail address. Among the members of the solidarity committee designated were Dr Franjo Grotenhermen, Dr Lorenz Boellinger, Professor of Law at the University of Bremen, and Dr Sebastian Scheerer, Professor of Criminology at the University of Hamburg.
News Hawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: ENCOD
Author: Franjo Grotenhermen
Copyright: 2008 European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies
Contact: Encod.org
Website: IACM BULLETIN - Encod.org
