RCMP
Iqaluit pot activist released from custody
By. CBC NewsIqaluit marijuana activist Ed Devries was released from police custody Monday after RCMP raided two local residences late last week.
Devries, 51, a self-described healer and founder of the Qikiqtaaluk Compassion Society, was arrested after RCMP found 0.9 kilograms of marijuana and $7,200 in cash in a search of his home and the Iqaluit marijuana club on Friday afternoon.
He was charged with possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking and possession of property obtained by crime.
Devries's release from custody, which came with a number of conditions, drew applause from about 40 supporters at the Nunavut Court of Justice on Monday afternoon.
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More prohibition fatalities
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CN BC: ‘Magic’ Mushrooms Suspected In Fatality
Read more »RCMP here have issued a warning against consuming magic mushrooms, after the death of a B.C. man.
Cpl. Bryson Hill said preliminary results from an autopsy performed on a 23-year-old man who died while in the Halfway Hot Springs Nov. 8, indicate his death could be linked to him taking what he thought were hallucination-causing magic mushrooms or psilocybin mushrooms.
News reports identified the man as Dieter Eggers of Taylor, near Fort St. John.
Eggers was with a friend at the hot springs when he suddenly stopped breathing.
It will be a week before police receive toxicology results, but until then police were “working to prevent any further incidents” by issuing the warning.
