Mi’kmaw man gets house arrest for roadside cannabis sales

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First in Nova Scotia, a judge was arrested for running a curbside marijuana dispensary that touted many other pots in the Aboriginal community.

Darren Charles Marshall believes that in an operation called the Flower Barn of Millbrook First Nation, “he is exercising a treaty or the right to marijuana transportation for the natives,” said Deputy Chief Justice Ronda van der Hoek, who recently sentenced him in the Truro Provincial Court.

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“There is no basis to support such a conclusion, and the court rejected the application even before the application was revoked,” the judge said. “It is worth noting that belief in rights is completely different from understanding based on analysis of the situation. Our society is organized around the law and determining that the law does not conform to a person’s preferences does not have the right to violate it.”

The judge noted that “the flood of illegal marijuana trafficking operations is spreading on Aboriginal lands and the RCMP is actively shutting down.

The judge gave Marshall a six-month conditional sentence for selling marijuana and was also given a 12-month conditional sentence because “in order to sell a cannabis product, packaging and stamping are required.”

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During the first three months of his sentence, Marshall “will be arrested with limited opportunities to leave his residence. Over the next three months, he will impose a curfew from 10 to 6 a.m.,” Van der Hoek wrote in his March 31 decision.

She also issued a confiscation order for seizure of items, “including buildings and marijuana-related items agreed by lawyers” and was fined $8,762.50.

Confiscated items include 3,000 grams of dried marijuana, 49,000 mg of marijuana extract and 99,276 mg of marijuana food.

In her decision, she said the Mounties filed a “community complaint” about the Flower Barn.

“The RCMP warned Mr. Marshall that his marijuana trafficking business was illegal, but he continued to do business outside the legal system,” the judge said. “He did this because he believed he had the rights of the Aboriginal and/or the treaty. The business was not recommended to operate as a sympathy club – it was a commercial enterprise.”

The royal family noted the spread of illegal dispensaries – “emphasized the need to stop others who are currently illegal and who may be eager to conduct illegal commercial cannabis trafficking operations in our community,” said Van der Hoek, noting that the court’s understanding was that Millbrook First Nation did not run for it, which is the court’s understanding.

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The judge said Marshall’s case “needs to focus on general and specific deterrence.” “The court has filed a judicial notice in the province, and this crime is expanding. It is important to send a message that the supply of cannabis provided through the Nova Scotia liquor company is subject to taxation, which is taxed, funds for health care expenses generated from its use, and that the product is derived from its legal resources, involving legal resources. The law involves the scope of legal crimes involving Cannabis.

The judge said Marshall’s lawyers also tried to argue that “a community-legal marijuana sales regime is somewhat inconvenient.”

“However, the personal assessment of inconvenience and the actual reality involved in purchasing regulated products such as alcohol or marijuana does not allow people to simply initiate stationary or public transportation of marijuana from a baby barn in an Aboriginal community.”

The judge said Marshall’s attorneys “also fully advised the province to have a dialogue to legalize the sale of marijuana in Aboriginal communities.” “The court has no information on this situation, and even so, the court sentenced criminals under the law that was in effect at the time.”

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Marshall and the late Donald Marshall Jr., the fishing industry.”

Marshall’s attorney was not successfully discharged.

“Emissions can be seen as a minimum or weak deterrent, even lower business costs, and encourage those willing to open up illegal marijuana trafficking operations,” the judge said. Therefore, it is necessary to remind the public that even those without a criminal record will pay a huge price.

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