Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Marijuana Party Candidate Charged

A former Marijuana Party candidate is facing drug-related charges.

66-year-old Doug Thompson, along with 63-year-old Audrey Thompson, were charged after police executed a search warrant at a home west of Kakabeka Falls, seizing 371 grams of marijuana, 371 grams of cannabis resin and and one pot plant.

Thompson, who has also been an advocate for medicinal marijuana, ran in the 2004 federal election as the Marijuana Party candidate for Thunder Bay-Rainy River.