Medical-cannabis producer again locked up By Luis Feliu March 2018 (Echo Netdaily)
Australian HEMP Party and Nimbin HEMP
Embassy president Michael Balderstone
said ’this a big hit for Tony, the absolute
pioneer of medical cannabis in Australia,
he’s been to jail before for showing us how
beneficial cannabis can be for epileptic
children’.
The arrest comes as the federal government
tries to improve access to medical cannabis
for people suffering life-threatening or
terminal illnesses.
North coast medical-cannabis producer and
campaigner Tony Bower has yet again been
locked up after police raided his home on
Wednesday and charged him with cultivating
cannabis.
Campaigners and supporters of the ‘Medicine
Man’, as he’s widely known in the northern
rivers, say they’re outraged at the latest
targeting of Mr Bower, who owns the
company Mullaways Medicinal Cannabis
which supplies tincture to more than 150
people, many of them children.
He is believed to be in custody in Grafton Jail
after bail was refused yesterday.
Around seven police searched his property on
Wednesday afternoon and laid charges.
Three years ago, Mr Bower was sentenced to
12 months jail for breaching bail when he was
arrested for cultivating cannabis but released
immediately on parole.
At that appearance he was described by the
judge as ‘not your standard criminal’.
Mr Bower has continued his battle to have
medicinal cannabis recognised as a legitimate
treatment.
At the time he told the court that Mullaways
had been contacted by the ACT government
to help organise medical cannabis for the
suffering in their state, praising them for their
‘courage’ in addressing the issue.
Echonetdaily will update this story as more
information comes to hand.
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