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Hemp Store Owner Still In Jail For Selling Literature On April 17, Terry Tew, owner of "Hemp, Head and Sound", a Hemp Store in Hamilton, Ontario, was charged with 462.2 if the Criminal Code for selling illicit literature and instruments. A customer who was in the store during the raid was found to be carrying cocaine, and Terry was held responsible for that as well. 462.2, as it applies to literature, was ruled invalid in '94 by the Ontario Supreme Court. Terry is, in his words, an "ex-gangster" and was only recently released from the penitentiary. He saw his hemp store as a way of earning an honest living and contributing to society. Now he is in jail at taxpayers' expense. "I got out of the penitentiary the day before Christmas and did something with my life." His accounts were all seized as "proceeds of crime," making it impossible for him to defend himself or post bail. He is still in jail, as a result of breaking the conditions of his probation. About eight Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police officers conducted the raid. During the raid they ripped the ceiling out of the store, fingerprinted all the glass, dumped out the garbages and took all the merchandise, including Cannabis Canada and High Times. After Terry had been taken to jail, one officer set about entrapping more harmless cannabis users. He donned a store T-shirt and began calling people in Terry's personal telephone book. "He told one friend of mine that I had taken Doug [a store employee] to the hospital for a recurring headache caused by an accident last year. He said that Doug needed some marijuana to help him with the pain. When the guy showed up with an ounce of marijuana and seven grams of hash the police tackled him and threw him in jail too." Terry needs your help. For a contact number or for offers of assistance call Hemp, Head and Sound at (905) 540-4367. Write letters of protest to: The Hamilton Spectator - letters@spectator.southam.ca The Ottawa Citizen - letters@thecitizen.southam.ca Ottawa Sun - editor@sunpub.com Toronto Star - LetterToEd@thestar.com Toronto Sun - editor@sunpub.com
In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 and The Berne Convention on Literary and Artistic Works, Article 10, news clippings are made available without profit for research and educational purposes. |
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