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Medical Cannabis user Billy McKee arrested

Billy Mckee has been arrested and is facing four charges of supply, and one charge of cultivation, the supply charges cover a small number of different dates over the last 8 months or so. There is, so far, no direct evidence of an undercover police operation, but that is the impression taken from the wording on the search warrant.

He is scheduled to appear in the Levin District Court on July 28, It is expected that the Levin District Court will remand the case to the High Court, this will also be his first chance to demand disclosure of the prosecution evidence. Billy has applied for legal aid, and is currently waiting for that to be approved so that he can discuss the case with a lawyer.

Billy now has to use prescription "zombie" medication to treat himself, we are concerned about the negative effects that will have for Billy and family, He is in a wheelchair and many of Greencrosses members are elderly and vulnerable.

Billy Mckee is NOT a criminal! He is a Medical Cannabis user who uses cannabis to for severe nerve pain, he is in a wheelchair all the time after after losing his leg to a drunk driver, and is in pain and discomfort all of the time. The only thing that works to calm it down that he can actually use over a long period of time without getting serious side-effects is cannabis!

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