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Cannabis Café owner gets bail extension

Toronto Globe and Mail

Fredericton, New Brunswick Sept 13, 2005 -- With her infant son sleeping by her side, Lynn Wood does not fit the stereotype of a convicted drug trafficker.

Ms. Wood, owner of the now-closed Cannabis Café in Saint John, was led into a Fredericton courtroom in leg shackles on Tuesday as she appeared for an appeal of her one-year conviction for trafficking in marijuana.

Following her was her husband, Jim Wood, carrying their one-month old baby, Jimmy, in an infant carrier.

The judges gave Ms. Wood a four-month extension on her bail, so she is free at least until January, when the Court of Appeal will hear arguments against her conviction and sentence.

Ms. Wood, the mother of four children, has maintained that the Cannabis Café she operated was a compassion club offering only medicinal marijuana.

A provincial court judge disagreed, noting that other drug-related items were sold on the premises, such as pipes and drinks meant to mask the drug's effects.