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Rene Boje pursues judical revue
By Hempology | June 21, 2005
OTTAWA. Justice Minister Irwin Cotler has ordered the extradition of a celebrated activist who faces trial in California for tending pot plants at the Cannabis Castle, a Bel Air mansion that served as one of the state�s first medical marijuana growops in the 1990s.
Renee Boje, 35, who has a Canadian husband and young son, surrendered herself Friday to court officials in British Columbia. She was granted bail while pursuing judicial review of Cotler�s decision. That process will postpone her extradition until at least the end of September.
The American citizen sought refugee status in Canada in 1998 following her arrest on drug-trafficking charges � charges she believes exaggerated her role in the medicinal-marijuana project.
In B.C., Boje helped found a club that delivered medical marijuana to cancer and AIDS victims on the Sunshine Coast; she married Chris Bennett, manager of the POT-TV website, and gave birth to a son, Shiva, in 2002. � CNS
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