Pothead Detector

Federally Licensed Medical Marijuana Patient Branded; without evidence, assumed baked and dangerous until proven sober.

 

Dean often shows up to writing class "in an over medicated state." (Lynne Van Luven, UVic)

 

Student [narc] Jenny Wooding "encountered Bruce in class and claims that he was far more impaired [on marijuana] than she was [on narcotics]."

 

"Mr. Dean’s submission that the Tribunal should consider the lack of material from the respondents establishing that he used marijuana or abused marijuana seems hollow."

[Asking to be considered innocent until proven guilty is a hollow request? For potheads, I guess.]

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Article in the Martlet newspaper;

Student with marijuana licence barred from machinery

www.martlet.ca/student-with-marijuana-licence-barred-from...

 

The article was written by a rookie writer who accepted statements after the deadline and I was not given the chance to refute. UVic's claims about concessions they made and/or offered is an absolute distortion of the truth.

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I was registered at UVic, working toward two degrees,

 BA in Creative Non-Fiction (1 class left, to be finished this next term).

 BFA in Visual Art (on hold because of this mess)

o I was registered in a Sculpting class, with a Shop component, to make a bird house mount.

 

A p/t UVic employee in the shop, Doug Smith, apparently also worked for a business that serviced one of my mobility aides. Through this he was aware of my federal medical marijuana license. He informed the Shop instructor, Daniel Wilkin, who pulled me from the class on this knowledge.

 

I lost a term at school; I’m stuck with the student loan debt for the wasted term and several thousand in lawyer fees, so far. I'm a 55 year old single father living on CPP Disability and a small WCB pension.

 

UVic’s own documentation admits that I had not been observed impaired,

 "...the initial assessment was based on second hand information and that it was not made by visual assessment."

 "...at the initial time of decision making the student [Bruce Dean] had not been observed officially. That Dan had made his decision based on the information Doug [Smith] had told him."

 "...the University determined that there was no professional on campus who was qualified to judge dosage levels and the physical and psychological behavioral effects of marijuana in respect of the contemplated risks." (Uvic)

 Dean often shows up to writing class "in an over medicated state." (Lynne Van Luven)

 

UVic’s attempts to prove I was impaired were insulting. My favorite was provided by an impaired student narc;

 "...she [Jenny Wooding] was outside with a couple of students that were smoking weed (she was just present not partaking) [sure, sure, that’s what they all say] and compared her impairment [from narcotic pain killers] to theirs and found it to be about the same. She then encountered Bruce in class and claims that he was far more impaired than she was."

 (this narc's info didn't surface until after UVic had made their assessment of my impairment)

 She admits that she was impaired on narcotics yet she claims she is able to judge levels of impairment.

 What did UVic do about the people Jenny Wooding reported were likely smoking marijuana illegally?

 

The case went through the Human Rights Tribunal system,

 The Settlement Hearing failed when UVic refused to compensate me for the debt incurred.

 The Human Rights Tribunal Adjudicator eventually ruled against me,

o The flawed decision was based on an issue that didn't exist. She claimed that because I failed to include a copy of my federal license, I was unable to prove my case (prima facia ?); that I was unable to prove that I was legally entitled to use marijuana as medication in the first place.

o The problem with this is of course was that everybody accepted as fact, except the adjudicator, that I was disabled and that I held a federal exemption allowing me to legally use marijuana.

 The entire basis of the UVic reason for my expulsion was their discovery and confirmation that I had a medical prescription.

 

ACCOMMODATIONS Offered by UVic

o When assessing that UVic had offered me accommodations, the adjudicator ignored the delay of their offer (après removal from class) (I was kept out of class for a month), the limitations of my disability, and the financial loss I needlessly suffered because of UVic’s poor handling of my case.

 All accommodations offered came AFTER the initial insults and prolonged exclusion from class, which greatly disrupted my education. My surgery had little to do with the deferral of my classes. I‘ve had 20 surgeries on my knees, so far, and never have I needed to defer a class.

 All accommodations ignored the financial loss and physical limitations of my disability. The accommodation's expectations exceeded the limitations of my disability and my finances. I should not be stuck with the student loan expense for a term I was not allowed to complete, nor should I be expected to work at the detriment of my disability.

 All accommodations, and the decision by the Human Rights Tribunal, operate under the assumption that I was impaired.

 Because of the existence of my medical marijuana license and prescription, I am assumed impaired until proven sober.

 

Student with marijuana licence barred from machinery

martlet.ca/2013/08/student-with-marijuana-licence-barred-...

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