Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 10s 11 seconds ago
Garis agrees that he's involved with a group against illegal marijauana growing and of the Drug Free America Foundation, another group
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 22s 23 seconds ago
40 people in the courtroom watching the #Allard medical #marijuana trial in #Vancouver! One of the busiest days yet #cdnpoli #bcpoli
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 33s 33 seconds ago
Garis is an adjunct instructor and taught three courses on criminal justice for a master of arts program
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 11s 12 seconds ago
Jackson pointed out that Garis and Plecas's reports are self-published, non-peer-reviewed. Garis said they were published by the University
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 28s 29 seconds ago
Garis said he was not directly under the guidance or instruction of the RCMP chair when he prepared his report. Darryl Plecas was co-author
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 26s 27 seconds ago
Garis is a member of the Centre for Public Safety and Criminal Justice Research at the University of Fraser Valley (which has an RCMP Chair)
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 59s 59 seconds ago
Jackson notes that Garis said his report was prepared (with pay) for the Dept of Justice, not for the Federal Court of Canada. Garis agrees
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 9s 9 seconds ago
Garis in his affidavit: MGO contingent represented about 1% of total residential fires in data #Allard
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 10s 11 seconds ago
Garis uses "MGO" for "marijuana growing operation" but doesn't specify whether they are illegal - though he said they ARE under questioning
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 51s 51 seconds ago
Garis agrees: it's impossible for an independent researcher to verify if information provided in his documents is accurate
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 30s 31 seconds ago
Garis said his information comes from computer searches of Office of the Fire Commissioners database but agrees there is no source material
Cannabis Culture @CannabisCulture · 7s 7 seconds ago
Garis admits he didn't include any statistical information in his report. Jackson said that makes it impossible to do a comparative analysis