The judge presiding over the court martial of a New Brunswick soldier accused of giving cannabis-laced cupcakes to troops on a live-fire training exercise has dismissed the defence's request for an acquittal on all charges. Cogswell is alleged to have given soldiers cupcakes she baked that secretly contained cannabis during a July 2018 training exercise, which involved explosives and weapons drills. He also said not all the soldiers were drug tested and only one cupcake wrapper was seized and tested by Health Canada. The process of baking, transporting and distributing the cupcakes was actually on the very high end of the exclusivity scale. The soldiers who ate the cupcakes told the court they soon experienced fatigue, drunkenness, disorientation, confusion and paranoia.

Source: CBC News August 11, 2021 11:01 UTC