Vittorio Dominelli grabbed several cannabis oil infused snacks after his team raided an illegal marijuana shop in Toronto in January. While on surveillance duty following the operation the 36-year-old and his partner talked about how they had never tried the drug while discussing Canada's then-looming pot legalization.
One thing led to another and before long the two cops had wolfed down eight squares of one of the bars. On Friday, a Canadian court heard that after about 20 minutes the drugs hit Dominelli "like a ton of bricks."
"He was sweating heavily and believed he was going to pass out," Crown attorney Philip Perlmutter said, The Globe and Mail reports.
He assumed it would be a minor mellow feeling. He did not think consuming a small amount would impair each officer.Things quickly spiraled out of control and the court heard that Dominelli pleaded with his partner to call for help because he thought he was going to die. When she refused he snatched the radio from her, ran up the street and breathlessly told the dispatcher to send an ambulance.
According to CBC, Dominelli used the 10-33 police code, normally reserved for when an officer is in serious trouble.
As his colleagues scrambled to get to the scene one of them slipped on ice and suffered a severe head injury, the court heard. The officer still hasn't returned to work and has "significant difficulties with speech and vision."
Seven of the people who were charged in the raids had their charges dropped because of the evidence tampering.
Dominell's lawyer, Peter Brauti, told the court his client is remorseful and that he offered to resign within weeks of the incident.
"I would say it was an act of utter stupidity, quite frankly. He has done everything he can to show remorse and make reparation for what he's done," the lawyer said.
Justice Mary Misener agreed with that analysis and branded Dominelli a "complete idiot" in the courtroom.
She said that the evidence tampering was relatively minor but "From the point of view of public interest, the impact is profound. The conduct here you cannot describe as anything other than stupid. He was just a complete idiot."
Dominelli resigned from the force this week as the case received widespread media coverage in Canada.
Reader Comments
Mescaline
Psilocybin or mushrooms
LSD
Peyote
Cannabis or weed [Link]
"Cannabis is not a hallucinogen. If you smoke it, and hallucinate, it's you, not the weed"
Lol, you must be smoking dirt weed.
Ever hear of the cannabis strain called LSD? They named it that for a reason. There are strains that will definitely make you trip if you smoke enough.
Nice trolling. However, if you are serious in your statement, you may want to reread what you wrote.
You're quoting from someone elses literature..I lmao tbh
Weed is not a hallucinogen.Take ot from me,a daily smoker since the early 1980's
As @Fester said,if you'r having hallucinations,its you..not the weed
There's actually 3 fingers pointing back at you
Either you're Festers other account, or you too have been smoking dirt weed since the early 80's. I quoted a handful of references out of 100's that would say the same thing. And i have been smoking since the late 70's. And why should i take it from you? You're just another low info account like Fester, like i said, most likely Fester2
Haven't seen you around in a while. Good to know you're still here. Enjoy your wit.
Well, there's apparently two fingers pointed back at you into your eyes by Moe,(Fester)
because you are either Larry, Curly, or Shimp? You guys crack me up!
Your pic suits you as well. Kinda childish, is that a muppet?
Though i apologize for calling you a dumbass.
You're actually quite a nasty fellow
Surely, his partner must have been laughing her ass off.
A) Go eat 10-20 grams of mushrooms a few times.
B) Have a few full doses of DMT for that breaktrhough event.
C) Ditto something with Ayahuasca - like a few days of sipping
D) Oh..how many buttons of Peyote
E) Then smoke/eat as much as possible - Ganja
Then maybe he will apologize to Fester and understand what Fester meant by "hallucinogen"
Again, (most likely Fester's backup acct.)
I have tried all those things except for the
Ayahuasca. And i suppose what you are trying to saying is there are varying degrees of hallucinating, but that still doesn't mean cannabis is not one. FAIL!
And of course you would "understand" Fester, since you are him, or an idiot cut from the same cloth. Making excuses for Fester's dirt weed does not help his argument.
It was the best ive tried, after average blotter, and barrel acid. The guy in San Diego who sold me the 4-way said, " what ever you do, don't take more than one hit."
Glad i listened to him.
Yep, it was real clean, came in 4 separating tabs, i took one, gave the others to navy buddies who took a razor, and halfed the other 3 into 6, and they were still tripping their balls off! When i peaked, i was reading people's minds, telling them what they were going to say before they even said it! That freaked a couple out, who cursed me, and left the party . The other navy guys and their gf's went to the San Diego beach, and tripped all night. I eventually went to lay down in my rm., and heard this demonic laughter, laughing at all my thoughts. I thought it was coming from the hallway, but concluded it was coming from the room. It went on til the sun come up, i got on a bus home, and was still tripping that day on the ride, but it was gradually subsiding. he also gave me some red hash, which i enjoyed when i got home. Wished i had gotten more of the 4-way, as it was "Albert Hoffman" quality.
Built a bonfire...I passed, concerned about cops messing with us in town, and yet i ended up being haunted by all those sirens after all.
Eating however, can give an overdose because of the delay in processing through the stomach.
Hallucinating is not only making up experiences, but is also used to describe the different interpretations experiences from equal sensory input give. A newbie will not recognize this hallucination for what it is, and can get anxious. It does not help that the state can last for hours, seemingly forever.
There was a Californian case of a cop that called for help, being scared of the height of the tree he climbed into? Tunnel vision.
This is not the first article about police taking a mild drug and ending up totally tripping out ... I haven't found the previous SOTT article that I was thinking off, a couple of cops took someone's stash and ended up in a tree!
Here an example - [Link]