Pubdate: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 Source: Herald Sun (Australia) Copyright: News Limited 1999 Contact: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ Author: Fay Burstin, Magistrates' Court Reporter FAITH, DOPE AND CHARITY TWO young Mormon missionaries were taken to hospital after unwittingly eating hash cookies offered at a home they visited, a court heard yesterday. The young men each ate about a dozen cookies prepared by one of the men who lived at the Mt Waverley house. Sen-Constable Russ Hammill told Dandenong Magistrates' Court the Mormons took themselves to Monash Medical Centre and were admitted overnight. He said medical examinations revealed they were suffering from cannaboid intoxication. He said they had never used cannabis before and its effect on them resulted in serious injury. The court heard police searched the Olympian Ave house two weeks later and found cannabis, seeds and hydroponic equipment. The court heard one of the men who lived at the house, Douglas James Lynch, told them he could not remember offering the Mormons any cookies. Both alleged victims identified Alexander McLean as the one who offered the cookies. Mr McLean, 46, and Mr Lynch, 40, face charges including conduct endangering a person and introducing a substance of dependence. Magistrate John Bolster adjourned the case for a contested hearing on December 13. - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D