Current Affairs (2005) -
Letters (469 items)
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| Jan 8, 2005 |
CN BC:
Pot User Laments Loss Of 'Medicinal' Source Brian Carlisle, who was the victim of a home invasion in Chilliwack in September, had been growing his pot at local marijuana advocate Tim Felger's Bradner Road property since the fall. On Thursday morning, Abbotsford Police converged on the well-known property and arrested two men. |
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| Jan 8, 2005 |
CNBC:
Marijuana Grow-Ops A Community Problem Author: Beth Blackburn, RCMP Note: RCMP Const. Beth Blackburn is the drug awareness coordinator for central Vancouver Island. Questions and Answers on Marijuana Grow-Ops Why should I be concerned? |
| Jan 9, 2005 |
CN AB:
Grow-Ops Seed Violence Cultivators Need Pruning No Matter How You Feel About Pot The city's plan is sound, so long as it's Mr.-and-Mrs. Law-and-Order who ...read the pamphlet, and are encouraged to spy on the neighbourhood for closed curtains and foggy windows. The problem is, too many people in this city sympathize with those who regularly purchase Zig-Zag rolling papers -- even if they aren't personally putting Bic to bong, a lot of Calgarians believe pot is a harmless bit of herbal recreation. |
| Jan 10, 2005 |
Pot Easier To Get At School Than Tobacco, Teens Say Marijuana perceived as less harmful; Success of federal anti-smoking campaigns partly responsible, focus groups suggest |
| Jan 10, 2005 |
PUB LTE: Cops Want The Drug War To Continue The drug war has been going on for decades and there is no sign the tide will turn any time soon. |
| Jan 10, 2005 |
PUB LTE: Pot Busts Only Making Mary Jane Matters Worse Prohibition does not keep society safe from drugs. It does guarantee lifetime employment to those doing the prohibiting. Along with a reliable source of dirty money to any drug warrior so inclined. |
| Jan 10, 2005 |
PUB LTE: Medical Marijuana: More Legal Cannabis Users About 8,000 Canadians get their organic, multiple-strain, multiple-delivery-option, medical-grade marijuana from compassion clubs across the country, all at no expense to the taxpayers. Meanwhile, Health Canada supplies their single-strain, gamma-irradiated, chemically-contaminated, mulch-pot to only 93 of the 753 Canadians currently licensed to possess cannabis. |
| Jan 10, 2005 |
CN BC:
Few Complaints About Grow-op Cleanup Fees In just six months, the city has issued almost $157,000 in penalties to landlords whose houses and buildings contained marijuana growing operations. But only two of the property owners have complained. |
| Jan 10, 2005 |
CN BC:
School Drug And Alcohol Policy Slammed By Parents oms and Dads Says Policy Focuses on Punishment Rather Than Proactive Approach to Dealing With Issues |
| Jan 11, 2005 |
CN AB:
Pot, Cons And Pilferers Although there have been rumblings across Canada concerning the so-called decriminalization of marijuana, and headlines have been made about its medical uses, the Pincher Creek RCMP issued a press release last week "to remind people that possession and use of marijuana is still a criminal offence in Canada." |
| Jan 11, 2005 |
Drug Dog Will Visit Schools The project, Dogs for Drug Free Schools, differs from traditional enforcement tactics in that a friendly dog is used to demonstrate its drug-finding capabilities to students while its handler lectures about the dangers of drug use. [Disturbing trend - De-sensitize kids to drug dogs by associating less threatening canines with the task] |
| Jan 12, 2005 |
Teens Smoke Marijuana? Why, It's Just Shocking! Shock is the coinage of the news media, and even if we are not shocked ourselves, we will print something not all that shocking if we think anyone at all will be shocked by it. |
| Jan 12, 2005 |
PUB LTE: Pot Report Old News f the statistics and focus groups prove anything, it is that criminalization is less effective than education. If the resources spent to prohibit pot use were redirected to educate and regulate, fewer teens would experiment because they would understand the ris |
| Jan 12, 2005 |
CN BC:
Pot Activist's Charter Rights 'Violated Marijuana champion Ted Smith is the victim of discrimination because he is a pot smoker and a political activist, a provincial court judge heard Tuesday. |
| Jan 12, 2005 |
Pot-spotters Earn $26,050 For Reporting Grow Houses Crime Stoppers approved $26,050 in reward money to Calgarians who called last year with grow-op tips that panned out. That's an $8,550 increase from 2003 and more than half of the overall $49,500 total authorized. |
| Jan 12, 2005 |
CN BC:
Seizures Down A Bit As BC Bud Makes A Run For The Border U.S. Authorities Nabbed 5 Tonnes Of Pot In 2004, But Concede More Gets Through |
| Jan 12, 2005 |
CN AB:
Students Have Right To Privacy It makes me shudder how easily most Canadians give up their basic democratic freedoms. |
| Jan 12, 2005 |
Sex Pot In fact, one study of Jamaican women who had smoked pot throughout pregnancy found that their babies actually registered higher on developmental scores at the age of 30 days, while experiencing no significant effects on birth weight or length. |
| Jan 12, 2005 |
Who's Paranoid? In strict medical terms, marijuana is far safer than many foods we commonly eat. Cigarettes kill. Marijuana doesn't. And by the way, there is not a single study that says second-hand marijuana smoke causes cancer. |
| Jan 12, 2005 |
Involved Public Can Help Stop Crime <strong>Sometimes it's revenge</strong>, sometimes it's the possibility of a reward, but most often it's a desire to help the community that motivates people to pick up the phone and make a tip, said the local RCMP liaison with the program. [It's okay to reward people for revengeful behaviour? And what kind of message does THAT send kids?] |