Current Affairs (2006) -
Cultivation (313 items)
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Medical Marijuana Still Not Widely Available: Report The federal government's medical marijuana program doesn't work, the Canadian AIDS Society said in a report released Wednesday. The group's report suggests few users of medical marijuana obtain the drug through official channels. "Over 85 per cent of the people we consulted who used cannabis are currently relying on illegal sources for their supply of cannabis," said Lynne Bell-Isle, who worked on the 18-month project for the society. | |
| Jan 3, 2006 |
Straight Talk On Pot Recent Canadian statistics show that 39.1 per cent of Grade 7 students reported using marijuana at least once during the year ( 2003 Ontario Student Drug Use Survey from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health ) Here's what you should know about today's marijuana. [INSERT PROPAGANDA HERE] Same old, same old .... |
| Jan 4, 2006 |
Raid Charge Stayed Mandeep Sandhu, a former executive member of the Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca federal Liberal riding association, was charged with conspiracy to traffic in marijuana in Sept. 2004. His laywer, Richard Peck, confirmed those charges were stayed on or about Nov. 7. Sandhu's cousin, Victoria police Constable Ravinder Singh ( Rob ) Dosanjh, was also charged last Dec. 2004 with obstruction of justice for allegedly counselling Sandhu "make false statements to law-enforcement officials" about the origin of money seized during a police search of his residence. A hearing for three other men charged in connection with the raid is scheduled for Friday in Vancouver. It pays to be a Liberal - provincial, federal... doesn't matter... you're covered, and the media is there to help in any way. |
| Jan 4, 2006 |
Outdoor Pot Farms A Growing Problem Since the start of 2005, police in Ontario have raided 15 farm-sized pot fields, with each property housing between 7,000 and 24,000 plants. Overall, the Orillia-based OPP Drug Enforcement Section is reporting a 100 per cent increase in the number of plants seized over the past year. Between January and September, officers dismantled more than 600 grow operations and uprooted in excess of 400,000 plants. Seizures in areas surrounding Bancroft, Matheson, Iroquois Falls, and Kincardine are up 600 per cent, Elbers said. Plants cut from the earth by officers wielding hefty steel blades are hauled away by helicopter in massive nets capable of holding 2,500 lbs of the freshly-fallen foliage. Maybe someday those involved in eradication efforts, will actually stop to think of what they are doing/trying to acheive, etc.. and recognize the futility of it all...but when their jobs depend on not understanding, it will be more of the same until critical mass prevails... |
| Jan 5, 2006 |
NORML Canada launches marijuana policy survey NORML Canada launches it's marijuana policy survey for candidates in the 2006 federal election. Given the prominence of marijuana prohibition in recent Canadian public discourse, it is truly surprising that the issue has not been raised in the present federal election campaign. This following questionnaire has been mailed to every candidate. Campaign offices will also be called as a follow up. Responses will be posted on our website as the campaign unfolds. Go to <a href="http://www.norml.ca/" target="_blank">Questionnaire</a> |
| Jan 5, 2006 |
Drugs - Let's Talk About Them According to the 2005 Drug Use Among Ontario Students survey, which looked at drug use of the past year among students in Grades 7 to 12, 62 per cent have drunk alcohol, 22.7 per cent report binge drinking and 26.5 per cent have tried cannabis. More than one quarter of students in Grades 7 to 12 report being a passenger in a vehicle driven by someone who had been drinking. And 22 per cent report being a passenger in a vehicle driven by someone who used drugs prior to driving. |
| Jan 6, 2006 |
Stay Of Charges Against Pot Activist Paves The Way For Extradition A lawyer for pot activist Marc Emery says the federal government's decision not to proceed with drug charges against his client clears the way for his possible extradition to the United States and means Ottawa is kowtowing to the Americans. |
| Jan 6, 2006 |
Police Officer Back To Court On Drug Charges Const. Sheldon Cook, 38, a 14-year veteran of the Peel force, is facing the drug trafficking charges after the RCMP followed a shipment of cocaine to a home in Cambridge, where they discovered 15 kilograms of the narcotic with a street value of more than $500,000. |
| Jan 9, 2006 |
Judge refuses to issue stay BREAKING NEWS: Judge in Kubby Hearing has taken case under advisement and will issue a decision at a later date. "Considering that this was a routine request to issue a temporary stay while the court considers our motion, I have lost all remaining faith in the court system and can only plead with people who hear about our situation to call, call and call again until those Ministers who are responsible fix this legal nightmare," said Mrs. Kubby. "Phone calls to the Ministers of Immigration, Health, Justice and Public Safety may be our only hope now," added Mrs. Kubby. <a href="http://cannabiscoalition.ca/html/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=171#171" target="_blank">Press Info and Contact Info HERE</a> |
| Jan 10, 2006 |
Rent-A-Narc Takes Aim at Grow-Ops The cash-for-tips program is the first in North America to seek private donations from companies and individuals to offset the costs of new police officers, Vern Nielsen, the board's vice-president, said Monday. Starting in July, three new RCMP constables will work exclusively on Crime Stoppers tips that point to drugs and property crimes in the Central Okanagan. Private donors have contributed more than $60,000 to the $250,000 annual cost of the three officers. A public fundraising campaign begins in February to make up the shortfall. |
| Jan 10, 2006 |
B.C. Marijuana Crusader Faces Elections Canada Investigation ANCOUVER -- Pot crusader Marc Emery could only joke Monday about his apparently mounting legal woes after a government official informed him he'd likely be investigated for violating third-party election advertising. "It looks like I'm going to get charged for violating the Elections Act in the 2004 election," Emery said dryly. |
| Jan 11, 2006 |
PUB LTE: Tories And Pot I have no doubt that even a minority Conservative government would shutter Health Canada's Medical Marijuana Licence program, leaving my wife and me to get our medicine from "the street" once again. |
| Jan 12, 2006 |
Activist Takes Pot Law To Top Court Test of rare defence seeking 'jury nullification'; Although judges are supposed to encourage jurors to stick to the letter of the law, Krieger's lawyer, John Hook, argues the Supreme Court formally recognized jury nullification in the 1988 acquittal of abortion doctor Henry Morgentaler. At the time, the bench described the jury's power as "the citizen's ultimate protection against oppressive laws and the oppressive enforcement of the law." [ Usually we don't hear about SCC decisions for at least six months after the hearing.] |
| Jan 12, 2006 |
Marijuana Activists Pay Krieger's Travel Expenses Grant Krieger, the Alberta medical marijuana activist whose appeal from a 2003 drug-trafficking conviction is to be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada today, will be able to attend the hearing now that a group of pot activists has paid his travel expenses. |
| Jan 12, 2006 |
High Times For Hemp Growers The Ste. Agathe-based HOCI moved from processing 800,000 pounds of hemp seed in 2004 to 2.5 million pounds in 2005. Growers' acres have risen from 1,200 acres in 2004 to nearly 10,000 acres expected for 2006. With production averaging around 700 pounds per acre for seed, the crop provides growers with a relatively good return compared to other crops they can grow -- even more if they grow it organically. And those returns will get even better if the fibre processing venture gets off the ground. There's even some work taking place in other parts of the world on using hemp oil for biodiesel production. |
| Jan 12, 2006 |
Is The Marijuana Party Going Up In Smoke This year the party is running only 23 candidates, after having run at least 70 in the previous two elections. Its founding leader, Marc-Boris St-Maurice, quit the party last year to join the Liberal party. Now, the B.C. Marijuana Party has thrown its support behind the federal NDP party. |
| Jan 12, 2006 |
Family Flees Grow-Rip But Homeowner Gets Charged For The owner of a house on Bridgeport Road received the fright of a lifetime on Friday during a home invasion....The 30-year-old is also the mother of the two toddlers, a boy and a girl ages two and three, who were placed in the care of the Ministry of Children and Family Development after what police believe was an attempted grow-rip....In this case, with Wu being the owner, RCMP investigators may have an opportunity to use proceeds of crime legislation in an attempt to have the home, assessed last year at $472,000, forfeited. ...A new city bylaw empowers the city to bill homeowners the cost of responding to and cleaning up marijuana grow ops. [Persecute, prosecute, scatter the family.. how much more damage can they impose?] |
| Jan 13, 2006 |
Marijuana Party Given Fewer Puffs On-Air With no travel budget, Nunavut's candidate for the Marijuana Party planned to reach the ears of voters through the airwaves during the on-air candidates forum, hosted by CBC radio. But last week he was told he could only speak for three minutes during the introduction, and three minutes at closing, if time permits. Unlike candidates for the other parties, he won't be allowed to field questions. {Despite the censorship, Ed received 7.9% of the vote] |
| Jan 16, 2006 |
Apocalypse Now! A Conservative Canada? Pot people in Canada face extreme danger if a Conservative Justice Minister and the Conservative Party win on January 23rd The Conservative Party say they will give any Canadians caught selling more than 3 kilograms of marijuana a mandatory 24 months minimum in jail. The Conservatives, who lead the polls in Canada?s general election for next Monday, January 23, have already indicated they want mandatory jail terms for any Canadian growing marijuana. They promised never to decriminalize marijuana. [ Also see: <ul> <li><a href="http://norml.ca/" target="_blank">NORML 2006 Election Survey</a></li> <li><a href="http://cannabiscoalition.ca/html/index.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=30" target="_blank">Canadian Cannabis Coalition Says "NO" to Harper</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.asiantribune.com/show_article.php?id=2962" target="_blank">The Canadian elections and the phony gun-crime epidemic</a></li> <li><a href="http://cannabiscoalition.ca/html/index.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=29" target="_blank">PR: Canadians to vote for an end to cannabis prohibition in upcoming federal election.</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.endprohibition.ca/" target="_blank">eNDProhibition</a></li> <li><a href="http://rabble.ca/politics.shtml?x=45777" target="_blank">Think Twice Coalition</a></li> <li><a href="http://rickmercer.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Rick Mercer's Blog</a></li> </ul> The swell of opposition to rightwingnuts ruling us is beginning to grow! Voters are shaking the amnesia and remembering Brian Mulroney, Mike Harris and their kind. |
| Jan 16, 2006 |
So, Just What Were They Smoking? "Where do you stand on the legalization of marijuana?"....Suddenly, the mood in the room turned dark as Conservative candidate Sam Goldstein, seething in his seat, took his turn. Pointing a menacing finger at the crowd, he chastised them for wanting candidates to control gun crime in their city, while wanting to legalize a drug that was causing the gang warfare on their streets. |