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Current Affairs 2006 - Cultivation (72 items)
| Oct 28, 2006 | Church Allegedly Dealt Pot
Members of the Assembly of the Church of the Universe in Toronto were pro-marijuana activists who were too lazy to agitate for the cause, a police source said yesterday.
"Basically these folks believe in the legalization of marijuana, but didn't wait for the laws to change or have not taken the appropriate steps to change the laws," the source said.
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| Oct 28, 2006 | Growhouse Registry En Route Buyers worried about unknowingly purchasing a former marijuana growhouse will soon be able to trace a home's history on a website briefly unveiled by the Calgary Health Region on Friday.
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| Oct 28, 2006 | Mayoral Candidate Charged With Pot Possession One of the candidates for mayor of Thunder Bay has been charged with possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.
The Chronicle-Journal has learned that Douglas MacKay, 53, was charged Sept. 11 after police seized almost nine kilograms of marijuana.
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| Oct 13, 2006 | 'Poor' Pot From Only Legal Grow-Op Pot activists are blaming the federal Tories for wasting potential research dollars by extending a contract with Canada's only legal grow-op, just weeks after slashing funding for medicinal marijuana studies.
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| Oct 12, 2006 | 600,000 Reasons Why Pot Policy Doomed ...last week's report on marijuana use in B.C. from the University of Victoria's Centre for Addiction Research should be a reminder of the need to overhaul our policies on pot.
And it should be a special warning to the Harper government that tougher enforcement, longer sentences and hardline rhetoric are doomed to be costly failures. In B.C. especially, an effort to wipe out marijuana use - and by extension production and sale - has about the same chance of success as banning alcohol. Governments concerned about the negative effects of marijuana use need to come up with a smarter approach.
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| Oct 12, 2006 | Judge Calls Ex-Con an Expert Convicted Drug Producer Testifies in Local Marijuana-Growing Case
Les Soloman has been before a few judges in his time.
A three-time convicted drug producer, he's no stranger to local courtrooms.
But yesterday, the 48-year-old Cambridge man was called to court, not to answer for another crime, but for his expertise -- in growing pot. Soloman knows a lot about it after more than 20 years in the field, so to speak. So when his lawyer, Hal Mattson, called on him to testify for the defence in a local marijuana-growing case, he accepted.
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| Oct 7, 2006 | Local Cops Weed Out Nearly 40,000 Pot Plants In A joint police force initiative to eradicate marijuana has netted almost 40,000 plants in and around Ottawa over six weeks.
Project Sabot is an annual effort that runs across the country, targeting grow ops and eliminating pot distribution. Aerial patrols locate and seize marijuana crops.
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| Oct 6, 2006 | CN NS: Authorities Join Forces To Seize 6,000 Marijuana Plants A recent RCMP-led campaign against marijuana-growing operations pulled up 6,000 plants in Nova Scotia, a news release said Monday.
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| Oct 5, 2006 | OPP Survey Yields $65 Million Crop Each summer and fall, the OPP drug unit surveys the province by helicopter, looking for the tell-tale patches of emerald green that indicate a marijuana grow operation.
In this region last month, members of the Kawartha Combined Forces Drug Unit ( KCFDU ) spotted more than 23 crops hidden in creek beds and farmers' fields, which amounted to just over $6.5 million worth of marijuana.
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| Oct 3, 2006 | Medical Marijuana Grower Shot During Attempted Theft Pair Posed As Police To Gain Access To House Where Drug Was Grown
A man shot during a home invasion is recovering in a Kingston hospital today, while the OPP search for the men who posed as police officers in order to steal his medicinal marijuana.
[When it comes to stealing gardens, it has always been difficult to differentiate between the cops and robbers - what does that say?] |
| Sep 27, 2006 | Support Called In For Large Grow-Op A recent outdoor grow-op involving 7,500 marijuana plants that were close to being ready to harvest was one such an example of the benefits of being part of the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachments.
"This recent case is a good example of the real benefits of integrated policing ( with the UFVRD )," says Sergeant Mike McCarthy with the Agassiz RCMP.
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| Sep 14, 2006 | New marijuana seed business sets up shop The marijuana seed store on East
Hastings Street in Vancouver has been
open since May.
Manager Dana Larsen hopes to avoid
legal problems by avoiding sales to the
U.S.
A Vancouver man has launched a store-front business selling marijuana seeds over the counter and online to
people across Canada and in Europe.
Dana Larsen opened the Vancouver Seed Bank on East Hastings Street in May, and isn't hiding the fact that
he's breaking the law.
Larsen's store is similar to the one operated by B.C. Marijuana party
Leader Marc Emery until it was shut down by Vancouver police last
year at the request of the U.S. government.
Emery, who is free on bail, now faces possible extradition to the U.S. on
drug and money-laundering charges.
Larsen says he believes that as long as he avoids the American market,
he won't be arrested.
"By us not sending any marijuana seeds to the U.S., we're not
anticipating any problems from their government because we're not
breaking any of their laws.
"And I don't think we'll have any problems within Canada. We're not the
first person to be selling marijuana seeds and nobody in Canada has
faced problems for selling marijuana seeds within Canada for quite
awhile."
Larsen says police officers have come into his store while on patrol, and
didn't appear to have any problem with his merchandise.
However Simon Fraser University criminologist Neil Boyd says Larsen
is taking a big risk.
"Most people who sell marijuana seeds aren't going to advertise publicly
that they sell marijuana or marijuana seeds. He's playing a game of poker
with those with the power to enforce the law."
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| Sep 2, 2006 | Judge Won't Jail Pot Grower Comments by a Courtenay provincial court judge that marijuana growing is a "victimless crime" highlight a continuing debate over the best way to respond to the problems with pot.
Judge Brian Saunderson, in sentencing a 41-year-old man earlier this month, refused to consider a jail sentence requested by the Crown.
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| Aug 31, 2006 | Personal Data Bylaws Assailed VANCOUVER -- The Privacy Commissioner in British Columbia is urging municipalities to show restraint and stop enacting what he describes as "surveillance bylaws."...Chilliwack wanted to enact a bylaw earlier this year that would require hydroponic stores to detail all purchases of legal products such as seeds and light bulbs, as well as personal data about the customer and send it electronically to police. After receiving negative publicity, the city said it would wait for the Privacy Commissioner's report before deciding what to do next.
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| Aug 31, 2006 | BC Hydro Bills Point to 17,900 Possible Pot Grow Ops Nearly 18,000 homes in B.C. -- about the same number of residences as in all of West Vancouver -- use suspiciously high amounts of electricity, often a telltale sign of a marijuana growing operation.
Under provincial legislation introduced last spring, municipalities can request a list from BC Hydro of all addresses with abnormally high power consumption -- making it easier for police and city inspectors to target growing operations. Abnormal consumption is defined as any residence that uses more than 93 kilowatt-hours ( kWh ) of electricity per day. The average home uses 31 kWh per day.
Big brother gets closer and closer... |
| Aug 29, 2006 | Pot Growing??: Just Another Business The crown had been seeking a 12-month prison sentence but Sanderson said in the judgement that prison sentences have failed to stem the production and use of illegal substances and that a monetary fine is more appropriate.
In the decision, Sanderson refers to a 2001 book authored by Judge James Gray of the California Superior Court, citing from the book "we conclude with alarm that the war on drugs now causes more harm than the drug abuse itself."
Judge Sanderson goes on to say that "Judge Gray's book should be required reading for every Member of Parliament in Canada." ..."There will be no victim fine surcharge as this is a victimless crime," concluded Sanderson.
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| Aug 25, 2006 | CN BC: Pot Eradication Teams Storm The Island Police officers from the RCMP's outdoor marijuana eradication team took to the skies in Canadian Forces helicopters as they began their annual search and destroy mission on Vancouver Island.
...using the military to look for plants? Everyone's okay with that? |
| Aug 4, 2006 | Extradition Refused In Bedford Pot Case A Quebec judge has shut the door on a U.S. request to extradite 11 residents of the Bedford area of the Eastern Townships to face charges after a massive marijuana bust there last year...
Frank Pappas, a lawyer for Jimmy Kimmell, one of the 11 respondents, said extradition requests from U.S. authorities are granted "99 per cent of the time" by Canadian courts. With 11 such requests turned down in a single shot, he said, "this is a first in Canada."
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| Aug 3, 2006 | Cops Bust Pot Camp Cops shut down one of Alberta's largest marijuana grow-ops yesterday, seizing more than $5 million worth of weed....They found 12 greenhouse-like buildings, housing 5,523 plants in various stages of growth, and 11 kg of processed weed.
..While the bust was a big one, it will likely have a negligible affect on the marijuana trade in and around Edmonton, said Derko. ...
"So I don't think it will effect the price in Edmonton. You can get it anywhere, anytime."
There is nothing left to say about prohibition. |
| Aug 2, 2006 | Marijuana Grower To Forfeit His House A convicted dope grower lost his house and eight months of freedom Tuesday in a sentence the man's defence lawyer promises to appeal....
"It's a necessary appeal," said Jensen. "Who else has been fined $40,000 and sent to jail eight months ( for growing marijuana ) with no criminal record?"
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