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Current Affairs 2008 - Government (110 items)
| Sep 18, 2008 | Greens Go Pro-Grass The Green party says it supports cannabis sales to adults through licensed distributors.
As well, the party would like to see "small, independent growers" thrive, and the government taxing the weed at the same rate as tobacco, generating an estimated $1 billion a year.
VOTE GREEN!!! |
| Sep 18, 2008 | Researcher Condemns Prime Minister Stephen Harper's War on Drugs When retired SFU psychology professor Bruce Alexander starts thinking about Prime Minister Stephen Harper's $63.8-million National Anti-Drug Strategy, he "goes ballistic". ...In his new book, The Globalisation of Addiction: A Study in Poverty of the Spirit ( Oxford University Press, $70 ), he argues that the true roots of drug misuse in Canada go far deeper. Dislocation, fragmentation, and isolation are the side effects of unregulated capitalism, Alexander said.
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| Sep 15, 2008 | Police Use Spin To Help Battle Grow Ops Nelson lawyer, Don Skogstad handles a lot of criminal cases involving marijuana growing operations and says recent police reports of seizing houses and organized crime connections in relation ( to ) marijuana cultivation are simply part of a media spin campaign by the RCMP.
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| Sep 12, 2008 | Felger Calls in Drug Agent Leading up to, and after, the federal election, Abbotsford marijuana activist Tim Felger has invited retired drug agent and acclaimed public speaker and educator Celerino "Cele" Castillo to speak about the nation's war on drugs.
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| Sep 9, 2008 | District Orders Bong Store Shut During its brief existence the store had posters with marijuana leaves on its front windows. Key chains that said "legalize" on top of marijuana leaves were on sale.
Mayor Gord Robson told council at the Monday council meeting that he had received "a number" of complaints about the store's existence.
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| Sep 3, 2008 | Question Numbers Crime is down across B.C. ...n addition, drug statistics are not included in the crime numbers as they are compiled separately, a practice that doesn't seem to make sense as an overwhelming number of police man hours are used to wage the war on drugs.
If police officers across B.C. are spending voluminous hours cracking down on marijuana grow-operations, crack shacks and heroin shipments, should that data not also factor into the crime-rate numbers?
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| Aug 27, 2008 | Alberta's Reefer Madness Hitting New Highs s Albertans go, they outnumber Catholics, smokers, Edmontonians, voters and overweight folk -- though a massive intake of potato chips might soon balance out the latter.
They're pot smokers, and a new study by Health Canada shows a staggering -- and presumably peckish -- 45.3% of Albertans have inhaled marijuana, with 34.7% returning for a regular hit of weed.
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| Aug 18, 2008 | Tories Aim To Force Inmates To Work In Jail "We'd like to see people being required to work if they are in jail. There are too many ways right now for people to avoid that," Mr. Day told CTV's Question Period.
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| Jul 31, 2008 | Outlaw Compassion Paul Spendlove, media relations officer for Health Canada, says no matter what benefits they may provide to the sick, "Compassion clubs are unregulated and have always operated outside Canadian laws. These clubs have no legal authority to provide access or to produce and distribute marijuana."
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| Jul 16, 2008 | Blood Testing For High Drivers Drivers suspected of being high on drugs could be facing an unwelcome needle at the hands of police.
New federal legislation enacted on July 2 allows police to collect blood and fluids from drivers suspected of being high on drugs.
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| Jul 9, 2008 | Report Has Hookah Bar Owners Steaming Allegations of marijuana being sold and smoked at Vancouver hookah bars have one operator in a huff.
The allegations come as Vancouver councillors are poised to make a decision about how to enforce the city's indoor-smoking ban.
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| Jul 8, 2008 | New Drug-Impairement Testing Now In Effect As of July 2, 2008 drivers will have to submit to a Standardized Field Sobriety Test for impairment when demanded by a peace officer who suspects they are driving while impaired by drugs.
Bill C-2 empowers Canadian police who suspect a driver of being impaired by any drug, illegal, prescription or over-the-counter, to demand the subject submit to a breathalyzer test, physical coordination tests and an assessment by a Drug Recognition Expert using the Drug Evaluation and Classification ( DEC ) assessment along with a demand of bodily fluid samples ( blood, saliva or urine ).
A constitional challenge just waiting to happen... |
| Jul 4, 2008 | High on Postal Service According to the lists obtained by Sun Media, packages with illicit items have been destined for big cities and small towns from coast to coast. Shipment sizes range from a few joints or bottles of booze to a large-scale drug haul worth $1 million.
But the most common illicit shipments contain marijuana.
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| Jun 26, 2008 | Not Your Average Joe You won't see Joe Adams carrying marijuana plants out of a busted grow house along with police.
He doesn't fight fires that erupt from the crazily wired buildings, either.
But the Garden City man has helped shut down a dozen big marijuana growing operations across Niagara - and likely helped save the lives of firefighters and police officers
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| Jun 16, 2008 | Police Get New Powers To Nab Drivers On Drugs Marijuana, crack cocaine or too much pain medication?
It's been tough for police to tell what a person is high on, especially when they're behind the wheel -- but that's about to change.
Police forces across the province are gearing up for July 2 when a new federal law takes effect that gives them additional powers to boot drug-impaired drivers off the road.
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| Jun 10, 2008 | Health Canada Taking Bids On Pot Contract The federal department is inviting firms from across the country to submit bids on a contract to cultivate and distribute medical marijuana for the next seven years, with options for two one-year extensions.
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| Jun 5, 2008 | What A Parent Will Do For A Sick Child never thought I would be buying "pot" at my age, but that's what's so interesting about life -- you just never know what's around the corner, do you?
There are no limits to what a parent will do for their sick child. On July 9, 2007, we made our first trip to the Medical Compassion Clinic in Toronto.
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| May 29, 2008 | ON: 'I Just Want The Same Access As Tobacco Users' And now Mr. Barth has become the latest marijuana user to file a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Commission, after being prevented from smoking outside an Ottawa comedy club after a May 7 performance.
Absolute Comedy management told the couple that liquor licence rules prevented them from lighting up on the front patio near cigarette smokers.
They left "embarrassed and humiliated," according to Mr. Barth's complaint, which claims the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario is violating the provincial Human Rights Code -- specifically, his ability to use marijuana in designated smoking areas. Marijuana helps his appetite, prevents anxiety attacks and allows him to walk without "jangled nerves," Mr. Barth said.
Health Canada's Marijuana Medical Access regulations allow for Mr. Barth and his wife to use marijuana. But the provincial Liquor Licence Act prohibits the possession or consumption of controlled substances on an establishment's premises.
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| May 27, 2008 | ON: Church Of The Universe Founder Released Pending Appeal Church of the Universe founder Michael Baldasaro has been sprung from prison pending an appeal of his pot-trafficking conviction. But the Ontario Court of Appeal forbade the hemp-hatted clergyman from returning to his church's Barton Street East headquarters or communicating with its co-founder Walter Tucker.
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| May 25, 2008 | Weed, Grass, Green, Roach New Brunswick's licence plate police wouldn't let a woman get a plate spelling her maiden name -- Weed -- because it could be perceived as a reference to Marijuana.
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