Current Affairs (2008) -
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| Mar 13, 2008 |
Pot Grabs High Spot On Drugs List Ottawa may have become known as the "crack" capital of Canada but the majority of users still like to paint the town green. Marijuana is the drug of choice followed by crack cocaine on the list of the top five drugs in the city, according to Ottawa police. |
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| Mar 15, 2008 |
Marijuana Smuggling On Rise n 2007, the RCMP allowed armed U.S. Coast Guard officials to be stationed on boats patrolling the St. Lawrence River. Dubbed Project Shiprider, the summer-long operation resulted in the seizure of about 100 kg of marijuana. "We feel that it's the right direction to go, and there should be more international operations like that," says Harvey. |
| Mar 16, 2008 |
Perils Of Pot Houses - How Owners Get Duped OTTAWA -- An Ontario couple thought they had found the perfect place to raise their two young children. But, what was to be their dream home, in a safe, tight-knit community, soon turned into a nightmare. They had purchased a former marijuana grow-op. [How can vegetables and flowers be grown indooors safely, yet cannabis cannot?] |
| Mar 17, 2008 |
AB: Alderman Wants To Ganja Up On Head Shops But Owners Doobieous That aldermen would consider prohibiting paraphernalia has Calgary bong and pipe purveyors uptight -- they say politicians are meddling in a perfectly legal business. And they're right, technically. |
| Mar 17, 2008 |
The Dope Rush Think of drugs, and you think of Colombia, Thailand, Afghanistan. But Canada? Nice, peaceful, dull Canada? Believe it or not, there are parts of the country where cannabis provides more jobs than logging, mining, oil and gas combined. Misha Glenny investigates, in the first of two extracts from his new book on organised crime |
| Mar 18, 2008 |
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Simpson's Sentenced To Time Deemed Served AMHERST - Rickey Logan Simpson has twice been convicted of drug charges and has twice been a free man the same day as his sentencing. |
| Mar 18, 2008 |
MDs Increase Dosage Of Medical Marijuana Canadian doctors have been increasing daily dosages of marijuana for patients using cannabis for medical purposes, Health Canada reports. |
| Mar 19, 2008 |
Hemp Education 101 Did you know hemp played a vital role in the settlement of North America and helped win the Second World War? Many people don't, but now with the help of a new video on YouTube more than 1,400 do. |
| Mar 20, 2008 |
Bill C-26 - Conservative Assault On The Our federal Conservative government has a disturbing tendency to circumvent judicial deliberation by imposing upon courts their own authoritarian sense of justice. Whenever 'public' fears of rampant crime within the country must be quelled, Prime Minister Harper and his minions consider the most effective political maneuver to be the cobbling together of bills which aim to impose mandatory minimum prison sentences for myriad offences. |
| Mar 20, 2008 |
Controversial Law Used To Seize Property The legislation allows the province to confiscate property used in crime or obtained from the proceeds of crime without any criminal charges or convictions. |
| Mar 20, 2008 |
Are RCMP Baggage Searches Legal? Serious legal and constitutional questions surround RCMP tactics involving baggage searches at Canadian bus stations, train stations and airports. This practice has gone on in Canada for several years now, as part of the RCMP's national Jetway program. Jetway targets people travelling with drugs, contraband, weapons or explosives by plane, bus or train. It's part of a larger RCMP program that also deals with people travelling in private vehicles and trucks. |
| Mar 20, 2008 |
Bill C-26 - Conservative Assault On The Judiciary Our federal Conservative government has a disturbing tendency to circumvent judicial deliberation by imposing upon courts their own authoritarian sense of justice...This supposedly 'tough on crime' strategy embodies the curious mentality with which the Harper Conservatives regard crime: that all transgressions are committed by individuals or groups of individuals, and extenuating circumstances surrounding their offences count little compared to the fact that they are naturally immoral and should be punished. |
| Mar 22, 2008 |
Marijuana Prescriptions Getting Lost in Smoke Since the current incarnation of Canada's medical marijuana program was established, doctors have been forced by Health Canada to act as sentinels for a product whose complexities, methods of delivery and side effects they have little firsthand information. It's a situation that leaves many physicians hesitant to sign their names to the documents required for patients to access government pot. |
| Mar 24, 2008 |
Reading, Writing And Marijuana In Smithers Schools "There is a serious issue around drugs in our community -- period... And the schools would be a reflection of the community," he said....Cameron was responding to an incident earlier this month when a teenager, described as an upstanding Grade 10 student, was singled out for selling pot to four eighth graders. |
| Mar 27, 2008 |
Alberta: The Nanny State Indeed, they considered it necessary in the preamble to the Drug-Endangered Children Act to state categorically that "children exposed to illegal manufacturing of drugs, indoor cannabis operations, trafficking and other forms of illegal drug activity are victims of abuse." That is as wild a claim as it is unsupportable. But the circumstances under which it may be invoked are so broad there is little that can be done to counter its stupidity. Although the preamble suggests that only the really serious stuff is the object of the Act, a child is deemed to be drug-endangered if he or she is "exposed" to illegal substances. That's it. Full stop. |
| Mar 27, 2008 |
Have Your Special Brownie, And Eat It Legalization would make smoking up safer for those who choose to do so, as it would reduce the risk of it being laced with things such as crystal meth. It would be a very viable ( and taxable ) industry, and it would do wonders for tourism - Canada would surely move up on the list of vacation destinations. All reasonable arguments. But then there's people like Emery, publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine and leader of the BC Marijuana Party. |
| Mar 27, 2008 |
Membertou First Nation Reviewing Its Drug Policy SYDNEY - Membertou band council is reviewing its drug testing policy to balance the rights of individuals with those of the community...Earlier this month the chief's son, John Bonham Paul, posted signs in his home which read 'Say no to corporate bullying' and 'Say yes to human rights.' |
| Mar 28, 2008 |
Protection Needed for Kids in Pot Grow Homes: Councillor Children's health and safety is at stake when they grow up in drug houses, Bateman said. When Langley Township's Public Safety Inspection Teams visit a local home, they often find evidence of drugs. All too frequently, they also find toys and playpens. |
| Mar 28, 2008 |
Coping With The Pain "Who is it harming? Where is the victim?" asks Cheryl MacLellan, co-owner of Hemp Country. "If there is no victim, there ought not to be a crime." Those comments may be surprising coming from MacLellan who is a former Children's Aid Society child protection worker and a former police officer in the detective's office with the Oxford Community Police Service. |
| Mar 28, 2008 |
Hooked On Green Parents Empowering Parents ( PEP ) is at the frontline of drug education and prevention. Meeting every second Tuesday at 7 p.m., at County Hall, PEP hosts open meetings for anyone impacted directly or indirectly by drug use. Families come together to share their experiences and learn from others who have struggled and suffered with addictions. PEP stands by its members and ensures that they are never alone and have someone to turn to for advice and assistance. Recently, Strathcona County Council voted unanimously to grant PEP $30,000 so that the organization could hire an executive director and continue to expand their vital work and help even more families. For more information on Parents Empowering Parents, visit www.pepsociety.ca. |